‘Elden Ring Nightreign’ Reviews Are In, And They Are Just Okay
- FromSoftware released Elden Ring Nightreign, a standalone three-player co-op roguelite, on May 30, 2025, for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.
- The game builds on Elden Ring's world and combat but shifts to 45-minute runs focused on farming, loot, and defeating eight challenging Nightlord bosses within a strict three-day cycle.
- Nightreign requires skilled and communicating squads of three since it lacks duos mode, crossplay, and built-in voice chat, making random matchmaking and solo play difficult and frustrating.
- Reviews score Nightreign around 78 on Metacritic, with praise for boss design, music, and gameplay thrill when played with a coordinated team, but criticism for clumsy multiplayer mechanics and solo balance.
- Nightreign emphasizes cooperative play and map strategy, suggesting it appeals mainly to hardcore Elden Ring players, while the lack of crossplay and duos mode may limit its accessibility and long-term engagement.
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Despite its co-op framework feeling stuck in the past, after 30 hours with Elden Ring Nightreign, I just want to keep playing it for years
Elden Ring Nightreign is a fascinating and addictive co-op adventure that shows what can be done by reusing and retooling an existing game.
Elden Ring Nightreign Is A Bizarre Experiment In Fortnite-ification I Can't Stop Thinking About
I’m playing with randos. One is a big burly guy dressed in animal skins and crowned with ram antlers. The other is a katana-wielding ninja in sleek black armor. We are frantically racing around, killing and plundering everything we can in a fever dream remix of the Lands Between from 2022's megahit Elden Ring called…Read more...
Elden Ring: Nightreign is one of FromSoftware's worst rated games since the Souls era. The studio set the bar extremely high for itself
Elden Ring: Nightreign received solid reviews, but it's still one of FromSoftware's worst-rated games in years. The Japanese studio has set the bar very high for itself.This info Elden Ring: Nightreign is one of FromSoftware's worst rated games since the Souls era. The studio set the bar extremely high for itself was first published on Gamepressure.com 29 May 2025.
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