More of a mixed opinion. Main reason for giving it still thumbs up is a price point - there is enough good in here, to justify the purchase and playtime but be prepared for a very messy adventure.

I thought Solasta's original campaign linear design was a good choice - it is clearly a title with limited budget and I would rather see the devs invest in making more robust dungeons that trying to make a game beyond their scope. Lost Valley only reinforced this belief.

Good things first:
What Solasta did well, LV still does well and even better. Encounters a much more varied and interesting and there are few decent dungeons in here. Spellcasters are more utilised and in general encounters are more engaging. In general there just seem to be more stuff in here. The game still has all the janky charm of the base game.

The more open ended nature is where I find more faults with it. You end up doing quests for different factions, but as narrative side of the game is still not very strong, it was difficult to care what I am doing and for who and why. Doing quests felt more like ticking off checklist, and without clear forward momentum the campaign struggled to keep my interest.

Unfortunately, the game also doesn't handle well reactivity or doing things out of intended order. By the end of the game it felt like the adventure is about to implode - my characters spoke of things they didn't encounter yet, I finished what turned out to be a final dungeon early and ended up babysitting a critical NPC for couple hours of game time as I kept wrapping up remaining quests, Three seperate factions ended up sending me to the same secret final locations, without my party (or the NPC) acknowledging the "I have been there, done that" situation.

The ending was very anticlimactic, and it felt like the DLC run out of steam, rather than finishing. It didn't help that ending slide didn't even get my choices right, no doubt thanks to me completing too many faction quests.

Still, do you want more Solasta?

More of a mixed opinion. Main reason for giving it still thumbs up is a price point - there is enough good in here, to justify the purchase and playtime but be prepared for a very messy adventure. I thought Solasta's original campaign linear design was a good choice - it is clearly a title with limited budget and I would rather see the devs invest in making more robust dungeons that trying to make a game beyond their scope. Lost Valley only reinforced this belief. Good things first: What Solasta did well, LV still does well and even better. Encounters a much more varied and interesting and there are few decent dungeons in here. Spellcasters are more utilised and in general encounters are more engaging. In general there just seem to be more stuff in here. The game still has all the janky charm of the base game. The more open ended nature is where I find more faults with it. You end up doing quests for different factions, but as narrative side of the game is still not very strong, it was difficult to care what I am doing and for who and why. Doing quests felt more like ticking off checklist, and without clear forward momentum the campaign struggled to keep my interest. Unfortunately, the game also doesn't handle well reactivity or doing things out of intended order. By the end of the game it felt like the adventure is about to implode - my characters spoke of things they didn't encounter yet, I finished what turned out to be a final dungeon early and ended up babysitting a critical NPC for couple hours of game time as I kept wrapping up remaining quests, Three seperate factions ended up sending me to the same secret final locations, without my party (or the NPC) acknowledging the "I have been there, done that" situation. The ending was very anticlimactic, and it felt like the DLC run out of steam, rather than finishing. It didn't help that ending slide didn't even get my choices right, no doubt thanks to me completing too many faction quests. Still, do you want more Solasta?