What are you most disappointed by in the DLC?

[Tentacule Un Seigneur]

Just wondering, I am sure everyone has some element, enemy, or such they would have liked to see in the DLC that didn't end up appearing. What is yours?

For me, I loved the Eternal Cities, was really hoping to see one in the Shadow Lands, maybe some "Eternal Palace" or such, learn a bit more about them. But nah, nothin.

[Lylliana of Mirrah]

many people will take this as an insult so pls don't read if you can't handle it.

40 dollars price tag, but the content is not 40 dollars worth. most of the stuff is empty wastelands meaningless loots in open world. only handful few important items. average players all been missing the scadutree fragments because they play it blind, exploration is exhausting and these things are well hidden that you might not find it on your own and will need a guide to get em all.

final boss was executed poorly. it was a twin princes style boss style but they make it too crazy that i just can't be bother to beat final boss again after killing it 2 times. getting flashbanged just ain't fun (maybe fun for brain-rotted people). prince lothric did not flashbang you like crazy, twin princes was a better fight than this dlc final boss fight, it was just chef kiss for twin princes. twin princes second phase adds new attacks and with first phase attacks it was just awesome.

bayle fight was epic with igon the goat.

if This dlc was dark souls iv dlc it wouldn't have these unnecessary empty lands as fillers.
they would've made belurat as a start then to castle ensis or the jagged peak, then small bonus area like cathedral of the deep towards the finger ruins for metyr side boss, then shadow keep as main path kill messmer then proceed to rauh that were full of indiana jones style traps and monkeys attacking the player and perhaps a monstrosities instead of boring shadow peasants. end game area the whatever that flying fortress were. that place doesn't need any changes. then a pvp spots on abyssal woods with frenzy flame covenant that can summon people to protect the place from anyone trying to get through it.
then a special reviveable boss fight like spear of the church inside the end game area before leda gank fight and radahn fight.

it's a missopportunity to enhanced the game on dlc. the dlc pretty much just another elden ring but it felt like a fan made mod instead...

[AILAD]

Rewards are mostly smiting stones and runes and cookbooks, all of which I don't care for.

Most of the map is empty, I got tired of exploring cliffs and hills that have nothing.

Bosses overall are better than the base game except the final DLC boss which is trash tier and sours the whole experience.

[/*ShadowHero*/]

We didn't get any lore expansion on Godwyn... Or boss fight. I was for sure they would include him somehow but nah, just Radhan 2.0 which someone spoiled for me so the impact was meaningless. That's probably my biggest complaint. Also performance issues and some boss fights feel very lazy design-wise

[zab]

Originally posted by boiling pie:

Kenneth Haight still wouldn't make me knight.

[CastielArch]

The lore ans story are absolutly ass in this DLC. To the point there's a good chance if they make a comedy manga for it like they did the base game it will have better writing than the DLC (and I find reading the Elden Ring manga to be a compleat waste of time).

[ZTL-Altima]

The map sucks, padded game design.

[ErWolfonsio]

Originally posted by CastielArch:

The lore ans story are absolutly ass in this DLC. To the point there's a good chance if they make a comedy manga for it like they did the base game it will have better writing than the DLC (and I find reading the Elden Ring manga to be a compleat waste of time).

It does exists for the base game, its called Elden Ring : The Road To The Erdtree, first pages are good (looks like a serious manga until its not), the rest, complete cringe garbage.

I disagree hard in the DLC lore being ass, its actually incredible, i love the answers and new questions that we've got, but there are some important lore topics left unexplored.

[Ω Arkandor]

Why the npcs have boss level HP ? its not really that bad but they shouldnt be THAT tanky (im talking about Moonrythill and leda band of psychopaths). The damage is kinda scary too, moonrythill for example will 2- hit kill you even at high level scadutrees (and it gets worse at ng+).

I literally saw moonrythill wipe the floor with 2 players when i invaded once, i didnt even had to do anything other than to bait them into the npc.

The thing with these npcs that feel annoying is that they just keep tanking and tanking rushing you to kill you with few hits. I really would appreciate a tip for how to deal with these kind of npcs, because even with bleed, they just keep coming tanking my hits and attacking.

[Fineous🔥]

No God Skin quintet.....

Seriously 0 love at all to god killing incantations. Had to kill the final boss with blackflame fireballs (and still use it) and many other things.......but you dont label a incantation school GOD KILLING.....to never again add more blackflame to the game.

[Rexeos]

Graphics - some graphics is ugly, too much fog.

Exploration is boring - minutes just riding horse..

Enemies does too much damage. Its like in Lies of P.. Just go, die, learn from it and repeat.. I see no fun in this. I would welcome something like learn mode - u go fight without health loose and when you feel ready, you can go for real. Or at least recording mode, so you can watch what happens so you can learn from replay more quickly..

Scadutree system - its like play game on Soul Level 1 and later you maybe can get feeling of that you are leveled.. So, there is no much sense of leveling. I can not even share with other players what I like, as others has different experience so we talk each about something different.. From Software just could put in menu Scadutree slider instead of this exploration crap and who enjoys looking for it in the world, still could.

Overall there is just too much of wasting time.. its 6 of 10 from me.

[Royal-Requiem]

My complaints:
They didn't add DLC achivements.
Some parts of the DLC map are way harder to navigate than the old map.
It would've been nice to see Melina have some part in the DLC story.

[CastielArch]

Originally posted by ErWolfonsio:

Originally posted by CastielArch:

The lore ans story are absolutly ass in this DLC. To the point there's a good chance if they make a comedy manga for it like they did the base game it will have better writing than the DLC (and I find reading the Elden Ring manga to be a compleat waste of time).

It does exists for the base game, its called Elden Ring : The Road To The Erdtree, first pages are good (looks like a serious manga until its not), the rest, complete cringe garbage.

I disagree hard in the DLC lore being ass, its actually incredible, i love the answers and new questions that we've got, but there are some important lore topics left unexplored.

I know it exists, that's why I said it's a waste of time reading it, the dialogues are absolute unfunny cringe. What I'm saying is even if they did the same manga for the DLC it would have a better story than the actual DLC (meaning I really think poorly of the story of the DLC if even the cringe manga could do better). As for lore, the DLC has so little of it (that is of any relevance or not absolute nonsense) it might as well not be there, the only important stuff is 1 line from Ymir...

[Sean Maxhell]

Where is my ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ double Godskin Duo?

[0wnz0r]

theres too much to be disappointed by, cant choose only 1

[0wnz0r]

Originally posted by Lylliana of Mirrah:

it's a missopportunity to enhanced the game on dlc. the dlc pretty much just another elden ring but it felt like a fan made mod instead...

the way this level design n boss design is absolutely feels like a fan mod. they even repurposed entire set pieces barely altered. the dsk3 archthrones mod was more inspired than this.

they straight up took the room from right before dks2 ice dlc final boss fight, they straight up took the room from bloodborne dlc where all the patients were in the beds....

its a lazy ♥♥♥♥♥♥ joke.