The developer added FromSoftware wanted to bring some “new mechanics” and “new elements” to ‘Nightreign’, though insisted the studio was very much following its own pa

You might wonder if Elden Ring Nightreign took the co-op roguelike route to chase a trend, but for FromSoftware, it was more about making it "concentrated".

Nightreign isn't chasing the roguelike trend, says FromSoftware, though the dev team isn't opposed to following others' lead either.

That said, FromSoftware "never really held the stance 'let's absolutely not do anything that other companies are doing'"