Outward: The Three Brothers Review (Beelz)
Ok, so I really REALLY enjoyed the base game experience. The first DLC, The Soroboreans was also pretty good. I can't begin to fathom why this DLC has been designed from the ground up to drain you of all your currency, time, and patience. Every other quest series in the game has a true direction with clear goals. The Caldera (the new location in this DLC) feels very lifeless compared to other locations. Some of the new enemies are interesting but that appeal quickly wears off after you've circled the map for the 20th time.
You see, this DLC is all about building New Sirocco, the main hub. So initially when you come to this region, there's essentially nothing there. It's very barren, with hardly any people. Literally no vendors until you construct buildings to house them.
The building process is INCREDIBLY long and VERY tedious. You don't do anything new either. 90% of the time, you're given a 150 day timer to obtain resources to construct new buildings. This means you clear the entire map, searching for valuable ''Samples'', return them to camp for necessary unique rewards. Then repeat the process. I had to search for optimised guides online to ensure I got all of this done as quickly as possible. I truly mean it when I say this aspect of the DLC sucks all joy and life out of it.
The base game, if you take your time and really enjoy yourself can take anywhere from 30-50 hours. The DLC feels like it's solely there to rob 20+ hours from you.
If you enjoy the game, or want to give it a try, I encourage you to do so. It's a great time. If you feel you must, play this DLC once and see how it goes for you. I however, will probably never complete this DLC again, purely because of New Sirocco and the overwhelmingly unfun aspects of it.
The only thing this addition successfully did for me, was make me want to go back to the older areas and play the base game instead.
The area still has booba statues, rich with thiccness though, so y'know 4/10, coulda been worse.