![]() The funny thing is that I actually agree with some of the above. You're meant to suffer.' 'Why would you want to mod a game that's so perfectI?!? What's wrong with you PC people?' Now, I can already hear the shrieks of the zealots who believe that as soon as you summon a player to help you beat Hoarah Loux at the 67th time of asking you've somehow bastardised your entire Elden Ring experience and should have your license to play any FromSoft game revoked 'It's not how they want you to play it,' 'You don't get it. RELATED: I Never Thought I'd Say This, But Dark Souls Needs A Remake ![]() It removes pretty much all friction from the co-op aspect of the game. You can even vote on fast-travelling together. The mod lets up to four players adventure together seamlessly, removing barriers so that you can cross fog walls together, all ride your own Torrents, and explore the entire game world without disconnecting. In fact, the mod morphs it from being a predominantly single-player game where with a bit of faff you can call on players to help you in times of need, into a full-on co-op experience. The Elden Ring Seamless Co-op mod does a few key things that make the game way more accessible. A co-op experience that began with me acting as her mentor and guide soon turned into the classically intense Elden Ring gauntlet the pressure ratcheted as we ascended Stormhill, and soon we were both desperately yelling commands at each other and frantically yet methodically fighting the neon-lit boatman known as the Tibia Mariner. ![]() As someone who's completed the vanilla game, I wanted to take a bit of a backseat so that she could experience some of the wonderment of Elden Ring's daunting world without too much direction. That's how the first forty minutes or so of the Elden Ring Seamless Co-op mod (played in split-screen on PC courtesy of Nucleus Co-op) looked for my partner and myself. He affectionately reprimands the scampish rogue, who begrudgingly absorbs his advice to work on jump-attacks and perhaps give up on the buckler if she's not going to parry with it, and their training continues. Instead, when a backstab fails or another of Godrick's soldiers gets pulled into the fray, a Knight, watching stoically from nearby, intervenes to cut down the assailants with his halberd when something goes wrong. ![]() Mistakes are inevitable during these tentative early steps in the Lands Between, but in this instance they're not punishable by death as they have been for millions of Tarnished who have been venturing there since February. Sometimes she succeeds, other times she doesn't, but the key thing is that she's learning. Like a kitten haphazardly learning the basics of hunting, she pounces from the bushes at the mindlessly patrolling Limgrave soldiers in repeated attempts to backstab them. A ragged thief scampers through the shrubbery of Limgrave, dagger in hand. ![]()
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