controversially overall i preferred sunken king dlc to this one, as this particular dlc felt a little more bland aesthetically, not to mention its real gank fest issue. fume knight is probably one of my favourite bosses in ds2 as a whole, he made me cry and weep yet beating him was the most joyful thing ive felt playing this entire game. i will name my son raime to honour him
Probably the best part of the whole game, two horrendous boss runs though.
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Dark Souls DLC Ranked
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There is a lot I like about Crown of the Old Iron King. I like how the level design plays with vertical space, the boss fights against Fume Knight and Sir Alonne, and the Ashen Idol mechanic. I just wish I enjoyed completing more of the challenges than I did (I'll say it, I never completed the Iron Passage because I was too annoyed with it).
Personally a big downgrade from the Sunken King, but it still has its standout moments. Some of the bosses are great but the levels feel like slogs with absurd amounts of enemies everywhere, really feels like they want you to despawn everything just to have a decent time. If you like bosses, I can say they are pretty great, my favorite in the whole game is towards the end, you just need some serious willpower to reach them.
I didn't care as much for this DLC as the others. Level design was okay but very linear even for DS2. Though it was a lot more coherent than the base game. Bosses were alright but Sir Alonne in particular felt very "teleports behind you" in terms of movement which I didn't like much. The difficulty was the highest but it didn't feel like it added much here.
Just beat this DLC and have to say this is A LOT better than the Sunken King DLC. I do think the final boss wasnt as good as Sinh but fighting Fume Knight was still very enjoyable. The area just felt more engaging to explore along with fighting enemies, no stupid gimmicks for the most part. Enemies were enjoyable to fight as they hit hard but are easy to kill so it encourages aggressive play. Felt very fair and the setting is awesome.