Is the DLC worth it?

[Octonaughty_88]

I bought this game a while back and i stopped playing. I want to start a fresh save with the DLC. is it worth it?

[Honorable_D]

Yeah I just beat it like a week ago and it has that same addictive grind and fun progression—got about 30 hours out of it. The Baker's Daughter has her own GROW board and spells to unlock on it and just like in the main game you'll find new gear and weapons with skills to mastery on them.

Don't go in expecting the same size, story and variety of maps as the main game though—it is a pretty simple loop of diving down into the cave collecting FORCE, crafting items and other things, and then warping back to town to upgrade/buy things. Then it's back down into the cave to get deeper and deeper.

[Urkikk]

Astlibra Gaiden is more focused on Combat than Story compared to Base Game with a bit of new mechanic, not to say there's no story, it actually also continue a bit from the base game later down, there just won't be as much dialogues and cutscenes.

You go to the cave, fight enemies, collect Force for GROW, collect materials for Equipment.
As you progress, you also try to go deeper until you hit the boss floor, progress story, and so on.
There are some QoLs in there, like some less UI delay, faster mining animation, better Shop interactions.
Magic stats also scale better than base game which mean Ranged weapons are also stronger too along with Skills.

I think this game encourage crafting for food healing than base game too, where back then we mostly heal with save point, and stock a bunch of seeds and fruits. Fit the theme of being The Baker's Daughter I suppose.

It's a fun experience for sure, it worth a shot.

[Octonaughty_88]

Nice thanks for the info! I'm going to pick it up!