10 Video Game Mods That Restored Essential Features

10. Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition - DSFix

Arguably one of the more famous mods on this list, DSFix restores the essential feature of the game actually working on PC. Long before Dark Souls: Remastered came to PC and provided a smooth, officially sourced update to the game, it was nearly unplayable on PC.

The frame rate was notoriously low, plummeting even further when introduced to the infamous Blighttown area of the game. That is only the simplest of the issues with the Dark Souls PC port, and DSFix goes a long way to address all of them.

It works by intercepting the game as it sends information into the DirectX 9 API, and alters the information before it gets there to enable a higher resolution, alongside ambient occlusion, bug fixes and proper antialiasing. It is generally regarded as the comprehensive mod for Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition players, and its comprehensiveness has even gotten the original modder work in the games industry!

You can get DSFix here.