Elden Ring Nightreignhas done away with the most notorious recurring location in the Souls game, sparing fans from the torment of having to slog through dirty water once more.
Hidetaka Miyazaki is known for directing some of the most difficult games of all time. There is clearly a love for punishing the players, but nowhere is this more present than in his obsession withincluding poison swamps.
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Miyazaki has gone on record about hislove for poisonous swampsin the Souls series. These locations are filled with water that not only slows down traversal but also inflicts poison on the protagonist. As such, players universally despite them, but Miyazaki’s thirst for the swamps cannot be sated.
Thankfully, Elden Ring Nightreign has been spared the tyranny of the bog. According to a new interview withFamitsu, there won’t be any posion swamps in the upcoming multiplayer game.
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According to FromSoftware’s Kitao Taidai, there is a simple explanation as to why Elden Ring Nightreign’sprocedurally generated biomesdon’t include the most hated of all Souls locations.
“There aren’t any. This time, it’s not Hidetaka Miyazaki but Junya Ishizaki, who was the battle director for ‘ELDEN RING’, who is now the director, so maybe there was no one who wanted to include them.”
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So, when Miyazaki’s hand isn’t on the wheel, the other producers at FromSoftware are free to put places in their games that people actually like. If Miyazaki weren’t around, then an entire generation of gamers wouldn’t be scarred by thehorrors of Blighttown.
Miyazaki’s obsession with poison swamps is one of the most endearing things about the creator. It’s hilarious that the same mind behind bosses like Malenia and Ludwig enjoys putting players through their paces with the slow and gradual hell of murky water. At least thelongtime Souls fanswill get a break in Elden Ring Nightreign.
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