its pointless and just adds lag to the game, they should work on making all of the NPC's look better rather than buildings. After all we dont spend most of our in game time in buildings.
I like the point he brought up about npcs. They have changed a few of the fightable npcs (goblins,scorpions,etc.) and they look good. They need to change the npcs that you dont talk to though.
I think they did a good job. They added a lot more texture and windows to the buildings. But the guards? they look ridiculous.
Oh and the stray dogs are pretty much pointless.