| curl-6 said: I hate to be a drag but I kinda agree with Jumpin on this one, so far XB2 looks less visually impressive than XCX to me. |
Aesthetically or technically? Cause one of those is your opinion, the other is an objectively false statement :P
There are numerous technical improvements over XCX visible here. Water effects are improved, texture resolution is the same or better, especially in the city, lighting is a big step up, grass is using a more modern and demanding mesh based system rather than billboards and they've got the draw distance up to scratch now, shadow quality seems improved and draw distance issues resolved, the LOD quality is at least as high but possibly higher in this video, the large foliage like trees are q big step up compared to XCX (XCX skirted this issue in Noctilum by having mostly giant fungi and ferns, not trees). And on a less technical note, the color palette is much broader and more distinct. In short, I can see no areas yet that are technical steps back and several that are technical steps forward. This could change after seeing quality direct feed footage, but with this video being the best we've got of the latest build, it's looking like a clear step up.
