A new and ambitious mod for Dark Souls 1 has reignited the game’s community after surprise-launching this week.
Dark Souls: Daughters of Ash is Dark Souls re-imagined and massively expanded, according to its lone creator.
Redditor Grimrukh said they spent over 1000 hours over the course of 2017 and 2018 building the mod for Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition on PC.
“It’s my vision of what Dark Souls might have been if FromSoftware had been given an additional six months to develop content for the game,” Grimrukh said.
There’s new game progression (new world-changing events, key items and unexpected pathways), new bosses and enemies (including enemies restored from cut content), new NPCs and storylines, new weapons, items and mechanics, expanded lore via new item descriptions, and new secrets (“don’t expect to come anywhere close to unveiling all of the game’s hidden content in one or two playthroughs”).