Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree is the highest-rated DLC of all time, according to Metacritic.
Reviews for the expansion, which will be released on Friday, were published on Tuesday. At the time of writing, the expansion has aMetacritic score of 95 based on 56 reviews.This putsElden RingShaow of the Erdtree at 36th place in Metacritic’s overall list of the highest-rated games of all time.
The base gamehas a score of 96, based on 93 critic reviews.
Shadow of the Erdtree is also by far the highest-ratedFromSoftwareDLC release.Dark Souls‘ DLC,Astorias of the Abyss,holds an 89 on Metacritic.
Dark Souls 2’s three expansions,Crown of the Sunken King,Crown of the Old Iron King, andCrown of the Ivory Kinghave a rating of 82, 79, and 82 respectively on the site.
Dark Souls 3’sAshes of Ariandelearned a 71, andThe Ringed Citymanaged an 82. Bloodborne’s only expansion,The Old Hunters, earned an 87 on the platform.
VGC’sShadow of the Erdtree reviewcalled it a “sequel-sized sensation.”
“Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree is an incredible expansion and a worthy follow-up to the generation’s best game,” we wrote.
“In some ways, it’s better than the original by providing an experience that’s both tighter, but also more than double the length we expected.”
Before the reviews went live, VGC’s Jordan Middler sat down with Hamish Black fromWritingOnGames, Jade King fromTheGamer, and David Carcasole fromPlayStation Universeto discuss FromSoftware’s latest expansion in ourReview Roundtable podcast series.
