Better Sound Effects

Description:

As we all know, development of Dark Souls 2 was troubled, and even had to be restarted mid-way. This left many aspects of its design in a rather unpolished state upon release. In my opinion, audio design in particular is a major problem area — a lot of the sounds are too loud, too shrill, or simply don't fit. Which is exactly the issue I tried to address with this mod. My overall goal was to create a smoother gaming experience with sounds that are less distracting and less annoying to listen to. To accomplish this I directly ported some sounds from DS1 and DS3, edited them when necessary, or (in some cases) created completely news sounds. Now you won't have to bleed from your ears every time your sword hits the wall.

This mod was built for Scholar of the First Sin edition of the game, it has not been tested on the original release.

Preview:

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Features:

Over 100 sound file replacements, all carefully picked and tested for maximum listening pleasure.

UI sounds:

• []Main menu button

  []Main menu music (used parts of the trailer song from DS1)

  []Interface actions

  []Area title card

  [](optional) Guitar version of Majula music

  Magic sounds:

  • []Lightning casting, buff, projectile, impact

    []Soul Arrow, Soul Spear, other sorceries.

    []Dark Orb, Dark Hail, other hexes.

    []Miracle healing

    []Magic impact

    []Soul-item consumption

    []Human Effigy

    []Bonfire

    []Soul absorption after kill (default, but quieter)

    []Dead body fadeout

    Physical sounds:

    • []Parry, guard break, jump attack

      []Successful parry & riposte

      []Rolling

      []Heavy armor

      []Footsteps, rolling (stone, dirt, grass, sand)

      []Grass rustling (in some areas)

      []Impacts

      []Blood spill

      []Weapon swings

      []Firebomb explosion

      []Player character voices

      Optional – CLANG Edition:

      A special version made by 123on. Contains all main features plus the changes listed below.

      Differences: