The swamp was actually my least favourite area from the original game I’d say, but part of that was down to how little there was to do and you could skip it entirely if you performed certain actions. The area has not completely changed and due to the randomly generated nature of the game you may actually need a few runthroughs to see new things. First time through I saw one new boss and I believe that was about it. Second time through I found a new event and a new boss. Apart from these everything else about the area was as I remembered it.

There are some new enemies that generally stick to the new areas, but depending on how many times you ran through it originally you may be hard pressed to notice a difference. There is new content though and with the new events, bosses and areas comes new loot, mods and traits. How useful you find these will be up to you and your build but more options is never a bad thing and it gives old players who’ve collected everything else something to aim for.

Overall highly recommended 👌

The new DLC, Subject 2923, is more traditional in that it adds a whole new area, populated with new enemies, bosses and events.

There are two ways to interact with this DLC. If you just want to play through the area you can load it up in Adventure mode and play through it, but there is a story to experience here, arguably more so than in the main game itself, and to access it you need to reroll your campaign and select the new DLC.

Upon doing so you’ll be greeted with a cutscene showing your character and a member of Ward 13 going back to Ward Prime, where the Root problem started. You’ll need to play through an initial foggy village area before reaching the Ward itself. This is quite a straight forward area but Ward Prime takes the game in a different direction, being much more puzzle based. You’ll do lots of running around and backtracking as you find keys and turn on the power. There is also a dimension shifting mechanic and the enemies in the area are mere ghostly figures you can’t interact with until you shift to the other dimension which adds another layer.

Once you’ve worked your way through that however you get access to the snow covered, rat infested area of Resium. If you play adventure mode then this is where you’ll start, skipping the story sections. If you’re playing through campaign mode though then you’ll have yet more cutscenes as a mysterious figure and a giant greet you. Here the gameplay will be familiar to Remnant players as you move through the area, clearing out enemies, finding loot and discovering entrances which can lead to events or boss fights which generally yield new weapons, mods, traits or accessories.

Still, Remnant: From the Ashes is a very enjoyable game and more content is always welcome.