I was baited into this under the promise that even if I disliked Zero Escape, this would be very very interesting. I was also informed this isn't only uchikoshi working on it, to soften the blow.

This is the worst prose I've read in a very very very long time, and I put up with shit from Umineko. Here's some excerpts from this work of pure art:
"Why had such a thing happened?
He had no idea.
No idea...
Where he was.
Where had gone.
Shaking.
Shaken.
Feeling ill."

"Couldn't be? Do you know something about this?
I don't know anything...
Do you know something?
How could I know anything?"

"He had no idea.
He didn't know...
There was no way he could know.
But there on the bed.
There...
On the bed...
There...
The bed below, the bed on top, the bed below...
Who are...
(You...?)
Who...?
(Stop...)
Please stop."

"More than anything, they didn't allow PDAs to work inside so the facility would be completely separated from the world above as part of the attraction." (Yes, this is how it's grammatically said).

No, I got a lot further than where these excerpts are taken from and it did not get any better. Some of this could be translation errors, but I went ahead and checked up with the kanji for a few of these just to make sure and no the separations and general use of establishment with where people are is just disorienting. This main hook is laughably bad too. I recall what a friend told me today, "VN authors need more Agatha Christie in their lives." And boy does that hold true. What a mess!

This DLC is so big and good that it already functions as its own release. That says everything about the game. It beautifully summarises the strengths of XC2 and packs them into a compact ~25h story. Again, the characters are great, and the combat system is different, as it has been broken down for this DLC, but it is still fun to play. Torna looks incredible; the areas are beautifully designed, and the soundtrack is again fantastic. The sidequests are even better than the sidequests in the main game and really bring the world to life. Torna - The Golden Country is a wonderful addition for all fans of XC2!