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Archthrones will make you feel as if you're playing a new FromSoftware game.
Dark Souls Archthrones, an overhaul mod for Dark Souls 3 "on a scale never seen before," is finally ready to be played, at least partially. The team behind it has released a demo so you can try a piece before the whole cake is out.
Image credit: Guillaume Peronnin
Archthrones offers an alternate story taking place across five unique worlds before the events of Dark Souls 3. It will entertain you with new enemies, bosses, armor, weapons, spells, and much more. The developers examined the original game's level structure and created something unique but still undoubtedly Dark Souls-like.
"Experience a world where you, The Emissary, must hunt down the Gods of yore. Pulling from every single game in the series and including mechanics and animations from other accomplished Fromsoft games, the team has also worked on highly memorable boss battles and complex combat encounters."
Image credit: Guillaume Peronnin
Image credit: Guillaume Peronnin
The mod features:
- Nonlinear Progression: Explore each throne at your own pace, and in your desired order. Easiest to most difficult or vice versa, the choice is up to you.
- New Weapons: The player can find new weapons dropped from certain enemies, NPCs, and transposed from certain boss souls.
- New Armor: Instead of porting returning armor sets from previous Fromsoftware games, we have decided to focus on creating entirely new armor sets for the world of Archthrones. Also cloth physics.
- New Bosses: Charge headfirst into 17 new boss fights and more to come. Be sure to make use of all the new combat features to ensure your success in these endeavors.
- New Combat Mechanics: Guard counters, perfect blocking, deflection, back-step guard canceling, and various re-balances and fixes to nearly every weapon class in the game.
- New NPCs and Side Quests: All new NPCs are fully voiced by some guest appearances you might recognize… We wanted our worlds to feel lively and responsive for both new and returning players. As such, we highly encourage you to frequently chat with the residents of both Firelink Shrine and the various Archthrones as you progress through your journey.
- New and Re-imagined Worlds: Immerse yourself within 5 memorable worlds that draw inspiration from the FromSoftware mythos. Once again experience that classic Dark Souls anxiety that accompanies your last-ditch effort to find that next bonfire. Powerful foes and stalwart allies await you in these slightly familiar and unfamiliar lands.
Image credit: Guillaume Peronnin
Alas, only PC players will be able to enjoy the experience. You will also need the original game and its DLCs. I haven't tried the demo myself, but those who did have nice things to say about it, so grab it on NexusMods if you can, especially since it's free.
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