With the release of the Dark Souls 2 Lighting Engine mod, I've been motivated to pick that game back up again. I played DS2 for the first time about a year ago, got maybe a third through, and then kind of fell off. It's fun to be back in Drangleic! Last time I was rolling a Paladin-type character with Faith and melee weapons, this time I'm interested in making a huge-sword type build and pivoting to hexes in the later game. The lighting mod also let's you mod in HDR if your monitor is capable, and boy howdy does it look incredible with the improved lighting and HDR 🤩

Edit: here's some screenshots i took capturing how bright Majula is, and capturing the added shadows.