Benchmark/Graphics Update - Show your WoL's before and after

[Zhav]

Female Highlander Hyur checking in! First image under each header is of the old version of my WoL, and the second image is of the new version:

Three-Quarter View:



Additional Views:


Front View:




Side View:



I'm sure that the graphics department worked very hard on updating the character models, but I'm going to be very honest and voice my disappointment with what I've seen so far.

My WoL's face has been scrubbed of some of its detail, her skin looks far too waxy, the gloss and texture have been removed from her lips, and her eyes look flat and lifeless. The new version actually looks much less visually interesting than the original--although I suppose it could be argued that the new version looks more classically "pretty" (I prefer her OG look, however, as she looks friendlier). Her hair and skin have become lighter (with no way to really go any darker in this case, unfortunately), and the face paint options are still very low-quality and don't play well with dark skin at all. The whites of her eyes are also far, far too bright, and lack the soft realism of the originals.

Hopefully this is just a stepping stone on the way to the actual finished product, as I love my WoL to bits and the "upgrade" currently feels a bit more like a downgrade.

With that said, the updates to the environmental detail (new stone/grass/etc. textures, improvements to ground clutter and other environmental assets, weather effects) do look quite lovely.

(P.S. I ran the benchmark several times to see if that might help my opinion, but she looked rather flat throughout the entire presentation and her face has had enough random changes made to the structure that she doesn't really look like the same person.)