Now it's started)

Praise the sun!

DARK SOULS II: Scholar of the First Sin (DX11)

Hotsampling@4000x6000, CheatEngine(Freecam etc.), ReShade, Crop, Lanczos3

Dark Souls 2 - downsampled from 3840p; graphics enhancements via ENBSeries 0.253 beta for Dark Souls 2, pox911's CE table for freecam.

DARK SOULS II: Scholar of the First Sin (DX11)

Hotsampling@4000x5000, CheatEngine(Freecam etc.), ReShade, Lanczos3

DARK SOULS II: Scholar of the First Sin (DX11)

Hotsampling@4000x5000, CheatEngine(Freecam etc.), ReShade, Lanczos3

DARK SOULS II: Scholar of the First Sin (DX11)

Hotsampling@4000x5000, CheatEngine(Freecam etc.), ReShade, Lanczos3

Dark Souls 2 - hotsampled at 5760x2451; graphical enhancements via ENBSeries 0.257 for Dark Souls 2 (Midhrastic WIP ENB's for DaS2 here), K-putt's merger of boulotaur's injector and CeeJay.dk's SweetFX v1.5, with Kyo's Luma shader, and jim2point0's CE table for camera offsets.

Switching between vanilla and the ENB/SFX config was deliciously vindicating in this one. The ENB enhanced the cliche'd orange/blue hues a thousandfold. Also, the ornamental design on the armour proved really receptive, adding a lot of faux depth.

Dark Souls 2 - downsampled from 5.5K; graphical enhancements via ENBSeries 0.257 for Dark Souls 2, K-putt's merger of boulotaur's injector and CeeJay.dk's SweetFX v1.5, with Kyo's Luma shader, and pox911's CE table for freecam.

DARK SOULS II: Scholar of the First Sin (DX11)

Hotsampling@4000x5000, CheatEngine(Freecam etc.), ReShade

DARK SOULS II: Scholar of the First Sin (DX11)

Hotsampling@1296x1620, CheatEngine(Freecam, Slowdown etc.), ReShade, Crop

Dark Souls 2 - downsampled from 6K anamorphic; graphical enhancements via ENBSeries 0.257 for Dark Souls 2, K-putt's merger of boulotaur's injector and CeeJay.dk's SweetFX v1.5, with Kyo's Luma shader, and pox911's CE table for freecam.

DARK SOULS II: Scholar of the First Sin (DX11)

Hotsampling@5000x2000, CheatEngine(Freecam etc.), ReShade

Dark Souls 2 - downsampled from 6K; graphical enhancements via ENBSeries 0.257 for Dark Souls 2, K-putt's merger of boulotaur's injector and CeeJay.dk's SweetFX v1.5, with Kyo's Luma shader, and pox911's CE table for freecam.

DARK SOULS II: Scholar of the First Sin (DX11)

Hotsampling@3200x4000, CheatEngine(Freecam etc.), ReShade

DARK SOULS II: Scholar of the First Sin (DX11)

Hotsampling@6400x3600, CheatEngine(Freecam etc.), ReShade, Crop

DARK SOULS II: Scholar of the First Sin (DX11)

Hotsampling@3200x4000, CheatEngine(Freecam etc.), ReShade

Dark Souls 2 - downsampled from 4750x3800 (cropped to 1:1 to remove vignette); graphical enhancements via ENBSeries 0.257 for Dark Souls 2, K-putt's merger of boulotaur's injector and CeeJay.dk's SweetFX v1.5, with Kyo's Luma shader, and pox911's CE table for freecam.

Dark Souls 2 - downsampled from 5K anamorphic; graphical enhancements via ENBSeries 0.257 for Dark Souls 2, K-putt's merger of boulotaur's injector and CeeJay.dk's SweetFX v1.5, with Kyo's Luma shader, and pox911's CE table for freecam.

Dark Souls 2 - PTGui panorama, downsampled from 50MP; graphical enhancements via ENBSeries 0.257 for Dark Souls 2, K-putt's merger of boulotaur's injector and CeeJay.dk's SweetFX v1.5, with Kyo's Luma shader, and pox911's CE table for freecam.

Dark Souls 2 - downsampled from 7K; graphical enhancements via ENBSeries 0.257 for Dark Souls 2, K-putt's merger of boulotaur's injector and CeeJay.dk's SweetFX v1.5, with Kyo's Luma shader, and pox911's CE table for freecam.

Experiment. Never mind the crushed blacks. I'll just come out and admit: Natty's use of ludicrously strong DOF is as contagious as it is inimitable.

DARK SOULS II: Scholar of the First Sin (DX11)

Hotsampling@3840x1536, CheatEngine(Freecam, Slowdown etc.), ReShade, Crop

Dark Souls 2 - downsampled from 18MP; graphical enhancements via ENBSeries 0.257 for Dark Souls 2, K-putt's merger of boulotaur's injector and CeeJay.dk's SweetFX v1.5, with Kyo's Luma shader, and pox911's CE table for freecam.

Redid the half-assed first attempt. Sorry for the dragon spam!

Dark Souls 2 - downsampled from 5K anamorphic; graphical enhancements via ENBSeries 0.257 for Dark Souls 2, K-putt's merger of boulotaur's injector and CeeJay.dk's SweetFX v1.5, with Kyo's Luma shader, and pox911's CE table for freecam.

DARK SOULS II: Scholar of the First Sin (DX11)

Hotsampling@3200x4000, CheatEngine(Freecam etc.), ReShade

"Who are you?"

"I'm you but stronger."

Dark Souls 2 - downsampled from 3800x4750; graphical enhancements via ENBSeries 0.257 for Dark Souls 2, K-putt's merger of boulotaur's injector and CeeJay.dk's SweetFX v1.5, with Kyo's Luma shader, and pox911's CE table for freecam.

Dark Souls 2 - downsampled from 1440x1920; graphical enhancements via ENBSeries 0.257 for Dark Souls 2, K-putt's merger of boulotaur's injector and CeeJay.dk's SweetFX v1.5, with Kyo's Luma shader, and pox911's CE table for freecam.

Not heavily downsampled because I was just testing some stuff (pyromantic effects, obv.) - but it struck me that this would make for a fitting homage of sorts.

This one's for you Kyo.

DARK SOULS II: Scholar of the First Sin (DX11)

Hotsampling@3200x4000, CheatEngine(Freecam etc.), ReShade

DARK SOULS II: Scholar of the First Sin (DX11)

Hotsampling@3200x4000, CheatEngine(Freecam etc.), ReShade

DARK SOULS II: Scholar of the First Sin (DX11)

Hotsampling@3200x4000, CheatEngine(Freecam etc.), ReShade

DARK SOULS II: Scholar of the First Sin (DX11)

Hotsampling@5400x2160, CheatEngine(Freecam etc.), ReShade

DARK SOULS II: Scholar of the First Sin (DX11)

Hotsampling@4000x5000, CheatEngine(Freecam etc.), ReShade

Dark Souls 2 - downsampled from 5K; graphics enhancements via ENBSeries 0.253 beta for Dark Souls 2, pox911's CE table for freecam.

Dark Souls 2 - downsampled from 3000x6000; graphical enhancements via ENBSeries 0.257 for Dark Souls 2, K-putt's merger of boulotaur's injector and CeeJay.dk's SweetFX v1.5, with Kyo's Luma shader, and pox911's CE table for freecam.

Yeah, I may have listened to some freak folk every now and again. What of it?

Dark Souls 2 - downsampled from 3800x4750; graphical enhancements via ENBSeries 0.257 for Dark Souls 2, K-putt's merger of boulotaur's injector and CeeJay.dk's SweetFX v1.5, with Kyo's Luma shader, and pox911's CE table for freecam.

DARK SOULS II: Scholar of the First Sin (DX11)

Hotsampling@1296x1620, CheatEngine(Freecam, Slowdown etc.), ReShade

Dark Souls 2 - downsampled from 3800x4750; graphical enhancements via ENBSeries 0.257 for Dark Souls 2, K-putt's merger of boulotaur's injector and CeeJay.dk's SweetFX v1.5, with Kyo's Luma shader, and pox911's CE table for freecam.

*waves to Natty.Dread*

DARK SOULS II: Scholar of the First Sin (DX11)

Hotsampling@3200x4000, CheatEngine(Freecam etc.), ReShade

Dark Souls 2 - downsampled from 4500x4500; graphical enhancements via ENBSeries 0.257 for Dark Souls 2, K-putt's merger of boulotaur's injector and CeeJay.dk's SweetFX v1.5, with Kyo's Luma shader, and pox911's CE table for freecam.

Dark Souls 2 - downsampled from 5760x2451; graphical enhancements via ENBSeries 0.257 for Dark Souls 2 (Midhrastic WIP ENB's for DaS2 here), K-putt's merger of boulotaur's injector and CeeJay.dk's SweetFX v1.5, with Kyo's Luma shader, and jim2point0's CE table for camera offsets.

DARK SOULS II: Scholar of the First Sin (DX11)

Hotsampling@4000x5000, CheatEngine(Freecam etc.), ReShade, Lanczos3

DARK SOULS II: Scholar of the First Sin (DX11)

Hotsampling@4000x5000, CheatEngine(Freecam etc.), ReShade, Lanczos3

Dark Souls 2 - downsampled from 3800x4750; graphical enhancements via ENBSeries 0.257 for Dark Souls 2, K-putt's merger of boulotaur's injector and CeeJay.dk's SweetFX v1.5, with Kyo's Luma shader, and pox911's CE table for freecam.

DARK SOULS II: Scholar of the First Sin (DX11)

Hotsampling@3200x4000, CheatEngine(Freecam etc.), ReShade