I came across this interview today with Ani Shastry from the 343 graphics team.
Some quotes on the yesterday’s demo:
“My team and I worked closely with the content creators to get the degree of detail and polish to the highest quality”
“…it took a herculean effort to make sure this little corner of our Ringworld was polished and pretty enough for its primier”
These quotes seem to imply that these graphics are not months old, not an earlier stage of development but somewhere at or near the final product. Now take it how you will, but I think the rumor that the graphics from the demo were not current needs to be sorted out. I highly doubt it is the case.
I truly hope this isn’t the final product, because if it is we need to take the IP away from 343. What an absolute dumpster fire!
If that is true, then that is a shame because the graphics weren’t good at all and if the campaign trailer is supposed to be the polished up version that still looks bad. What the hell happened to the graphical fidelity that was shown in the E3 2018 and 2019 trailers?
To me it sounds more like ‘‘this is pretty ENOUGH’’ and thus in no way conclude, that this is the absolute final product of the visuals. Keep in mind graphics are always the last to be finished in games, as gameplay comes first.
Feel free to use the existing threads.