{"id":14150,"date":"2026-06-18T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nextlevelnews.co.uk\/blog\/2026\/06\/18\/crimson-moon-marries-diablo-and-dark-souls-for-a-bloody-breezy-good-time-ign-preview\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T14:00:00","slug":"crimson-moon-marries-diablo-and-dark-souls-for-a-bloody-breezy-good-time-ign-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextlevelnews.co.uk\/blog\/2026\/06\/18\/crimson-moon-marries-diablo-and-dark-souls-for-a-bloody-breezy-good-time-ign-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Crimson Moon Marries Diablo and Dark Souls for a Bloody, Breezy Good Time | IGN Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"article-page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/2026\/06\/17\/crimson-moon-tank-1781736365268.jpg\" \/>\n<section data-transform=\"mobile-ad-break\"><\/section>\n<p>Some of my favorite video game experiences as a kid (and I\u2019m going to date myself here) started with  biking down to my local Blockbuster with one of my friends, browsing the shelves until we found a co-op game with cool box art, and biking home with our rented prize. We\u2019d spend the next couple lazy summer evenings glued to a TV, controllers in hand, traipsing through whatever fantastical world we\u2019d luck into. We didn\u2019t really know what we were doing; we weren\u2019t subscribed to the magazines de jour. The most we\u2019d do is print guides off of the internet. But those evenings were pretty magical nonetheless, whether the games were good or not. If the game was smooth and played well and had us laughing and feeling good, so much the better. But they didn\u2019t need to be for us to have a good time. It was about facilitating a space, and giving us an excuse to play together.<\/p>\n<p>Crimson Moon reminds me of one of those games, and I mean that as a compliment. One of the good ones, specifically, where we did enjoy the act of playing, and the kind you\u2019d remember fondly years later when it would spring to mind unbidden. \u201cRemember that game,\u201d you\u2019d say, if something reminded you of it. \u201cYeah, man, that was great. They should make more games like that.\u201d Crimson Moon isn\u2019t a particularly new idea. It\u2019s a third-person co-op hack n\u2019 slash with roguelike elements, and before the last part of that sends you running for the hills, know that my time with Crimson Moon was actually pretty enjoyable.<\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"ignvideo\" data-slug=\"crimson-moon-official-release-window-trailer\" data-loop=\"\"><\/section>\n<p>The setup is that you\u2019re a Nephilim \u2013 a half-human, half-angel hybrid \u2013 tasked with battling demons, vampires, the undead, and other generally nasty besties besieging the Gothic spires of Gildenarch. Sounds like something catching, doesn\u2019t it? \u201cOi, mate, you\u2019ve got a nasty case of the Gildenarch!\u201d Not so! Here it is a city, and you\u2019re fighting to reclaim its districts from all the monsters running around. I won\u2019t lie to you: I vibed with Crimson Moon\u2019s art design, which I\u2019d describe as \u201cGothic architecture meets heavy metal album cover.\u201d Familiar? Sure. But we return to old favorites for a reason, and Crimson Moon\u2019s art is just the right combination of \u201cbright and colorful\u201d and \u201cOh my God there is so much blood splattered all over this magnificent stonework.\u201d<\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"quoteBox\">What makes Crimson Moon cool is your walk speed. No, I\u2019m not kidding&#8230;<\/section>\n<p>My demo was a solo run, but getting a feel for what Crimson Moon was doing was pretty easy, mostly because it\u2019s a Soulslike. So, you know, you\u2019ve got the whole kit and kaboodle here. Light attack, heavy attack, stamina meter, dodge roll, block, parry, yada yada yada. You\u2019ve seen all this before. What makes Crimson Moon cool is your walk speed. No, I\u2019m not kidding. A lot of Soulslikes are fairly slow, lumbering affairs, where you rely less on good moment-to-moment positioning and more on i-frames from your dodge roll to get you out of trouble. Crimson Moon may have adopted Souslike mechanics, but it\u2019s heart lies with the third-person hack n\u2019 slashes of old. Most of the time, I didn\u2019t need to dodge. I didn\u2019t get in range of somebody\u2019s sword or axe or mace until I wanted to attack.<\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"ignvideo\" data-slug=\"crimson-moon-official-announcement-trailer-state-of-play-2026\" data-loop=\"\"><\/section>\n<p>Speaking of, just about everything else in Crimson Moon shares that sense of speed. Attacks, even heavy ones, come out quickly and land with satisfying crunchiness \u2013 and everything feels just the way you think it should\u2026 or, at least, the way <em>I<\/em> think it should. They felt great, especially when you parry a bigger guy with a massive hammer and break his stamina long enough to deliver a stylish execution that begins with a knee to his face and ends with your avatar using the big guy\u2019s hammer to spread his brains across the floor.<\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"poll\" data-id=\"c2942d4e-cc2e-4dd9-8e7f-ee02be9b4642\"><\/section>\n<p>Naturally, you\u2019ve also got special attacks that both require a resource to use and live on a cooldown. I had a quick-as-a-flash charge, perfect for getting in somebody\u2019s face and announcing that I was about to be a problem, and a massive, two-handed overhead \u201ceff off\u201d swing for when I was really tired of that dude in particular. Both felt good and allowed me to pile on the hurt when I wanted to, though I will admit chaffing at the cooldown restrictions. Dear developers: please stop putting fun on a timer. XOXO, Will.<\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"slideshow\" data-slug=\"crimson-moon-june-2026-screenshots\" data-value=\"crimson-moon-june-2026-screenshots\" data-type=\"slug\" data-caption=\"\"><\/section>\n<p>So you\u2019re doing all this smooth and breezy (if you can hit your parries, anyway) action as you\u2019re navigating these burning\/bloody\/generally ruined streets\/houses\/other buildings, finding collectibles that give you a hint of Crimson Moon\u2019s story (I regret to inform you that things are grim, but in a well-written, \u201cOh, I like finding these\u201d way), opening chests, and generally doing light puzzle solving. I particularly liked one section that had me navigating the gear of a clock tower, jumping down from spinning cog to spinning cog, or the little bits that would lock you in a room with an elite enemy and be like, \u201cYo, it\u2019s him or you.\u201d Gives things some flavor.<\/p>\n<p>What I\u2019m not as high on are the loot and roguelike elements. You\u2019ll find the former in chests and the corpses of your foes, but mostly it felt superfluous unless I was getting a new class of weapon or some enhanced armor, and the rarity of the items rarely corresponded with better stats or additional abilities, which felt\u2026 odd. Admittedly, I\u2019m not a loot guy, and this could easily be worked out in the final version of the game, but it was a sticking point for me in my demo.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/2026\/06\/17\/crimson-moon-co-op-boss-1781736229952.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/2026\/06\/17\/crimson-moon-co-op-boss-1781736229952.jpg\" class=\"article-image-full-size\" title=\"undefined\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The roguelike elements, meanwhile, are mixed. On the one hand, making it to a certain point of a run and being rewarded with your choice of one of three buffs is a well-worn video game trope, and we uphold tradition in this household. On the other hand, your choices are usually \u201cincrease X stat\/effect by Y percentage\u201d which is a lot less exciting than getting a shiny new toy to play with. Once, my options all essentially did the same thing (stacked a cold effect on enemies); my only real choice was how I\u2019d like the effect to be applied: by hitting them, blocking, or dodging. I chose hitting, of course, because I like active play, but it wasn\u2019t exactly like being at a Michelin-starred joint and being overwhelmed at the variety on the menu, you know? Again, I could easily see this being fixed later on, but the best roguelikes generally aren\u2019t just stacking percentages, and I hope Crimson Moon has other cool things to offer here.<\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"quoteBox\">The roguelike elements are mixed. <\/section>\n<p>I was one of two people in my session to make it to the final boss of our demo (I walked into the room as time expired), but I was determined to see Crimson Moon through. I went back for a second helping a bit later, tore through the demo (still enjoying myself, a positive I have to note), and more or less smoked him. How, you ask? Well, by using one of the mechanics I have deliberately and not-at-all-by-accident avoiding mentioning until just now: your ability to transform, via a meter, into a gloriously incandescent member of the heavenly host and go hog wild on any fool unlucky enough to be close to you. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/2026\/06\/17\/crimson-moon-dry-rot-king-1781736229952.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/2026\/06\/17\/crimson-moon-dry-rot-king-1781736229952.png\" class=\"article-image-full-size\" title=\"undefined\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Listen, I think there\u2019s some contract every developer signs that says they have to have this thing when they make a melee action game with fantasy elements, but it works well and feels good and you absolutely smoke lesser foes and even elites with it. Against the boss, a giant muscley abomination that spews poison everywhere and attempts to stomp you, flatten you with a fist, or hit you with The People\u2019s Elbow, it allowed me to get in without worrying about all the noxious green goo on the ground and go nuts until I ran out of juice and actually had to fight him proper. That meant picking my spots, watching out for his attacks, and doing my damndest not to stand in the poison. It was a solid fight, and I did buy the farm a couple times, but you know, fortunately I\u2019m a half angel. A glowing light comes down and you stand tall again. That said, I am glad I came back for it, and I enjoyed watching him fall once I landed that final blow.<\/p>\n<p>Crimson Moon probably isn\u2019t going to wow you with something new, but maybe it doesn\u2019t have to. Sometimes, you just want one of those lazy summer afternoon games, and if Crimson Moon can make its roguelike and loot elements as interesting as its combat, I think developer Probably Monsters will have something here. It feels like the kind of game I\u2019d want to play in co-op with a friend after a long day at work, or on a lazy Sunday with my wife, something you could pick up for a run or two and have fun with and keep coming back to. I hope they pull it off. You know what they say: the pair that slays together, stays together.<\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"divider\"><\/section>\n<p><em>Will Borger is an IGN freelancer. 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