Over the weekend we gave you a look at the upcoming post-apocalyptic MMORPG Fallen Earth. Despite its many interesting features, one of the criticisms leveled at the Fallout wannabe was that its graphics, as presented by a group of ancient trailers, were somewhat lacking the luscious beauty we have come to expect.

It is as if the gaming gods heard our unenthusiastic complaints, and have delivered unto us a new trailer, which wins a very large number of points simply by not being ten months old, and only loses a very few through still not being quite as up to chop as one might hope. Well, it may be no Crysis, but the trailer's worth a look just for the sake of marveling at the progress that's been made since the last one was released.

Download Fallen Earth Trailer #4

As you can see, there's still a few areas where one recoils in mild horror; particularly, I note, with regards to vehicles and weapons of all types. The environments and player models have improved hugely, but the SUV less than thirty seconds in, the yellow ute at about 45 seconds, and the horse that immediately follows it look to have about six polygons each, and every time the trailer uses FPS mode you can't help but wince at the lego block the player seems to be wielding.

Still, the difference between the last batch and this new one is pretty marked, and while Fallen Earth is still in alpha testing it's not really the time to draw final conclusions.