I heard this was a divisive DLC but I wasn't expecting to actually dislike it. Ariandel was one of my least favorite locations in the game. Despite having beautiful visuals and some cool shortcuts, it has a lot of annoying enemies that made it a pain to play. I can't say I love the bosses either. Gravetender & Greatwolf was really annoying, feeling like it was just hard for the sake of it. Sister Friede on the other hand was a pretty good fight with beautiful animations, great music, and a challenging move-set. But the combination of its difficulty with how long it takes to finish did sour the fight for me a little bit, and I ended up summoning an NPC to speed things up. Overall a bit of a disappointing DLC.

Reviewed on Feb 17, 2024


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