How do you think Shadow Of The Erdtree Compares to The Ringed City and The Old Hunters DLCs. Is It better/worse or both in their own way

SOTE is far bigger than the other two combines si it's difficult to judge.

Old Hunters is probably my favorite DLC but Bloodborne is also my favorite Fromsoft game, so I'm biased here. I think it's a tight experience.

It did better to connect the final dots of the Lore of Bloodborne by bringing important lore characters that where not present in base game (Ludwig the Holy Blade, First Vicar Laurence, Why Gherman made a vow with an outer God who traped him in the Hunter's Dream, the first sin of the Hunter with Kos). If Sote handle the lore to the base game the same way Old Hunters did it with Bloodborne, It will have been lovely.

No low in the DLC, everything is good, area, weapon, bosses. Lacking in secondary quest department (like the base game) but Brador and Simon were cool.

I'm a little more critical with Ringed City, I think it did better to conclude the game and the trilogy that SOTE did with Elden Ring. The lore about the Pigmy and the Dark Soul was good, Gael was a super send of, the little dialogue at the end with the Painter give a finaly good feeling ending for Dark Soul. The bosses were top notch. Patch final quest was also a great end for his character.

I'm more critical about the area, especialy that big swamp area that was pretty boring but I love the architecture about the Ring City. The enemy range to great to boring. Overall the Dark Souls III dlc suffer to be cut in two part with Ariandel and Ringed City. I like it, but it's more flaw than Old Hunters for me, I'm pretty sure that people rate him highly for Midir and the final fight and conclusion (the last two man on earth fighting for the Dark Souls, no more Gods, a civilization extinct as the storm is coming for one last fight), in contrast to SOTE where it's more the final fight and conclusion which is lackluster.

SOTE give way better NPC that both of those game, better side quest, obviously far more content. The DLC is far more difficult than both those two combine. Midir, the Orphan of Kos and Gael are small beer next to Radhan or even a Gaius. Sote has more low moment for me but it has more moments too. Some area were great and the Legacy Dungeon (Shadow keep castle) was awesome.

Some boss were spectacular but annoying for me (Gaius, the Camera with the Hippo and Radhan). The lack of closure at the end of the DLC make it taking a more sour final note that hinder some part of my pleasure (given that Elden Ring is a more ambitious game, I wanted a more ambitious conclusion as the final note). Area were hit or miss (or more some area were great and some where empty pepper with cookbook, I like the atmosphere on some of those zones, but man it seems that there was a slight lack of content some times).

Overall, I could fully understand why people consider it the best DLC that Fromsoft has made and far superior than the other, while I understand the critics and why some are disapoint by it. I think Old Hunters was more consistent where SOTE has (far) more content.