Manor Lords launched for PC gamers late final month, and it solely took a few week for modders so as to add Shrek as a playable character.
The animated ogre icon can now be used to terrorize harmless medieval residents because of developer NorskPL on Nexus Mods. It’s a easy mod that permits gamers to manage Shrek as a part of Manor Lords’ third-person Go to mode. Parading round city because the inexperienced menace is perhaps a bit immersion-breaking, however there is no such thing as a denying that the character suits into the setting extraordinarily nicely.
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Manor Lords was one in every of Steam’s most Wishlisted titles for fairly a while, so whereas developer Slavic Magic hasn’t formally added mod help, it isn’t a lot of a shock to see gamers creating new content material on their very own. After all, that additionally means Shrek is simply the tip of the iceberg in the case of a few of the mission’s at the moment accessible mods.
Some highlights permit gamers to management a Knight and even Kingdom Come: Deliverance’s Henry. Others push issues a bit additional, just like the mod that provides The Witcher’s Geralt as a playable character. Most modifications, nevertheless, deal with gameplay tweaks for many who could need to alter the expertise. There are additionally already a wide array of customized Coat of Arms mods for Halo, Fallout, Berserk, Harry Potter, and extra.
One mod specifically permits gamers to expertise Manor Lords in VR. It’s a customized gameplay change so spectacular that even developer Slavic Magic couldn’t assist however reward it.
With or with out Shrek, we expect Manor Lords is an efficient time. In our 7/10 early entry evaluate, we stated, “Manor Lords is a beautiful medieval city-builder that saved me occupied for hours constructing my excellent, cozy hamlets, but it surely undoubtedly feels very early in its Early Entry growth.”
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