What are we doing here ?

[𝐂𝔸𝓡L̳]

I mean in the base game, we were a tarnished who had to beat demi-god, to become elden lord and change the rule of the world, i get it, good enough to support the amazing gameplay and world.
But in the dlc ? Why are we here, what do we have to accomplish, except killing boss and ennemy because we paid a 40£ for a expansion, the dlc itself is good, i just dont understand the logic behind it.
For me it seems like we are just killing boss because its the game, that's all.
I havent finished the dlc so my review isnt to be taken for it's word, but am I the only one who feels like that ? Or is it all explain at the end ?
(Almost 10 hours in btw)

[GodfatherPlunger]

why did you do the side missions like volcano manor ? its like that, just larger

[+theo+]

you are here to follow Miquella if u are not interested then dont play its that simple lol

[lekayrnthon]

I think this is a valid question and I hope that by the end of the dlc you are more certain in the aim of the dlc, as am I.

[Bastila Shan]

Would you honestly rather have no dlc at all? Is that your point? Or is it that the dlc isnt good enough for you?

[jaderpansen]

I see where you're coming from. I mean sure, we're following Miquella, i guess? Collect crosses, sure. Y tho?

My main gripe with the story so far is that it seems to be completely detached from the main game and its world building. Nobody ever mentioned a "shadow land" (which is quite the trope tbh) in the main game before, or another child of Marika for that matter.

Big bosses in the main game were hyped by Ofnir which put weight on the encounter, here you're going through some random, seemingly not even mandatory fog gate and hey, it's "Rellana", the one who... um... well it's like Renalla, but the letters are in a different order! That has to mean something, right?

None of the NPCs did we ever meet before in the "normal" world, not even the Needle Knight who appears to be our leader (or something).

Dunno.

[𝐂𝔸𝓡L̳]

Originally posted by GodfatherPlunger:

why did you do the side missions like volcano manor ? its like that, just larger

paying 40 bucks for a larger part of the less inspired side quest of the game, is a bit rough, i kinda get why the rating on steam is so low, even if I enjoyed the dlc.
It still lack of storytelling, just a little animation at the start of the dlc when you touch miquella hand is missing, like in ds3 dlc, you have a little cutscene when you touch the guy hand and it teleport you to another dimension, here it's just a loading screen.

[jaderpansen]

Originally posted by GodfatherPlunger:

why did you do the side missions like volcano manor ? its like that, just larger

Because Rykard is a shard bearer.

[Flying Fish]

To suffer

[𝐂𝔸𝓡L̳]

Originally posted by jaderpansen:

I see where you're coming from. I mean sure, we're following Miquella, i guess? Collect crosses, sure. Y tho?

My main gripe with the story so far is that it seems to be completely detached from the main game and its world building. Nobody ever mentioned a "shadow land" (which is quite the trope tbh) in the main game before, or another child of Marika for that matter.

Big bosses in the main game were hyped by Ofnir which put weight on the encounter, here you're going through some random, seemingly not even mandatory fog gate and hey, it's "Rellana", the one who... um... well it's like Renalla, but the letters are in a different order! That has to mean something, right?

None of the NPCs did we ever meet before in the "normal" world, not even the Needle Knight who appears to be our leader (or something).

Dunno.

Exactly, even at the start, you are not taken in another another part of the world, just tp by a loading screen to a detached part of the game. I know from soft fan dont like to hear this because it's not the main focus of their game, but the dlc story telling is a bit lazy, you have to at least have a goal, the introduction cutscene of elden ring does the job really good

[𝐂𝔸𝓡L̳]

Originally posted by Hypan31s:

Originally posted by Carl9853:

I mean in the base game, we were a tarnished who had to beat demi-god, to become elden lord and change the rule of the world, i get it, good enough to support the amazing gameplay and world.
But in the dlc ? Why are we here, what do we have to accomplish, except killing boss and ennemy because we paid a 40£ for a expansion, the dlc itself is good, i just dont understand the logic behind it.
For me it seems like we are just killing boss because its the game, that's all.
I havent finished the dlc so my review isnt to be taken for it's word, but am I the only one who feels like that ? Or is it all explain at the end ?
(Almost 10 hours in btw)

Dlc is not a sequel but has to be considered as a part of the main game, in the main game you were looking for all demi gods and the only missing one was Miquella, wich is now in too. When you speak to Gideon after defeating Mohg he will say that Miquella remains a mistery, so I think later the dlc will incorporate very good in the base game. On another side, taking this point of view makes the dlc looks a lot like main game content locked behind paywall

Thanks, it makes more sense now, but is it really said clearly at some point in the dlc ? and no one mention the land between in the dlc, so it makes it weird

[Eren Jäger]

Because Miquella the kind is a very important person in the lore. He is the rightful successor to Marika.

[lekayrnthon]

Originally posted by Eren Jäger:

Because Miquella the kind is a very important person in the lore. He is the rightful successor to Marika.

Is he? I got the whole feeling that the point of the dlc was building on the theme that Marika never deserved the throne in the first place?

[𝐂𝔸𝓡L̳]

Originally posted by Bastila Shan:

Would you honestly rather have no dlc at all? Is that your point? Or is it that the dlc isnt good enough for you?

Look at steam review, people are happy with the dlc but some part are really lazy from fromsoft : optimization, balancing, storytelling

[𝐂𝔸𝓡L̳]

Originally posted by Eren Jäger:

Because Miquella the kind is a very important person in the lore. He is the rightful successor to Marika.

But why kill him ?

[𝐂𝔸𝓡L̳]

Originally posted by Fourmoyle:

Originally posted by Eren Jäger:

Because Miquella the kind is a very important person in the lore. He is the rightful successor to Marika.

Is he? I got the whole feeling that the point of the dlc was building on the theme that Marika never deserved the throne in the first place?

Me too ahah