Darkish Souls could have already acquired an official remaster to spruce up its graphics, however this mod seems to do the other by giving the whole sport pixel artwork.
Pixel Souls: Demastered is a Darkish Souls mod from thegreatgramcracker on Nexus Mods that provides contemporary (however retro) graphics to each stage, enemy, and NPC within the sport.
“This mod adjustments all textures, icons, fonts, and visible results into pixel artwork primarily based on the unique sport textures,” its description reads. “Moreover, the music and sound results have been decreased in high quality. Even the enemy and participant gear fashions have decreased constancy. This could give the sport a enjoyable, considerably cursed, retro really feel.”
Screenshots for the mod (above) have been shared alongside a trailer. thegreatgramcracker defined they created the mod utilizing a customized picture processing algorithm with handbook 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 provides it a Limbo-style grayscale aesthetic.
Whereas the developer has since launched a whole trilogy of Darkish Souls video games, plus different fashionable classics like Bloodborne and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, 2022’s Elden Ring has maybe captured the creativeness of the modding neighborhood above every other.
Gamers rapidly added the likes of Star Wars, One Piece, Hole Knight, The Legend of Zelda, and plenty 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 large dangerous within the sport in opposition to one another in a FromSoftware battle royale.
Picture Credit score: thegreatgramcracker on Nexus Mods
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll discuss The Witcher all day.
