Is it just me, or does 2.0 look like it was a LOWER graphical quality than 1.0?

[TaalAzura]

Perhaps because it isn't the final product, but to be honest i was looking forward to upgrading my PC to play this beautiful new game, and it seems to be LOWER than that of 1.0. Anyone else feel the same way?

[HiirNoivl]

Why would they rebuild the graphics engine to get lower quality?

[Rau]

Why would they rebuild the graphics engine to get lower quality?

So people can make threads about it.

[neorei]

cause not all people got a awesome system to run 1.0, most of them are still on medium in wow lolololol

[Darlan_Ashwood]

What screenshots are you talking about exactly? O_o Who actually LIKES spending money on pc parts. Shit is expensive ..

[Chardrizard]

Cause they learnt that pretty picture doesnt gives you subscribers.

[yukikaze_yanagi]

is it me, or we didn't see a proper video or screenshot to judge graphic ?

[darkm0d]

It's not a good business model to make a game damn near impossible for everyone to afford a PC to run. One way that is being helped is the PS3 release obviously, but it's a bit pretentious to go "I was expecting to have to upgrade!". Be realistic, if you want this game to be fun, it needs to sell well. If it's going to sell well, it needs to be within the range of playable by as many PC gamers as possible.

That being said, you can speculate all you want but you won't know what max graphical settings look like till you play it yourself. I do not expect the majority of players to notice any difference. SE has said the graphical engine has been "optimized" to meet the specs of the general population, I doubt they have lowered anything, just made improvements in certain area's.

There is also the rather obvious and standard fact that what we're seeing now are compressed images from a game that is not running at full settings.

[HiirNoivl]

I don't think you guys know what you're talking about. Except you, Dark Mod. You seem to make more sense.

[Onidemon]

2.0 is lower quality, that's so more people can actually play the game without having a super high-end PC. But they also do use better techniques so some thing it might actually look better and more enjoyable.