I got the pokemon scarlet + dlc pack for christmas and have been loving it. It's solidified my love for the game, but this dlc kinda didn't. Obviously the game still visually is a mess, even moreso in Kitakami than Paldea because of awful screen tearing. They fixed the most egregious bugs and the frame rate never dipped for me, but this is still in a pitiful state. On top of that, Kitakami is absolutely barren. They needed a few dozen more trainers in every area at least, because while the actual geometry of the area is interesting, there's barely anything to do in this cool map. Main story is good, I enjoyed it, but it's also very barebones. I dunno, I'm having fun exploring for the last few ogre clan trainers but this needs more stuff to do in it. I didn't play the SwSh dlc so I can't really compare it there but it feels more like a hoenn postgame than a johto postgame if ya feel me.