Graphics starting to look a bit outdated?

Unpopular topic but..do you think the graphics and style needs a bit of an update?
Compared to many Asian mmorpgs in development the game lacks in detailed monsters.
The armors are not defined enough,
And the enviroment still looks very flat and not detailed enough.
Theres also no "ambient" stuff like flies, birds, snow/dust flying around when you move though it etc.
Games like New World and that Chrono Odyssey are much more detailed.
New World has some beautiful envorimental graphcis.

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Ludullu

You're comparing either a super precise vertical slice that is literally meant to bait people into thinking that the game is amazing, or a finished game, with an alpha stage build. To me that's kinda silly.

I can definitely agree that Ashes might not have a super unique visual design or style, but I don't really care about that either way cause it will all get completely lost behind the day-to-day gameplay.

Taleof2Cities

The Ashes of Creation Alpha environments are better than those released games in my opinion.

Songcaller

It looks good for an alpha. The classes are barely in phase 2, the graphics are definitely still in phase 1.

WHIT3ROS3

The Chrono Odyssey trailer is so funny. People really never learn, do they? I think the 3 minutes of rendered footage and the handful of concept images look great. That's literally all we know about the project.

As for Graphics. Do people have eyes? I think there are some serious cases of poor memory and rose-tinted glasses going on. I agree when it comes to animations and optimizations, but why would a game in Alpha be comparable to games that have been out for a decade +. It's ludicrous.

Mag7spy

Selo wrote: »

Unpopular topic but..do you think the graphics and style needs a bit of an update?
Compared to many Asian mmorpgs in development the game lacks in detailed monsters.
The armors are not defined enough,
And the enviroment still looks very flat and not detailed enough.
Theres also no "ambient" stuff like flies, birds, snow/dust flying around when you move though it etc.
Games like New World and that Chrono Odyssey are much more detailed.
New World has some beautiful envorimental graphcis.

Can you hook me up with the Chrono Odyssey alpha im trying to play it.

Happymeal2415

Not to mention the fact that every stream Steven says 47 times "we're not in a phase of development where polish is a priority" but let's just ignore that and complain about it

Songcaller

Happymeal2415 wrote: »

Not to mention the fact that every stream Steven says 47 times "we're not in a phase of development where polish is a priority" but let's just ignore that and complain about it

Okay, thanks for the permission

Happymeal2415

Neurath wrote: »

Happymeal2415 wrote: »

Not to mention the fact that every stream Steven says 47 times "we're not in a phase of development where polish is a priority" but let's just ignore that and complain about it

Okay, thanks for the permission

You're welcome 🤗

Liniker

compared to other asian mmo *trailers, important part there

we want a well optimized MMO, intrepid makes sure their assets and visuals have good performance

Vaknar

As some have pointed out here, the game is very much so still a work in progress, and has not had any polishing done to the final appearance, especially with some aspects you mention, OP!

With that said, we still appreciate the feedback, and the team is working very hard to make the best game we possibly can ^_^

Chicago

I dont think its out dated but i do think it needs its own style the world looks beautiful but it also looks boring

Mastru

I think the biggest problem is the textures look quite low resolution on characters. Like blurry, even on 4K. But the game is in alpha so no need to complain just yet, but I do wonder why the textures look like they're on low.

Noaani

Quite honestly, I'm going to refrain from any comments on the graphics until I see it first hand.

YouTube's compression may well be responsible for a good chunk of the comments here.

It also may not, which is why I'm not planning on commenting.

Botagar

I'm going to pre-face my comment here with: "I'm sure Intrepid are already aware/working on this, so I'm not too concerned about the graphics atm".

For those who are feeling that something is off with the graphics, it's probably due to a clash of high and low res assets.
The rock pillars, rocks, areas of snow are detailed and high res.
Then there's blurry blending of snow to dirt which just looks like a smudge.
There are hard lines where rocks bisect the terrain that are made very noticeable by the more natural lumpiness of the snow covered terrain.
The small bushes don't look high quality, and it seems as you move away, they get switched out for something even lower res. This could just be stream compression though.

Fantmx

Vampire Survivors just won Best Game at the 2023 BAFTAs.

GrilledCheeseMojito

Even if it doesn't have the most polished graphics, I'm really happy with what the art team has done in terms of art direction. So many games fall off the cliff of maximum quality graphics while looking like brown/grey sludge, and Ashes worlds feel a lot livelier in every biome.
I think art direction will win the day here.

Vissox

I don't want ashes to turn into an overly affected and stylized game. Sometimes just seeing regular ass leather armor makes sense, and it elevates things that look more special.

darthaden

Do yourself a favor and compare these. Both videos are supposed to be the same game. One is the trailer which shows truly next gen graphics for an mmo and the other shows what the game actually looks like. You can't trust cinematic YouTube videos full of 2 second long clips.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSTahTUVYao

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA8D1rzrXkg&t=543s

Songcaller

The faces/heads in the two videos are almost the same. I don't have time to extrapolate the rest of the features but you've shown why I don't play games based on trailers.

Ludullu

darthaden wrote: »

Do yourself a favor and compare these. Both videos are supposed to be the same game. One is the trailer which shows truly next gen graphics for an mmo and the other shows what the game actually looks like. You can't trust cinematic YouTube videos full of 2 second long clips.

Do yourself a favor and don't bullshit people with these kinds of links. You posted a 1080 compressed video that was taken from a 1080 supercompressed stream that was reacting to a low settings gameplay in a compressed 1080 video.

Here's how TL truly looks (ultra settings with balanced dlss) and it's fucking incredible and I definitely hope that Ashes can at least match it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H3zwi4gwrU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iISN9I391jE

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