I had an idea to simulate fur similar to how it was done in this game...but I'm not sure how they did it. Here's some photos of the fur effect:

http://ps3media.ign.com/ps3/image/article/118/1188339/dark-souls-20110817003231644.jpg
http://www.gamekyo.com/images_1/353106f74a6e1b101ecb0485c74646ba20120129174353.jpg

I can give a video too, but some people might be spoiled if I show it. But basically its like...a sort of surrounding "poof" around the monster's mesh, with hairs inbetween there that are see through. It looks really awesome in game....but I really don't know what technique is used to do it, and how it would be done in this game. I don't think it's any tessalation or anything...since it's done on consoles which I dont think support that...but I could be wrong?

Anyway does anyone know what technique is being used here or any idea on how it might be emulated? I'm thinking it's a scaled up version of the animals' mesh, with some sort of alpha texture inbetween...but it seems like it would be really taxing on the system because of the extra geometry...

Anybody?