in sto are all the visual effects controllable?

[think]

which one is a better visual ?

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9U1pfkwYNU[/yt]

or this one

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1JPwPYzZXg[/yt]

i think the second is better but how is the battle more visible? and why?

 

[Timofnine]

Higher screen resolution?