Elden Ring Nightreign is a game with a myriad problems, and one that I have my own list of personal frustrations. But it’s also one of those games that I just can’t put down — I get singularly obsessive about it in a way that I often don’t with multiplayer games. I simply cannot rest without beating every boss in Nightreign, and it’s a testament to how strong the game’s core formula is, despite the laundry list of of issues (such as a lack of meaningful progression across matches). And the game’s new expansion, The Forsaken Hollows, fits that idea to a tee — a new batch of content that’s simultaneously frustrating and riveting. If you already like Nightreign this expansion is a must-play, and, in my mind, fully cements this game as the most engrossing multiplayer experience of the year.
Calling The Forsaken Hollows an “expansion” is a little strange, mostly because of the game’s nature as a multiplayer game. This is more of an incremental update that adds a variety of little tweaks to the full game, along with some more sizable pieces of new content.
