Thread: 7.0 Graphics update to SKIN

Alright. I tried to match the shot as much as I could, then put it into a video, uploaded it to YouTube and then took the screenshot I'm posting, because we must remember we've not actually seen 7.0 graphics yet, only low res/low bit rate streams of what we're actually gonna see when we play.

CGI Trailer


Benchmark Preview


Current Game


To be frank: The comparison is bad. This is the main reason why I don't wanna jump into conclusions before the benchmark is out. I wanna make more (and more proper) comparisons once that's out, but the point here is that trying to figure out how something is gonna look based on a YouTube video that we can't compare very well to current graphics I think is a bit silly. This particularly hurts how high res the actual skin texture may be.

The CG image is just to get an idea of how light should behave, and not a direct comparison. That said, the light has actual variance on the preview. Current game doesn't know what to do. I tried to match the shadows and level of light but the current graphics can't handle contrast very well. Lighting in the game right now is horrible, and it's the other big thing (alongside with AA) that I'm looking forward to seeing in the actual game.

It's so hard for me to see people calling the new skin worse. I just don't understand it, but I guess we can see for sure tomorrow with the benchmark.