i believe the term "pre-rendered" used in the feature list means the artists will have to build the model of the enviornment then texture it using hand-drawn mapping, after that, its all magic....
Re: Drawing the Graphics#138354 06/22/0411:31 AM06/22/0411:31 AM
Most of the graphics that you will see throughout the game were created through the artists’ and designers’ imaginations. It was not our intention to design the worlds from a preexisting physical model.