Darkish Souls could have already acquired an official remaster to spruce up its graphics, however this mod appears to be like to do the other by giving your entire recreation pixel artwork.
Pixel Souls: Demastered is a Darkish Souls mod from thegreatgramcracker on Nexus Mods that provides contemporary (however retro) graphics to each degree, enemy, and NPC within the recreation.
“This mod adjustments all textures, icons, fonts, and visible results into pixel artwork based mostly on the unique recreation textures,” its description reads. “Moreover, the music and sound results have been decreased in high quality. Even the enemy and participant tools fashions have decreased constancy. This could give the sport a enjoyable, considerably cursed, retro really feel.”
You’ll be able to take a look at find out how to set up it within the video beneath.
Screenshots for the mod (beneath) had been shared alongside a trailer. thegreatgramcracker defined they created the mod utilizing a customized picture processing algorithm with guide tweaks utilized when needed. No AI was used for the mod, the creator made clear.
Darkish Souls and the remainder of the FromSoftware library are modding neighborhood favourites, with gamers including all types of wacky new options into the video games. One Darkish Souls mod makes all of the bosses playable, for instance, whereas one other offers it a Limbo-style grayscale aesthetic.
Whereas the developer has since launched a complete trilogy of Darkish Souls video games, plus different trendy classics like Bloodborne and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, 2022’s Elden Ring has maybe captured the creativeness of the modding neighborhood above another.
Gamers rapidly added the likes of Star Wars, One Piece, Hole Knight, The Legend of Zelda, and lots of different franchises into the sport, and have additionally had enjoyable with the video games personal bosses. One mod turns each enemy into Malenia, Blade of Miquella, who rapidly emerged as Elden Ring’s hardest boss, whereas one other pit each massive dangerous within the recreation towards one another in a FromSoftware battle royale.
Picture Credit score: thegreatgramcracker on Nexus Mods
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