Sunken King had an awesome dragon fight (memories of Kalameet), but the other two boss fights were pretty lifeless. However, OIK contributes a whole bunch to the lore, whereas Sunken King is a standalone gig. The Ocarina of Time BS in Sunken King made me think I had timewarped back to 90s game design, and the gank squad is just slightly more annoying than the Blue Smelter in OIK.

They've all got their pluses and minuses, but I liked OIK the most. I eventually died to the Burnt King, whose moveset is nothing special - he's like a bad clone of Alonne and the Pursuer - and you have to sit through the stupid rigmarole of closing the three gates again before you take him on. I put down the controller for the main boss, because the gauntlet you have to run through beforehand is kind of bullshit. The two bosses I've seen kinda suck, though I'd be interested to see if someone manages to do the first one without getting the item you (sort of) need for it. That said, it's still too easy to cheese the enemies with arrows, and there's some outrageous hitboxes on the enemy attacks, but the NPC invaders this time around were slightly better than the ones in Iron King. like the main game), and their 'thing' for this DLC wasn't really all it's cracked up to be (you basically run through the main area twice, with the second time there's a bit more to do), but I appreciate what they were going for. Out of all of them I think Old Iron King clinches it on nearly all fronts, but Sunken King's bosses were maybe a bit more interesting.

I should note that prior to playing all of the DLCs, I played through them all solo offline (albeit with NPC summons for some bosses). I'm almost done with the final DLC (on the main boss having pretty much done all of the main area) although I've yet to tackle the co-op area. You're welcome to rank them accordingly if you like.

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