Welcome to my review of the Zelda DLC, I will purposely not go in depth of each aspect of the DLC but allow you to do most of the exploring yourself.
So, what does this DLC pack bring and is it worth the money? It brings a ton of new challenges and (side) quests as well as a hard more for the more seasoned player.
When I started playing the DLC, I was greeted by a voice introducing me to my new update, telling me to get to Korok forest and talk to the great Deku tree in order to get a new challenge bestowed onto me, this is the “Trial of the Sword”, successful completion will lead me to own the master sword that is always charged/on.
Then it introduces me to a variety of side quests, among which is the Korok Mask, to finally catch all those 9 bazillion Koroks spread out in this game, simply go into the menu, then head on over to the Adventure Log tab page and voila, the first clue on how to start the side quest can be found there. All the new ones have the EX letters added prior to the quest name, making it easy to see what new tasks need to be tackled.
As you can imagine, I did indeed start with the Korok Mask, the clue told me to go to a specific stable, which I did and before I knew it, I was well on my way to get this fabled Mask. It took me a few times to get it right, but hey, look at my screenshot where I am showing off my new Korok Mask. Sorry for everyone expecting spoilers, I purposely wrote this review avoiding them as well as I could.
Next up, I decided to figure out if I could upgrade my Master Sword, so I went to speak to the great Deku tree…
This is where things got interesting, this is clearly the big part of why you need to buy this DLCB. This is a horde-like, room after room with enemies, each with their own level of inventiveness on how to beat them. Take the first room, just a small sandbox with like a few enemies inside, sitting by the fire. I found myself sneaking up on them to steal their weapons, use a remote bomb to blow them up, hack and slash with the silly tree branch I found earlier on….
It is just so amusing! Each time, each room, just figuring out how to pass it without taking any damage, because well, you start without any items or armor. So imagine this for a second, you take maximum damage even from a silly rock being thrown at you… This DLC tests all your strengths and skills. At the time of writing this review, I had made it all the way up to room 14, having faced such a variety of enemies, each with their own way of attacking you. I will give you guys one spoiler, nothing beats a stone talus when all you have as weapons, are plain tree branches and swords with a 5 on them… But you learn to do that, you learn to hone your skills as time passes in this trial, this unforgiving trial. The reason I say unforgiving is simple, when you play the game, you will know why.
In conclusion, I will not be giving this DLC a rating, but I will personally endorse it, this is a must buy, at the price of 20 euros, this is a great bang for the buck and we are getting 1 more pack later this year. Nintendo, in my humble opinion, actually succeeded in making a great game with a near perfect DLC. I hope you will love it as much as I did!
