can someone explain the whole 1.0 graphics > 2.0?

[EdwinLi]

Graphics were far more detailed back in 1.0 but it had a cost of requiring a F load of system requirements that can make a PS3 over heat.

Just look at the detail for 1.0 cutscene compared to now...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvXSHLPB1aM

[ErzaScarlet77]

Graphics were far more detailed back in 1.0 but it had a cost of requiring a F load of system requirements that can make a PS3 over heat.

Just look at the detail for 1.0 cutscene compared to now...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvXSHLPB1aM

ok i watched that and im sorry but that looks awful. everyone is extremely shiny for some reason. their skin looks very plastic-like and it seems like the cutscene has some instagram filter on it or something

[Radacci]

ok i watched that and im sorry but that looks awful. everyone is extremely shiny for some reason. their skin looks very plastic-like and it seems like the cutscene has some instagram filter on it or something

most of the vids you find on youtube, are in low settings, cause you needed a monster computer, to be able to play on max settings; i had to play on absolute minimum settings, and it still wasn't smooth.
also for some reason, many ppl record during night time, in shitty (in game) lighting conditions, that makes it difficult to see what the game really looks like.
also youtube makes vids look worse than they actually are.
if you didn't play 1.0, you'll never see what it really looked like.
1.0 had a lot more graphic settings, like HDR lighting; it looked much better.

look at the textures of gob clothing.


Global Illumination

[Lori]

Graphics were far more detailed back in 1.0 but it had a cost of requiring a F load of system requirements that can make a PS3 over heat.

Just look at the detail for 1.0 cutscene compared to now...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvXSHLPB1aM

Jesus Merlwyb just point blanked some dude, with a blank expression on her face.

Never played 1.0, but that was badass lol

[Vydos]

Graphics were far more detailed back in 1.0 but it had a cost of requiring a F load of system requirements that can make a PS3 over heat.

Just look at the detail for 1.0 cutscene compared to now...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvXSHLPB1aM

Oh wow, didn't expect to see one of my old videos around again. But yes 1.0 cutscenes were miles better than the current ones. I've pointed this out multiple times in the past against ls members. Everything was more dynamic, alive, less dull.

Like people mentioned, the current cutscenes are quite pale compared to the 1.0 ones. But like some people mentioned, the current cutscenes aren't awful at all. But they do feel very dull. I've gotten a bit tired of the 1/4th camera viewpoint and npc's appearing literally out of thin air and walking to our characters.

Let's hope, this is just for 2.0 and that the expansion Heavensward will have S-E improving themselves on that part.

[Bluejay]

Graphics were far more detailed back in 1.0 but it had a cost of requiring a F load of system requirements that can make a PS3 over heat.

Just look at the detail for 1.0 cutscene compared to now...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvXSHLPB1aM

It's a shame we had to give up all of that quality to get a playable game. Those cutscenes are MUCH better than what we have now. The NPC's are way better too. Thancred is a bad ### from the very start instead of comic relief, the Songstress of Uldah is a substantial improvement over the 2.0 version, etc...

though I am ok with simplifying the flower pots

[Mugiawara]

Graphics were far more detailed back in 1.0 but it had a cost of requiring a F load of system requirements that can make a PS3 over heat.

Just look at the detail for 1.0 cutscene compared to now...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvXSHLPB1aM

I don't like it to be honest. It's too overly-shaded, everywhere and it's too dark.

skill/spells effects WERE WAAAAYY BETTER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OA6i0RuBAY

The bard looks alright here but I hate the fact everyone is praying up for a spell.
:/ Looks so lame...glad we are ACTUALLY using our weapons here, I like bards animations for attacks though.

[Grey_Cain]

I don't like it to be honest. It's too overly-shaded, everywhere and it's too dark.

The environment lighting was my biggest beef with the 1.0 graphics. During the day, the game was beautiful beyond measure; everything stood out sharply and brightly, so vibrant. The miasma weather in Mor Dhona was breathtaking. But when it got overcast, then it just got dull and samey. And at night it was impossible to see without driving up the gamma so far the daytime became an eye-murdering level of contrast and washed out colors.

And the trees! My first reaction to the 2.0 screenshot of the PLD in the Shroud was, "Holy crap! That looks like an actual forest!" The Shroud of 1.0 was less a forest and more roots growing over endless tracts of shrubbery and moss-covered rocks. It seemed like there was one (giant) tree per square malm, and the overhead canopy was just those few trees' branches spreading through each others' branches.

[kyuven]

The bard looks alright here but I hate the fact everyone is praying up for a spell.
:/ Looks so lame...glad we are ACTUALLY using our weapons here, I like bards animations for attacks though.

Am I the only one bothered that the BRD sings like they're casting a spell? There's no music...