do you take the time to appreciate the graphics?

I'm not intrigued by something so much that it's pretty but interesting. Take the tree in Drakker Lake for example. THAT I love, it reminds me of Zelda for some reason.

But aside from that, there just hasn't been too much "interesting" stuff. Sure it looks pretty, but not intriguing. Just me talking, though.

getting out of the station in gwen...just take it in - beautiful

Some times.

I mostly stop to enjoy waterworks, waterfall, anything with water I stop and enjoy.

Also a lot of the statues and mural I enjoy.

My computer is not good so I can't say much, but its better than WoW when I did the WoW trial!

nope, but then I'm stuck with a 9 year old vid card that doesn't even meet GW min requirments, so the graphics kinda suck for me.

Pre-searing. Always worth taking a second look at.

Yep! I'm addicted to screenshots so I'm always looking for the great graphics part of the game to take some. When I'm concentrating I don't notice as much, but...yeah. Lots of details and things, Anet does a great job.

I took time to appreciate the graphics two years ago. By late-2007 standards, they're not really all that impressive anymore.

I don't get this. Graphics is a lot more about art design rather than numbers of polygons. For instance, while this won't necessarily be a popular viewpoint here, WoW's graphics are incredible even though they're not technically demanding because of the skill the artists put into the game world. Ditto for GW, even though you can clearly see the "crude" tricks used to achieve the game world, it's beautiful and it works without making me go spend another $2000 for a computer I don't need.

Here's one guy hoping they don't go too crazy for GW2 because I'm plenty happy with the graphics already.

So, yes, I do spend a lot of time admiring the graphics because there's a lot of good design work in this game.

I don't know why but i only notice places with a waterfall or lava.... not sure why. But i always take pics then.

Yes, I take the time to notice all the beautiful sights in Guild Wars. There are some really great places to see in all three campaigns. I'll never forget my first time seeing the beach in Gates of Kryta. A really pretty sight.

Maxed graphics 24/7. All of it's beautiful.

Torment Realm areas of nf look kinda cool.

EotN definitely looks the best when it comes to graphics.....sucks that pretty much every dungeon has reskin rooms. If I remember right, anet was supposed to update the graphics for older campaigns....i doubt that'll ever happen though.

that's true

clearly you people have not seen crysis

Well i started when i got to the tarnished coast.

Yeah I expect that out of a FPS, since it’s the graphic tight a#% genre of the video game industry. However when it comes an MMO, it’s hard to find one that really does a fantastic job like GW does as a whole. Personally I love some of the Vabbian areas in Nightfall; Dasha Vestibule and The Kodash Bazaar come to mind.

always have, since I first started playing.

That's 'cus no one can run it!

thats too funny!

I do the exact same thing.. i guess we are just distracted by shiny things

I'm not particularly amazed with guild wars graphics engine, apart from the capes and shadows working on low end systems (how on earth they did that I don't know), however I think they have a group of really strong artists working on level design. The levels can look very detailed and unique for an engine that, as far as I can tell doesn't use high-res polys, displacement mapping and all that jazz. They made magic out of mud.