

If you’ve played any iteration of Skyrim over the years, you’ve probably seen things similar to those listed above, but let me tell you that playing Skyrim in split-screen (through a combination of the Skyrim Together mod and the ingenious Nucleus Co-op tool) will hurl you all the way back to the dark ages of the game’s stability.Īnd yet, despite technical hurdles appearing as frequently and suddenly as bugged Skyrim NPCs, I felt compelled to continue playing Skyrim Together, spurred by those precious periods of technical peace when I was swept up by how well Skyrim works as a co-op game. I’ve seen some unbelievable things along the way – heroes riding invisible steeds into battle against mammoths, a harmless rabbit on my screen that appears to my partner as a savage wolf, and civilians slowly ascending to the heavens over the plains of Whiterun before their divine tethers break and they plummet to the ground below.


Recently, I finally realised a decade-long dream to play Skyrim in couch co-op alongside my favourite real-life companion.
