Dark Souls III - The Ringed City - Review
The Ringed City had a lot riding on it. As the final piece of content ever for a Souls game and after the moderately lackluster Ashes of Ariandel, this was the last chance for the series to go out on a high note. Fortunately for everyone, Dark Souls III's concluding DLC is spectacular. Reaching the same lofty heights that The Old Hunters and Artorias of the Abyss managed to attain, The Ringed City exemplifies what From Software can accomplish when they are at the top of their game. A Heap of Fun Environmentally, the areas on display here continuously surprise and impress. Opening in the sprawling, jumbled wastes of The Dreg Heap, the player explores through toppled towers and dilapidated stonework, each surface coated with a powdery ash. Beasts and treasure alike hide within the devastation with the vast majority of enemies being completely new to this release. From the oily, desiccated corpses that slowly crawl towards you in groups to the monstrous, lumbering giants th...