Dark Souls III: Ashes of Ariandel

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7.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 188 Ratings

User score distribution:
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  2. Mixed: 55 out of 188
  3. Negative: 26 out of 188

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  1. Sunykamey
    Feb 11, 2018
    2
    In terms of map and enemy design aswell as balance this is the worst FromSoftware game content ever created.
    PS - I originally had it at a 5 but due to the stupidly unbalanced millwood knights in the tower this gets a 2.
  2. mykod95
    May 15, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ridiculously short and with a awful final boss. Not that it is impossibly hard but has 3 phases where if you die on the final one (and you will!) you’ll have to go through the 3 phases over and over again. Why? To artificially extend the time of the DLC since otherwise you would complete it in 20 minutes. Worst dlc from ever did. By far.… Expand

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#82 Most Shared PC Game of 2016

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Metascore
73

Mixed or average reviews - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. NZGamer
    Nov 23, 2016
    75
    Ashes of Ariandel is a competent piece of downloadable content for Dark Souls III. It checks all the right boxes and makes all the right moves. It’s gorgeous, mysterious, but it’s also tame. While it does fill in the gaps around one of the series’ bigger question marks, no amount of mystique can hide the fact that there isn’t a lot on offer here.
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  2. GameCritics
    Nov 22, 2016
    50
    Dark Souls 3 was a wonderful coda for the series, revisiting the best parts of Soulsborne while skillfully buffing over the pieces that didn’t work. Still, the Souls tricks and tropes that have become hallmarks are no longer groundbreaking, and there isn’t much left for Souls proper to achieve. As such, the run-of-the-mill quality of the experience offered here just doesn’t cut it anymore. While I still hold some hope that the second (and final) piece of DLC will be more substantial, Ashes of Ariandel illustrates exactly why Souls needs to end for the foreseeable future.
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  3. Gamer.no
    Nov 9, 2016
    70
    Ashes of Ariandel attempts to tackle too many things at once, and loses focus. There are few negatives about the expansion in itself, it just doesn't have enough content. FROM had the potential to make a great expansion to the series, but put its efforts into developing the wrong aspect of the game.
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