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Elden Ring Nightreign Director Says Duos Were 'Kind of Overlooked and Neglected' as Main Focus Was on 3 Players
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<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 67302" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><img src="https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2025/02/11/eldenringnightreign-finalpreview-blogroll-1739314008488.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/games/elden-ring-nightreign" target="_blank">Elden Ring Nightreign</a> will soon let players drop into the shifting lands of Limveld, exploring and fighting for survival either solo or in groups of three. For the duos out there though, it sounds like you'll need to be open to a third.</p><p></p><p>In <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/what-elden-ring-nightreigns-first-time-director-learned-from-miyazaki-ign-first" target="_blank">IGN's interview with Elden Ring Nightreign director Junya Ishizaki</a>, the Nightreign lead discussed the choice to lean on solos and trios as the core experience options. When asked why there's no option for a pair of players to drop in together without a matchmade third player, Ishizaki said it was overlooked.</p><p></p><p>"The simple answer is that this is simply something that was overlooked during development as just a two-player option, so we're very sorry about that," said Ishizaki. "As we said before, we set out to make this a multiplayer co-op game for three players, balanced for three players, so that was the main focus and it's at the core of Nightreign.</p><p></p><p></p><p>"Of course, I myself as a player understand that and often want times where I'm just playing myself, so this is something that we considered from the start," Ishizaki continued. "And so we did put a lot of effort into creating this experience that was playable for solo players in as much as the rules and new systems allowed. So in putting all our efforts into that aspect, we kind of overlooked and neglected the duos aspect, but this is something that we are looking at and considering for post-launch support as well."</p><p></p><p>So if you're playing with just your favorite duos partner, be ready to accept a random third into your lives. Who knows? <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/let-me-solo-her-elden-ring-community-hero" target="_blank">You might match up with someone pretty good at the game</a>.</p><p></p><p>If you're playing solo, it does sound like Elden Ring Nightreign takes that into account. Ishizaki said the parameters of Elden Ring Nightreign "adjust dynamically depending on the number of players in that session," so lone wolves shouldn't be too overwhelmed in single-player.</p><p></p><p></p><p>You'll have to find and locate some self-revive options, which are incorporated for those opting for single-player. And if you're playing trios, well, that's apparently what Elden Ring Nightreign is built around. Whether duos support shows up or not, having an extra hand around can't hurt against some of <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/elden-ring-nightreign-features-bosses-from-dark-souls" target="_blank">the fearsome bosses</a> waiting in Nightreign.</p><p></p><p>Elden Ring Nightreign is out on May 30, 2025 for PC, PlayStation 4 and 5, and Xbox One and Series X and S.</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Eric is a freelance writer for IGN.</em></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/elden-ring-nightreign-director-says-duos-were-kind-of-overlooked-and-neglected-as-main-focus-was-on-3-players" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 67302, member: 1"] [IMG]https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2025/02/11/eldenringnightreign-finalpreview-blogroll-1739314008488.jpg[/IMG] [URL='https://www.ign.com/games/elden-ring-nightreign']Elden Ring Nightreign[/URL] will soon let players drop into the shifting lands of Limveld, exploring and fighting for survival either solo or in groups of three. For the duos out there though, it sounds like you'll need to be open to a third. In [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/what-elden-ring-nightreigns-first-time-director-learned-from-miyazaki-ign-first']IGN's interview with Elden Ring Nightreign director Junya Ishizaki[/URL], the Nightreign lead discussed the choice to lean on solos and trios as the core experience options. When asked why there's no option for a pair of players to drop in together without a matchmade third player, Ishizaki said it was overlooked. "The simple answer is that this is simply something that was overlooked during development as just a two-player option, so we're very sorry about that," said Ishizaki. "As we said before, we set out to make this a multiplayer co-op game for three players, balanced for three players, so that was the main focus and it's at the core of Nightreign. "Of course, I myself as a player understand that and often want times where I'm just playing myself, so this is something that we considered from the start," Ishizaki continued. "And so we did put a lot of effort into creating this experience that was playable for solo players in as much as the rules and new systems allowed. So in putting all our efforts into that aspect, we kind of overlooked and neglected the duos aspect, but this is something that we are looking at and considering for post-launch support as well." So if you're playing with just your favorite duos partner, be ready to accept a random third into your lives. Who knows? [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/let-me-solo-her-elden-ring-community-hero']You might match up with someone pretty good at the game[/URL]. If you're playing solo, it does sound like Elden Ring Nightreign takes that into account. Ishizaki said the parameters of Elden Ring Nightreign "adjust dynamically depending on the number of players in that session," so lone wolves shouldn't be too overwhelmed in single-player. You'll have to find and locate some self-revive options, which are incorporated for those opting for single-player. And if you're playing trios, well, that's apparently what Elden Ring Nightreign is built around. Whether duos support shows up or not, having an extra hand around can't hurt against some of [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/elden-ring-nightreign-features-bosses-from-dark-souls']the fearsome bosses[/URL] waiting in Nightreign. Elden Ring Nightreign is out on May 30, 2025 for PC, PlayStation 4 and 5, and Xbox One and Series X and S. [I]Eric is a freelance writer for IGN.[/I] [url="https://www.ign.com/articles/elden-ring-nightreign-director-says-duos-were-kind-of-overlooked-and-neglected-as-main-focus-was-on-3-players"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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