Out of all the Souls games, Dark Souls 2 is easily one of the most controversial entries in the franchise, but if there was one thing that could help recover its public perception, it would definitely be a remaster that finally delivers on the gorgeous visuals advertised in its release trailer, being on par with what we would expect from a 60fps port for Bloodborne.
While there has been endless talk about an official port for Dark Souls' popular spinoff, the wait for a remastered version of Dark Souls 2 is infinitely shorter, thanks to a recent fan-made project that you can download and play right now from Discord while still keeping the original experience intact.
Having just entered the public beta stages, the Dark Souls Lighting Engine project offers a massive visual upgrade through the use of real-time path tracing in addition to its other atmospheric and lighting enhancements, with the few screenshots from the DS2LightingMod X account only doing the mod so much justice for how gorgeous the game can look across DS2's wide variety of environments.
With the mod replacing all the fake lighting with real-time illumination sources across the...
