This image perfectly demonstrates that no matter how much modern tech and higher res assets you throw at a game, it cant compete with beautifully hand crafted scenes, build on top of older approximation techniques.
I wish all of DS2 was as good as the best bits of it.
>>737746912see the top of that building?theres a volcano with a castle built there!
>>737746591>beautifully hand crafted scenesyes, as we all know dark souls 2 is known for its detailed handcrafted areas and intricate art design
>>737746971that's fucking rad
>>737746971kek,I love that meme, top 10 of all time
I don't get the kind of lighting on the far right that essentially just makes the entire structure black or why so many games are doing that now
I love Ds2 thoughbeit, its a cult classic kinda weird
>>737746591how did they manage to make DS2 even uglier
>>737746971See, it's that kind of creativity you'd seldom find anywhere else but From Soft. Bravo.
>>737747958Even if it was like, the volcano is off in the distance and something picks you up and drops you off, that would make more sense. What were they smoking?
>>737746591The game still feels like theres some constant overhead florescent lights always on. Its so ugly
>>737746591Right looks kino
>>737747958>LOOK MOM I POSTED IT AGAIN!!!!!DS3fags are pathetic
>>737746591Lighting Engine is so fucking ugly and its a shame that if DS2 ever got a real remake the indians it'll get outsourced to will probably use it for inspiration
>>737748005There's no need to use someone's shitty presets when you have all the tools available in the mod to make your own atmosphere
Is there any explanation for iron keeps placement at all? Eas the elevator supposed to go down?
>>737748359Lighting Engine has to work with DS2's low quality assets and non-PBR materials, that's why its benefits are largely lost in most scenes, both of these issues can be remedied by someone dedicated enough
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>>737748434My guess is the elevator was supposed to go up to the top of the tower where the player gets a nice vantage point, meets an NPC and sees the keep off in the distance. The NPC then opens a way through god knows where (maybe precut gutter) to the iron keep. OR the mountains you can see in the stink valley skybox were supposed to be a LOT closer and the devs just totally forgot about it. Dark Souls 2 was basically a bunch of areas thrown together with little rhyme or reason because the b team just felt like doing whatever they wanted. "A shit ton of important stuff was cut but never fully removed" - the game.
>>737746591soulless vs soulless vs soulless
>>737746591mexico filterindoors it looks nice tho
>>737748434Same reason as to why DS1 second half was just quickly put together assets.https://youtu.be/pzdYD1LzSdE
>>737748158kek die in vain, retrofag
>>737746591>>737746667>>737746912>>737746971DS2 is Temu Dark SoulsOnly eternal newfags who played it as their first game in the series like it
>>737749131Played it last due to getting memed to skip it. Turned out it was the best souls game for me.
>>737746971>see the top of that building?>theres a volcano with a castle built there!
>>737746591You can have it whichever way you want with the mod, just drag the sliders
>>737749131I should play it then, since I haven't played any Dark Souls games.
>>737746591Yep, the right Reshade can make wonders to the picture.
>>737746971Surprised by the lack of people just saying it was a magical teleporting elevator and calling it a day
>>737749060No, this is Mexico
>>737746591>scholar of the second sinOk, so we all know that the first sin was the initial kindling of the fire by Lord Gwyn and blah blah blah... I'll assume that the second sin refers to the complete butchering of the original's art style?
>>737750259Well, games are autist magnets, you're gonna have these conversations pop up every now and then.
I will not replay trash
>>737750403You're half right, I think. The first sin was the binding of man to fragile mortal husks via the linking of the flame, and subsequently the repeated rekindling of the first flame, thereby defying the natural order of progression. Humans cannot inherit the world bound to the flame, as they are darkness and inhabit fleeting forms, and the flame being linked is just a product of Gwyn's hubris thinking he could extend the age of fire indefinitely. Though, they are inexorably connected.
>>737746591God I love Dark Souls II so hard it's unreal.
>>737747879>reddit phoneposter
>>737748074Perhaps it's something they've seen in a dream.
This game could use a dynamic time of day system
>>737746591Strange, all I see when I look at that image is a reminder of how much effort goes into undoing the damage console limitations have done to videogames over the last decade or so.
>>737748074Maybe the levels were made completely separately with no communication between their designers or intention of being connected to each other or anything else for that matter. Then somebody, probably a programmer who doesn't give a single shit about level design, realized that they need to actually make a game and made quit edits to connect everything but didn't have enough time to to make sure anything connects logically.
>>737749364The intro has the MC loosing their marbles and entering a mirror world by jumping into a lake.It's classic pre millenium horror/fantasy stuff, no wonder the zoomies don't get it.
>>737750037>you can make it only look slightly worse than the original>that'll be a 90% framerate deduction
>>737748609>yellow paintdo DaS2 fags really?...
>>737746591Only thing "modern tech" are good for are screenshots. Start moving and everything starts ripping itself apart.
>>737747958I'm fucking tired of this image, It's not like that in the game, not by a mile.And even if the mountain was like that in the game, the player shouldn't be able to see the top of the mountain for it to not have a single red reflected in the clouds of polution.
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>>737752882>posts self-own
I legit have not played DS2 since the PS3 and I think it's hilarious people still argue about the elevator ride to iron keep
>>737749364The real adventure the main character goes through is supposed to be weeks of walking to get from one place to another.
>>737754297>yellow paintwhere?
