Yeah, it’s too bad. I have my settings on max non-UHD graphics, max sharpness, and map lighting off… and just turned on “no anti-alias” and it still looks like this. I zoom all the way out while playing, but the blurriness is still felt:
I’ve had object anti-aliasing ‘on’ for a long time, but I guess I will leave it off moving forward, as it makes things even more blurry/fuzzy with AA on:
I’m also curious why every object gets a black outline? Makes things look muddier and darker. It’s pretty thick, imo.
Yikes, sheep details are not so good up-close either.
I’m still longing for crisp ground shadows that are darker, too. AoE2:DE’s with all sharpness settings maxed, and AA disabled they are still blurry. Combine that with the above blurriness, and it helps make the overall game feel like it has a blur filter/overlay applied:
Past posts on crisp shadows: