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FromSoftware has largely stuck to single-player games ever since their debut with King\u2019s Field. They followed it up with Armored Core, and then ventured into some real oddities like Echo Night, Shadow Tower, Lost Kingdoms, Otogi, and more. But it wasn\u2019t until Demon\u2019s Souls dropped in 2010 that the studio really began to stand out\u2014and from that point on, their popularity only grew with each release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sure, the Souls games have always included co-op, but let\u2019s be honest, it\u2019s been clunky at best in it’s default state. Even Elden Ring, a sprawling open-world adventure that seems tailor-made for multiplayer, stuck to that same awkward co-op model. Defeat a boss? Your helper gets sent back to their world. It\u2019s functional, but exhausting if you’re really trying to play the game alongside a friend. I get that loneliness and isolation are part of the intended experience, but that doesn\u2019t stop me from wanting to run around with friends, enjoying just how incredible these games feel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, the first real change to that formula didn\u2019t come from FromSoftware at all, but from Yui\u2019s Seamless Co-op Mod for Elden Ring. With it, you\u2019re no longer tethered to a single boss or area. Instead, the whole game opens up. You and up to three friends can roam freely, sharing every victory and defeat together, and it\u2019s every bit as magical as you\u2019d hope. Honestly, it made the game feel the way I always imagined it should.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So now, seeing FromSoftware take a full swing at multiplayer with Elden Ring: Nightreign feels kind of surreal. For those who haven\u2019t heard, Nightreign is more in the vein of a roguelike. You and a couple of other players get dropped into a portion of Elden Ring\u2019s world, and the goal is to grow stronger before facing a final boss. It\u2019s an idea we\u2019ve seen before in other roguelikes, with the amazing Ravenbound coming to mind as a standout example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But this isn\u2019t a single-player game with some multiplayer features bolted on. This is a full-on multiplayer game, and that\u2019s a strange direction for FromSoftware, a studio known for forging new paths, not following trends. Not that there\u2019s anything wrong with trying something new, but as someone who\u2019s been following them for over 20 years, it does feel a little off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t get me wrong, it looks great and I\u2019ll definitely be playing it. FromSoftware makes games that feel amazing, and even with the rise of the “Soulslike” genre, nobody else really captures the same vibe. Games like Nioh, The Surge, Lies of P, etc., are all great in their own ways, but for many fans, they either fall just short of FromSoft greatness or feel too different to really compare. But I\u2019m not getting into genre debates here; that\u2019s another article entirely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s not be mistaken – more Elden Ring is never a bad thing, especially if it means you can coax a friend into trying it, get them hooked, and then drag them into the full experience with the Seamless Co-op Mod<\/em>. I can\u2019t be the only one planning that, right? Good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Still, while the multiplayer focus is a big shift, it\u2019s not the most striking thing about Nightreign. What really stands out, at least from a broader gaming perspective, is that Nightreign brings back some old Dark Souls bosses, despite having no direct ties to the Dark Souls universe. That\u2019s a pretty major break from the carefully maintained continuity and lore that FromSoftware is known for, and honestly, it\u2019s left me feeling a bit conflicted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part of what makes games like D<\/em>ark Souls<\/em>, Bloodborne, Sekiro, and Elden Ring so addictive is how cohesive they feel. The lore might be cryptic, but it fits together. It\u2019s internally consistent. Shadows of the Erdtree, Elden Ring\u2019s DLC, expanded the world and added new lore. Not everyone agreed with all the choices (yes, I\u2019m talking about the final boss), but it still felt like part of the same world. The same continuity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, with bosses pulled straight from other games being dropped into Elden Ring, what does that mean for the lore? Well, the obvious answer is: it doesn\u2019t mean anything. This isn\u2019t meant to be a seamless extension of Elden Ring\u2019s world. It\u2019s just a video game, meant to be fun, first and foremost. And that\u2019s perfectly fine. Really, it is. I\u2019m still excited to play it, and I\u2019m sure most fans are too. But it\u2019s not the kind of game FromSoftware usually makes. It\u2019s not a living, breathing world slowly crumbling into ruin; it\u2019s a funhouse version of that. And I can\u2019t help but feel a little perplexed by it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Call me a hypocrite when I inevitably rack up hundreds of hours in Nig<\/em>htreign<\/em>, but part of me still wishes it were either another proper addition to Elden Ring’s world, or better yet, its own thing entirely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you\u2019re curious, excited, or just want to gather your friends for a new kind of journey through the Lands Between, you can grab Elden Ring: Nightreign<\/a> now at Green Man Gaming, with the added bonus of supporting a trusted digital storefront. See you out there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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