Due to the tireless work of modder ‘Yui,’ we have seen seamless co-op added to Elden Ring, Darkish Souls, Darkish Souls 3, Nightreign, and even FromSoftware’s oft-forgotten mecha collection, Armored Core (on this occasion, Fires of Rubicon particularly). After a yr and a half of labor, Yui’s including Darkish Souls 2 to that record, with the most recent addition to the seamless co-op assortment lurking simply across the nook.
In the event you’re unfamiliar with the thought of seamless co-op, it successfully does what it says on the tin. You possibly can spawn into the sport with a buddy and full the whole factor collectively – from the beginning, all through to the ultimate bosses, with NPC dialogue all being synced collectively, and all space restrictions being eliminated. Permitting six folks to play collectively, Yui’s Darkish Souls 2 mod additionally introduces proximity chat in PvP which, let’s be trustworthy, is definitely one of the best addition thus far.
Dying additionally will not finish the session, with main boss fights additionally being accessible to all gamers. In the event you fell a foe in a co-op session, that’ll then be carried throughout to your personal model of the sport. All obtainable objects switch throughout, too.
This, after all, does make the sport a bit simpler, which one may argue takes away a core component Darkish Souls. Yui clarifies that the stability has been adjusted with multiplayer scaling in thoughts, and that it is totally customizable. There’s additionally “an elective, punishing world tenancy-adjacent mechanic for extra skilled gamers.”
It is price noting that Yui’s mod solely works with Darkish Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin. “The unique Darkish Souls 2 is a 32-bit recreation, and Scholar of the First Sin is 64-bit,” they write, which means that, very similar to with their authentic Darkish Souls mod, you will want the extra fashionable version.
Yui started engaged on Darkish Souls 2 seamless co-op in April of final yr, and now we’re lastly right here. I am excited to revisit one other FromSoft favourite with my buddies – though, I am going to admit that they do all the heavy lifting. I simply… vibe, and typically do not die.
The Darkish Souls 2 seamless co-op mod releases on Tuesday, September 22. You can obtain it by way of NexusMods, however you may also toss Yui some money over on Patreon when you like their work.
