Shocker

[Capita]

If you want more proof, take a quick look at modern day MMO's and compare them against this game. I know, ive played most of the major ones (even though they lacked what i desired in an MMO - even Guild Wars 2) and comparing this game to them... yes they just dont compare. Hopefully with the PS4 version, the devs will update the graphics to a more quality looking approach, rather than performance required on the severely aging PS3.

... What?

I've played pretty much every modern MMO (including ESO). ARR has better graphics than all of them, except for ArcheAge.

ESO's graphics are muddy and the character models are typical Bethesda models, i.e. crappy until you mod them yourself.

GW2's art style is nice, but the graphics aren't better. The game looks like it was run through an Instagram filter and dumped in a bucket of Contrast. Characters were also extremely floaty. Felt like running on ice skates.

TERA? That game has TERRIBLE graphics! Muddy textures and a poor art style (although this is subjective). Everything's bright and whimsical, which is cool, but the environments and actual quality are subpar.

SW:TOR? Lol...

So tell me what modern MMO has better graphics than ARR. ArcheAge is literally the only modern MMO that I can truly say looks better than ARR in terms of graphical fidelity.

ARR's character models took a definite hit. They're noticeably more muddy and low-res than their 1.0 counterparts. BUT for however many steps back the character models took, the environment took several leaps forward.