That white blob was snow.

I'm sorry you need high end graphics to keep you interested in a game but I doubt they will get much better so you may want to look into a refund.

Personally I think the game looks fine for the most part, especially when you consider it's an independent team of developers working on what is likely a pretty meager budget.

I don't know, I guess I'm one of those people that places graphics secondary to game play. I'd rather developers put more effort into graphical variety than quality. High end graphics does not guarantee success (Age of Conan for example). If developers spend all their time working on impressive character models and landscapes and ruined cities they wind up with a very shallow game that wears thin after a very short time.