Don't become hyped by the promotion of this game, that programs ppl into thinking of better graphics than the game actually has.

Actually the graphics aren't that great, but the engine has many nice features that remind of a render engine such as fog, haze. So yes, big potential...Crysis graphics? Not so much.

HP has released an inofficial "ULTRA HIGH" (i advised him that term lol) config, which boosts the sun-shadows to a new level, and it also changes things like HDR to a cinematic level.

It's pretty nice to just build your island in the realtime sandbox editor and walk/drive around in it. Animations are fairly easy afaik but I haven't done.

And you can make terrains and their erosions on yourself in realtime too.