[ryanwigginton]

I hope well aimed critisism won't cause offence here. I just had a quick look with all the new stuff, and I really think ROWs taken a step backwards at some point. It might just be the pacific environment that needs work but it all just looks very gaudy, like a cartoon or as if I'm on acid. In particular the sunsets & sunrises. I saw a hell of a lot of bright pink at one point and it was reaaally heavy on the eyes.

It may be because I've been playing GWX2.0 in SH3 but if you take a look at GWX2.0 the ocean looks far better, the only downside being that the water isn't transparent. The water is just (hard to describe) more fluid and less ragged looking. I have 4xAA in SH3 and I realise this may help a lot but I turned it on in SH4 and it still dosn't come close. SH3's an old game now, SH4 should be beating it to a pulp!

One last gripe I have with the SH4 ocean is that the wave motion is affected by camera movement, as if the two are intertwined. If you look off the port side and move shake your head slowly from left to right, you'll see the wobble effect.

On the plus side (seems my mods are installed better now) the night time scenery is still stunning, ie the ripples and light reflecting off the surface. And of course the underwater graphics are far superior to SH3.