Water graphics - well done

[Gareth2]

http://ve3d.ign.com/images/fullsize...ilization-V/Screenshots/March-12th-Screenshot

See that for nice water graphics, im very impressed.

 

[Thormodr]

Indeed. The seas, oceans and lakes look awesome.

The rivers still need some work though but there's plenty of time to get the art right.

 

[Ahriman]

I like how the mountain next to the coast has cliffs, instead of beaches.

The jungle isn't bad either, particularly compared to past jungle graphics.

 

[Ischenous]

"Release Date:
2010-12-30"

Interesting, few months later than the others that I've seen.

I agree about the water. Civ 4 always looked add somehow. Not much but there was something not right.

 

[MeteorPunch]

The water is actually too good...it makes the units and other terrain look bad.

 

[bonafide11]

The water is actually too good...it makes the units and other terrain look bad.

It's true -- the water looks SO MUCH better than anything else, but I'm not going to complain. I love the detail they added to the units too; notice the warriors with the antlers on their heads! That's awesome.

 

[Lillefix]

You can actually see that the road goes under the river. Someone hasn't discovered bridge building yet...

 

[Chalks]

I certainly hope that all the land textures get some polish before release.

They really do look like they're made of plastic - and I really dislike the way the rivers just look like water poured into a crease in the plastic. Rivers erode their way through the land, they don't just fill premade dents.

I'm sure all this stuff is going to be improved though, because if you look at the river closely you can see the road going under the water for example.

 

[Thormodr]

I certainly hope that all the land textures get some polish before release.

They really do look like they're made of plastic - and I really dislike the way the rivers just look like water poured into a crease in the plastic. Rivers erode their way through the land, they don't just fill premade dents.

I'm sure all this stuff is going to be improved though, because if you look at the river closely you can see the road going under the water for example.

I'm sure they will. I'm not an expert on these things but I'm sure that graphics are some of the last things that get finalized and fixed up.

I am particularly impressed by the ice/glaciers and the desert.

The resources need some work though. They should stick out as they are supposed to be noticed but not like a sore thumb.

Hopefully the roads will change through the eras. I really don't want to see blacktop in the ancient era. Hopefully we'll see gravel, roman roads, cobblestones, etc.

As well, hopefully they'll bring back bridge building as a tech.

All in all though, I'm quite happy with the graphics and look forward to seeing improvements month by month.

 

[Chalks]

Yeah, the apparent tarmac roads do scream placeholder to me.

Can't wait to see the next batch we get.

 

[Leo Tang]

The river definitely needs improvement. The civ4 rivers is way better than that.

There are an magazine that said that river would have worked differently so I am not concern about the road graphic.