At the time of writing if you back track my progress by about 20 minutes I was fully prepared to gives this little DLC chapter a higher rating. I think it starts off incredibly strong with tight icy corridor design, a chilling atmosphere and an aggressively hungry walrus right on your toes.

But unfortunately this adventures ends shortly after it begins. Rather abruptly I earned the trophy for completing the main quest and was very puzzled. The new tools you earn aren't all that useful, one of them being something you would only use in the Pale Reach. On top of that there isn't a new colorful quest giver unique to this region either. A character appears for a brief moment with the tease of a possible photography quest....but no she just kind of leaves. Abruptly.

I guess I shouldn't be upset? It's reasonably priced, and as a huge fan of the base game I was happy to catch new fish and sail my little boat around. But the package feels like wasted potential. What started off with a region as captivating as the Stellar Basin, eventually became just as acceptable as Devil's Spine.

I think if you are hungry for more Dredge like I was you won't regret this purchase, but lets hope Black Salt Games does a little more with the next one...