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[mouseno4]

Uh, you know the game is only running on the DX9 engine, right? When they upgrade it to the DX11 engine next year, the game should see a pretty nice graphical improvement for those playing on machines that can handle it.

Add: And the game looks pretty damn beautiful as it is right now.

I hope this is a joke.

[KiriA500]

I hope this is a joke.

ROFL, hideous.



Also, just for a nice comparison.




Lighting and shadows really make a difference.

[mouseno4]

ROFL, hideous.



Also, just for a nice comparison.




Lighting and shadows really make a difference.

Compared to modern day graphics engines, yes. This looks OLDER than 3 years. 3 plus years ago this game as it is right now, would be ground breaking. But when a mobile game, portable game console and even indie PC games have FAR better graphics than this, this game looks incredibly dated.

I am not necessarily saying the game looks ''hideous'' as you describe it. No, i am just saying the previous game seems to look better, and the the fact that games made over 3 years ago look similar to this one. Perhaps it is the price we all pay for the fact that this game still runs on the ancient hardware of the PS3. It is my hope that the downgrade in graphics quality from the first iteration, be restored about the time when the PS4 version is released.

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.

[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.