This is rather frustrating...

[TheVedis]

in the end, theres 1 thing to think about


does the game look good? yes
does it matter how its graphiocs compare to other games? no it doesnt

what is the final factor we will all be truely dependant on? grameplay

so yes the game looks pretty, cant wait to feel how the game plays, i mean right now i love how the game plays, and the direction theyve gone in for the most part, curious to see what else theyve done that will really matter

[Nexxus]

Well the game have traded High Quality texture for High Quality Ambiant atmosphere. the screens are pretty fine to me.

[Zezlar]

Honestly I think XI on high settings looks better than a lot of MMORPGs to this day.

[Lurex]

The reports that I have read from those who actually have seen 2.0 have reported that the visual are beautiful. I personally see no problem, and I bet when we see it live we will be impressed.

[Pawberry]

I think it's the engine behind it that is the big difference they're telling us. You can use many different engines and achieve the same effect. Knowing SE's past games from all way-back-when, I'm guessing the new graphics engine will be faster, and they'll capitalize on it in some interesting way. Ala-rendered-backgrounds on the PS, and the FX-chip in the SNES.

I think I also read somewhere that it will be made for lower and higher end machines, so people don't have to get a rig that can play the game at 1080p on three monitors, but giving us the option to do so. They're showing us some of the best shots they have at the moment from that engine.

[Req]

Its just a problem with the pc playerbase in general. If this was a game for strictly the ps3 then everyone would be pissing themselves over how amazing it looks, especially for an mmo. Unfortunately, since its on pc alot of the players care about maxing out their settings, and this is the biggest problem with the pc player base in general, and it has been ever since the fisrt crysis was released. When games come out now on pc its not a question of how good it looks to the average buyer, its all about how good it can look on a 2000 dollar machine with 3 graphics cards linked together and liquid nitrogen cooling (I am exaggerating here, I figured i would point that out since some of you won't get that). The reality of it is it doesnt matter, but for the past few years, no matter what game it is, if it has decent graphics 50% of what the people playing the game care about is how much better they can make it look by pushing their pc to the limit.

[Jocko]

I'm sure than in motion, the dynamic lighting will pay off. I'm assuming all of the various leafs and shrubbery sway in the wind, right? And to see the shadows follow suit will give the game quite the atmosphere

Still, I do hope the textures and AA are a bit better on 'max' settings, whatever those happen to be

[Zahak]

This Report here

"All the screens we've seen thus far have been from the PC version, said Yoshida. The quality will go up by about 15% from what we're seeing now."

Good enough for me~

[Jynx]

The quality will go up by about 15% from what we're seeing now."

Inb4 15% isn't good enough! I need to see all the characters all the time with millions of polygons that would make crysis look like a 2D platformer.

[Fear]

Inb4 15% isn't good enough! I need to see all the characters all the time with millions of polygons that would make crysis look like a 2D platformer.

What supercomputer you gonna be gaming on then?