i made a quick comparison of unmodded DS2 scholar vs my Second Sin mod/DS2LE preset. I was going for a more sunset vibe admittedly, but i'm gonna tone down the orange a bit. the OG holds up really well here. just stunning. i'll also tone down the volumetrics a... bit too.show more

of course, I do think the addition of dynamic shadows, grass, higher res textures, volumetric lighting, tessellated meshes, DLAA over FXAA, on and on, do look good. and there's no more blown out highlights. but i'm gonna tweak mine closer to the OG after seeing this.

i'm also okay slightly deviating in the sense that the volumetric lighting is taking the sunset and coloring the environment naturally more orange, whereas the baked lighting in the OG is less affected by that with it's simpler setup. I can find a better middleground tho

also comparisons don't work well on twitter with the absolutely garbage video quality lmao

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here is the updated comparison btw:

I know it's my nostalgia but it like the old one better 🤦‍♂️

the old one looks awesome! also I updated the comparison after tweaking mine closer to the OG, so you might like it better after that

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also made a yt video with 3 more areas:

Damn, definitely gonna get this for my next playthrough.

Where can I get it?

huzzah!