I do know there have been a whole lot of makes an attempt at releasing multiplayer mods for Skyrim through the years, however none of these have been as bold because the co-op mod Skyrim Collectively Reborn, which goals to get between 2-8 gamers working round in the identical recreation, finishing the identical quests and preventing the identical monsters.
The mod, which has been years within the making, was launched final week. And whereas it’s not with out its teething issues—you possibly can learn a few of these right here—for essentially the most half it really works, permitting gamers to leap into the identical world and have all their actions and progress sync up.
To see what that is like in motion, right here’s a video the event staff launched earlier within the 12 months, displaying 5 gamers finishing a couple of story missions:
If you wish to strive it out your self, the staff have additionally uploaded this helpful video which reveals you tips on how to set up the mod, adopted by tips on how to really get it working (it’s so much simpler than I might have thought, particularly the latter, since all you have to do is wait til the intro is over then hit a “join” button to affix a server):
At time of posting, the builders say that ideally you wish to be attempting this out with 2-8 gamers. However there’s scope for way more than that. Right here’s one other video from earlier within the 12 months, displaying a stress check the place over 25 gamers have been on the identical map on the identical time (the devs have since stated you may get 30+ in case you’re actually pushing it):
Should you’d like to put in the mod, you’ll want the most recent variations of both the Particular Version or Legendary Version, then head right here for the obtain.