Its got some fun character moments between Kieran and Carmine but otherwise its just an additional map and not a very intriguing one. It's new pool of pokemon is fine, and I think the theming is neat but nothing really kept me glued to what was going on. I did try to make a new team out of this DLC and granted this at least helped to bloat my overall time, just so I could train the new 'mons to be up to snuff but if you played this normally with the team you used post-main story you can easily breeze through most of this in an afternoon- as most people did when this first dropped. I kinda wish there was one other major city or location but the only really neat locales are the central mountain, its crater and the starting town's surrounding areas- most of the other areas are bland as hell.

I had a large write up about other issues I was thinking of with regards to ScVi as we near a year after it first dropped but I'll save that for when the next expansion drops.

Its fine but I would say wait for the next part before purchasing since you have to spend $35 for both this and whatever the next expansion is rather than selecting separate parts.

Reviewed on Sep 21, 2023


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