Elden Ring: Nightreign The Forsaken Hollows Is "Definitely" Harder, But "Not Ridiculous"

"Elden Ring: Nightreign's The Forsaken Hollows expansion launches on December 4, and fans should prepare themselves for a challenge--but nothing too extreme. Elden Ring and Nightreign are known for being challenging endeavors, and that will continue with The Forsaken Hollows. Game director Junya Ishizaki told GameSpot that From Software didn't want the expansion to be "so hard that new players can't get into it." However, people should not expect to breeze through it."

""I think [we want our] ideas when we're working on the DLC content to be a reflection of that. So whenever people who have played the main game extensively go into the DLC content, they'll be able to have a bit of that feeling like they had when they first played Nightreign, where there's still a bit that they're trying to figure out," Ishizaki said."

The Forsaken Hollows expansion for Elden Ring: Nightreign launches on December 4, with availability as early as December 3 in some regions and on certain platforms. The expansion raises difficulty modestly compared with the main game, preserving a fair challenge that remains accessible to newer players. The design intent is to recreate the initial Nightreign experience of discovery, presenting encounters and mechanics that require players to learn and adapt rather than face prohibitive difficulty. The expansion is paid, and players should check launch times for their region and platform before attempting to play.

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