Is there a ‘Tony Hawk in Dark Souls’ mod yet?
What comes to mind when you hearDark SoulsPro Skater? What the flip, probably (because, you know, skateboarders flip. No?). A mod that lets you slay hollowed enemies as Tony Hawk is a good guess, but Dark Souls Pro Skater is almost the reverse. A clip went viral over the weekend showing praise-the-sun-guy Solaire shredding around the game’s opening Firelink Shrine. And yes, it looks as cool as it sounds.
You can watch the clipon Twitter, but if that cursed site’s not working, you can find it onYouTube. There’s also a version that hasShrek shredding butbadly, for some reason. Firelink’s ancient, mysterious ruins are transformed into a fun skatepark. Who cares where the skaters came from? Just grind, Gwyndammnit.
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skateris one of those games that just changes your perception of the world. Not in a life-altering epiphany sorta way, but in the sense that you’ll soon see every real-life handrail as a place to grind on for some points. And stairs? No sir, those are now my biggest rival. So the viral Dark Souls Pro Skater mod isn’t too unexpected - Lordran is just another series of jagged edges waiting to be skated on, after all.
Between this mod and the equally amazingBloodborne Kartgame, there’s something about FromSoftware’s games that invites this kind of memeification. Maybe it’s because the SoulsBorneRings are so given to toying with players themselves that they’ve built some kind of reciprocal relationship with the community. Or maybe they’re popular and people like mashing things they enjoy together. Maybe people just like fun things and I’m over-theorising.
To download the mod, you’ll need a copy of Tony Hawk’s Underground 2 on PC and theTHUGPro modinstalled. Then you can install theFirelink Shrine modas a stage, and the model forSolairefor some added immersion.
