Elden Ring: Nightreign director Junya Ishizaki has revealed that the map current within the sport will usually get modified relying on the in-game state of affairs. In an interview with PCGamer (through GamesRadar), Ishizaki said that these modifications shall be large-scale, even permitting issues like solely new biomes to seem.
Speaking about this, Ishizaki mentioned that the map of the sport will generally function “large-scale modifications to terrain within the type of procedurally showing volcanos or swamps or forests.”
Increasing on the thought, Ishizaki mentioned that this comes right down to providing gamers extra choices in how they tackle the sport’s numerous bosses. Elden Ring: Nightreign has been seemingly designed in a approach the place gamers will begin seeing your complete world as an enormous dungeon, full with new surprises and decisions to make.
“We needed the map itself to be a large dungeon, so gamers have the prospect to traverse and discover a unique approach each time they play,” mentioned Ishizaki. “It’s a must to select the boss you wish to face on the finish of the third day.”
“When you’ve made that selection, perhaps you may have an thought of the way you wish to strategize towards that boss, and this would possibly change the way you strategy the map. We needed to supply gamers that company, to resolve ‘I have to go after a poison weapon this time to face this boss.’”
Elden Ring: Nightreign was initially unveiled again in December 2024. Fairly than being an enlargement like Shadow of the Erdtree, Nightreign is as an alternative a standalone sport that takes place in The Lands Between. The distinctive twist this time round is that it has been designed with co-op in thoughts, permitting gamers to tackle numerous bosses as a crew.
The core gameplay in Nightreign is predicted to be just like what we received to expertise within the seminal Elden Ring, and gamers could have a number of instruments and choices that can assist them make their very own distinctive characters. There can even be new instruments, nonetheless, akin to a grappling hook that can be utilized in fight, and even a glider.
Curiously, Nightreign will seemingly function an unlimited roster of bosses that can faucet into developer FromSoftware’s historical past as effectively. The studio had confirmed again in December that Nightreign will function boss fights from the Darkish Souls collection. Whereas the studio didn’t verify precisely which bosses shall be coming, followers have noticed The Anonymous King and Stormdrake from Darkish Souls 3, one thing that bears a resemblance to Darkish Souls‘ Centipede Demon.
Elden Ring: Nightreign is coming to PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Collection X/S. The sport doesn’t but have a launch date, however latest rumours have indicated that it’s on observe for a Might 2025 launch. There may be additionally a rumoured Sony State of Play occasion to happen this week, the place we’d see the announcement of a concrete launch date.
For extra particulars about Elden Ring: Nightreign, starting from its central premise to its playable characters, listed here are 10 particulars we’ve discovered about it.
