Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree is currently the highest-rated Xbox release of 2024 according to Metacritic, and in the process, it's become the best-reviewed expansion of all time. Prior to this new DLC champion, The Witcher 3: Blood & Wine was the frontrunner for RPGs, and CD Projekt Red has now endorsed FromSoftware after falling to number two in the DLC rankings.
Taking to social media, The Witcher 3 dev congratulated the Elden Ring team on its "stellar work" with Shadow of the Erdtree; conceding that after eight years, Blood & Wine is no longer the top-dog RPG DLC pack.
Here at Pure Xbox we haven't got around to reviewing the Elden Ring expansion yet (it's been a busy old time, and there were some hiccups in accessing the DLC), but we do know from our review roundup that Shadow of the Erdtree has gone down really well. We weren't expecting it to become the highest-rated Xbox game of 2024 so far, but here we are.
We too would like to extend our congratulations to the Elden Ring team. Their work in recent years has been remarkably consistent, and if anyone deserves this new DLC crown, it's them!
Remember Blood & Wine? Think Shadow of the Erdtree has a chance at overtaking it for you? Tell us what you think down below.
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Idk the Witcher felt so stiff
@TheSimulator very true. Felt the same.
Not really a fan of The Witcher, but whatever.
I got the bad end in B+W, to top that is unreal, fairplay!
Congrats to FromSoftware I guess but I just don’t like Souls type games so I wouldn’t even rate Shadow of the Erdtree. I’ve got The Witcher 3 still installed but I need to get back into the base game before attempting the Blood & Wine dlc, too many other games and not enough hours in the day for me though.
Although Elden Ring had a huge hype cycle (quite fairly) as well and sold many copies in part because of it, I have to wonder how many bounced off of it versus Witcher 3, which is a more accessible game. I don't know, I bounced off of both of them. I'd like to take on Witcher 3 and complete it and its DLC and then maybe retry Elden Ring.
Kinda think blood and wine is still better tho
That’s very wholesome of CDPR to congratulate From Software publicly like that. No animosity (like we saw from some select devs back at Elden Ring’s launch), just appreciation for other artist’s work. Good stuff.
The Witcher 3's story and quests with Elden Ring's combat would be the perfect game.
@TheSimulator The combat IS stiff, but the story, the characters, the world were all WAY ahead of their time for games.
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