This video unfortunately confirmed my fears for the game. It's gonna run like crap in a major encounter and the animations suck. Look at how those soldiers got knocked down the same way everytime, and got up all at exactly the same time, getting up the samw way everytime. It just looked plain goofy.
Dude seriously - did you listen to the commentry???
I rest my case.
Originally posted by Kanaxai
Originally posted by solareus
THey just showed AoC from gdc and i got to say, the footage was pretty bad is in , not good. The mounts where very jerky and the animations looks pretty VG'ish ,,,, what is up with that ?????
i agree. i was not impressed AT ALLWell kanaxai your a 14 yr old and a war fan, wouldn't expect you to play anyway.
And Solareus is passing judgement on an unfinished product??? wow
Wow way to go be a fanboi. Are you scared that so many people saw that the game stuttered on a freaking demo. This was almost surely an instance with just a few people playing, and as you said crappy AI which means even less processing to be done. It gives me little hope for grand sieges, I remember Shadowbane's first big siege on my server at a city called "The Money Tree", it was a disaster, lag lag lag lag
I expect much the same. Also I could probably dig up you saying that nothing will change in 3 months till release for another game but I won't embaress you, you're doing that yourself already.
Beleive it or not, it's ok if people have doubts about you're lovechild AoC. Chill out bro
I think we will look back on this as the day AoC "jumped the shark". Obviously, this game is in trouble. My guess is they really need more than 2 months. What can be done in 2 months?
Another MMO down the drain.
I'm sure in all your experience making MMOs you know exactly what can be done in 2 months!!!!
Anyway, my main problem with Funcom is their reasons, they had a hard relesae date set for last october and said the game was baisically done but needed to rework the combat system, obviously not true.
Now they say its bugs and polishing the game, they had well over 8 months since they announced the march 25th date, something is smelling here. trust me i dont want to say it either, been telling my friends to watch for this game for 4 years now.
Yeah, im not a huge fan of AoC. But after watching those video's, i was rather impressed. The mounts just look simply amazing. And to be able to fight on your mounts and they can kick your ass too, thats a step forward to me. I did not see any skating or jerky movement as was stated by the OP. Think i might take a step forward myself, and pre order this badboy. Its trully sad though, as ive been waiting for WAR for so long, and the more i look at it the more i think im playing some upgraded WoW engine clone. And before i get flamed, i came from EQ and DaoC, not WoW. My friends are eagerly waiting for WAR and wont even touch another MMO after the flop that VG caused. But it seems to me they are going to be disapointed. EIther way AoC is starting to look alot better than WAR in so many ways. Only thing that caught me off gaurd was that i noticed the mounts bare a small resembalence to the new video for Darkfall and thier mounts. Both are quite impressive, but im wondering how impressive each is.
THey just showed AoC from gdc and i got to say, the footage was pretty bad is in , not good. The mounts where very jerky and the animations looks pretty VG'ish ,,,, what is up with that ?????
In a 3 second segment a horse skated. lets all cancel our pre orders cry doom because we thought we were watching the finished version. Lets all compare released games for over 1 yr with mounts to the beta that is AoC.
And at the end of the day the point is?
What up with that??? BETA - oh shit did you forget?
everything else you said / moaned at was answered.
You said there were no mounting animations - there were.
You imply the whole footage was bad - it wasn't.
Ever had lag in Crysis with all settings turned up high? I do and I have a nice system
In exactly the same presentation that was on G4 in 3 other video's there was no skating at the same place in time in the same area.
Maybe its the END OF THE WORLD seriously??!
Originally posted by solareus
Laggy game play. No mounting animation, dummy models, horse that skated on the screen, jerky mount movement and a representative who you could barely understand. It was a complete train wreck
Not to mention your lack of understanding - if you was following the game for 3 yrs you would know who that representative was - the game director who is Norweigen. "You" could barely understand him Not everyone else. Way to be discrimitative. You fail.
I love how fanbois get so close minded and defensive if you try to discuss anything at all if it isnt drooling cheerleader anticipation. Its so cute. Ive read every post of yours in this thread, and every one is an insult to anyone who is criticizing Age of Conan. Like 6 or 7 posts lol.
Dunno. I saw the GDC Video (not the one in this thread), and I really liked what I saw. The Character creation, the intro, the mounted combat. I didn't saw skidding horses there and well, it ran smoothly and boy did I laugh when that horse kicked the two guys behind it. ^_^
It's a shame though that the good videos of the game get so little response and the ones where people spot even the slightest imperfections are being attacked again and again. As much as the fanbois go to the defense of their game, the haters rush in and attack it ceaselessly. Actually, I am really not surprised that people's nerves are on edge because of the constant bashing and the lack of unbiased opinions, or the incredible amount of opinions based on singular and sometimes outdated footage or facts. And on the other hand we have people glorifying the game beyond reason, which of course, stirs the opposite site.
Seriously, people need to take a big, calm breather and try to relax. It -IS- after all, just a game we are talking about!
Based on what I saw, I'll be waiting on a demo for this one too.. doesn't seem like they have made much progress in the past 4 months, and I keep hearing about problems with the lag. Normally I don't put much stock in rumors but every demo Funcom ever shows, every npc character is always stationary and if anything moves, its the result of them manually calling a script they made. If you watch closely on some of their vids, every time there gets to be more than a few things on screen on once, they turn the camera so they can avoid the stuttering. Doesn't inspire much confidence. And we are still waiting to see some real pvp footage - I've been hearing 'any day now' for many months.
Waiting for: A skill-based MMO with Freedom and Consequence. Woe to thee, the pierce-ed.
AmazingAveryAge of Conan AdvocateMemberUncommonPosts: 7,188
Originally posted by Fion
Originally posted by Battlekruse
I think we will look back on this as the day AoC "jumped the shark". Obviously, this game is in trouble. My guess is they really need more than 2 months. What can be done in 2 months?
Another MMO down the drain.
I'm sure in all your experience making MMOs you know exactly what can be done in 2 months!!!!
Anyway, my main problem with Funcom is their reasons, they had a hard relesae date set for last october and said the game was baisically done but needed to rework the combat system, obviously not true.
Now they say its bugs and polishing the game, they had well over 8 months since they announced the march 25th date, something is smelling here. trust me i dont want to say it either, been telling my friends to watch for this game for 4 years now.
More mindless trolling by Battlekruse? Say it isn't so!
Seriously, I don't expect to ever read anything possitive from you man, but it is PAINFULLY clear you didn't even watch the high quality versions of this demo, of which everyone who has watched them has said thatit looks fantastic.
This game is almost assuredly coming out on the 20th of May. When that day comes and the game gets great reviews, I'll be the one logging in with all the folks that new AOC would rock. And the trolls such as yourselves can move on to another game to bash. I look forward to that day Battlekruse.
Gotto agree Fion. Point is we all know he is an avid warhammer fan - and what last year they too had Two delay announcements "Starting Area" - point is most mmo's go thru beta changes, re-vamps, delays etc
The only thing smelling is his Bull
AmazingAveryAge of Conan AdvocateMemberUncommonPosts: 7,188
wow just wow i m stating my opinion get over it maybe take a breath of fresh air OUTSIDE. I mean wow i ve never seen someone so addicted to game not even out.
wow just wow i m stating my opinion get over it maybe take a breath of fresh air OUTSIDE. I mean wow i ve never seen someone so addicted to game not even out.
Sincerely, I don't have a problem with you having an opinion about the game. It's the way you present it. You wrote it as though it is fact, undisputable fact and nothing in the world can change anything about it. Which is of course simply illogical, since you -CAN'T- have any idea about the actual game, because it's not even out.
If you could just write "I suppose." or "I fear it will be like..." or something like that, that's another story. But writing. "Massive combat will be lagged out as hell." is not the way you express an opinion. It's the way fortune-tellers express predictions about the future. *shrug*
This is just a friendly reminder, so please don't bash me for it.
AmazingAveryAge of Conan AdvocateMemberUncommonPosts: 7,188
Originally posted by singsofdeath
Originally posted by Leucent
wow just wow i m stating my opinion get over it maybe take a breath of fresh air OUTSIDE. I mean wow i ve never seen someone so addicted to game not even out.
Sincerely, I don't have a problem with you having an opinion about the game. It's the way you present it. You wrote it as though it is fact, undisputable fact and nothing in the world can change anything about it. Which is of course simply illogical, since you -CAN'T- have any idea about the actual game, because it's not even out.
If you could just write "I suppose." or "I fear it will be like..." or something like that, that's another story. But writing. "Massive combat will be lagged out as hell." is not the way you express an opinion. It's the way fortune-tellers express predictions about the future. *shrug*
This is just a friendly reminder, so please don't bash me for it.
Exactly, for which I would say something like, I hope it runs ok, I have faith they know what they are making (Funcom) as they wouldn't design a game that looked so good in the first place. But really we will have to wait and see at the end of the day. I've never said undisputedly flat out that its going to work fine for anyone.
Its the way Leucent / Solarus / battlekruse just pop up and say stuff like that - or - there was no mount animations or whatever. Just not true in some cases and in others just going to have to wait or see. Funny how there were many exciting aspects to that video that these types of poster never mention.
Credit where credit is due, and if something doesn't quite look right, at least be constructive about it.
I hardly comment forums for the reason that they usually just turn into flame wars but eh, such is life. It is good to actually see the mounts in action. I'm glad the mounts are combat oriented compared to ones that would just serve as transport.
Yes , I listened, and what I heard was, our game is so unstable, we couldnt spawn moving mobs to fight because the game will lag horribly ? What developer , ever spawns "dummy mobs" for a showcase ?
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Graphics don't make or break a game for me but these were by far the best that I have seen in a MMO so far.
This video unfortunately confirmed my fears for the game. It's gonna run like crap in a major encounter and the animations suck. Look at how those soldiers got knocked down the same way everytime, and got up all at exactly the same time, getting up the samw way everytime. It just looked plain goofy.
Dude seriously - did you listen to the commentry???
I rest my case.
i agree. i was not impressed AT ALLWell kanaxai your a 14 yr old and a war fan, wouldn't expect you to play anyway.And Solareus is passing judgement on an unfinished product??? wow
Wow way to go be a fanboi. Are you scared that so many people saw that the game stuttered on a freaking demo. This was almost surely an instance with just a few people playing, and as you said crappy AI which means even less processing to be done. It gives me little hope for grand sieges, I remember Shadowbane's first big siege on my server at a city called "The Money Tree", it was a disaster, lag lag lag lagI expect much the same. Also I could probably dig up you saying that nothing will change in 3 months till release for another game but I won't embaress you, you're doing that yourself already.
Beleive it or not, it's ok if people have doubts about you're lovechild AoC. Chill out bro
Why people, why feed the trolls, will you never learn?
The videos look
!!
I think we will look back on this as the day AoC "jumped the shark". Obviously, this game is in trouble. My guess is they really need more than 2 months. What can be done in 2 months?
Another MMO down the drain.
I'm sure in all your experience making MMOs you know exactly what can be done in 2 months!!!!
Anyway, my main problem with Funcom is their reasons, they had a hard relesae date set for last october and said the game was baisically done but needed to rework the combat system, obviously not true.
Now they say its bugs and polishing the game, they had well over 8 months since they announced the march 25th date, something is smelling here. trust me i dont want to say it either, been telling my friends to watch for this game for 4 years now.
Yeah, im not a huge fan of AoC. But after watching those video's, i was rather impressed. The mounts just look simply amazing. And to be able to fight on your mounts and they can kick your ass too, thats a step forward to me. I did not see any skating or jerky movement as was stated by the OP. Think i might take a step forward myself, and pre order this badboy. Its trully sad though, as ive been waiting for WAR for so long, and the more i look at it the more i think im playing some upgraded WoW engine clone. And before i get flamed, i came from EQ and DaoC, not WoW. My friends are eagerly waiting for WAR and wont even touch another MMO after the flop that VG caused. But it seems to me they are going to be disapointed. EIther way AoC is starting to look alot better than WAR in so many ways. Only thing that caught me off gaurd was that i noticed the mounts bare a small resembalence to the new video for Darkfall and thier mounts. Both are quite impressive, but im wondering how impressive each is.
To Battlekruse:
DOOM I say ... lol
I don't think that I had one person looking at those videos not been impressed by them. Some were drooling too ...
"jumped the shark"? Seriously, these comments defy logic.
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"Look this gorgeous seductive model. I'm about to merry her."
"Really? From the looks of it she must be lousy lovemaker."
"Erm ... what?"
"Lousy I tell you, you doom yourself, stay clear"
"... are you high or something?"
In a 3 second segment a horse skated. lets all cancel our pre orders cry doom because we thought we were watching the finished version. Lets all compare released games for over 1 yr with mounts to the beta that is AoC.
And at the end of the day the point is?
What up with that??? BETA - oh shit did you forget?
everything else you said / moaned at was answered.
You said there were no mounting animations - there were.
You imply the whole footage was bad - it wasn't.
Ever had lag in Crysis with all settings turned up high? I do and I have a nice system
In exactly the same presentation that was on G4 in 3 other video's there was no skating at the same place in time in the same area.
Maybe its the END OF THE WORLD seriously??!
Not to mention your lack of understanding - if you was following the game for 3 yrs you would know who that representative was - the game director who is Norweigen. "You" could barely understand him Not everyone else. Way to be discrimitative. You fail.
I love how fanbois get so close minded and defensive if you try to discuss anything at all if it isnt drooling cheerleader anticipation. Its so cute. Ive read every post of yours in this thread, and every one is an insult to anyone who is criticizing Age of Conan. Like 6 or 7 posts lol.
"Freedom is just another name for nothing left to lose" - Janis Joplin
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Dunno. I saw the GDC Video (not the one in this thread), and I really liked what I saw. The Character creation, the intro, the mounted combat. I didn't saw skidding horses there and well, it ran smoothly and boy did I laugh when that horse kicked the two guys behind it. ^_^
It's a shame though that the good videos of the game get so little response and the ones where people spot even the slightest imperfections are being attacked again and again. As much as the fanbois go to the defense of their game, the haters rush in and attack it ceaselessly. Actually, I am really not surprised that people's nerves are on edge because of the constant bashing and the lack of unbiased opinions, or the incredible amount of opinions based on singular and sometimes outdated footage or facts. And on the other hand we have people glorifying the game beyond reason, which of course, stirs the opposite site.
Seriously, people need to take a big, calm breather and try to relax. It -IS- after all, just a game we are talking about!
Which Final Fantasy Character Are You?
Final Fantasy 7
"Freedom is just another name for nothing left to lose" - Janis Joplin
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Based on what I saw, I'll be waiting on a demo for this one too.. doesn't seem like they have made much progress in the past 4 months, and I keep hearing about problems with the lag. Normally I don't put much stock in rumors but every demo Funcom ever shows, every npc character is always stationary and if anything moves, its the result of them manually calling a script they made. If you watch closely on some of their vids, every time there gets to be more than a few things on screen on once, they turn the camera so they can avoid the stuttering. Doesn't inspire much confidence. And we are still waiting to see some real pvp footage - I've been hearing 'any day now' for many months.
Waiting for: A skill-based MMO with Freedom and Consequence.
Woe to thee, the pierce-ed.
It looks good but in a big siege will lag like mad even on a great rig. Who cares how good it looks when it s a slide show? /shrug
I take it you tried it out then /shrug...
nope just a realist
More mindless trolling by Battlekruse? Say it isn't so!
Seriously, I don't expect to ever read anything possitive from you man, but it is PAINFULLY clear you didn't even watch the high quality versions of this demo, of which everyone who has watched them has said thatit looks fantastic.
This game is almost assuredly coming out on the 20th of May. When that day comes and the game gets great reviews, I'll be the one logging in with all the folks that new AOC would rock. And the trolls such as yourselves can move on to another game to bash. I look forward to that day Battlekruse.
Gotto agree Fion. Point is we all know he is an avid warhammer fan - and what last year they too had Two delay announcements "Starting Area" - point is most mmo's go thru beta changes, re-vamps, delays etc
The only thing smelling is his Bull
good man
wow just wow i m stating my opinion get over it maybe take a breath of fresh air OUTSIDE. I mean wow i ve never seen someone so addicted to game not even out.
If you could just write "I suppose." or "I fear it will be like..." or something like that, that's another story. But writing. "Massive combat will be lagged out as hell." is not the way you express an opinion. It's the way fortune-tellers express predictions about the future. *shrug*
This is just a friendly reminder, so please don't bash me for it.
Which Final Fantasy Character Are You?
Final Fantasy 7
Sincerely, I don't have a problem with you having an opinion about the game. It's the way you present it. You wrote it as though it is fact, undisputable fact and nothing in the world can change anything about it. Which is of course simply illogical, since you -CAN'T- have any idea about the actual game, because it's not even out.If you could just write "I suppose." or "I fear it will be like..." or something like that, that's another story. But writing. "Massive combat will be lagged out as hell." is not the way you express an opinion. It's the way fortune-tellers express predictions about the future. *shrug*
This is just a friendly reminder, so please don't bash me for it.
Exactly, for which I would say something like, I hope it runs ok, I have faith they know what they are making (Funcom) as they wouldn't design a game that looked so good in the first place. But really we will have to wait and see at the end of the day. I've never said undisputedly flat out that its going to work fine for anyone.
Its the way Leucent / Solarus / battlekruse just pop up and say stuff like that - or - there was no mount animations or whatever. Just not true in some cases and in others just going to have to wait or see. Funny how there were many exciting aspects to that video that these types of poster never mention.
Credit where credit is due, and if something doesn't quite look right, at least be constructive about it.
Oh wait I can have an opinion too right?
I hardly comment forums for the reason that they usually just turn into flame wars but eh, such is life. It is good to actually see the mounts in action. I'm glad the mounts are combat oriented compared to ones that would just serve as transport.
This gets a FTW from me
FUNCOM - putting the FUN in disFUNctional !
Oh come on, the animations, the enviroment, even the dummy NPCs look droolingly good.
I still plan on going trough WotLK first, so FC has time to resolve some of the strarter bugs.
"Freedom is just another name for nothing left to lose" - Janis Joplin
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