Personally, I am more concerned with the story than graphics (better quality is preferred, but I've played Final Fantasy VII, where the character's hands looked like blocks of wood), so assuming the 3D models are done well, am willing to give up a bit of quality for customization.
But as I saw in one screenshot with a 3d "demon?"(couldn't tell really WHAT it was) it looked generally bad in my opinion. Guessing that the models are quite low-poly and below 800, I still must say I don't think a 3d isometrical perspective game is ready yet in our current technological state, especially on a very nice looking and beautifully rendered backrounds and landscapes. And if you are able to zoom in even futher, you'd be able to see each polygon, which WON'T be good.
I would prefer if Larian Studios worked on one engine for 5 years along with a huge amount of graphics each unique to every item(such as how Valve did with the upcoming Half Life 2) than if they worked for only a year or two with slow advancements.
Although, in any case, I'd buy <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/riftrunner.gif" alt="" /> no matter what, after seeing what Larian was able to do with <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/div.gif" alt="" /> . I just hope it ends up a lot better than those currently released screen shots. Although, I find story makes up half a game, and graphics and gameplay equally make up the other half.
