Dark Souls II: Crown of the Ivory King

 PC
Metascore
82

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Metro GameCentral
    Oct 3, 2014
    70
    Still not quite essential, but the best of the three downloads and an effective final chapter for the most successfully difficult video game of the modern era.

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#37 Best PC Game of 2014

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User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 111 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 80 out of 111
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 111
  3. Negative: 15 out of 111
  1. Zargham
    Dec 7, 2014
    8
    Now this is what I call a way to spice things up in Dark souls 2

    -Deep Story -Interesting Boss Battles -Maldron The Freakin troll!! -A    Now this is what I call a way to spice things up in Dark souls 2

    -Deep Story
    -Interesting Boss Battles
    -Maldron The Freakin troll!!
    -A great set of armours and weapons

    My only concern with this DLC is the Frigid outskirts, which, simply put has the award of being the worst area in the entire souls series given that your attempting it solo. Seems this area was specifically designed for CO-OP. This is the only con for this DLC otherwise it would have definitely scored a 10.    … Full Review »
  2. derpyyy
    Oct 4, 2014
    5
    Somewhat decent DLC but..
    Ruining the players eyes is not clever gamedesign!
    DS2 uses various ways of psychological warfare like the    Somewhat decent DLC but..
    Ruining the players eyes is not clever gamedesign!

    DS2 uses various ways of psychological warfare like the repeating pewpew sounds by the casters in shrine of Amana. However i feel that they went too far with Frigid outskirts in this DLC which is a pretty large entirely white, semi permanent snowstorm area with a boss at the end and no bonfire near the boss. After spending an hour here (having reduced brightness early) my eyes start hurting and given the fact that you will probably have to replay this area as it's pretty difficult especially on higher NG and if you are mad enough to try and solo it (deisgnated as coop area) and you will spend even more time here if you want to find all the loot..... it's not cool at all to wreck your players health like that.

    Other than that the DLC focuses heavily on the enemies ganging up on you. Even larger groups than in the sunken king DLC.

    Bosses are alright but Ivory King is no challenge whatsoever as long as you collect all the dudes that help you in the fight (not counting summons).

    I would recommend picking up Crown of the old Iron King over this one unless you have already done that.    … Full Review »
  3. StaticSpine
    Oct 6, 2014
    7
    Pros:
    - Good level design, interconnectivity, shortcuts.
    - Beautiful visuals. - Nice final boss showdown. - Cool feature with knights    Pros:
    - Good level design, interconnectivity, shortcuts.
    - Beautiful visuals.
    - Nice final boss showdown.
    - Cool feature with knights searching.
    - Troll phantom.

    Cons:
    - Frigid outskirts is the worst location in Souls games ever.
    - Other "two" bosses.    … Full Review »
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