The Tain

Does this even require a review? It's the official expansion pack, after all, and lives up to the standards set by Bungie in the original campaigns. Great new units, great gameplay (a bit repetitive, people often complain--if it were any longer that might bother me, but over eight levels I still find it engaging and addictive), and some of the best meshes ever made. It feels a little darker than Myth II, which suits me just fine. One of the top five Myth solo campaigns, alongside Seventh God, Jinn, and TFL and Soulblighter themselves.

The Good: Chimera has a stunning atmosphere, nice new units and beautiful maps. It is an original Bungie product and there can be no doubt of its high quality.

The Bad: Most levels are very linear and dont give you much options. There are also some key situations where you need a lot of luck to survive which can be very frustrating. I always find that Chimera has been developed with the intention to put visual content above gameplay.

If you play myth, this plugin is a must have. It is just as fun as the single player campaigns for Myth and Myth2. It is however much harder than them, and the first level can be very frustrateing.

While a lot of effort, and detail went into making this large campaign, and even though it's definitely worth trying out and playing, I find the quality of some of the levels and storyline to be inferior to the original Bungie M2 levels and some high quality third party creations.

So in summary, it's definitely worth checking out and playing. But it doesn't live up to the original Bungie levels overall (though some of the levels are pretty good - but not all).