The letdown of all letdowns

...is what i would call SotE if i were on HRT.

>>716529758 (OP)
I enjoyed my time with it but it did have all the same problems as the base game so it was just more endgame content for me to play. Really wish one could access the DLC earlier in the playthrough.

>>716529758 (OP)
I loved it. I'm not a boss obsessed DS3zoomer though

light greatswords and great katanas alone make it worth it

>>716529758 (OP)
brown curry feces fingers typed that post

>>716530472
Really it's not that bad considering you only need to get to Altus to start the festival. Maybe go into it a little ways to get Mohg bubble and that one red sign where you can use Varre's festering fingers if you really can't be bothered invading actual people. Mohg's not super tough, I'd say it's easier to get into SotE than Ringed City.

>>716530417
because you are already trans and like it; and you would need HRT to untrans yourself and realize SOTE was shit and disrespectful to base game 10/10 ER?

>>716529758 (OP)
thats what your parents said when you were born

>forced exploration
>various empty zones in the map
anyone that says exploration in this game is good is a retard
the only good part for exploring was Messmer's keep

>>716532402
You are brown

>>716532458
brownoids are the ones who watch 3 hour lore vids justifying empty trash areas like cerulean cape to cope themselves into thinking it wasn't a huge letdown

>>716529758 (OP)
Open wolds was a mistake. Leave that shit to the westcucks

>>716529758 (OP)
Having one hyperaggressive boss that can string combos and has half a dozen ways to one-shot you and a big flashy phase two where it gets even more hyperaggressive and one-shotty with loads of AoE is fine, having that be like every main boss just gets tedious. And not just tedious, it reduces variety and unexpectedness, I no longer go into fog doors not knowing what to expect, now I just expect a mess every time.
SotE feels like From bending the knee to people who just think "Fromsoft game = die a lot!"

>>716529758 (OP)
In opposite world.

>>716532327
no it took them 20 years to say it

DLC was largely enjoyable, but the final boss being a complete letdown aesthetically, thematically and mechanically was absolutely unexpected given From's record.
Leda battle royale before it was a significantly better note to end the DLC at.
And i blame fucking Nightrein for how empty the southern portion was.

>>716529758 (OP)
I really liked the dragon area and a few of the forts. I think Miquella lore is kind of disappointing, bringing back Radahn sucks mechanically and narratively, and the abyssal woods might be my new least favorite Fromsoftware area.

>>716529758 (OP)
I think the scadutree fragment idea was an interesting way to make the DLC feel like starting a new game while letting you also keep your equipment, but the way they're so randomly scattered felt weird (especially when completely random zombie enemies seem to drop them), and the rigid upgrade/scaling system made it hard to enjoy any of the new equipment or abilities you find.

>>716535162
there's literally no reason to side against miquella

You wanted to fight Rosus, Gloam-Eyed Queen, Malenia’s mentor, Godwyn. Instead you will fight Commander Gaius, Putrescent Knight, Rellana, and Scadu Avatar. And then Radahn again.

>>716529758 (OP)
The gayest of all gays (OP)

yeah dlc sucked

>>716529758 (OP)
I saw a clip the other day that really made me recontextualize how I look at media/art. Instead of analyzing every minute detail of someone else's work to see if you like it. You should analyze how it makes you feel overall. Try to figure out the author's intentions before going into your own interpretations.

With that being said, SOTE fucking sucks now that I don't have to be as objective as possible

>>716536880
>You should analyze how it makes you feel overall. Try to figure out the author's intentions before going into your own interpretations.
isn't this contradictory

>>716535393
>rigid upgrade/scaling system
You can buy all the stones except the +25/+10 ones and the DLC gives you plenty of those too.
Also you get a whole bunch of respec items as well so it's really on the player.

SotE was good actually

>>716529758 (OP)
It's so poorly integrated wih the rest of the game... they just didn't give a shit. It was a cashgrab.