Is Isle of Siptah worth it?

[PhyrixisGaming]

I have been debating on buying it for a bit now, but with the seriously mixed reviews....is it worth the money?

[Seal Enthusiast]

I really enjoyed it personally and definitely think it's worth the asking price, but I also only play in single player and have played the exiled lands to death, so any new content was good.

That being said, you would probably be better off downloading the map mods 'Savage Wilds' and 'The Isle of Women' if money is a concern. Both have Siptah content baked into them, and are free to download. They are both great and a really solid experience.

[Sinathor]

Siptah is really a mixed bag. I play 100% single player and each time I start a Siptah run, it's fun for a while, but I get bored of it way quicker than I'd ever get with Exiled Lands.

Some of my thoughts:
- 2 new building sets you can also use in Exiled Lands. I especially personally love the Flotsam set, but the other one is cool too.
- Siptah is very open for better and for worse. There is a TON of space that doesn't really have anything in there. This is ideal for building large bases etc. But can be boring when exploring. Especially before getting a horse, etc.
- The balance is all over the place. High level items can be found literally right next to your spawn. I found star metal bars etc. from the first camps I looted. As well as gold and silver ore and coins in abundance. Just across the hill you can harvest black ice as well. This isn't *that* big of a deal as you still need the higher level knowledge etc. But something to consider.
- Exiled Lands feels like there's a story, a grand setting and mythos to uncover. With Siptah.... There's not a lot going on. There are some lore tidbits, and you can find some characters, but it's not a lot.

There are dungeons, in the shape of the Vaults, but I have never played far enough to see what they're like, but I haven't heard good things.

Basically, if you like to have more space than Exiled Lands, or you just want something else to explore, it's worth it. There's a lot of content after all. But just understand that it's going to be a different kind of experience.

[gonzalo]

nop.too many bugs my friend

[BondageSpider]

I enjoyed Siptah well enough as a solo player.

- The Vaults are nice in the sense that they give the game a proper "dungeon crawl" format with monsters and chests in every room, for people who crave that experience.

- The general abundance of resources can be a plus or minus depending on your play style. Basically it's better if you don't want to have to climb around a remote frozen wasteland hunting black ice and star metal.

- Extreme temperature zones are pretty rare, so that's much less of a concern, again can be good or bad depending on how much you enjoyed that mechanic. No sandstorm either.

- A lot of the oddities of the map design are a side effect of the map being mostly designed as a PvP arms race arena, like the abundance of black ice and other stuff around Vaults, the central Tower area being the meteor shower zone, etc. I don't care about PvP in this game, so I couldn't tell you how well that works out in practice.

- Eldarium weapons and some of the armors are pretty cool.

- The only large NPC town is the pirate village on the northernmost island, so that's the closest thing you'll see to a Sepermeru type area.

[LeRoot]

I like to look at it this way: having Siptah gives you a second single-player save separate from your Exiles one. So if you like building big bases, cities and all of that fun stuff, then you'll enjoy Siptah as there's are plenty of big open areas to build on.

With that being said, Siptah isn't as fun to explore as the Exiled Lands. As the first reply said, you can always download free mod maps from the workshop if you want a fun map to explore.

[Dread Swoop]

Siptah only has 3 human factions (minus the Surge), which in comparison to the Exiled Lands' 9 or so is rather limited. The number of NPC camps is also sparse, which tends to make the map feel more empty. Surges can add more variety, but involve grinding the materials used to fuel the Leyshrines. Ultimately the 'human factor' of Siptah, fighting against distinct and interesting enemies and acquiring distinct and interesting thralls, is gimped and I believe responsible for a large portion of negative sentiment.

This is more a nitpick of mine, but I don't like the lighting on Siptah at all. The coast is exceptionally saturated, the east is covered in shadow from tree cover, and the west suffers from near-perpetual cloud-cover (it really should be sunny in that biome). The nights are also very dark, more so than the Exiled Lands, requiring upping the gamma to see beyond your own nose.

As far as positives, there's a sizeable amount of gear unique to the island. The Vaults, although they are tuned more for end-game, provide a decent chunk of content to explore through. Siptah also comes with the Flotsam and Stormglass building sets which you may enjoy; Flotsam is maritime wreckage cobbled together, while Stormglass is very geometric art-deco and similar to the architecture found on the island.

If you are playing solo (and maybe coop, not sure), you can transfer your character to and from Siptah, allowing you to treat it more as an expansion than an entirely separate experience. Since the human factions and Vault content are skewed more toward the endgame, you'd only be missing out on the leveling, which you'd have already done elsewhere.

I think overall Siptah is worth getting if you already like the base game, though given the time of year if you wait a little bit you may be able to get it on sale.

[ace7492]

Siptah in my opinion is a better experience for crafting. Almost all materials are easier to get, everything is closer together, vaults are pretty fun and are fun because they have different enemy types, and design. World bosses are plentiful, and the southern area of the map, especially the Grey Ones zone is a rewarding zone, including a summoning altar for very difficult enemies. If you are a fan of Exiles as a whole I think you would be pleased with Isle of Siptah as an additional, yet different experience.