I do know there have been a whole lot of makes an attempt at releasing multiplayer mods for Skyrim over time, however none of these have been as formidable 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 combating 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 may learn a few of these right here—for probably 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 group launched earlier within the yr, exhibiting 5 gamers finishing a number of story missions:
If you wish to attempt it out your self, the group have additionally uploaded this helpful video which reveals you learn how to set up the mod, adopted by learn how to really get it working (it’s quite a bit simpler than I might have thought, particularly the latter, since all you should 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 need to be making an attempt this out with 2-8 gamers. However there’s scope for rather more than that. Right here’s one other video from earlier within the yr, exhibiting a stress check the place over 25 gamers had been on the identical map on the similar time (the devs have since stated you may get 30+ should you’re actually pushing it):
When you’d like to put in the mod, you’ll want the newest variations of both the Particular Version or Anniversary Version, then head right here for the obtain.