It’s counted as a separate game from Elden Ring proper rather than another DLC part of the main game. The thing is that, the intention is built for 3 players rather than solo: but can it be played singleplayer or not? Besides that, are there any differences between this game and actual Elden Ring (apart from the UI)?
A) yeah you can play solo for sure, there’s scaling based on party size and some character missions make more sense to do solo anyway.
B) there are a fair number of differences but it’s pretty intuitive coming from Elden Ring. Mostly changes to the game’s overall speed - youre on a ticking clock in a pretty large map so youve got to make decisions about gear, pathing etc very quickly.
You want to go to churches, Evergaols once you get the relic for them, and anywhere thats gonna drop something useful for you. The map provides a lot of information once you get used to reading it quickly.
Its been a minute since I played either but thats the gist. Its a fun game if youre up for it. Definitely more of a challenge solo, if you find a group just follow them as closely as you can and you’ll pick it up.