From Software doubles the influence of Zelda with Elden Ring Nightreign

The recent presentation of the new game from FromSoftware Elden Ring Nightreign seems to feature more gameplay features and mechanics seemingly inspired by the likes of it The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild SY Tears of the State. Considering the size of Nintendo's influence Breath of the Wild made with open-world games, it can be said that it is inevitable that FromSoftware's change to Soulslike open-world is comparable to its predecessor. Zelda game. By extension, or Elden Ring Nightreign seems as immune to these comparisons as the original Elden Ringbecause it seems to be inspired by both Zelda Change the game.

Many interesting details were revealed in the process Elden Ring NightreignThe announcement trailer of, as a spin-off game again emerges from FromSoftware's traditional approach to the Soulslike formula with new roguelite elements. Together with both Elden Ring and the DLC, Shadow of the Erdtreethe game provides lessons on where it could expand or improve its gameplay, it seems Elden Ring Nightreign will introduce a new mountain-like mechanism called Torrent. But in doing so, Elden Ring Nightreign hers seems to be just doubling Zelda influences from games such as Breath of the Wild SY Tears of the State.

Elden Ring: Nightreign Takes Notes from BOTW and TOTK's The Legend of Zelda: Paraglider

One of the basic mechanics brought from Breath of the Wild the Tears of the State is Link's Paraglider, a feature that Elden Ring Nightreign apparently taken from both Zelda game and the open world. Appearing briefly in its trailer, one of the game's characters is seen hanging from a flying bird, hinting that the game will feature new flying “mountains” like Elden Ringthe Torrent. Although it is not yet confirmed whether this bird can also be called, based on the style Breath of the Wild SY Tears of the State let the player equip the Paragliders, maybe that's it.

Why Elden Ring: Nightreign needs its own paraglider

As part of FromSoftware's transition to an open world, Elden RingThe inclusion of Torrent is a major design option that allows players to move around the map efficiently and attack enemies while maintaining a Soulslike style. However, Torrent still has its flaws Elden Ringsuch as Torrent's player-independent health, permanent fall damage, and limited double jump. Therefore, the player remains alert to the possibility of falling damage while traversing Elden Ringthe world of the open, especially when riding Torrent, according to the comments of articles throughout social media like the one below.

As a result, if it was introduced by Torrent Elden Ringwas not ideal for FromSoftware's open-world approach, which it continued Zelda influence may have helped Elden Ring Nightreign. Might learn from Elden Ring and its players' problems with open-world navigation and crash damage, FromSoftware seems to have introduced another mountain. Elden Ring Nightreign which works similarly to Link's Paraglider. Just like the Paraglider allowed the player to travel safely in Hyrule Breath of the Wild SY Tears of the State, Elden Ring Nightreign Players can navigate the Lands Between map using the new bird mount.

Elden Ring: Nightreign should take more influence from Zelda: BOTW and TOTK

Even adding a gliding mechanism would be beneficial Elden Ring Nightreign as Torrent did Elden RingFromSoftware shouldn't stop there with its own Zelda inspiration. In the same trailer for Elden Ring Nightreignthe player is also found to be able to scale walls similar to FromSoftware's Sekiro: The shadow dies twicea mechanism involved in both Zelda Change the game. in the Breath of the Wild SY Tears of the State shows the fundamentals needed for free games and FromSoftware which has been shown to have more influence on Zeldathe list below outlines other mechanisms Elden Ring Nightreign should or may have been received based on his trailer.

• Breath of the Wild's Revali's Gale to gain height.
• Breath of the Wild's Mipha's Grace to protect against fall damage.
• Tears of the StateTulin's vow to gain favor.