The amazing Dark Souls 2 path tracing mod is now available for download. It amazes me how it makes the ugliest Dark Souls look like a modern game.

FromSoftware’s action RPGs have never been known for going above and beyond in terms of raw graphical quality, but in most cases, their fidelity is good. enough that their phenomenal art direction takes them the rest of the way and makes them look very impressive. A title in which this it was not The case, however, is 2014’s Dark Souls 2.

Dark Souls 2 has an appeal if not inconsistent art style, although it is quite disappointed by the game’s infamously flat and washed out lighting, along with many repeated textures throughout its levels. As a result, I have always felt that he is the ugliest of the dark souls games by far, and I think both the original and the third entry are much more pleasing to the eye.