#The Woke up King DLC – Destructoid
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The Woke up King DLC – Destructoid
The brand new Forlorn Coast provides one other variant to Losomn, making it one of many zone’s three roll prospects. The mad king thinks everybody has betrayed him, and teleports his fort smack dab in a Dran coastal city. After my roughly seven-hour journey by way of the brand new space, I used to be happy with the content material the DLC added to Remnant 2. To place it merely, that is simply extra Remnant 2, and that’s not a nasty factor.
Remnant 2: The Woke up King DLC (PC [reviewed], PS5, Xbox Sequence X|S)
Developer: Gunfire Video games
Writer: Gearbox Publishing
Launched: November 14, 2023
MSRP: $9.99
If it ain’t broke don’t repair it
The extent design in Remnant 2: The Woke up King could also be the very best by Gunfire Players but. You begin on the outskirts of the coastal city, with the fort of the One True King looming above. Contained in the precise locale are loads of occasions, dungeons to discover, and new loot. Ultimately, I made my method up the cliffside to the fort of the mad king, overlooking the coastal darkish Dran I had simply spent hours exploring. It’s a cool contact to really look out over the city from atop the fort, figuring out you will have really traversed its streets.
Whereas general, I loved the brand new space, there may be one particular locale that I discovered to be extremely irritating. The Forgotten Commune is cobbled along with wood planks and ramshackle hovels inside a deep sewer system. All through most the extent you need to watch out to not fall off, whereas additionally combating enemies in slender corridors and tight areas. If the builders advised me they had been doing their very own rendition of Blighttown from Darkish Souls, I’d actually imagine them. I’d be upset, however I’d imagine them.
Talking of which, The Woke up King is unquestionably on the more difficult facet. I began on Veteran issue—the second of 4 issue ranges—and truly ended up bumping it right down to Survivor after slamming my head in The Forgotten Commune for some time. A number of the new enemies are tremendous brutal, usually spewing out poison-exploding orbs or exploding themselves on demise. At some factors, it felt over-the-top tough, particularly after simply returning to the sport after having not performed for months. One of many bosses even spawns a slew of the explodey enemies, all whereas in a good and slender house. It not solely took a couple of tries however positively checked my endurance. Have I discussed how a lot I disliked The Forgotten Commune?
The grasp of ache and struggling
I didn’t unlock the brand new Ritualist Archetype till I completed enjoying by way of the brand new content material, so I didn’t have the chance to stage it up too excessive, however I dug even simply these earlier experiences. The Ritualist brings a brand new playstyle to Remnant 2, specializing in a risk-reward system that drains your well being in trade for extra harm and lifesteal. I’m wanting to dive again into Archetype extra, it’s a contemporary addition that higher balances the ache that comes with issue and another excuse to return.
Talking of latest content material, Gunfire Video games sprinkled fairly a bit all through the core Remnant 2 sport as nicely, primarily within the type of gadgets and mutators. It’s an amazing alternative to play with a buddy in the event that they’re new. With how the DLC works, the brand new space will merely be added to the pool of being rolled once you go to Losomn.
I assume that with the primary DLC pack being damaged into three items, we’ll additionally see a brand new space in N’Erud and Yaesha. I really feel like The Woke up King was the perfect complement to Losomn, and I can’t wait to see what they do with the others if that’s the objective.
Remnant 2: The Woke up King doesn’t do something too wild or reinvent the wheel, however that’s most likely for the very best, because the core sport is already improbable. It provides extra content material to an already excellent motion RPG and continues constructing on the size and depth of its world. Content material-wise, there’s loads there with a handful of latest bosses, dungeons, and an all-new Archetype. If Remnant 2 already had its hooks in you with the bottom sport, you’ll like what Gunfire Video games has to supply right here. In case you haven’t, now could be pretty much as good a time as any.
[This review is based on a retail build of the DLC provided by the publisher.]
