I'm sorry I'm a big graphics stickler, sue me. I was expecting completely phenomenal graphics from watching that 2.5 graphics boost, I see no difference from the last time I played, if not it looks worse. I turned every setting up on high, and yes I did go into advanced. I restarted the game and I'm looking around and the environmental textures still look like crap, shadows are still poop, and the objects in the distance looks like blobs which I used to not have before. I can play FFXIV on full settings so it's not my computer, why doesn't my game look like the videos I saw?

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/253/view/videos/play/1952/Aion-25-Empyrean-Calling-Trailer.html

That.

Personally, i prefer the old GFX. I agree with you, the new stuff didnt seem to breathtaking.

Because the videos you saw were videos. 

Originally posted by Bizzlebuff

Because the videos you saw were videos. 

So the game still looks like crap and not like that empyreon calling video?

Originally posted by MisterSr

Originally posted by Bizzlebuff

Because the videos you saw were videos. 

So the game still looks like crap and not like that empyreon calling video?

The game never looked crap.

Originally posted by Beachcomber

Originally posted by MisterSr

Originally posted by Bizzlebuff

Because the videos you saw were videos. 

So the game still looks like crap and not like that empyreon calling video?

 

The game never looked crap.

The character models looks great, but the textures on landscapes are very flat and stretched. That video showed one of the best shadowing systems that I've ever seen, something Aion had been lacking greatly. When I came in I expected to see an awesome shadowing engine but instead just got the same shadows I had before. I don't understand why NCSoft teases us with these beautiful videos only to reveal it was lies.

Originally posted by MisterSr

I'm sorry I'm a big graphics stickler, sue me. I was expecting completely phenomenal graphics from watching that 2.5 graphics boost, I see no difference from the last time I played, if not it looks worse. I turned every setting up on high, and yes I did go into advanced. I restarted the game and I'm looking around and the environmental textures still look like crap, shadows are still poop, and the objects in the distance looks like blobs which I used to not have before. I can play FFXIV on full settings so it's not my computer, why doesn't my game look like the videos I saw?

 

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/253/view/videos/play/1952/Aion-25-Empyrean-Calling-Trailer.html

 

That.

Did you change the default settign to HIGH QUALITY? Personaly i think it looks way better.

Yeah, same thing for me too. Wasted bandwidth re-dlling this game to check out the 'new graphics'. But it looks nothing like the trailer. I used to play the game on max settings, and the new max settings doesn't look all that different. =/ oh well, maybe 3.0 will be shinier. I'll just check it out during the reactivation weekends, but I'm not subbing to this again.

Did you change the engine from default engine to High Quality engine ? ?

OP: I think you really need to post your computer speccs and settings in the game.

I can promise you that any video is made on a state of the art machine and if you don't have one you wont get anything close.

Of course they might also have cheated with the vids...

i dont know about the trial but the client itself haves better quality if you have a powerfull machine, just change the video quality, to high quality, from default quality, maximize the advanced options and you really see improved quality. Remember you need a powerfull machine and maximize every option on advanced graphics options tab

The OP obviously didnt select advanced settings. The difference is very noticable.

Beautiful in fact.

    I don't play this game and I am not trying to troll it, but I do have one question.  If someone wants to see a decent graphics Aion game (or maybe even a good/great one) then they have to have the newest state of the art computer to get it?  I hope not because City of Heroes has some pretty darn good graphics, on default settings, even on older computers, so this would seem a step backwards for NCSoft.  Especially concidering they make BOTH games.

Originally posted by GMan3

    I don't play this game and I am not trying to troll it, but I do have one question.  If someone wants to see a decent graphics Aion game (or maybe even a good/great one) then they have to have the newest state of the art computer to get it?  I hope not because City of Heroes has some pretty darn good graphics, on default settings, even on older computers, so this would seem a step backwards for NCSoft.  Especially concidering they make BOTH games.

It would help to have a PC that has at least 2 cores 3.0Ghz, and a O/S / GFx card that runs DX10 also.

and  these will not run you too much money. maybe 600 buck if you know where to shop, also would help even more if you know how to build your own system but well, thats it.

also make sure to turn on the high rest Gfx settings other wise it will look like the old Aion.

For the most part that is what my game looks like so I wonder if it's your hardware?

I sometimes notice some wonkiness with shadows in certain areas but I have a very good video card from a few years ago.

So my issue is probably because I have a very good video card from a few years ago.

Lets do a screenshot comparison.

Maxed~Normal settings

Maxed~Highres settings

Maxed~Normal settings

Maxed~Highres settings

Maxed~Normal settings

Maxed~Highres settings

think I see a difference.

Here's a video of mine from two weeks ago. Can you still honestly say there's no difference?

I was thinking of making one of the area in Eltnen I'm in atm since I thought it looked breathtaking.

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{user edit} In my for undiscussable reason not anymore visible post {user edit} All I did say without any attacks nor insults, is that OP obviously did something wrong or something isnt running right on his PC or must be trying to troll(=not honest) because some of the persistant claims are completely offworld and beyond "opinion" and "accident" . And he should post screenshot of his game to point out whats wrong, while I posted actual screenshots of the differeces to prove the opposite.

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Aion live without 2.5 gfx upgrades

Aion live with the promoted and clearly visible delivered 2.5 gfx updates.

edit: okay now i see it :D