Unless you manually cut the connection, Dark Souls mods for all three games can be picked up by FromSoftware's slightly overzealous cheat detection, resulting in a hard (you can't play at all) or soft (you can only play with other 'cheaters') ban from online multiplayer. Today, we take a peek at a bundle of B-Side adventures across the entire series. While limited in what can be added to the trilogy (though breakthroughs are being made on that front, too), it turns out that by creatively rearranging what's already there, you can get what feels almost like a new game. While mostly limited to technical improvements (such as Durante's fixes for the wonky original PC port) and small texture packs, the past few years have brought about a whole new genre of Souls mods for all three games. It also increases the value of the game for the consumer significantly, without charging a dime.Every other Monday, Dominic gives you a reason to dust off one of your old games and dive into its mods with Modder Superior.ĭark Souls modders are forged in the flames of adversity.

This is the kind of effort which extends the lifetime of a product. He also plans to make status effects more viable against bosses and fix small descriptive texts, making them more lore correct.Įven if you are not a Dark Souls fan, you have to admire the modding community’s dedication to the game. The latest version is 2.11 but if that isn’t enough, LordofSandvich also plans to introduce more weapon, shield and spell rebalancing. The mod so far has over 1,800 downloads with 43 endorsements.

It even introduces some buffs and nerfs to the gameplay. The mod changes armor, weapons, shops, items, enemies, bosses, and more. However, describing all the changes implemented takes over 16 pages long and is close to 7,000 words. The Rekindled Edition mod itself, drew inspiration from another earlier mod called “Alternative Starting Classes” by McJ0hns0n but is a lot more complex.Īccording to the mod’s author LordofSandvich, he started modding aspects of the game which he initially found odd. There is even a “Rekindled Edition” mod, consisting of over 350 tweaks, altering its base gameplay. Dark Souls may be five years old now, but a healthy modding community keeps it fresh over the years.

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