People voting for GW2 reminds me people voting for Aion while back when it was released in west...unable to distinguish the difference between art and graphics.

Originally posted by Xasapis
Only because most developers use a miniscule of the DX11 capabilities (mostly what has to do with water).

Do you have to be a working artist to value art style above "utilizes the latest DX gimmicks"?

I mean, Photoshop adds new tools/filters every year...but any work that tried to incorporate every one would be pretty hideous.

And the game design world has sported some pretty hideous GPU-driven 'trends'.  DarkityDarkyDark, BloomOverload, ParticleShowersEverywhere?

FFXIV has the best graphics. Both in art direction and in the general feel of the zones, it is amazing. The forests actually have canopies that cover you, and you feel the grit and grime of the desert regions. On top of this, the character armor models have very unique angles to them. It's a shame about its fall, but hopefully "A Realm Reborn" will be a true rebirth of this series.

All the preceeding was opinion.

Fact: I hope PvP doesn't ruin the experience.

EVE

Out of the listed I voted Tera but GW2 comes close. However I think that GW2 has better environments.

i voted for gw2 because they are going for realism more then WoW..

still surprised noone voted for WoW yet. In their fantasy style the graphics are nice, more realistic and it would lose the WoW-feel.

Originally posted by timeraider

i voted for gw2 because they are going for realism more then WoW..

Those are...the only two you considered?

Brings up a side point op--not many people are qualified to take your poll (= evaluated every game on that list).  Or even, you know, more than a couple.

TSW is technically the best out there.. and i also like the art style.. that and Age of conan..

FFXIV > Gw2=TERA imo

Talking GFX of course

Originally posted by Icewhite

Originally posted by Xasapis
Only because most developers use a miniscule of the DX11 capabilities (mostly what has to do with water).

Do you have to be a working artist to value art style above "utilizes the latest DX gimmicks"?

I mean, Photoshop adds new tools/filters every year...but any work that tried to incorporate every one would be pretty hideous.

And the game design world has sported some pretty hideous GPU-driven 'trends'.  DarkityDarkyDark, BloomOverload, ParticleShowersEverywhere?

It's a classic rookie programmer mistake to try to utilize every feature of a framework / toolkit / library simply because it's there.

Originally posted by Icewhite

Originally posted by Xasapis
Only because most developers use a miniscule of the DX11 capabilities (mostly what has to do with water).

Do you have to be a working artist to value art style above "utilizes the latest DX gimmicks"?

I mean, Photoshop adds new tools/filters every year...but any work that tried to incorporate every one would be pretty hideous.

And the game design world has sported some pretty hideous GPU-driven 'trends'.  DarkityDarkyDark, BloomOverload, ParticleShowersEverywhere?

After playing a game that fully utilises tesselation, it's hard going back to a game that doesn't. Armor, clothes etc, just don't feel "real" enough. We've certainly moved away from the days of painted textures on top of avatars (see WoW), but very few use the tools to the other extreme (well, with today's standards anyway), where you can tell that this is nylon jacket and not a leather one by just looking at it.

Tsw hands down....

Originally posted by Xirik

Man people don't know how to read in this thread. or someone really thinks darkfall has the best graphics O_o

And some people don't know the definition of 'opinion'.

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TSW for me. I have a high-end system and with the settings turned all the way up, it's stunning.

The Secret World. With a good system, the details really pop. Dawn in Kingsmouth is nostalgia-inducing.

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