why so many negative reviews?

[stealthy]

I loved the main game and thought about buying the expansion. So i was kinda shocked when i saw all the bad reviews. So whats up? Is the DLC just not worth it?

[LuckyCheshire]

People are upset because it's as difficult as Dark Souls has historically been, which is a bit above the base game generally. Then some are salty because they have to do things like explore around before tackling bosses, not just steamroll them with dual bleed katanas.


The DLC has a couple little things that need tweaking, but overall it's fantastic. It's big enough to almost be Elden Ring 2.

[Butcher]

70% of negative reviews in Chinese. It must have something to do with game being Japanese.

[Dracula Flow]

Performance being ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ more than anything along with Prime Consort Radahn being a garbage boss fight.

[Sayo]

Because the shoe-horned forced progression system sucks, and it came with performance issues that weren't there before the patch.

[÷]

Originally posted by Sayo:

Because the shoe-horned forced progression system sucks, and it came with performance issues that weren't there before the patch.

Not exploring is like rushing to margit in the base game and complaining that's it's too hard.

[Muerte]

Not even supporting modern hardware doesn't help

[Zanarkand]

There was already a video explaining, it was because of easy anti cheat causing FPS issues. Specifically mentioning the "Blue Panda".

Anything else like difficulty just like the initial Elden Ring release you have some people that typically can't comprehend they aren't that good at the game and will blame just about anything related to the game to feel better.

[Heartless]

Theyre mad because they cant beat hard bosses even with built in permanent buffs. The DLC is great if you want the challenge buy it.

[ErikTheRed]

It's very difficult and some people have been having some performance issues. That being said, it's still peak like usual. Some people like the difficulty and a very vocal portion of the community hates it. I'd say it's worth it just for that first play through exploration magic alone.

[matija123123]

Performance issues + some whiny people having a though time.

[NeoVICT]

Originally posted by ÷:

Originally posted by Sayo:

Because the shoe-horned forced progression system sucks, and it came with performance issues that weren't there before the patch.

Not exploring is like rushing to margit in the base game and complaining that's it's too hard.

It's not even that it is too hard, beating bosses just feels more like a chore than anything else and is just tedious and not fun, at least for me it isn't.
I had some sense of accomplishment beating bosses from the base game, which I finished btw, but all i think after beating a DLC boss is "god bless its over".

[Sayo]

Originally posted by ÷:

Originally posted by Sayo:

Because the shoe-horned forced progression system sucks, and it came with performance issues that weren't there before the patch.

Not exploring is like rushing to margit in the base game and complaining that's it's too hard.

See the big difference is that when people enter the DLC they already have their character made. Nerfing that build just doesn't feel good. Especially since some builds are almost unusable.

[DeerMunchingByATree]

Originally posted by Butcher:

70% of negative reviews in Chinese. It must have something to do with game being Japanese.

Did you even read the reviews?

[Butcher]

Originally posted by DeerMunchingByATree:

Originally posted by Butcher:

70% of negative reviews in Chinese. It must have something to do with game being Japanese.

Did you even read the reviews?

Blue panda? Like, whining about anticheat is not the best look.

[Karl]

Some are from China who have truble with Easy Anti cheat (not because they want to cheat but it kills frame rate ) Some are because of how the dlc is balanced , just isnt very fun. I have beaten all the main bosses in the dlc and i agree. First time after killing from soft bosses i didt feel any joy.