I loved how the devs paid attention to little details, as you can see in this image part of the dead soldier shield is covered with sand, which is really cool.
edit: this image was taken from edited/upscaled video made by age of noobs, so we really couldn’t judge graphics based on this image, just for clarification.
Original video: Age of Empires IV - Traces of History - The Abbasid Dynasty - YouTube
Edited video: Abbasid Dynasty - NEW Age of Empires IV Footage! (Zoomed & Upscaled!) - YouTube
Isn’t it just clipping in the floor?
I never saw that screenshot before… I still can’t believe how ugly the player colors are, but people say they might be adjustable, which I really hope. I still can’t believe the absolute lack of detailed textures on the elephant skin and armor, and how ugly and unrefined are the scalemail on the camels, infantry, and the elephant.
But, and to add something positive, I really like the models (I would shorten the swords a bit thought).
This is an upscaled version of the original video made by age of noobs so u couldn’t judge the graphics from this image, I will edit the post.
and maybe it isn’t covered with sand and looked like this because of the upscaled video, but I hope that it is really covered with sand.
Original video: Age of Empires IV - Traces of History - The Abbasid Dynasty - YouTube
Edited video: Abbasid Dynasty - NEW Age of Empires IV Footage! (Zoomed & Upscaled!) - YouTube
They will be adjustable, specially saturation it was already confirmed.
Since I never play zoomed in, in fact, I always play with the camera zoomed out, it doesn’t botter me at all. I would not notice those details on the models with the camera zoomed out, but for a AAA game of 2021 I would expect better quality textures.
About the shield with sand it would be an awesome feature! Such like the armor of soldiers getting dirt and damaged (just in appeareance) if they survive a lot of fights over the time.
But I don’t think that either of this things will be happening.
I don’t think that we will have rain weather effect in the game even, cause reduction of the “readbility” issue.
That armour doesn’t look like iron/steel at all 
I guess it can always be painted but still.
This Is the reason why i Say there aren’t materiale textures.
Yeah, it’s weird, it just look like flat grey gradients, theres no texture work to simulate metal.
Yes, they seems plastic. There are not real textures
