It's obvious that the developers tried to make this experience unique in respect to the original game but imo it just wasn't fun.

The story was just as intriguing, but when it came to exploration, while the first part of the dlc was pretty good, the second part was just pure tedium.
It was so bad i couldn't even get myself to finish the dlc, i just wanted to google how the story ends. It was like a longer and more boring version of dark bramble with even less visibility and no 3d movement .
The key mechanic that this section of the dlc revolved around was horrible, totally felt like i was playing a completely different game.

This dlc was a much better addition to the base game than let's say something like subnautica below zero was to subnautica.
But the main game set the bar so high, that even though this wasn't terrible, it just didn't hold up, for me.

It's obvious that the developers tried to make this experience unique in respect to the original game but imo it just wasn't fun. The story was just as intriguing, but when it came to exploration, while the first part of the dlc was pretty good, the second part was just pure tedium. It was so bad i couldn't even get myself to finish the dlc, i just wanted to google how the story ends. It was like a longer and more boring version of dark bramble [spoiler] with even less visibility and no 3d movement [/spoiler]. The key mechanic that this section of the dlc revolved around was horrible, totally felt like i was playing a completely different game. This dlc was a much better addition to the base game than let's say something like subnautica below zero was to subnautica. But the main game set the bar so high, that even though this wasn't terrible, it just didn't hold up, for me.