Elden Ring Nightreign
FromSoftware has been sneaky with the announcement of its up-to-the-minute title , Elden Ring Nightreign . Although Hideo Miyazaki was clear that there would n’t be another expansion , despite the success ofShadow of the Erdtree , and firmly stated thatElden Ring 2wasn’t in ontogenesis . Many believed thatElden Ringwould be left on the backburner for some time , but FromSoft has amount back swing out in The Game Awards with the promulgation of a tailspin - off , promising co - op gameplay , and a proceed evolution of the Soulsbornecombat system .
As with anything that FromSoftware announces , there are more questions than answers after the initial announcement lagger . There seems to be a mark - new story withNightreign , since Marika , the demi - God , and anything to do with the Erdtree is n’t mention at all . Instead , young characters have been shown expect for the player ’s assistance to fend off some kind of crisis , and while this could be something convoluted and mythologic , as is the case with FromSoftware titles , there are some indications that this game is linked with title from theDark Soulsseries , particularly with the third claim in the serial publication .
Elden Ring Nightreign’s Reveal Trailer References Dark Souls 3
From The Nameless King To The Fire Keeper
The Nameless King is the eldest of Gwyn , the Lord of Sunlight , and was exiled for allying with dragons .
Althoughthe Nameless Kinghas come back precisely how he was inDS3with the exact same swordspear and his Storm Drake protagonist , he is n’t the only character that seems to have made a return . It looks like the Fire Keeper fromDS3or someone similar ( perhaps another Fire Keeper ) is in the trailer too , bear the mask that covers her middle beneath a cloak . Just like the Fire Keeper , this character might work like a template , enlisting the player ( who might not be the Tarnished ) to assist avert disaster , butDS3isn’t the only game being referenced .
astonishingly , the onlyDSgame that was n’t address by Miyazaki ( Dark Souls 2 ) gets a few reference too . There ’s a spider build in the trailer that could be a character to Freja , a boss inDark Souls 2;however , the more overt reference is the massive door at the end . This door count eerily similar to the one in front of the Throne of lack at the end ofDark Souls 2 , and could link this game to bothElden Ringand the other Souls game , considering thatDS2has always stood out on its own .
Could Elden Ring And Dark Souls Exist In The Same World?
Painted Worlds Could Be The Answer
fan of FromSoftware game credibly fuck that anything is possible and everything has an solvent in the lore if they look hard enough . Dark soul 3showed dozens of timeline and human race crashing into each otherdue to the continual Linking of the Flame causing unusual distortion in space and fourth dimension , and this could be the result of that . It was also imply by Junya Ishizaki , in an interview withIGN , thatNightreignexists in a parallel world , and this mankind could just be the one from theDark Soulsseries , but later on , or otherwise link up to that serial .
Junya Ishizaki is a new director at FromSoftware and was given the full reign ofNightreignafter Miyazaki contributed to the initial construct phase .
Painted Worlds from theDark Soulsseries are like a form of parallel world and have often been a elbow room to inclose such public , as with Ariandel inDS3and Ariamis inDS1.Perhaps this parallel earth Ishizaki mouth of is like a Painted World inElden Ring , or even the earth painted at the close ofThe Ringed CityDLC , phone Ash . This is far - fetched , but FromSoftware games incline to have strange lore , and it would excuse why The Nameless King , Fire Keeper and the door to the Throne of Want are all in the reveal trailer .
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Elden Ring ; Nightreign was only announce last night , and it ’s now been announced that internet test beta enrollment will begin very presently .
Then again , the game could just be linked toDark Soulsfor no good reason . Dark Souls 2is very peculiarly placed in the series and the links with its predecessor are just unknown , so FromSoftware could decide that these chemical element exist for nostalgia ’s sake , although almost everything usually does have a rationality behind it when it occur to Soulsborne game . There are 100 of Erdtrees at the end ofElden Ring , implying that the Greater Will has reached many other cosmos , although the Greater Will is n’t referenced in the trailer , it seems .
What Could This Mean For The Lands Between
A Parallel World Could Give The Game Many What If Scenarios
There is n’t much indication of when this biz takes place and if the events ofElden Ringare even relevant to this version of the Lands Between seen inNightreign . Marika ’s rise to powermight not be a monolithic event in this parallel version of the Lands Between , or this could take property either long before or long afterElden Ring ’s story takes station . Then again , even though the areas record look like the Lands Between , it might not be , andNightreigncould take us somewhere else totally that might be more placeable toDark Soulsfans .
Elden Ring and Berserk have many undeniable connective , showing how authoritative the bestselling manga ’s legacy is .
It is clear that this is n’t the same Earth that players have already explored to death inElden Ringand there is a luck that , beyond the fog , the lands of Drangleic and Lothric are just around the corner . This is highly unlikely , but with the Nameless King and the Throne of Want ’s giant threshold being overtly shown off in the reveal trailer , it is clear that FromSoftware want actor to know there is a connexion betweenElden RingandDark Souls . Since this is a spin - off , this inter-group communication might not have been intended while Miyazaki was primitively world edifice .
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Elden Ring Nightreignseems like it will do two-fold tariff in acting as a role player - sequel toElden Ringwhile having enoughDark Soulsin it to act as an starter for those hop aDark Souls 4might still happen . How much ofDark Soulsends up being inNightreignremains to be project , but it is n’t going to just be hidden out Easter Eggs . Dark Soulsis go to be a part ofElden Ringand that could mean so many things for both the IP and the mythologic world surrounding the games .
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