4.5/5 ★ – RoseFNV's review of Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree.

Begs the beautiful question of "can a final boss ruin the entire dlc?" The answer is actually almost, which is surprising. Everything before hand is incredible, so much beautiful boss design and area exploration and expansions to build crafting that is so fun to engage in and immerse yourself in but that final boss is genuinely one of the most miserable things I've put myself through, easily the hardest boss fromsoft has made this far and also not in a fun way. Unless it gets nerfed I'm honestly not sure if I ever want to fight that boss again honestly. other issues exist, such as too much barren land in certain parts of the map and very frustrating enemy variety (especially with how many enemies and minor bosses are reused from the main game), but for a while the highs were too high for me to want to not give it a 10, but that final boss destroyed that. Hoping we see some fixing on it to make it a more balanced and actually fun experience