Base game is quite unfair but playable, but vanilla, before SOTFS is considerably a better experience, just without the DLC included.
The DLC are all at least OK, but Old Iron King is really damn good and the bosses are the the best in the DLCs, Ivory King comes next with Burnt Ivory King having a blast of a fight. Sunken King is not bad but it doesn't stand side by side with the other two. The map is really good though. Overall a good game with shitty mechanics that make it worse than the other two games of the franchise, but it is a Dark Souls title, through and through.
The DLC are all at least OK, but Old Iron King is really damn good and the bosses are the the best in the DLCs, Ivory King comes next with Burnt Ivory King having a blast of a fight. Sunken King is not bad but it doesn't stand side by side with the other two. The map is really good though. Overall a good game with shitty mechanics that make it worse than the other two games of the franchise, but it is a Dark Souls title, through and through.