Remnant II® - The Forgotten Kingdom Review Summary

This DLC is highly praised for its beautiful new areas and great music, but it's short, the final boss underwhelms, and poor optimization causes unstable performance.

DLC quality highly praised: Multiple clusters highlight that the DLCs are high quality, well worth their cost, and add a lot of value. Players consistently describe them as fun and enjoyable additions.

Beautiful new areas: The new areas and environments are repeatedly called beautiful, gorgeous, and nice. Visual quality of the world is a common positive theme.

Love for base game: Players express strong affection for Remnant 2 and its base game. This positive sentiment extends to the DLC.

Great music and sound: Music and sound design are praised as atmospheric and on point. This enhances the overall experience according to reviewers.

DLC surpasses The Awakened King: Reviewers compare this DLC favorably to 'The Awakened King', finding it more impactful and a richer addition. It is seen as solid and even better than the first.

DLC length criticized as short: Players frequently complain that the DLC is too short, often completing it in under two hours. This makes it feel less substantial than the previous DLC and not worth the price.

Final boss underwhelming: The final boss is often described as lacking compared to other fights in the game. Some players find it bad or very bad.

Nerfs to critical skills: Several skills and items had their critical chance or damage bonuses reduced, such as Hunter's Focus and Hunter's Mark. Players are unhappy with these balance changes.

Low enemy and boss variety: The DLC features only a small number of new bosses and enemy types. Some enemies serve as both regular foes and bosses, reducing variety.

No alternate world boss kill: The world boss lacks an alternate kill method; instead, there's only an alternate ending dialogue that doesn't involve a fight. This disappoints players expecting a secret boss encounter.

DLC Introduces New Enemies: The DLC adds various new enemy types, aberrations, and bosses, expanding the variety of foes players face. This includes new mobs that some players find annoying.

DLC Adds Boss Battles: The DLC introduces multiple new bosses, including a world boss and a final boss with unique mechanics, as well as side bosses and a Boss Rush mode. This provides challenging combat encounters for players.

DLC Adds New Weapons and Equipment: The DLC introduces new weapons, armor, rings, amulets, and other equipment, allowing players to customize their builds. It includes more items than previous DLCs.

DLC Features Yaesha Region: The DLC is set in Yaesha, a returning location from the base game, and adds new content to existing worlds. Players explore this familiar area with new challenges.

DLC Includes Puzzles and Parkour: The DLC adds puzzles, trials, and jumping challenges, as well as parkour elements. These provide variety beyond combat.

Poor Optimization Causes Unstable Performance: Players widely report poor optimization, leading to unstable frame rates and stuttering, particularly in main areas and during combat. Performance drops to 40fps or lower are common even on high-end hardware, making the game difficult to play.

DLC Performance Is Subpar: The DLC runs at around 40fps with frequent drops, and optimization has not improved over time. Some players note slight improvements compared to previous DLC releases, but issues persist.

Performance Demands Are Excessive: Even with high-end GPUs like the RTX 4070, players struggle to maintain 60fps on medium settings. The base game requires DLSS to be playable on high-end setups, indicating severe optimization issues.

Some Players Report Acceptable Performance: A few players find the performance issues manageable and are able to play without major problems. One even praises the optimization as better than most current games.

Crashes in Losomn Area: An Unreal Engine error causes crashes specifically in the Losomn area, disrupting gameplay. This is a critical stability issue that affects progression.

Buy on sale or bundle: A common recommendation is to wait for a sale or purchase the DLC as part of a bundle to get a better price. The full price is often considered too high for the content offered.

Not recommended for full price: Several reviewers advise against buying the DLC at full price, citing insufficient content or value. They suggest waiting for a discount or skipping it entirely.

Worth it if liked base game: Many reviewers recommend the DLC if you enjoyed the base game and want more of the same content. It is seen as a solid addition for fans.

Only for specific interests: The DLC is recommended only if you are interested in the new class, puzzles, platforming, or item hunting. Otherwise, it may not be worth it.

Fun boss fights and content: Some reviewers recommend the DLC for its fun boss fights and the amount of content it adds, especially for the price. The new equipment and archetype are also highlights.

Community fair range: $20.00 - $30.00.

Game completion: 2.0h.

The reporting players mostly describe the DLC as never becoming fun: early co-op gating, tedious puzzles, repetitive maps, and boredom persist, with no real late-game payoff. One positive report praises environments, enemies, bosses, and solo play, but gives no progression-to-fun signal.

Friction: Early co-op-gated puzzle; Searching Discord for a co-op partner; Co-op pressure-plate puzzles unreliable with solo companions or deployables; Repetitive, linear, recycled dungeon maps; Tedious and frustrating puzzles or secrets; Trait regrinding.

Base-Game Formula Loyalist: Runs full campaigns and rerolls, seeks new bosses and loot, and plays solo or co-op. Motivation: To keep playing more of the same action RPG loop with new bosses, loot, and campaign rerolls. Stance: buy.

Value-Conscious DLC Skeptic: Plays through DLC to assess length, asset reuse, and boss quality, then waits for sales or bundles. Motivation: To get sufficient new content for a fair price rather than overpaying for reused assets. Stance: deep sale.

Item-Hunting Completionist: Farms world drops with movement-speed builds, grinds RNG spawns, and chases achievements. Motivation: To collect every new item and achievement and reach full completion. Stance: buy.

External guides: User feedback is dominated by frustration that Remnant 2's DLC locks items, weapons, and even new Archetypes behind obscure secrets that effectively require an external wiki or walkthrough to discover. No reviews cite drop rates, loot tables, or farming locations for repeatable resource gathering, and none reference inventory management, safe-to-sell decisions, or crafting/blueprint requirements. The primary barrier is learning where content is and how to unlock it, which maps to Tier 3 'The Student'.

Yaesha Setting Reused: The DLC is set in Yaesha, a location that has been featured multiple times in the Remnant series. Some reviewers find this repetitive and less impactful, while others note it fits the lore.

Less Content Than Awakened King: Several reviews compare the DLC unfavorably to the previous expansion, The Awakened King, noting it has fewer bosses and less content overall. It is often ranked as the least favorite of the three DLCs.

Short DLC Length: Reviews consistently mention that the DLC is short, with completion times around 1.5 to 3 hours. This is often compared to previous DLCs and expected for a $10 expansion from a double-A developer.

Reasonable Pricing and Value: Many reviewers consider the $10 price point fair for the amount of content, especially when bundled or on sale. The Ultimate Edition including all DLCs is often recommended for fans.

Adds New Class and Content: The DLC introduces a new class (archetype) and additional content such as weapons and mods. This is seen as a positive addition that expands the game's sandbox.