:< Why the DLC Review is mixed?

[Chibirion]

I just finished NG+7 DLC and take a look at the review, it's mixed. Why?

I really enjoy the game & DLC, it really painful to see the yellow scores...

It's just more Elden Ring... for an "Elden Ring DLC/Expansion"... what more do we need?

[echo_ML]

Half of it is performance issues, the other half is the typical Fromsoft "GAymE tWO HarD!!1!". Patent pending.

[luie]

Because people are too busy typing walls of text on twitter instead of locking in and getting good. #filtered

[Forest]

Game journalist review bombing.

[Nauct]

I almost considered it because of performance issues

[Norm Macdonald's Ghost]

Originally posted by Chibirion:

:< Why the DLC Review is mixed?

Cause people sad and make eye water explosion.

[Bucherebis]

Performance dips and unbalanced bosses.
The bosses can be beaten eventually, but the performance need to be addressed by From.

[Chibirion]

Originally posted by echo_ML:

Half of it is performance issues, the other half is the typical Fromsoft "GAymE tWO HarD!!1!". Patent pending.

I mean... it is not THAT hard... I'm a useless potato myself even I can finish the DLC with some exploration...

But yeah, I got some FPS drop in the new zone...

[CL4MP]

I gave it a negative review because it is too hard. Many people feel the same way.

Some also run into performance issues.

edit: also pretty sure this thread is clickbait

[Sanctuary]

Some reviews complain about low performance, others complain about difficulty.
For me dlc is pretty chill experience, way more relaxing than ringed city of dark souls 3.
Regarding bosses, their sponginess finally motivated me to use active buffs before and during battles.
Also furnance golems turned out to be not as tough as they look

I have a couple of places where my fps drops from 60 to 40, vut I am sure optimization update is on the way. Tuning effects quality from max to low fixes the fps issue without any visual degradation, so I think it is something not occluded properly, and devs can fix that.

[Fineous🔥]

It was a rude awakening for people who considered Elden Ring a easy game. A game you were able to copy/paste a build from Youtube and faceroll everything.......Miyazaki did it again and i bet that people if they concentrate enough to can ear him laughing his ass off!

The expansion rocks! Last boss and everything included. Everyone should be able to clear it with patience and a modicum of skill....but naaaaah lets throw a negative review "BaD HaRd GaEm".

[psilocybe]

Reviews are for the exact reason you mentioned.

More of FROM's lazy, bare-minimum work ethic...
and now the servers they never improve upon, are bogged down from an influx of players as well.

How can I put it in metaphor..

It's like... seeing a new menu item at a restaurant that you'd frequent...
.. but when you order it, they bring out the same brick-sandwich as always.


I'd like to see them put ANY money into improving their engine, in anyway, What-so-ever.



(Patching in sh*tty mount mechanics to compensate for the sh*tty open-world that doesn't work.... does not count.)

[boombaclock]

they do not care about steams review meter.

they sold the crap out of the DLC and people are playing....480,000 atm...

who cares what steam says....people downvote because its easy......

and they do it because fromsoft knows how we play and they are beating alot of people.

[echo_ML]

Keep in mind than No Rest for The Wicked used to have mixed reviews. Tis folly, trusting them.

[mpcgannon]

Originally posted by Norm Macdonald's Ghost:

Originally posted by Chibirion:

:< Why the DLC Review is mixed?

Cause people sad and make eye water explosion.

"Makes my eyes rain"

[Taddy Mason]

weapon degradation and weapons breaking as well as being able to upgrade armor again as 2 examples i can think of more elden ring we should have and could have gotten.

personally, i think they should have removed something from the DLC-namely the scadutree fragments and the entire system they revolve around. strip that out and find another way to balance the DLC and it'd be pretty solid. probably would have had pretty positive reviews, too.