Garuda 1.0

[Roris]

Everything shrunk down in ARR or maybe everyone became giants. The size difference in maps and arenas is somewhat understandable I guess because PS3 limitations, but there's no reason why the PC and even the PS4 versions couldn't have kept the superior graphical fidelity like better normal maps and textures, maybe when DX11 finally hits it'll return, any day now.

Most animations weren't as flashy as they are now either so everything was easier to see, aside from Simian Trash which was funny and blinding seeing 7 Monks doing it at once, and of course the slowness and the animation lock made the animations look better and more weighted.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

graphics

Even on PC, most people couldn't run the game because the graphical (and maybe CPU) demands were too high for the mainstream PC gamer, which would have shut out a ton of people wanting to play the game. I don't expect the graphics to ever get back to the old levels unless there's massive work and optimization going on.

[Roris]

Even on PC, most people couldn't run the game because the graphical (and maybe CPU) demands were too high for the mainstream PC gamer, which would have shut out a ton of people wanting to play the game. I don't expect the graphics to ever get back to the old levels unless there's massive work and optimization going on.

That's fine and dandy with the crappy Crystal Tools engine that can't even reach 60fps smoothly on modern PCs without mods and on some PCs without some workarounds as proved by the XIII PC port, but the new engine was designed specifically to be more flexible, light and optimized by none other than the Luminous Engine CTO, so no excuse there either.