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ELDEN RING: NIGHT REIGN FOR NEWBS

https://www.facebook.com/groups/722217140761840

I have created a group on the Book of Faces 😉 for all the Nightreign newbs out there who may be throwing up their hands in frustration (hopefully AFTER putting down controllers or walking away from computers..). I have investigated groups and I’ve found the inevitable freaking Edgelords, you know the ones…hiding personal fragility behind, what they feel, are pithy comments, offering no help, just insults.

I mentioned in another blog post, I play solo. I play all my games solo; with the exception of Diablo IV where I will play with a couple of close friends/family. I can’t dedicate time to teams, I never know when I will be online. I also, LONG AGO, gave up on the “mike-ing” my games due to the behaviours I have encountered over the years – racists, misogynists, teenage wannabe-edgelords, burping, farting…I just don’t have the time or the patience for it.

Nightreign presents some real challenges for folks who prefer solo play; I’m researching, it can be done but it is a far more difficult than team play. In all honesty, if I had to rate myself on sucking at a game? A scale of 1 – 10 with 10 being the most suckage? I’m a 15. The game needs some dedication and the past couple of weeks haven’t afforded me that time, but I have researched some of the the sites that offer help and tips. I am hoping membership increases enough so that a helpful community will be created, for solo and teams. Feel free to join, I’ll be monitoring the group pretty heavily, in order to ensure safety and a positive environment. It is public, for now.

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Elden Ring Nightreign

https://en.bandainamcoent.eu/elden-ring/news/how-play-elden-ring-nightreign-solo-player

Disappointed and kind of pissed; yes – you can play Nightreign solo but it is a real pain in the butt; it is frustrating and way more aggravating than a “game” should be. Elden Ring was completely playable solo and that’s how I play – solo. I play for fun, for personal challenge, as an escape from reality but primarily for FUN. Nightreign, for me, is not fun. Yes, I’ll keep playing but probably not with any regularity and I sure, as hell, am not going to recommend it.

I play on the PS5 system, graphics are good, the mechanics are fairly easy but the options for solo play leave much to be desired. You need to embark on expeditions, there’s no wandering around, discovering areas first, as far as I can tell. You absolutely have to embark on the assigned expeditions. There are some days where I just want to wander around a game’s layout but that’s not possible with this game. I am not loving the “expeditions”. Frustrating, even aggravating. Not the escape I had hoped, it is, so far, just a headache in the making. I’m finding it difficult to get invested in the story.

It could be that I’m simply not used to the style Bandai has created for the game. I’ll keep playing, maybe I am missing something.

The game is great for folks that enjoy the team play experience but for solo players, for me? So far, it sucks.

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