Was This Graphical Update Necessary?

[cutestfox]

It was never going to be a matter of "only" improving textures and lighting, because better textures and lighting make primitive models and rigging look even more obvious.

I don't agree.
There are thousands of screenshots out there where people have used methods to upscale the current textures on their characters without *any* other change and they look beautiful
That's all that had to be done