Dark Souls 3: 10 Essential PC Mods That Make It Even Better
Can you handle Dark Souls in first-person?
Released in March, Dark Souls 3 quickly became the
fastest selling game in the history of Bandai Namco, selling over three million
copies worldwide in just under two months. Since then, the game’s been praised endless
for its scope and design, and has been heralded almost universally as a worthy
conclusion to an otherwise impeccable quadrilogy of games.
With that said, nothing’s perfect, and everything can be improved, developed upon by secondary creators, and transformed into something completely dissimilar, or enhanced in numerous interesting ways.
If you’re a PC gamer with a penchant for experimentation, the world of Dark Souls doesn’t have to be as rigid as it once seemed. In fact, with the help of just a handful of mods, the game itself can be transformed into pretty much anything, and all those niggling drawbacks can be easily eradicated.
Contrary to popular opinion, even that which isn’t broken can still easily be fixed, and while Dark Souls 3 has been considered an essentially faultless experience, it too can benefit from a just a handful of graphical improvements, as well as gameplay tweaks.
So, here are 10 essential mods that make Dark Souls 3 even better, if that’s at all possible.
10. First Person Cam
Creator: Zullie the Witch
Before Dark Souls, there was Demon Souls, and before Demon Souls there was King’s Field, a little-known RPG developed and published by FromSoftware, and released exclusively in Japan. In the game, players take on the role Jean Alfred Forrester, a son searching for his missing father in the underground graveyard of a dead king.
Like the Souls series, King’s Field was notoriously difficult, prioritising dungeon exploration and open-ended gameplay, as well as a menacing, gothic atmosphere.
However, although the similarities between the two series were numerous, there was one vital difference: King’s Fields was a predominantly first-person experience, and lacked the methodical, defensive gameplay style of Demon/Dark Souls.
Inspired by the 1994 original, the ‘First Person Cam’ mod allows players to experience Dark Souls 3 in first-person, finally bridging the gap between the two divergent franchises. It isn’t perfect, and it does make certain aspects of the game almost impossible, but it’s a lot of fun, and undoubtedly worth a download, if only for the experience itself.