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Elden Ring Nightreignis a bizarre game.
Is it a spin-off?
FromSoftware’s Monster Hunter?
Is Nightreign Still Elden Ring?
The people who are definitely going to play Nightreign are, of course, Elden Ring fans.
Im not sure your average Souls stan is going to vibe with Nightreigns online co-op roguelite battle royale energy.
It looks the same, but its a completely different kind of game.
Looking the same is going to do a lot of the heavy lifting here.
Its got all of the Elden Ring iconography, from the ruined castles to the dragons to the severed-hands-with-too-many-damn-fingers.
A lot of the bosses are from other FromSoftware games.
Not just Elden Ring, but the Dark Souls trilogy too.
Theres obvious references to Bloodborne in the weapons and items, and the movement feels far closer to Sekiros.
This is a full-blown fan service game for soulslike geeks, no doubt about it.
Those fans value combat above all else, and I think theyll find Nightreign to be pretty faithful.
This is a multiplayer, session-based roguelite.
Its just about the furthest it’s possible for you to get from a 60-hour RPG.
Who Is Nightreign For?
Then theyll probably end up loving it just like I did.
Nightreign checked a lot of boxes for me.
Every game is more fun with my friends so the way co-op is implemented in Nightreign is truly impressive.
I also like the roguelite aspect, which makes every new run feel fresh and exciting.
But most of all I loved the battle royale of it all.
I love that about Apex Legends, and I think Nightreign will give me the same feeling.
While Im not a Souls guy, I dont think theres anything like this in the original Elden Ring.
It seems like the most FromSoftware game ever made, and in some ways, it is.
But its also the least FromSoftware game ever.
Its a weird one, but it’s worth a try.
