The Elden Ring Seamless Co-op mod is without doubt one of the greatest unofficial addons for FromSoftware’s fantasy RPG. Not solely does it allow you to traverse the Lands Between with buddies, but it surely additionally frees you from the standard constraints of FromSoft multiplayer. As our personal Wes Fenlon enthused final 12 months, the mod “makes Elden Ring really feel like a real cooperative recreation via and thru, fairly than a cooperative expertise cobbled collectively round FromSoftware’s trademark odd on-line programs.”
After injecting co-op into Armored Core 6 final 12 months, the creator of the mods, who merely goes by Yui, has turned their consideration to a different FromSoft recreation: Darkish Souls 3. On Friday, Yui posted a video of the Darkish Souls 3 Seamless Co-op mod in motion, describing it as a “mod which removes all multiplayer boundaries and permits for connections to persist after demise.”
The video reveals Yui and a good friend making their means via the Lothric fort space of Darkish Souls 3, kicking off with a battle towards the Dancer of the Boreal Valley. Collectively, they tie the dancer into knots, although this is not that exceptional since you possibly can struggle bosses with different gamers in DS3 anyway. However usually a win brings that multiplayer session to an finish.
As soon as the dancer has spun its final pirouette, nonetheless, the pair keep on into the fort itself, carving their means via a bunch of standard enemies earlier than arriving at a bonfire and teleporting to Firelink Shrine. Each gamers arrive on the shrine with out concern, then warp again to the fort to hold on their journey, all with out DS3 as soon as glitching or crashing or throwing a large tantrum.
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I’ve to say, it seems wonderful, and as soon as once more highlights how a lot enjoyable FromSoft’s video games are when you possibly can convey a good friend alongside. Yui would not present many different particulars in regards to the mod or the way it works, however they do specify you’ll “play with mates from the tutorial to the very finish of the sport, with synchronised progress, and no resummoning or interruptions.” Additional, they add “Invasions are non-compulsory and energetic by default” and that gamers “Can modify the multiplayer scaling of the enemies to [their] liking.” In different phrases, it is a absolutely practical co-op mode for Darkish Souls 3, similar to the Seamless Co-op mod for Elden Ring.
There isn’t any phrase on when the mod will truly be launched, Yui merely says it is “work in progress.” The modder does seem to have had a change of coronary heart over making additional co-op mods after their work on Elden Ring. In an FAQ on the Elden Ring Seamless Co-op mod’s nexusmods web page, Yui posited the query “Will you make an identical mod for Darkish Souls?” to which they then answered “No.” It is doable they meant particularly Darkish Souls, which runs on a lot older tech than Darkish Souls 3 and Elden Ring, and is presumably far more tough to create a seamless multiplayer mode for.
In any case, it is nice to see Yui bringing their glorious multiplayer modding expertise to different FromSoft video games. It is doable FromSoft itself has taken a leaf from the modder’s ebook, given its subsequent venture, Elden Ring Neightrein, is a multiplayer-centric model of the RPG. Actually, FromSoft is conscious of Yui’s work, and even acknowledged it would ‘take into account concepts like that’ with future video games.