If you liked the base game, I recommend getting this expansion on sale. While I ultimately enjoyed my time with this extra content, there's a number of things I thought were lacking. Among them, the story was pretty weak and predictable. Sure, it all comes together for a somewhat satisfying ending, but parts of it felt rushed, especially the second act. It was really interesting seeing a post-endgame world, but Nazamil is the only new notable character, as far as I'm aware.
There are also a number of sort of leader-type characters scattered among all the cities from the first game, but I couldn't tell you if they were created for the DLC or not; they were extremely unmemorable and generic. Hell, I already forgot all of their names.
This was something I thought about the original game too, but the last dungeon is way longer than it needs to be, too. It feels super stretched out to wring out as much playtime as possible. Hell, there was this one room where there's a long path that looks right back to the beginning of the room up to a ledge with like, 1 enemy along the way and nothing else. It was really bizarre, especially since it sort of broke the flow of the dungeon.
The length was underwhelming for the price, too. I think I did nearly everything I could, and I clocked in right at 20 hours. Got all the achievements and everything. I feel like they could have improved the second act and lengthen the story quite a bit. I remember reading people say this expansion would be 30-40 hours, but that just simply isn't true.
Oh! And my least favorite thing of all: this is completely separate from the original game. Anything you had in your inventory, and all of your levels: gone. They start you off at level 70. I get why they did this, but I really didn't like losing out on all my stuff. You get a few extra bonuses for having done certain things in the base game, but it's not a good substitute in my opinion.
This review has been mostly negative, but I still think this is worth checking out when it's cheap. It's a blast going on a new adventure with the same party members from the base game. Nazamil, while not an entirely original character, is really endearing for a good while. And the combat from the base game remains pretty much unchanged. It would have been nice getting something new in that department maybe, but I just had fun playing MORE Arise. If that's what you want out of this DLC, I think you'll find it.
There are also a number of sort of leader-type characters scattered among all the cities from the first game, but I couldn't tell you if they were created for the DLC or not; they were extremely unmemorable and generic. Hell, I already forgot all of their names.
This was something I thought about the original game too, but the last dungeon is way longer than it needs to be, too. It feels super stretched out to wring out as much playtime as possible. Hell, there was this one room where there's a long path that looks right back to the beginning of the room up to a ledge with like, 1 enemy along the way and nothing else. It was really bizarre, especially since it sort of broke the flow of the dungeon.
The length was underwhelming for the price, too. I think I did nearly everything I could, and I clocked in right at 20 hours. Got all the achievements and everything. I feel like they could have improved the second act and lengthen the story quite a bit. I remember reading people say this expansion would be 30-40 hours, but that just simply isn't true.
Oh! And my least favorite thing of all: this is completely separate from the original game. Anything you had in your inventory, and all of your levels: gone. They start you off at level 70. I get why they did this, but I really didn't like losing out on all my stuff. You get a few extra bonuses for having done certain things in the base game, but it's not a good substitute in my opinion.
This review has been mostly negative, but I still think this is worth checking out when it's cheap. It's a blast going on a new adventure with the same party members from the base game. Nazamil, while not an entirely original character, is really endearing for a good while. And the combat from the base game remains pretty much unchanged. It would have been nice getting something new in that department maybe, but I just had fun playing MORE Arise. If that's what you want out of this DLC, I think you'll find it.