The moment it became available on Steam, the positive user reviews for Elden Ring's new Shadow of the Erdtree expansion started pouring in. The DLC has almost a thousand ratings as I write. None of these players have seen much of the Land of Shadow yet—the expansion is much larger than we were initially led to believe and has barely been out for an hour.
It isn't news that Steam reviews are mainly a vehicle players use to cheer for or scorn a game, but this might be the most extreme example I've seen of pure goodwill manifesting as virtual thumb-ups. I can't think of another developer that commands the same level of "they don't miss" player trust today, especially not one that's released as many games as FromSoftware.
