Depends on how you cut it Jazzie, my gfx card hasn't got nextgen features so I couldn't run Legends in NextGen and the effects weren't as good as in Anniversary.
I think they maybe relyed heavily on NextGen fx for the prettiness. This time round all the fx are not NextGen and look better than Legends (with NextGen switched off).
The water fx are the big one, they looked nice in Legends with NextGen off, the screenshots I saw with NextGen on looked gorgeous. However, in Anniversary the water looks gorgeous without NextGen.
Also the surroundings are much bigger in this one.
Maybe it is a step backwards because it's not using NextGen, however, for us non NextGen people it looks better, and arguably as good as Legends with NextGen switched on.
I think they maybe relyed heavily on NextGen fx for the prettiness. This time round all the fx are not NextGen and look better than Legends (with NextGen switched off).
The water fx are the big one, they looked nice in Legends with NextGen off, the screenshots I saw with NextGen on looked gorgeous. However, in Anniversary the water looks gorgeous without NextGen.
Also the surroundings are much bigger in this one.
Maybe it is a step backwards because it's not using NextGen, however, for us non NextGen people it looks better, and arguably as good as Legends with NextGen switched on.