These covenant items can be used to exchange useful spells and weapons, or even respect your character attributes. There are physical rewards, too, which the games hand out after you have defeated a player in an invasion or killed the host, according to your current covenant (like a clan). Sometimes I like going aggressive and fight them all at once, but other times I prefer to hide in the corners and pick them off one by one with my sorceries. I myself love doing invasions in the DLC maps, which are the most expansive and the most popular ones, hunting lone players or being hunted by “gankers” determined to exterminate me. Not only is it a feat of great skill, but also a demonstration of the invader’s knowledge about the game, such as how to counter certain weapons and playstyles, and the calculated preparations that went before the invasion, like having specific items or weapons readily available to better finish off the opponent. It is precisely because of its difficulty that makes it extraordinarily rewarding when you do win. There are also several other downsides to the invader, such as having his usage of Estus, the game’s healing potion, halved, and having his health reduced by 30 percent, all of which make invasions hard to pull off. But at the same time, it’s an incredibly difficult game of fighting multiple opponents at the same time, due to how the host can (and often does) “summon” other players to protect himself from the invader. It is an intense game of hide and seek, baiting and waiting, with the game world as the hunting ground. Simply put, it’s a mode in which players “invade” other player’s game worlds and try to kill the latter, who are called hosts, as they progress through the campaign. Invasion is perhaps the most engaging but also the most demanding.

There are three main modes to multiplayer: invasion, co-op and dueling in the Undead Arena. And to celebrate the upcoming release of Sekiro, Shadows Dies Twice, From Software’s (Dev for Souls series) new IP, I’d like to take us back to their last game, “Dark Souls 3,” and showcase the multiplayer aspects, which isn’t as well-known but equally as brilliant as the single-player campaign. In fact, they are the one thing that kept me coming back long after I have exhausted every point of interest in the campaigns. When people think about the “Dark Souls” series, they often think about their reputation as brutally punishing single-player action RPGs, but little did they know that these games also have multiplayer/PVP modes.

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