Hidetaka Miyazaki’s five tips for the director of Elden Ring: Nightreign probably sum up his own ethos better than any of us.

Elden Ring director Hidetaka Miyazaki is taking a back seat with Nightreign, but he had some solid advice for the spin-offs’ director.

FromSoftware has been something of a Miyazaki company for a while now, but it seems like things are slowly changing again, like with last year’s Armored Core 6 and now with the upcoming Elden Ring spin-off, Nightreign. This co-op version of Elden Ring is directed by Junya Ishizaki, who isn’t exactly a stranger to the Souls series, given that he’s been at FromSoft since the first Dark Souls, and speaking with PC Gamer, he talked about how he took on this role, as well as the advice that Miyazaki gave him when making the game. “The original suggestion to become director came from Miyazaki-san,” Ishizaki shared.

The director explained that Miyazaki told him that “it’s about time you pushed yourself” when it came to directing, which was convenient considering Ishizaki “had some ideas he’d been cooking” that “got the green light” from Miyazaki after sharing them. them. When asked if Ishizaki received any particular advice from Miyazaki in taking over the directorial reins (pun intended), Ishizaki said, “The only thing that stands out is that he basically said ‘do it however you want’ for this project,” which he also noted. which was “absolutely” a confidence boost.

Those five words are probably the best summary of Miyazaki’s ethos as a game designer, considering how creatively forgiving those games can be, even though they manage to balance each other very well. Who could have imagined that an artist who was allowed to do more or less whatever he wanted could produce interesting results!

Nightreign is currently scheduled to launch on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series You’ll be able to register by January 10, so keep your eyes peeled on Bandai Namco and FromSoft’s social media channels when that date arrives.