Quote Originally Posted by lunartears View Post
I really loved the old graphics, even with its quirks in certain zones (like inns), I thought that overall it was very nice and suited the game's aesthetic. I would have preferred to have stayed with it as a whole extending outside of the character update, but I know as questionable as the graphics update is - there's absolutely zero chance they'd throw away their work.
Since the original game graphics I fell in love with are gone for good, all I can do is direct my thoughts towards desperately wishing that the original character features would return - because I feel that even if I don't like how the world looks anymore, at least I would still have my character to enjoy playing with.
I think about this every day, I want to be able to enjoy playing this game again so badly.
Agreed on all counts. I get sad thinking about how the old version of the game is effectively lost media, and although the world changes don't bother me nearly as much as the character ones, nothing about the graphics update is an improvement to me. It's all sidegrades and downgrades, and when I think of everything graphics-related that they could have spent this effort on instead (a non-embarrassing double dye system that worked on every item from the start, more character creation options, viera/hrothgar hats, etc.) I can't help but feel like the entire update was just a gigantic waste of time. What's done is done, but this was a terrible decision.