These Sekiro Shots Are Truly Breathtaking

FromSoftware games always have a stunning aesthetic, which is why users are heartbroken that the game hasn’t shipped with a proper photo mode. But that hasn’t stopped the video game photographers and screenshotting community.

We’ve become accustomed to having Photo Mode in games as a launch option. Most Photo Modes are rather restricted, and some games – like Sekiro – don’t ship with one at all.

But the world of screenshotters and video game photographers are used to this. It wasn’t that long ago that you had to Google guides on how to use Cheat Engine, Reshade and other third party injectors if you wanted to unlock a game’s potential.

So when Sekiro shipped without a photo mode, the community thought: no problem. We’re used to that. So until FromSoftware hand over the keys to the castle, here’s what fans have been putting together with the help of a custom Cheat Engine table (courtesy of legendary screenshotter jim2point0) and some post-processing tweaks.

生死 “Life and death” // @sekirothegame

Reshade 4.0 and own modification.
Click/Tap to enlarge#VGPUnite #SekiroShadowsDieTwice #Sekiro @fromsoftware_pr #VirtualPhotography @Activision pic.twitter.com/srHARwkVXk

— Skall (@SkallEdit) March 27, 2019

Sekiro progress….
Camera (but with fucky rotation that needs fixed)
FOV
Hud Toggle pic.twitter.com/nwSoepyGVk

— Jim2point0 (@jim2point0) March 23, 2019

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Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice – Distant Sanctuary . . . . . #Sekiro #sekiroshadowsdietwice #fromsoftware #activision #pc #videogamephotography #shotwithgeforce #nvidia #games #societyofvirtualphotographers #photographyingaming #divinegamingdg #gamergram #gamescenery #japan #ninja #samurai #darksouls #bamboo #temple #snow

A post shared by Louis | Videogame Photographer (@videogame_photographer) on Mar 26, 2019 at 3:02am PDT

#Sekiro #SekiroShadowsDieTwice #boss #Gyoubu #screenshot #PhotoMode

Jim2point0’s photoMode CT pic.twitter.com/kfSYZmpY38

— 가랑 (@garang3235) March 28, 2019

火の雨 “A rain of fire” // @sekirothegame

Reshade 4.0 and own modification.
Click/Tap to enlarge#VGPUnite #SekiroShadowsDieTwice #Sekiro @fromsoftware_pr #VirtualPhotography @Activision pic.twitter.com/ycHAsLtirI

— Skall (@SkallEdit) March 26, 2019

Image: Flickr (Ichisake)

#sekiro #SekiroShadowsDieTwice #screenshots #FromSoftware pic.twitter.com/45R4bS1OUO

— 가랑 (@garang3235) March 26, 2019

Image: Scarlizz

神聖な台紙 “Holy mount” // @sekirothegame

Reshade 4.0 and own modification.
Click/Tap to enlarge#VGPUnite #SekiroShadowsDieTwice #Sekiro @fromsoftware_pr #VirtualPhotography @Activision pic.twitter.com/47IQOLnJ8m

— Skall (@SkallEdit) March 27, 2019

There’s some truly stunning albums out there already. At this rate, we might not even need a proper Photo Mode.