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THIS ELDEN RING MOD IS TAKING CO-OP UP A NOTCH
By JOHN BUDAY
Released earlier this year, FromSoftware's "Elden Ring" borrowed several cues from its own "Dark Souls" games and took the "Soulslike" genre to new heights. With more content promised by the game director, the hype for the game hasn’t died down and in fact has inspired a plethora of various mods for the game.
While players in “Elden Ring” can usually only meet in groups of four — with the mode ending for a player when they die or leave certain boundaries — this mod, created by LukeYui, deals with these restrictions directly. The mod allows up to three friends to join a host player in exploring “The Lands Between” — without everyone disconnecting upon death, leaving a certain spot, or vanquishing a boss — and parties share progress on the host's game file.
Among other gameplay details, players can rest at Signs of Grace together — at the cost of resetting overworld enemies for everyone; not just the host player. Player-versus-player duels are also accounted for in the mod, but parties cannot participate in invasions.
Videos of the co-op mod show how effective having permanent teammates on the world map can be, where the group quickly destroys enemies in the Weeping Peninsula. LukeYui may have created the ultimate "Elden Ring” mod by enabling a full-scale, shared-progress co-op mode, which is an impressive feat for an already critically-acclaimed game.
