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#Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Elden Ring Nightreign?

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Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Elden Ring Nightreign?

Is Elden Ring Nightreign FromSoftware’s most divisive Souls game yet? Probably, and that’s what makes our latest ratings poll so interesting…

Released for PS5 a couple of weeks back, Nightreign (which, admittedly, we keep spelling incorrectly for some reason) is a co-op-focused escapade, where up to three friends — or strangers — team up to tackle increasingly dangerous bosses across chunks of Elden Ring’s grim world.

As alluded, we’ve read many opposing opinions on this one. We’ve seen it called everything from a misunderstood multiplayer masterpiece to a disappointing cash grab, while many simply don’t want to see the Japanese developer branch out into a live service model.

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The critic reviews were largely positive, at least. We gave it a ‘great’ 8/10 in our Elden Ring Nightreign PS5 review, calling it “a very interesting game that’s likely going to divide FromSoftware fans”. No kidding!

“While we don’t think it really holds a candle to games like Dark Souls 3 or Elden Ring, it isn’t really trying to. This is basically FromSoftware having some fun with its IP, and with a squad of friends, Elden Ring Nightreign is a blast,” we concluded.

But how would you rate Elden Ring Nightreign? As always, give the game your own review score in our poll, and then attempt to explain yourself in the comments section below.

Robert (or Rob if you’re lazy) is an assistant editor of Push Square, and has been a fan of PlayStation since the 90s, when Tekken 2 introduced him to the incredible world of video games. He still takes his fighting games seriously, but RPGs are his true passion. The Witcher, Persona, Dragon Quest, Mass Effect, Final Fantasy, Trails, Tales — he’s played ’em all. A little too much, some might say.

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Shepherd_Tallon
Yesterday, 8:05pm

Definitely an 8 for me. I finally have a team of three to play it so it’s a lot more fun now. It really shines when you’re all partied up together and talking to one another.

The lack of two player mode at launch is disappointing, but at least they’ve addressed it.
It is what it is.

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Anya-chan
Yesterday, 8:13pm

Definitely a 7 for what i saw

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DennisReynolds
Yesterday, 8:23pm

I actually bought it over the weekend on impulse and so far its ok i guess. Have yet to face the first proper boss as every random i’ve partnered with has sucked and i suck at solo play as everything is balanced around a team of 3. That said i like the class system and the roguelite elements are pretty cool, also no fall damage is a novelty in itself.

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Damage99
Yesterday, 8:30pm

8/9 I would say. Much more enjoyable as a part-based game. Even with randos though that experience varies.

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Enuo
Yesterday, 8:34pm

I give it a 0. One point for every hour I spent playing it.

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crackeastwood
Yesterday, 8:37pm

0/10 for bad performance and no PS5 Pro support

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PsBoxSwitchOwner
Yesterday, 8:57pm

Not played it because I just don’t really co op.

But I can’t help feel that this game has just come out to no fanfare and isn’t really mentioned since it announced it sold well on release

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guacguacboo
Yesterday, 9:01pm

Well if ithe score is on release then 6/10. The fact they have to release a patch to make single player actually fun is stupid. It should have been there from day one.

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wilky2988
Yesterday, 9:14pm

Tricky to rate a multiplayer focused game because everyone’s experience is gonna be different, but generally I would describe Nightreign as a game w really high high’s and really low low’s… perhaps averaging out to like a 6/10…. But potential to rise to 7-8/10 if this game receives good support/updates. There is definitely potential, to make this game greater…

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Czar_Khastik
Yesterday, 9:14pm

I would give an objective score of 3/10 because I didn’t play the game, generally don’t like souls games but I did read that a lot of people find that single player mode was not good on this multiplayer title at launch.

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Korgon
Yesterday, 9:25pm

I didn’t vote since I didn’t play it but it seems like an okay experience with friends. I just don’t really look to Fromsoft for my multiplayer needs is all.

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VaultGuy415
Yesterday, 9:28pm

I played through most of Elden Ring at launch (Ranni ending) but found it exasperating and poorly balanced across builds and abilities vs. Dark Souls/BB. I was probably too stubborn and should have used the Rennala thingy to respec to something cheesier. But I’m not interested in the DLC or Nightreign as a result.

I’m hoping they go back to classic Souls-style maps someday (probably in vain)

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VaultGuy415
Yesterday, 9:30pm

@crackeastwood Elden Ring’s launch performance on PC still makes me shudder. Much, much, much worse than Oblivion Remastered or Monster Hunter Wilds

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Logonogo
Yesterday, 9:53pm

@crackeastwood if that makes something an automatic zero, your opinion is useless

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Rich33
Yesterday, 10:13pm

@crackeastwood
Agree with the automatic 1 due to serious performance issues (cant give a 0).

I see the point someone else raised on the review – having seen the DF analysis the Pro runs at a significantly better framerate (and a somewhat better image quality due to dynamic res) – would you want a Pro mode running at the same performance levels as base PS5? In this case the Pro boosting performance without a specific enhanced mode is probably the best outcome.

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Hapless
Yesterday, 10:27pm

6/10 for me I got bored of the gameplay loop pretty quickly.

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Yapzehemnem
Yesterday, 10:34pm

I have been playing Nightreign on PC + Dualsense with 2018 hardware and it has ran flawlessly for the 30+ hours spent playing with a friend and rotating random thirds.

Completed all eight (8) final bosses but I keep coming back to work through each character’s remembrances (their story). Over 30 hours played and I’ve played five of the eight classes.

Overall, it’s been a ton of fun! Looking forward to the DLC in Q4 2025.

I agree with Aaron Bayne’s inclination from his review here on PushSquare. That is, Nightreign is a “finishable multiplayer game [and that] is a good thing”.

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Tdx
Yesterday, 11:18pm

The appealing thing about FromSoft games is the bizarre, alien, lonely worlds you stumble through without knowing what’s to come or where you’re headed. A game as formulaic and gamey as this kinda kills that vibe.

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crackeastwood
Yesterday, 11:23pm

@Rich33 a dedicated Pro patch would allow the game to better tap into the extra power of the Pro not to mention they cab use PSSR to gain ever more performance

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Odium
12am

Very solid 7 for me. It certainly has its flaws, but I think there is a very fun gameplay loop for those who are willing to take the time with it.

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Soulless666
12:18am

It’s 7 after 40 hours for me, but no more than that. The game still feels undercooked and lacking content.

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DrGrief
12:30am

No 0 option. I tried, but the entire franchise is not for me 🙄

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Rich33
12:58am

@crackeastwood
Maybe. Dont get me wrong, the Pro is an amazing console in the hands of decent devs, and Im really glad I got mine at launch.

You probably already know this, but PSSR actually makes fps lower (as it takes time up during each frame), until you optimise by lowering pre upscaler resolution in order to gain that back, and then more (as your pre upscaler res can be much lower to acheive the same visual quality).

They couldn’t even be bothered to / were not capable of correctly optimising the base PS5 version which operates at a low of 1440.

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KundaliniRising333
29m ago

Not for me. Yet it’s also not what I want to see with successful single player IPS. The idea of trying to capitalize on those ips by slapping them into a liveservice/multiplayer scheme is just not going to often work.

Sony wasted the entire generation and billions in resources doing this and produced almost nothing in return for that greed driven plan, and they aren’t done seeing the rock bottom of that trajectory yet.

The last thing most Fromsoft fans want is for them to do the same, rather than using their success to evolve, expand, improve rexperiemnt with new IPS for those schemes; or at least make the effort modernize their own aging and technically inferior engine and optomization protocols.

I don’t mind them trying something new. Yeah I don’t really believe that’s what this was I believe they saw the sales numbers and the popularity of a huge breakthrough hit IP and decided to try to monetize it further by making a farely bare bones system as easy as possible by asset flipping. Best selling millions of copies of another product with the IP name yet with far less invested in it financially so the payoff ends up being huge.

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