Dark Souls II: Crown of the Ivory King

released on Sep 24, 2014

DLC for Dark Souls II

Crown of the Ivory King is set in an ancient temple wrung with freezing storms, towering walls and a hollowing emptiness. Challenged by forces that are one with the freezing elements, low visibility and esoteric abilities.


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I'm honestly relieved to be done with Dark Souls II's DLC. It's extremely overhyped. I always heard that Dark Souls II's DLC was what made the game worth playing and I'll tell you right now, whoever says that is full of shit. There's really nothing all that great here. It's the same stuff you got in the base game, but at times, even more annoying. The frigid outskirts is particularly terrible. I reached the boss once and then decided it wasn't worth it.

I initially thought it was a mandatory fight, but the instant I found out it was optional, I yeeted the hell out of there. What an absolute waste of time! Lets just have the previous mandatory fight, but this time, there's two of them and the boss run is the worst one we've ever made! God damn! Why even bother? Keep in mind that I'm the guy who's okay with the Blue Smelter Demon boss run. I'd always been the guy who'd fight as many bosses as I could in these games, but this time around, I honestly couldn't be bothered.

To be fair, the DLC integrates the level design with the boss fights in a way that is an echo of other bosses in the base game. However, it's just a chore in my book. I didn't enjoy the final boss much, which greatly encourages the player to find four knights to serve them during the boss fight. Neat idea in concept, but in execution, it was just a hectic mess of a fight. I easily preferred the bosses from Iron King or even Sunken.

It's not terrible, but it might be my least favorite DLC from DS2. Not enraging like Sunken was at times, but also lacks the high highs that that DLC had to offer in the form of those standout boss fights. What a disappointment. Hopefully DS3's DLC is better...

la intro a la ciudad congelada y el charred loyce set salvan las papas

Dark Souls II's final DLC, while not as strong as the first two, is still a decent time, containing a fun area and an excellent boss. The Frozen City is HUGE with many branching paths and initially blocked areas that I got a bit overwhelmed. It's still fun to traverse through, but the enemies here are pretty tough and deal a lot of damage. Enemy placement here was also just right, being maybe a little bit more difficult than Brume Tower and Shulva as you have multiple invaders (who are douches I might add), spellcasters and frozen knights coming after you, however I never found it to be a gank fest which is nice. The bosses here range from meh to incredible. Aava and it's two copy cats are nothing to write home about, very average bosses (maybe a bit below for the second fight as it's just the same boss copy pasted twice). However, this is all forgiven as the boss fight with the Burnt Ivory King is fantastic. Not only does it require you to explore the city fully for the knights to assist you, (which is awesome) the presentation here is gorgeous, which DS2 happens to already excel at. This boss fight is just below Fume Knight only because I feel that fight begins quickly and is a great 1v1. Otherwise, an awesome and unique boss fight that I loved encountering. Also, the fridged outskirts area is probably the worst area in the entire series, even more so than Shrine of Amana. Thankfully, it's optional and only leads to the copy paste cat fight I mentioned earlier. A solid way to end off DS2, the DLCs are a good time and I recommend them.

Bu dlc'yi yapanın amına kyoayım 1 tane güzel boss ve silah var baştan aşşağıya kanser.

Imported from my Backloggery:

This one was my least favorite of the DLC. It was an awesome area, and had some great spectacle, and some great enemies, but didn't have any bosses that I enjoyed. I didn't like Aava, her hitbox lingered longer than my i-frames and was just unfiar. The Ivory king was fun once I got 3 extra summons. Without that, I wouldn't have enjoyed a 2v6 gank fight. There were great things about it, but plenty of things to sour it too.