Elden Ring DLC review round-up: Critics react to Shadow of the Erdtree
radiotimes.comAt long last, the Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree DLC has been released on PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC – has the wait been worth it? This Elden Ring review round-up page will tell all.
The quality of DLC is often mixed, with some story expansions proving to be little more than a tiny slice of extra content you’ll get through in an hour or two.
Other times, though, DLC and expansions can be just as good as the base game and prove to be unmissable.
Where does Shadow of the Erdtree fall?
Read on to find out the Metacritic score for Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, and for a review round-up for the Elden Ring DLC.
At the time of writing, The Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree DLC Metacritic score is 95 on PS5 (based on 56 critic reviews), 94 on Xbox Series X/S (based on eight critic reviews) and 92 on PC (based on 45 critic reviews).
Simply put, the Elden Ring DLC reviews have been overwhelmingly positive.
The base Elden Ring game received a Metacritic score of 96 on PS5, so for the DLC to score a 95 means it is essentially the same quality and just as impressive.
The Shadow of the Erdtree DLC Metacritic score is so high that it is the 36th highest-rated game of all time on the website (as of writing, based on the PS5 version reviews).
It shares a 95 Metacritic score with Baldur’s Gate 2, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Vice City, Gran Turismo 3, LittleBigPlanet, Halo 2, The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, Twilight Princess, Persona 5 Royal, Red Dead Redemption, Portal 2 and The Last of Us to name a few stone-cold classics.
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The Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree reviews have essentially all been glowing, with some critics awarding the DLC full marks.
IGN (and writer Mitchell Saltzman) was one such publication, awarding Shadow of the Erdtree 10 out
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