Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree DLC Review (10/10)
Like the base game did before it, Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree raises the bar for single-player DLC expansions. It takes everything that made the base game such a landmark RPG, condenses it into a relatively compact 20-25 hour campaign, and provides fantastic new challenges for heavily invested...
20-25 hour campaign
That's like... 120 hours for me the way I meticulously comb every inch of playable area. And die a lot.
It’s IGN. They probably had this score lined up since the announcement.
Eh, I don’t love IGN but it seems like at this point nothing they do makes people happy. I remember when they gave Starfield a 7 people rioted lol, even tho the score was entirely deserved.
Were people angry because it was low or high? I'd give it a lower score personally, though I've still seen some people argue it's a perfect game
I'd say it deserves a perfectly mediocre 5. Everything it does is better in other games, and the one thing it's supposed to do (exploration) is better in their other games. I live sci-fi so I was willing to overlook a lot of issues, but I think the biggest letdown is that the sci-fi stories it tells are boring as hell and don't actually make use of the genre. If they really wanted to make a sci-fi game they should have been ready to tell interesting sci-fi stories. Instead they gave up all the strengths of their other games to tell uninteresting stories.
Bethesda should have put “Mario” or “Zelda” in the title if they wanted better scores from IGN.
Can a DLC be game of the year?
Maybe? Witcher 3: Blood & Wine was similar.
I have a character sitting at the table at the end of the game before starting up another round of Ng+, will that work for the DLC? Or does it have to be before the fire giant?
I watched a couple of prep videos from people who played the 3 hour demo and they said just have a dude who's beaten the game but hasn't moved to journey 2.
I have a few in that state already, but I'm also wondering if there is a cut off trigger. Like if the final boss is dead, can I still go into the DLC? Or even if I can, if there are new ending conditions to change the ending can I obtain them? Technically I've already committed to an ending and seen the credits roll; I just haven't moved to J2 at the Roundtable.
Yeah. I ran through every main ending with the same character, and I think this last one was the Age of Stars ending. I don't mind starting up a new journey to get to the DLC, I'd just rather get it out of the way so I can just straight into it when it releases. Thursday is my day off, and I'd rather not waste all of the time I have to play on rehashing the old stuff.
It has a little something for everyone.
Ultrawide support? If there were no new content, I would pay just for the ultrawide support.
