Dated doesn't always mean ugly. I just personally never been bothered by it. The majority of the game looks alright for a game that is 10 years old. The pixelated issue could have always been fixed with a high res texture update. It's nice they went an extra mile to provide us with this overhaul- I think it's positive, but I wish they paid more mind to details.

I voiced my thoughts before and I will again, I think we should've been provided with a beta of the CC way before th Benchmark and a section of the forums should've been dedicated to player feedback. I'd give them the benefit of the doubt with how unpolished the CC is, that maybe they're tight on time.

Regardless of how me and you feel, the graphical update is happening, from a business standpoint it doesn't make much sense to not do it, however you might see some damage control PR stuff coming up in forms of really 'sincere' apologies for inconveniences and people will buy it.

I personally found the game charming, in my eyes I didn't see it necessary- what I thought necessary was texture upscales, I never thought they'd overhaul the lighting engine or go so far as to resculpt player characters etc. We're in a very rough transition period I think and I hope they listen to player feedback and try their best to preserve the old SHAPES of some of the features.

My girl's Miqo 4 nose bump was given to Miqo 1 nose...that didn't even have that bump in the first place! And it wasn't a situation of 'hey man it's them polygons'. Alot of things seem to have lost alot of sharpness/angular look and deviates towards chubby soft. If they don't address the issues before EW, will they it ever change? Will they give us another fantasia? Or will they tell us to buy fantasia?

Then again beauty is in the eye of the beholder, to you the game might look ugly, to me the game looks dated but fine for its age. Neither of us are wrong or right.