inherits practically everything from its predecessor, and by extension, older FromSoftware games, despite its wildly different gameplay loop.
The developer's action RPGs have long featured compelling co-op and PvP, but they also make consistent use of asymmetrical multiplayer elements.
The messages that players can leave for others to read and rate are the most famous, but the translucent phantoms (sometimes referred to as ghosts) that appear can be just as helpful, and these are undergoing a major change in .
Like many FromSoftware multiplayer features, phantoms originated in 2009's. They're nearly real-time recordings of other players in the same area, letting you see where people go and potentially hint at obstacles they run into.
They go hand-in-hand with bloodstains, though bloodstains have to be interacted with to see how that person met their demise.