Graphic update is needed!

[Obbi]

If GW2 is going to keep going for years to come. The graphics needs an update.

Its super outdated.

Iknow fans will say, "no its timeless" "No its perfect"

But the fact is, new generation of kids, what better graphics

[[RvB] RedArmyGrif]

Not everything NEEDS to be updated to have stellar graphics.

[Cosmic Cat]

They said that they're upgrading to a better Directx in Mars/April.


Edit: https://steamcommunity.com/games/1284210/announcements/detail/3648510249381821058

[Tuathaqin]

Outdated. So are a lot of other popular games that weren't made recently. WoW has arguably less stellar graphics. From what I've seen of FFXIV, it's not exactly AAA, RTX graphics, either.
If you want newer graphics, play a newer game.

[ah_puch]

Agreed, graphics look like oversaturated blurry vomit. EoD was such a fail expansion, EoD maps were mocked for months on end for having worse graphics than vanilla (2012) maps. Yikes. That's what happens when people who made the game leave the sinking ship and got replaced by clueless devs who joined in 2021 or something

[Nibbie]

Graphics have never been important when compared to art direction. Making something look good is about *so* much more than its graphical fidelity; just look at literally any pixel art game in existence. Their graphics are, by definition, 'terrible', but they still have some great looking games. There are many areas in this game that still look really good, even if they are relatively low res.

Your point of view is not only limited, it is unrealistic, and isn't taking into account various other factors. For example, better graphics need stronger hardware to render them, limiting who can play the game. It also takes a lot of money and time to make, which I would much rather they spent on other more useful things.

[Jin-]

Originally posted by Tuathaqin:

Outdated. So are a lot of other popular games that weren't made recently. WoW has arguably less stellar graphics. From what I've seen of FFXIV, it's not exactly AAA, RTX graphics, either.
If you want newer graphics, play a newer game.

WoW's later expansions look really good if we are to be honest. Tech and art style wise. You have to compare now and not the old zones. WoW has a lot higher environment quality graphics than GW2 does, more advanced tech too. GW2 wins out in animation quality on characters and mounts but suffers from blurry textures and limited options.

[Dragon222]

its good enought when settings are on maximum and 4k

[LSD]

GW2s always had poor graphics on an extremely awful engine. The DX11 update claims to fix the terrible performance, but then if they start pushing out terribly unoptimised garbage a la EoD, we'll be back to square one.
Be happy with what you got.

[shimsham29]

Many of these new generation of kids you speak of don't even know what gender they are despite looking down to see what is between their legs. Who cares what they think when they have that mental problem along with many others.

That said, I wouldn't be against a graphics upgrade even though I think the game looks fine as is, at least at native 4k.

[☆SuperDuperShrimp☆]

Originally posted by shimsham29:

Many of these new generation of kids you speak of don't even know what gender they are despite looking down to see what is between their legs. Who cares what they think when they have that mental problem along with many others.

That said, I wouldn't be against a graphics upgrade even though I think the game looks fine as is, at least at native 4k.

The game doesn't even have to be at 4K to look great!

[kindofabuzz]

I think the graphics are pretty awesome. And I have a 3080 and can play any AAA game. The graphics fit the game perfectly. You just don't like the art style.

[RotherHans]

Originally posted by Obbi:

If GW2 is going to keep going for years to come. The graphics needs an update.

Its super outdated.

Ok.
Have fun playing WOW then.

[gameshogun]

You just don't like the style. Just like how I don't like the style of eye-candy games.

[MangorushZ]

I'll take art style over pretty graphics, there's a reason they're not upgrading to newer graphics, it's so more people can play this game on their low/mid range PC then shelling out new graphics card just to keep up.

[LSD]

Originally posted by MangorushZ:

I'll take art style over pretty graphics, there's a reason they're not upgrading to newer graphics, it's so more people can play this game on their low/mid range PC then shelling out new graphics card just to keep up.

Nah it's cos of mismanagement. They cut Mac support the other year, and are about to cut DX9 support. They don't care about retaining players, they care about cutting costs every which way. The latest expansion was derided for its "art style", and they now force everyone to use post-processing so they can force filters over everything to hide the ugly.