Those graphics are very mediocre. Learn the difference between graphics and aesthetics. The majority of the people that talk about the "graphics" being good don't even know what they are actually praising.

The aesthetics of Skyrim go from "ok" to stellar. The graphics on the other hand go from "very bad" to "passable".

Thought I'd post a PC comparison screenshot for the original picture posted located here: http://i43.tinypic.com/mbkebq.png . This was taken on Ultra Graphics @ 1920x1080.

As far as the console v. PC war that will never end, I always buy Elder Scrolls games on the PC because I love the mods, and having them available adds a lot of replay value (as if Skyrim needs it) to me personally. I do expect the game to look better/run more smoothly on a high-end PC because they have greater processing power than consoles do. Some people prefer their games on consoles and that's fine. I'm sure they have their reasons, just as I have mine. I don't think there is one optimal solution that will fit everyone.

BUT Skyrim is ported to the PC from a console. If it were the other way around the PC graphics would be insane and the consoles would look vastly inferior.

You watch Extra Credits, don't you?

Im happy with 2048x at most. Anything higher is, IMO, pointless.

<-- is big graphics... fanatic...

I've seen that particular video, but have been having similar arguments ever since World of Warcraft had been released. It was the perfect example of extremely outdated graphics, but it was made up through an outstanding "art style" and atmosphere; aka aesthetics.

Yes, I'm aware of this. In some titles that'll work. In a game as large as Skyrim, though, I believe it was easier for Bethesda to do it the other way around. Game development is a business and there is both limited time, resources, and money that can go into a game. I don't want to speak for Bethesda, and I'm certainly not a game dev, but this is my speculation as to why they chose to develop the way that they did. Again, I'm not looking to take part in this endless war. I was just hoping to shed some light, and a screenshot, on the matter.

I was just curious. Your post just made me think of that episode, so I thought I'd ask. I wasn't trying to imply anything.

Yeah, that picture looks really pretty, but in the grand scheme of things its really not all that impressive. The console versions arent even set to the highest settings, and I doubt they have any anti-aliasing on. I have this game on PC, and when I went over to my friends house to play it on his 360 it looked horrible in comparison.

Hate when that happens, only it does that for clothing or weapons for me. I try to ignore it, but what bugs me is the squares you see that make up an item (not sure if these are refered to as polygons) I try to ignore this too, but I can't. :shrug:

cool this must be awsome to rise my frames per second that way i could play it full screen!! xDDD

I don't think it looks bad.. At all. I bet a portion of the PC community would say the same thing about Skyward Sword if that were released on the PC as well. Meh, I'm not sure how you can think it looks bad, I mean sometimes I find textures that are a little blurry and a pixely shadow here and there.. but usually it's very aesthetically pleasing.

It is well know that after Morrowind, the 360 became their primary development platform. There will probably never be a time when they develop on the PC first then port to consoles, again..

Excuse me but... Graphics are NOT 'really only bad on console'. Sure there are some fuzzy textures but in general the game looks beautiful. Have you even played the game on console? Or are you just jumping on the PC elitist bandwagon and saying they're bad?

Yeah I agree I am playing on PS3 and on a 52 inch Full HD screen through HDMI no issues here either, looks fantastic!

Those are bad compared to PC

A question, how do you take screenshots on the PS3 version? I have been trying to figure that out, stopped and stared at beautiful scenes so many times but haven't figured out how to capture it?

Thanks!

I max out out Skyrim on my rig. The trick is to tick FXAA in the options and crank up the anti-aliasing in the NVIDIA Control Panel. It looks gorgeous.

Actually no there not.... I am playing both the PC version and PS3 version atm and the PS3 doesn't look bad at all, infact pretty good in 720P through HDMI, of course I play the PC version in 1920X1080 which looks a bit sharper but the PS3 version is not far off visually.

yeah that looks like Morrowind.
They aren't 'bad' they just aren't that 'good'.

Meaning they could be Soooooo Muuuuch beeeettterrr..

I just bought a state of the art Alienware laptop 4 weeks ago. The graphics are AWESOME

well i lied, im actually playing on the PC on a 40 inch lcd hdtv 1080p

I just wanted to see the PC [censored] comment on how bad PC graphics looked maxed and with all the texture improving mods, oh and all the ini tweaks to max it.

The graphics are gorgeous.
And I'm not even using antialiasing.

http://oi40.tinypic.com/295e4gg.jpg
http://oi43.tinypic.com/30daxk0.jpg

Overall, yes, the game looks fantastic. However, if you get down and dirty, you will see many instances of texture quality inconsistencies. Like a loaf of bread looks amazing, but the table its sitting on looks bleh compared to the bread.

So while the game does indeed look awesome, it was just a bit disappointing to see some individual things with really poor textures.

I'm going ahead and ignoring any PC/Console debating on who can do what better or worse than the other, as it is senseless and pointless. It is like an atheistic zealot arguing with a theistic zealot; it will eventually turn from an intelligent debate into a "who can piss on who more" contest.


Anyway, my post:
People want to claim these graphics svck because they're used to better without realizing that graphics do not matter at all. If Skyrim was released the way it is now, except with Final Fantasy VII's graphics, people would rage like mad because the graphics are outdated. They would rage even if it meant that tons more content would be added. The game could literally have the best story, controls, and characters but many idiots would give it a 0/10 for "crappy graphics". A lot of people just need to shut up and appreciate video games more. Many of the people raging about graphics come off, to me, like the type who would throw away all of their N64 games because the graphics are "outdated" despite the fact that they absolutely loved most of those games and some of them were literally cutting-edge for their time.

Raging about Skyrim having bad graphics or barely noticable uneven textures that you have to be actively looking for makes you an idiot, in my eyes. Complain about quests not being finishable or your game crashing, things like that because those matter. Complain about a story that makes absolutely no sense or characters that make a puddle seem as deep the ocean, or the voice-acting sounding like an illiterate child with a speech impediment reading the script for the first time ever because those matter. The fact the graphics in no way, shape, or form is something worth complaining about [unless it is the ONLY thing that needs to be improved].
By the way, this is in-general. Not about Skyrim.