Just watched through all the old alpha and beta teasers, e3 from 2015 etc.
It looks like visually the game has changed quite alot over the years, it looks like some things are better now but others seem to have been downgraded? Was it a hardware issue? Optimization? Also, it looked like there used to be way more NPC interaction and animations, people walking with their horses, walking with a horse pulling their carts, more tavern like festivities, hunting, resting, interacting with eachother in towns, pickpoketing i guess used to be a physical thing where you cut the bag off the belt. I wonder if all that was for show or if they really had to dumb down all the animations and interactions for some reason. Weather effects don’t look nearly as good as they did in alpha, clouds and rain especially, sun glares and water reflections. People glow on the dark now for some reason. Fire in the beta looked way brighter and fluid then it does now.
Anyways, I love this game even though they have alot to fix and add to make it feel like a complete experience. Just kinda wondering what happened to all that stuff. I remember them making a video stating this is a PC game first and foremost but I hope we didn’t get everything downgraded just to accommodate consoles.
