[Dragon_lord]

When I first played RuneScape in HD I was speechless. I'd go around visiting all the areas I could think of and awe.

After a while I got used to the new HD, but last week I clicked on Low Detail (wasn't paying attention which detail mode I picked) and when I logged in I was flabbergasted. I was shocked, and kept asking myself if this really was how RuneScape sued to look when I played it for all these years. Honestly, we might have not minded the game's petty graphics, but once you get used to HD and go back to Low Detail it all seems so... bland.

Now I'm careful not to take HD for granted, it really is marvelous. Yes, I know you shouldn't judge a game by its graphics, but you have to admit it is rather nice to have something pretty to look at as you click around for an hour or so.

[pulli23]

I couldn't care less for the "graphics"..



However the ability to have a resizable screen (and hence being able to play rs at a 1400*1024 resolution without having to put my face on the screen to click well) really made me into playing HD.



The only thing I hate is that when you click in the chat box you actually walk... (I used to click a lot in the chat box to make sure the focus is on the rs screen).

[bored321]

The main thing i dislike about HD is the use of textures on items that dont need it. Some items specially clothing look so ugly some simple shading would have been enough, most of my favourite outfits got ruined. And skillcapes look so ugly with all that dark shading.



The rest of hd i dont really think much about now, been pretty much everywhere and seen everything. Its just the norm now to me.

[Morningrise333]

My laptop, which is supposed to be totally sexy, has a hard time running full screen. In fact, I play on LOW DETAIL with the FIXED SCREEN.



It's so epic fail that I've cut down on my playing time by at least 90%.



Someone help me.

[will_holmes]

Morningrise333 said:

My laptop, which is supposed to be totally sexy, has a hard time running full screen. In fact, I play on LOW DETAIL with the FIXED SCREEN.



It's so epic fail that I've cut down on my playing time by at least 90%.



Someone help me.

Don't use a laptop. Use a proper computer.

[Revenga]

I don't take it for granted, because I consider it all business. If Jagex kept Runescapes graphics the same forever and never changed it, people would start noticing other games that look better. Gotta stick with the new technology right?



I mean, yes, I like the update, but I don't think I should thank them or anything of the like, because it needed to be done anyway.

[lordkafei]

3_Hit_U said:

ddaanniiellh said:

I tried going back to the fixed screen...and could barely take such a small playing screen.

~Dan

I still prefer the fixed screen to be honest lol.

Me too. I play the HD game in the fixed client. The icons are just too far apart in the resizable / full screen versions. I like the short mouse throw distance of the fixed client better.

[harbringerjm]

Dragon_lord said:

When I first played RuneScape in HD I was speechless. I'd go around visiting all the areas I could think of and awe.

After a while I got used to the new HD, but last week I clicked on Low Detail (wasn't paying attention which detail mode I picked) and when I logged in I was flabbergasted. I was shocked, and kept asking myself if this really was how RuneScape sued to look when I played it for all these years. Honestly, we might have not minded the game's petty graphics, but once you get used to HD and go back to Low Detail it all seems so... bland.

Now I'm careful not to take HD for granted, it really is marvelous. Yes, I know you shouldn't judge a game by its graphics, but you have to admit it is rather nice to have something pretty to look at as you click around for an hour or so.

It's funny, people always used to wonder why everyone was so hating on rs' graphics when thegameplay was the main feature anyway. Then you go back to old detail from HD, and it's just like "Oh, right, that's why. Heh. Er."

Me, my computer randomly stopped running HD a month or so after the update, and I CBF fixing it, so meh. Old graphics it is.

[why2060]

I appreciate HD alot. The problem is sometimes it works and sometimes it does not for no apparent reason

[HugeFireman]

the old gfx sucked compared to HD but some things look weirder lol (like robes) but still nice to look at ;p.

[BTTB333]

Yes, I do take the graphics that the critics of play station 1 would be amazed with for granted. Running a Nvidia 9600 GTX.

[Omali]

Everytime I look at the difference between the items pictured on the ground, and then what they look like in your inventory, I'm reminded just how big of a leap HD was, graphics wise.



Aside from that, I think I take them for granted. I didn't play my f2p def nub for a month until they made the HD f2p with extendable window, just because I had gotten so used to it being full screen and the regular suddenly looked so teeny.



And it really made me think about what people have asked me in the past...How did I get used to everything being so small?

[Mc90123]

I still use the fixed screen, allows me to have multiple windows up, also the resizeable screen just looks weird to me.

[skatedog111]

I'm still in awe. Perhaps because I know a bit of how much work it actually was than what other people know. But still, I'm amazed every time I log in.

[Ddraiggoch06]

Dragon_lord said:

When I first played RuneScape in HD I was speechless. I'd go around visiting all the areas I could think of and awe.

After a while I got used to the new HD, but last week I clicked on Low Detail (wasn't paying attention which detail mode I picked) and when I logged in I was flabbergasted. I was shocked, and kept asking myself if this really was how RuneScape sued to look when I played it for all these years. Honestly, we might have not minded the game's petty graphics, but once you get used to HD and go back to Low Detail it all seems so... bland.

Now I'm careful not to take HD for granted, it really is marvelous. Yes, I know you shouldn't judge a game by its graphics, but you have to admit it is rather nice to have something pretty to look at as you click around for an hour or so.

That's how I feel, I don't know how I used to play on Low Detail

[mervinator_9]

im still loving it when its working but it can be alittle tempermental for me,



hasnt changed my outlook on normal Rs though i still enough that as much as i ever did,

[rangeor]

1ink9ie said:

I suppose I take it for granted, in a sense, as I don't even use it.

too much lag in hd for me

[999134fishy]

yes i do proberly

i always play in f2p fullscreen and jsut cant stand to use small screen now

fullscreen feels normal now i suppose

[Julius47108]

When it first came out I couldn't believe what I saw. Sadly now it seems I've gotten used to it, though going to different/new places sometime still leaves me in awe.

[3_Hit_U]

rangeor said:

1ink9ie said:

I suppose I take it for granted, in a sense, as I don't even use it.

too much lag in hd for me

HD should lag less if you have it in safe mode (in fact, it should lag less than the low detail version now) due to it being made with OpenGL.