Thread: Why does 1.0 models look better than 2.0+ models?

Because they were better.

1.X->2.X was graphical downgrade, in some ways (upgrade in others). Because so few people had a computer that could run it, and they had to fulfill the promise of it coming to the PS3 (Which wasn't going to happen with the required specs of the time). Even the highest end PCs of the time chugged along.

They didn't really prioritize the graphical integrity of anything, and just made everything have as many shaders and polygons as a character model, even a simple flower pot. The player models themselves had more fluid animations back then, as well, but they had to cut them down to make them work on the PS3. IIRC, elezen did not always run quite like they have a stick lodged up their backsides.

Now that the PS3 is being dropped and the mainstream graphics cards are far more powerful than they were a few years ago, we may very well see some of the things we had to give up from 1.0 return.

Originally Posted by Kathryn

I don't get it people say 1.0 ran like a potatoe even on high end pc's but back then I didn't have an amazing PC but I ran it on medium to high with absolutely no issues at all and to be honest it ran just as good as 2.0 does for me now. But yeah I'd love to have a seamless world back and the asphetic that used to blow my mind was talking to a friend earlier and he confessed he missed 1.0 just as much as me.

I used to play wow on a dell mini laptop, 5 fps was my norm. I still can't remember the frames being as horrid as they were, but i know they were bad. I remember thinking my cousin's potato getting 12 fps was godlike.

Later, when i upgraded to a newer laptop, i got around 30 fps, and i thought that was smooth as butter.

Then i got my monster truck of a rig, and never see anything below 60 here (in wow it still stutters, but that's because of the game, not the hardware). Whenever i see something go below 60, i instantly notice, and wonder how i dealt with everything i had before.

The moral of my story is; you don't remember the frame stutter you used to have when you're doing better than you were before.

I am actually loathe to upgrade to a 144hz monitor out of fear that i won't want to go back to 60, and the hardware needed to sustain 144fps on max is just not there.