Has anyone else noticed the game looks flat after 7.1?
After DT released, the changes in lighting and textures made a lot of details pop up, enabling a sense of depth that wasn't present in the game before. Metal shined, wet surfaces looked great, and new zones like Yak'tel and Urqopacha had this 'atmosphere' that almost let you feel the humidity or dryness of the place.
Post 7.1 though, everything seems sort of flat or lifeless. Even the textures on clothes look bad, almost like they are made of plastic. I heard something about them doing some adjustments to the character models in this patch to get them closer to how they were before DT, and they do seem different than pre 7.1, but even the skin looks like it's painted on...
I play on a PS5 and 2k monitor, so I don't know if these things are noticeable in other setups, but damn... feels like huge step back from what they'd achieved with the graphical update.
I've seen many people complaining on the Japanese forums about the graphical update and how they wanted it to look like it did before, but this seems like overkill.
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After DT released, the changes in lighting and textures made a lot of details pop up, enabling a sense of depth that wasn't present in the game before. Metal shined, wet surfaces looked great, and new zones like Yak'tel and Urqopacha had this 'atmosphere' that almost let you feel the humidity or dryness of the place.
Post 7.1 though, everything seems sort of flat or lifeless. Even the textures on clothes look bad, almost like they are made of plastic. I heard something about them doing some adjustments to the character models in this patch to get them closer to how they were before DT, and they do seem different than pre 7.1, but even the skin looks like it's painted on...
I play on a PS5 and 2k monitor, so I don't know if these things are noticeable in other setups, but damn... feels like huge step back from what they'd achieved with the graphical update.
I've seen many people complaining on the Japanese forums about the graphical update and how they wanted it to look like it did before, but this seems like overkill.
Continue reading...