The problem lies with what many are saying, the lack of shadows on most objects, having every object cast a shadow in a somewhat realistic fashion can make most things look alot better.
When i was active this was the major graphical gripe i had, it was noticable that most objects placed in the world , Bridges, tree's and so forth, had only been dropped there without any real consideration, add shadows to these, and the world will instantantiously morph into something a bit more life-like.


On another note, i remember during Alpha the dev-team were stating the use of the same lighting method used in Crysis, anyone remember this?

First post for me, greetings from a former Lindblum citizen, my return shall come.