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So, is WAR gonna be a F2Play?
cloud9inc
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Just a question as it's not really running the latest shaders and lighting dynamics..
No, I'm not an AoC fanboy, or any other at that matter. I've just spent a good amount of time
playing every single MMO because of lack of end content.
I've been hoping WAR to be awesome, I loved the concept art and figured it would be good to go as it had a good following. I'm not in the beta, nor have I played it but from their screenshots and the entire class builds, I'm finding less joy of playing this on my computer (Yes, real MMO'ers actually keep up with their computers, just because well they don't play consoles. :P) So when I look at my computer and knowingly find myself shuttering at the flaws in detail (Not from artistic deployment, but in actual EA scrap together and shove it out there style), I can only hope to the Gods of the MMO World that Chronicles is gonna be decent..
As for that, I have played AOC beta and seeing how I was burnt on TabulaRasa, I'll be waiting a bit before I even think on diving in... Perhaps a trial or something.
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It will be pay to play.
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From what I've heard (so it could be wrong) they haven't finished with the lighting and some other grpahical stuff so wait and see when it all comes together.
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MMOs Played: EverQuest 1 and 2, Ryzom, Horizons/Istaria, Planetside (BFRs ruined it), WoW, GuildWars, CoH/CoV, Lineage 2, FFXI, Random free MMOs
Yeah, basically everything you have seen is not what you will see. Graphics wise anyways. It'll improve, alot.
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A human and an Elf get captured by Skaven. The rat-men are getting ready to shoot the first hostage with Dwarf-made guns when he yells, "Earthquake!" The naturally nervous Skaven run and hide from the imaginary threat. He escapes. The Skaven regroup and bring out the Elf. Being very smart, the Elf has figured out what to do. When the Skaven get ready to shoot, the Elf, in order to scare them, yells, "Fire!"
Order of the White Border.
Warhammer will require monthly payments, unfortunately.
STOP WHINING!
Alrighty, well I hope you guys are correct on this. I don't mind Paying for a Game, as long as it'll at least compare to EQ2/CoV-COH & WoW in playability for more than a month. :P
I'll keep checking up on it, fingers crossed. Just hate to see something like War be underachieved in developing. Specially since the Artist and Creator had much envisioned for this game.
I'm not sure what screenshots you're looking at, but the most recent screenshots from the official website are a good indication of what to expect. http://www.warhammeronline.com/screenshots/index.php
Nothing to worry about here imo.
Nothing to worry about? it looks terrible. the graphics are terrible. which is sad because i really like the warhammer ip.
Nothing to worry about? it looks terrible. the graphics are terrible. which is sad because i really like the warhammer ip.
That's what it looks like in beta right now, and in beta there's no lighting/shading or hi-res textures. At least they show us how it's progressing, but I guess it's a mistake.
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A human and an Elf get captured by Skaven. The rat-men are getting ready to shoot the first hostage with Dwarf-made guns when he yells, "Earthquake!" The naturally nervous Skaven run and hide from the imaginary threat. He escapes. The Skaven regroup and bring out the Elf. Being very smart, the Elf has figured out what to do. When the Skaven get ready to shoot, the Elf, in order to scare them, yells, "Fire!"
Order of the White Border.
Nothing to worry about? it looks terrible. the graphics are terrible. which is sad because i really like the warhammer ip.
What??? you like warhammer ip and you dont like graphics of the game? Is Warhammer only graphics for you? Cause the Warhammer universe i know of is much more than graphics...
In fact normally you paint your own minatures.. so where's you reference?
And us real MMO'ers know how important graphics are in MMO games. *Cough*
Are you kidding me?
I guess this post is somekind of trolling or something it should be locked.
Or maybe its up to a flame war.. I have no more matches to start a fire..
Nothing to worry about? it looks terrible. the graphics are terrible. which is sad because i really like the warhammer ip.
Thats an amazing opinion. Since we are discussing opinions here...I think I should share mine. Based on what I just saw (I don't actually frequent their site and have not seen those shots before THIS thread) I would say both that the graphics are quite nice, and that you are a fool. Given that I value my opinions rather highly, I think that I can afford to take the luxury of assuming mine to be more a fact than yours.
Could you possibly explain what looks bad in all of that? No...its not as pretty as AoC. It will also be able to have more than 96 PvPing in one spot because of that little fact as well. I'll take "larger and more involved worlds with PvP" over "Prettier worlds broken into small pieces" any day.
Nothing to worry about? it looks terrible. the graphics are terrible. which is sad because i really like the warhammer ip.
Thats an amazing opinion. Since we are discussing opinions here...I think I should share mine. Based on what I just saw (I don't actually frequent their site and have not seen those shots before THIS thread) I would say both that the graphics are quite nice, and that you are a fool. Given that I value my opinions rather highly, I think that I can afford to take the luxury of assuming mine to be more a fact than yours.
Could you possibly explain what looks bad in all of that? No...its not as pretty as AoC. It will also be able to have more than 96 PvPing in one spot because of that little fact as well. I'll take "larger and more involved worlds with PvP" over "Prettier worlds broken into small pieces" any day.
... and to pip in... The gfx style follows the original TT very closely. If it were any more realistic I'd find it not true to the setting. It is a cartoony setting and the gfx should be "bigger than life". This obsession with "realism" in graphics is totally ignorant, imho. Look at movies ffs - the visual style has to follow the theme of the movie. Some films have garish primary color art direction, some are subdued sepia and there are even those made in black and white - not because the producers didn't have the money for color stock (lolzor) but because it has an aesthetic of its own.
TF2 works perfectly with cell-shaded all-out cartoon graphics. If it were done "realistically" it would really hurt the game.
WAR graphics will certainly be awesome, more detailed then WoW. (ouch - WoW comparison!)
War is everywhere, even on the forums so just bring it :P
This screenshots has no shaders, so they will probably improve in the future but, I dont like the art direction. Well, this is a matter of taste.
Only crap games are F2P and only kids with no money play them.
That is why Warhammer is not F2P.
Take the Magic: The Gathering 'What Color Are You?' Quiz.
If only the reverse was true for games that are not F2P