SE5 screenshots ugly?

[Suicide Junkie]

Would SE4 be improved by being rendered in 3D? No. It is about the GAME not the graphics.
It is the gameplay that keeps us playing SE4, making mods and shipsets and buying more CDs for people we know. A lot of us have been here since the last millenium, it is that good.

SE4's graphics are great. They look nice, but more importantly, they are enough to let the gameplay shine through. And if you want them to look better, you can either mod them yourself or download the stuff other people have done.
Who could need for anything more?
We're not watching a movie, we're playing a 4x wargame!

3D graphics are nice and all, but they mean Diddly-Squat for the gameplay that we are all here for.
Maybe someday you will learn that lesson.

The saddest part is that the retail market is indeed that shallow. Only fluff matters to them. And like everything else it will be there and gone in a month or two.

Meanwhile, SE3 still makes money.