I played Elden Ring Nightreign... it's VERY weird

I played Elden Ring Nightreign a couple weeks early, so here's the first real look at some gameplay outside of the initial reveal trailer. This video contains a full breakdown of the gameplay loop, my thoughts on the game, and a few critiques. twitter: https://twitter.com/IronPineapple_ twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/iron_pineapple merch shop: https://ironpineapple-shop.fourthwall.com/ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 What is Nightreign? 0:58 Start of each run 1:42 Enemy Camp/Combat/Wylder Grapple Hook 2:07 "Feels like an ambitious fan mod for Elden Ring" 2:27 Super Sprint, Sites of Grace, Leveling Up 3:23 Consumables 3:44 Golem Miniboss/Miniboss Rewards 4:09 Wall Climbing 4:25 Loot (Weapons and Catalysts), Passive Effects 5:19 Map Screen 5:57 Grappling the ground 6:09 Wylder's Ultimate/Leonine Misbegotten Miniboss 6:36 Wylder's Passive Ability 6:52 Revive System 7:36 The Guardian (character 2) 8:27 "The Fortnite Circle" 8:56 Slipstreams (jump pads) 9:11 Church of Marika (upgrade healing flask) 9:20 Scarabs (talismans) 9:34 More combat details 10:08 More about the loot system 10:26 Spectral Trees/Spectral Hawks 10:50 Treasure Map 10:56 "literally Fort Haight from Elden Ring" 11:18 The Duchess (character 3) 12:23 The Recluse (character 4) 14:26 Mines 14:48 Flame Chariots 15:07 Dragon Fight, Night Approaches 15:28 Nighttime Boss Fight 16:42 Boss Rewards 17:22 Day 2, Day 3 17:53 Night Lord Boss 18:57 Merchants 19:16 Upgrading Weapons 19:44 Finding Plants 19:56 Puzzle Towers 20:10 Other Player's Red Bodies 20:21 Ant Attack 20:34 Boss Invasions 21:01 Rune Acquisition Range/Splitting Up 21:34 More Revive Details 21:47 Hub Details 22:14 Sparring Ground, Weapon Scaling 23:10 Relics 24:23 Hub Relic Merchant/Character Skins 24:36 Preview Event Details (unfortunate) 26:03 "I did have fun" 26:33 Addressing Discourse of Nightreign Reveal 27:13 "I'm not quite that cynical" 27:52 Why was I skeptical beforehand? 28:39 Is it a success? Why am I not sure? 28:58 Map changes between runs 29:40 Concerns over build variety 30:28 Elden Ring weapon, spell, enemy, and boss variety = good 31:12 More reasons this game works 31:35 Final Thoughts 32:27 Release Date, Price, DLC 32:52 Final Thoughts pt. 2