Lost Ark: Great technique upgrade comes, but only after the EU

The action role play Lost Ark may only appear on 11 February 2022 (or on 8 February 2022 for all pioneer package owners) in Europe, but the Diablo alternative with MMO flair already has a long way behind. Already seven years ago, the developers of Smile gate presented us Video with 20 minutes Gameplay, which dropped us from enthusiasm the chin loader gene ground, saber thread included. Until then, a lot of development time in Lost Ark has to be flowed. But that is a long time ago...

Chic graphics, old technology

Graphically, we were able to convince us Lost Ark in the course of the closed beta phase in the last year — thanks to the supple animations, the chic effects and the pretty game world —, but the technical scaffolding of the game has stated dust over the years. For example, Lost Ark still uses the obsolete DirectX 9 as a graphics interface. Apparently this should change exactly after the launch in Europe (Via Gamester)!

It is planned an upgrade to DirectX 11, which has appeared in 2009 as part of Windows 7 and offers more features than the predecessor. In terms of stroke, the new interface should have a positive impact on the performance of Lost Ark, as the performance potential of CPU and GPU of your PCs is better exploited. At the same time, the game should also be a bit prettier than far as shadows, lighting effects and Co. are concerned.

There is even a comparison video that shows you the difference between DirectX 9 and DirectX 11 in In game sequences as well as bulk battles (attention: some scenes could be considered spoilers!):

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But you have no access to all currently available graphic features even after the upgrade of Lost Ark, because this would have to support DirectX 12 game, which has been available since 2015. For example, DirectX Ray tracing does not exist with DirectX 11.

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