My first time playing as the Elden Ring Nightreign's Executor went badly. They're definitely not one of the simpler Elden Ring Nightreign characters, with a built-in katana that can't be used while sprinting, as well as the option to morph into some sort of wereweasel to varying degrees of success. And after playing with more straightforward characters for a while, switching to the Nightreign ronin was a jarring experience, to say the least. I'd draw my cursed blade, ready to duel some villainous knight, only for a lackey's projectile to catch me in the back of the head and knock me off guard. I'd transform into the mighty king of the water voles, only for my enormous bulk to make me a giant target for everything around me.
So it was all going horribly, and I was all ready to abandon this edgelord among edgelords. But then somebody walked by as I was trying to parry a pile of slime to disastrous results, and made a casual comment. "Oh – so it's like Sekiro?"
