Elden Ring Nightreign’s subsequent patch will make gameplay simpler for solo gamers

Only a day after its launch, FromSoftware introduced a vital patch for Elden Ring Nightreign gamers preferring to solo queue. The sport’s developer posted on X that Patch 1.02 will likely be launched subsequent week, delivering some bug fixes and “enhancements for solo expeditions.”

Extra particularly, FromSoftware will add the impact of “Automated Revival Upon Defeat” that enables a self-revival as soon as per evening boss battle for solo expeditions. Gamers may also get extra runes, which ought to present a extra balanced gaming expertise when venturing alone. This information of this patch follows a number of criticisms of the sport being poorly optimized when enjoying solo, versus in a celebration of three because it was designed for.

FromSoftware’s titles have a popularity for being tough, however early critiques identified that Nightreign gives poor scaling with sure mechanics, skills and boss fights that cater in the direction of a full social gathering. Regardless of the tens of millions of copies bought on the primary day, Nightreign holds a “mixed” Steam consumer assessment ranking due to the solo queue points, together with a scarcity of communication instruments, cross-platform play and fewer replayability than different Souls titles.

For FromSoftware, Elden Ring Nightreign represents a stylistic shift into the roguelike style based mostly on its best-selling predecessor and it would nonetheless be figuring out a few of the kinks. The sport’s director, Junya Ishizaki, advised IGN in an interview that leaping into an expedition as a duo was “neglected throughout growth” however is one thing that the developer is taking a look at and contemplating for post-launch help. Some gamers are additionally having points with matchmaking itself, the place FromSoftware recommends restarting the method to get into an expedition. As for rebalancing for solo play, FromSoftware mentioned that extra particulars about this upcoming patch will come subsequent week.