Graphics quality lowered down from the original?

[Ishtar44]

friend was telling me that the graphics were lowered down.. to be honest.. I really cant remember.. I tried comparing youtube videos.. still trying .. I know it looks different.

[alexhatesmil]

He's really only talking about textures, which are definitely lower resolution than in 1.0. Nearly everything else has been improved, though, including lighting, shadows, particle effects, art and zone design, etc.

[AbandonAllHope]

different engine entirely i believe

[mipbeep]

One of biggest things that ruining the 'new game' for me is this ugly new engine .Also it has such poor lightning tuning combine it with idiotic day night changes every few minutes result in way too bright or way too dark .Its so annoying when there a lot things around all you see is splashes flashes fx and ui.
1.0 used to feel far more massive now all is like dots .]-/
Actually the new engine is not the main problem its just badly tuned ]

[TheFirstKel]

One of biggest things that ruining the 'new game' for me is this ugly new engine .Also it has such poor lightning tuning combine it with idiotic day night changes every few minutes result in way too bright or way too dark .Its so annoying when there a lot things around all you see is splashes flashes fx and ui.
1.0 used to feel far more massive now all is like dots .]-/
Actually the new engine is not the main problem its just badly tuned ]

Strange. I reckon it is far better improvement compare to the 1.0 for me, personally.

[NeverNights]

I think the engine in 1.0 was meant more for a single player game and was a bit bloated. When I looked at ARR coming from 1.0, I can tell a difference with the textures. However, that said, 1.0 ran poorly on all but the most high end of systems and am glad that they chose something a bit more scalable. I wish they would add an "HD Texture Pack" kind of like Bethesda did with Skyrim for people with really good graphics cards.