RIGHT AS REIGN

Teamwork makes the dream work in latest chapter of the Elden Ring franchise

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There are some groups of bad guys you'll encounter between the main map locations who are tough to beat and give you very little reward for your efforts, so they're best avoided.

There's no vast open-world maps here to explore, this is a much tighter version of the game, with co-op very much at its heart.

I was expecting a world that was strikingly different, so I was surprised by how instantly familiar the space was.

Roundtable Hold is immediately recognisable, although it is desperately in need of some TLC, with a gaping hole in the wall letting through daylight. Wild flowers and weeds burst through cracked and rotten floorboards.

While there is a single player mode, this game is meant to be shared in all its glorious, roguelite multiplayer madness.

Boiling it right down to its base elements, teams of up to three players compete for three in-game days before facing down a final Nightlord - and what bosses they are.