That’s how I play Elden Ring Nightreign. Nightreign is FromSoftware’s first Elden Ring spinoff, and it’s unlike any Souls game that the developer has done before. Nightreign has the conceit of so many battle royale games — multiplayer combat focused on acquiring resources across a large map that slowly shrinks over time — wrapped in the narrative,

In Part 1 of CNET's interview with Junya Ishizaki, the director of the Elden Ring spin-off answers burning questions about the game.

I was ready to quit Elden Ring Nightreign until I made one key change to the way I was playing. And it completely flipped my experience.