The dlcs in previous fromsoftware game were always without exception, the best part of those games, they even saved dark souls 2 from mediocrity by being genuinely good pieces of content. So does this one live up to the hype? YES........and not really, it's complicated. It's kinda like what elden ring is to the franchise, has the highest highs in all of souls, and the lowest lows(not including a certain "frigid" area from dark souls 2 I won't name)


Visually this is a masterpiece, nothing more to add, it is firmly one of the BEST looking games ever made. Level design is at a all time high, the main boss fights left my jaw on the floor but I also feel like fromsoftware forgot the "tough but fair" title they so proudly had. This is just tough, fair is long gone.


But I still find it, as a piece of art, very authentic in its design. It’s elden ring at max, unfiltered, raw. For better......or for worse. It’s the experience that will make the fans fall in love with the game even more and confirm the doubts of the people who were critical of the base game.


And like it or not, Demon’s Souls is gone from this, please make your peace with that.


But I do hope this is the last dark souls-esque game/dlc by from. I will still be excited for whatever they make next since it seems I'm unable to get burned out on souls apparently but I want them to focus on other games. They showed that they can make competent games that aren't dark souls again(e.g. sekiro, armored core 6) so why not leave dark souls/dark souls open world edition alone to rest?

The quintessential survival horror game. A beautifully horrific mix of excellent survival gameplay with gut-wrenching writting, neatly tied with some of the most morbidly delightful artstyle I've ever seen, AND a atmospheric soundtrack to make you piss yourself if the rest wasn't enough already.



Honestly, I can't help my fromsoftware fanboy-ass rotted mind and I I must compare this game to another classic, Bloodborne. Both games invoke very similar feelings, of constant stress, tension, disgust and of course, the lovely existential dread. Also both start of with you killing dogs, then more mutated dogs.
But at least Bloodborne was kind enough to have a place particularily designed to rest and calm yourself down :). No such privilage in Poland, sorry



There is no escape from this accursed forest, no easy button to press to make everything seem ok. You either choose to live in BLISS, in an endless slumber, or choose to fucking BURN THEM ALL. BURN THE FOREST, BURN THOSE FUCKING CHOMPERS, BURN EVERY SINGLE PLAGUE INFESTED BASTARD THERE IS, which also sadly includes that poor musician(may god rest his soul, if there even is one, or just another 'BEING")