WAR (Warhammer Online)

I dunno, hearing about the ideas in WAR always sounds uber cool, but everytime I see videos... bah, I am so dissappointed. Thats not only the company who did DAoC, it also looks like the same graphics from back then! Maybe I am gonna be surprised big time, but so far all looks ugly and uninspired. I mean, I understand a PVP heavy game cant look like Oblivion, but... that makes even WOW look advanced! I dunno... I really hope it looks better in real. :/

Originally posted by Elikal

I dunno, hearing about the ideas in WAR always sounds uber cool, but everytime I see videos... bah, I am so dissappointed. Thats not only the company who did DAoC, it also looks like the same graphics from back then! Maybe I am gonna be surprised big time, but so far all looks ugly and uninspired. I mean, I understand a PVP heavy game cant look like Oblivion, but... that makes even WOW look advanced! I dunno... I really hope it looks better in real. :/

How about this, make a choice right now.  Either the graphics are good enough or not.  If you choose not good enough, then never look at anything about this game again.  Can you do that?  Because there isn't anything you are going to be able to do about changing it. So accept it or move on.

Are you insane? Makes WoW look advanced? Maybe instead of watching crappy feeds on youtube you should look up some recent screen shots on there website. Real screenshots. The graphics are nearl on par  (detail wise) with LOTRO. Its more flashy than LOTRO but much MUCH more detailed than WoW.

Seriously I dont see how you could have taken the time to learn about WAR's idea's and NOT seen how much better the graphics are....

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Originally posted by Zerocyde

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Originally posted by xenogias

Are you insane? Makes WoW look advanced? Maybe instead of watching crappy feeds on youtube you should look up some recent screen shots on there website. Real screenshots. The graphics are nearl on par (detail wise) with LOTRO. Its more flashy than LOTRO but much MUCH more detailed than WoW.
Seriously I dont see how you could have taken the time to learn about WAR's idea's and NOT seen how much better the graphics are....

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GAH, why is it EVERYTIME someone says some critic or praise he is called a troll or a fanboi these days?
EDIT: I am sceptic about screenshots. Any game can pose nice screenshots when they turn graphics to max and seek a halfway nice place. I am basically referring to the underwhelming landscape and cities here.

Originally posted by Elikal

 

GAH, why is it EVERYTIME someone says some critic or praise he is called a troll or a fanboi these days?

EDIT: I am sceptic about screenshots. Any game can pose nice screenshots when they turn graphics to max and seek a halfway nice place.

It isn't some random criticism that you spout, it is the most rehashed comment on these boards and all other WAR boards. To me it is only logical that ppl are going to be irritated by another one such post. So either you have never followed anything in regards to WAR, or you did post your OP with the above in mind...

Have a look at the recent video's from the 2008 gamesday in Baltimore, these are posted on multiple sites around the internet. Those are made without the high textures, without any lighting and (according to the Mythic reps) with a beta client that is a few months older than the current beta client.

Game play > graphics.

You're a troll...you know and we know it. But I'll bite anyways.

The s/s you see aren't at WARs full capacity. Also, even if what you see is what you get as far as WARs graphics, they are better than WoWs and have a unique gothic-esque art style that's good enough with the kind of game play they are promising.

Now if the graphics looked anything from DAoC I would agree that they would need a revamp or they'd perish. But as it is they are good and the game play is FOOKING GAREAT!

I understand where he is coming from. Most games coming out these days are attempting to make the most use of technology. Not saying that WAR cannot look better, but gameplay does matter. Give them time, I'm sure they'll do something about it. Maybe take a page form EvE (great graphics, min hardware demand).

All I'm saying is that I agree with the OP but not too bothered. Especially considering the way AoC turned out. And there's still a lot of time to have that worked out.

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Originally posted by Elikal

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Originally posted by Zerocyde

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Originally posted by xenogias

Are you insane? Makes WoW look advanced? Maybe instead of watching crappy feeds on youtube you should look up some recent screen shots on there website. Real screenshots. The graphics are nearl on par (detail wise) with LOTRO. Its more flashy than LOTRO but much MUCH more detailed than WoW.
Seriously I dont see how you could have taken the time to learn about WAR's idea's and NOT seen how much better the graphics are....

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GAH, why is it EVERYTIME someone says some critic or praise he is called a troll or a fanboi these days?
EDIT: I am sceptic about screenshots. Any game can pose nice screenshots when they turn graphics to max and seek a halfway nice place. I am basically referring to the underwhelming landscape and cities here.

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All in all it's a moot point, graphics don't matter in the least. Some of the funnest times I've ever had in online games were with games that didn't even have graphics. (muds)

Originally posted by Elikal

I dunno, hearing about the ideas in WAR always sounds uber cool, but everytime I see videos... bah, I am so dissappointed. Thats not only the company who did DAoC, it also looks like the same graphics from back then! Maybe I am gonna be surprised big time, but so far all looks ugly and uninspired. I mean, I understand a PVP heavy game cant look like Oblivion, but... that makes even WOW look advanced! I dunno... I really hope it looks better in real. :/

Are you some sort of retard? seriously you are talking rubbish.."make WOW look advanced" just by that comment you have exposed yourself as nothing but a freaking

We don't want AOC type graphics that render any sort of epic game play pointless because of the epic lag. We don't want the game torn up into little pieces so the server doesn't crash.

Oh, look this screen looks exactly like WOW..yeah right.

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Show me an elf that looks like this in WOW...

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Show me a ship that looks like this in WOW..

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Orcs don't look like this in WOW..

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 City's don't look like this in WOW..

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 WOW? right..

Should i continue or have you got the message?

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There is a reason the grathic are not like AOCrapnan is because we want this in WAR..

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