Elden Ring Nightreign’s Duo Trailer Teases Hardcore Gamers

Okay, let’s dive in. So there’s this whole new duo mode coming to Elden Ring Nightreign. Finally, right? Been waiting forever. At the end of the month, it’ll be here, and there’s this quirky trailer for it. I got sidetracked watching it ’cause there’s one goofy part that calls out how some fans get so serious about Nightreign. It doesn’t last long, just a blip, but it’s FromSoftware’s cheeky nod.

So, there’s this bit, like 34 seconds in, where you see a Revenant chilling by an imp statue. She’s like, “Hey, come here,” and then bam, this Executor steps up. But then, nada. Totally useless. It’s like when you try to use your remote with the wrong TV channel. The game does this little animation as if to say, “What even?”

Anyway—no, wait, speaking of random things—the ‘evergaol meta’ in the game might make you chuckle. Everyone’s obsessed, kinda like when a band’s hit song gets overplayed every. Single. Summer. So, these Evergaols, they’ve got relics boosting your power when you drop an Evergaol. And the buffs stack—crazy, right? People swoop up these Stoneword keys and max the relic hustle. Almost every game I’ve jumped into has these Evergaol builds now.

Here’s the catch though. All this obsession with Evergaols has made the game a bit predictable. Like, rinse and repeat, y’know? Some players are just so over it. Saw this Reddit post the other day—super upvoted—where this player was all like, “Everything I wanna try turns into an Evergaol run.”

And listen, doesn’t it sound like they’ve sucked the fun right out of it? But hang on, it’s not that simple. Even with these relics, it ain’t a cakewalk. Some noobs rush into an Evergaol right when they land, haven’t even tackled the bare-minimum camp XP. At level one, you’re toast. I was in this match once, everyone bolted to the Evergoal and—poof—we wiped out. Like, almost comedic, except they ditched after.

The duo footage has this epic fail moment, too. Folks ping the Evergaol on the map first thing, all raring to go, and then—plot twist—no one brought a key. Awkward, right? We sit there, soaking up the awkwardness, until someone steps up with a Plan B. Once, I was the idiot without a key, but they’d switched my loadout without telling me. How was I to know? RIP, my bad.

At least I’ve never been petty enough to argue by just spamming Evergaol pings until people got annoyed enough to drag along. The duo trailer’s little stint with the Executor hilariously nails the embarrassment of getting caught unprepared. Such a FromSoftware move to nod and wink at fans this way.

There were all sorts of Easter eggs, like when Ironeye pop-pops the seal just out of reach. People who know, know. The YouTube comments were vibing with it—one person called out how it shows Fromsoft really gets their fans. Man, those tiny details get me.