bardicverse on 21 July 2008
Shameless, exactly that, shameless posting. =)
There are a few key elements that are traditional marks of what is known as "alpha stage" screenshots. As you could figure on your own, alpha comes before beta, and beta is the stage screenshots for gaming sites USUALLY come from.
This is far from what the release will look like. What it looks more like is an AI test that was taken in a screenshot. When developers test different code and mechanics, they shut off 90% of the rendering and lighting, since they are not focusing on the graphics. In fact, the only time full graphic rendering is used is during the end of alpha stage and heading into beta.
