An Elden Ring spin-off was not on my wishlist when Elden Ring Nightreign was revealed at The Game Awards 2024. Neither was the genre, which seems like FromSoftware mashed up battle royale (like Fortnite, players air-drop into the game) and open-world RPG. Basically, you and two other party members have to survive a 3D2N jaunt in a randomly generated version of Elden Ring’s Limgrave that changes with each game session. Each night will have a boss encounter, with a final boss fight — if you manage to survive that far — happening on the last day.
I had a taste of Nightreign over the weekend during its network test. Despite the inevitable online hiccup — I didn’t manage to play a single minute during the first 3hr session — I got about 8 hours of playtime altogether in the subsequent sessions. You start the game in the Roundtable Hold. This is the game lobby where you can change your character — there are 8 premade characters, though only four were available during the…
