While Bethesda has had massive success with its sprawling open-world RPGs over the years, none of them are as ubiquitous asThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Having repeatedly proven its worth over a series of post-launch upgrade packs and re-releases on various platforms, the popular fantasy RPG remains a mainstay even today, almost 11 years after it first came out.
Now, however,Skyrimis bound to get one more round in the limelight, as the game’s long-awaited co-operative multiplayer mod - Skyrim Together Reborn - is finally getting a full release. Described as a “trueSkyrimmultiplayer experience,” Skyrim Together Reborn has already been tested with over 30 players on a single server and seems to deliver a reasonably stable gameplay experience in most cases.
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The developers of Skyrim Together Rebornannounced the release of thisSkyrimmultiplayer modjust a few days back, having finally been able to complete the mod after a series of development problems and effectively a complete restructuring of its code. The final result, however, seems to be impressively comprehensive indeed. While admittedly buggy, Skyrim Together Reborn allows players to integrate other mods into their playthrough and synchronizes their progression across the board.
In many respects, Skyrim Together Reborn is similar to thepreviously releasedElden RingSeamless Co-Op mod, in that it makes the game a full and proper co-operative multiplayer experience. Naturally, theSkyrimvariant of this same concept is the more impressive option of the two, as it implements networking features into a game that never had them in the first place, while theElden Ringmod simply reiterated upon what was already there.
Skyrim Together Reborn also shows how incredibly inventive community productions can get. Sure enough,someSkyrimplayers make their game ridiculousif the option is there, but Together Reborn opens up an entirely new way of playing the game. There are some caveats, of course, with the most obvious one being that the Together Reborn mod only supports the latest updated builds ofSkyrim Special EditionandSkyrimAnniversary Edition, and won’t be released for the VR version of the game.
It’s also worth pointing out that thisSkyrimmultiplayer mod isn’t nearly as simple asSkyrim’s many impressive visual mods, for example. Whereas those replace the assets and load the new content in place of old, Together Reborn has a whole list of rules that players will want to keep in mind. For example, it’s recommended that players create dedicated characters to use for co-op play because their solo progression will be synced-up to that of the host whenever they connect, effectively invalidating most of it.
The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrimis out now on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series platforms.
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