From a gameplay perspective, I think this DLC is a lot more fun than the base game. It felt really weird that I didn't get control of Sonon, as I would have really liked to see him following my camera instead of listening to the somewhat useless AI. However, just playing as Yuffie alone was super fun. She provides some much-needed aerial combat and ranged combat like Aerith and Barret.

From a story perspective, they still kept the more linear PS2-era dungeon design for exploring both Sector 7 and Deepground. Felt more like a chore to crawl through the story. However, I still loved Nero at the very end of the story. Even on Normal mode, his boss fight was pretty challenging, especially considering his darkness would drain out your HP pretty quickly. It got to the point where casting Cura wouldn't happen in time and Sonon would have to self-sacrifice, which is both intriguing and frustrating. The story itself is also very sad towards the end of it and I really love that there isn't a happy ending here.

Overall a solid 4/5.