First time going through it in my current replay of ds1 (first time playing the remastered version). Really good, certainly better than anything in the base game post anor londo. Can see why people praise the bosses, artorias could be my favorite boss in the whole game and while I haven't beaten manus or kalameet yet (will keep trying for at least a little while!) I have gotten close and I can see their appeal, all have pretty fast and dynamic movesets that can do big damage. They make the bosses in the base game seem a bit stilted and in comparison. I think their speed and fluidity may clash a little with the slower movement of ds1 compared to 3 but nonetheless they all feel pretty doable even if I personally decide to move on for the time being because I'm a slow and clunky person with a million other things to do than grind souls bosses and no one cares about my gamer cred. want to beat the base game so I can get going on my first replay of ds3, which throughout the entirety of going back through the Lord vessel arch for the first time in a long time I've really, really wanted to be playing instead. this dlc was a respite from that for sure even if the level design doesn't stack up to the base games first half (only a handful of other games at best do to be fair)