When the game looks pretty, it really does look pretty. Some of the rendering choices are still pretty unfortunate, with bad ghosting at times, but it is pretty often that I look at some of the actual art on display here and just gawk at it.
@beardalaxy Actual art direction > muh poly counts
@tomie it kind of looks like that a little bit doesn't it hahaha.
it's ff16. skyrim does have moments like this too though, even in all of its 2011 glory.