Part of my issue with HoH is very personal - I'm just not feeling the aesthetics. Even on higher floors it feels... eh. PotD's creepy atmosphere, heck we had hanging bodies around, and then the surreal yet so beautiful 150+ floors just felt more impactful. I will still run it for the goodies of course but I wish they added more story, or had NPCs we actually knew about, or wrap some loose ends. Hologram tree felt out of the blue. Maybe it was just me being all - wait that's it? :l
I hope for something more.
PotD had dead NPC easter eggs that always felt nice to encounter. Here we have lil helpers ...but why? Who and what are they and why are they helping? Did I miss some dialogue explaining them? I don't know, it feels like content with no soul. A lot of content after SB feels like that to me.
Beyond that, yes it was said it will be like PotD and I had no expectations beyond that. I'm not salty over it, I just wish a bit more story and grabby aesthetics.