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warhammer graphics very similar to lotr
nethrill
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I just picked up warhammer yesterday and was instantly struck with how similar the character animations and movements were almost indentical to lotr.the similarites are uncanny,it made me wonder if someone who desinged lotr also had a hand in designing war.anyone else own both and can vouche for my observation?
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Not sure. But I played Lotro for 2 months and the main thing that bugged me about the game was the animation. It just didn't feel "right." They all looked really stiff. After playing Warhammer for an hour the animations do feel really good. I see some stiffness here and there but it feels closer to normal to me.
You really need to change the topic title to "warhammer animation very similar to lotr"... because the graphics are nothing like LoTROs. They both have a completely different style.
Can't agree with this. Lotro is much better imo - feel more alive and the avatar feel alot more connected to the ground. WAR's graphics reminds me of Requiem - Bloodymare to be honest.
Animations and movement: haven't really noticed yet...
LOTRO looks a million times better than WAR. No way it looks similar. Espcially if you play the Hi-Res LOTRO.
I'm mainly referring to the characters and the character movements but there is also many other things that are totally similar to lotr.how can anyone not see it?
No kidding I was wondering what he was talking about.
lotro has good landscapes..the character look rubbish to be quiet honest. war's landscapes may not be the greates but the characters look great. War also has very dynamic lighting.
You obviously have not seen lotro in DX10 then
Im guessing in lotro that they sacrificed certain charactor details to be able to hold such large raids/pvp without any lag. I think you will find that the charactors are still very very good, its just compared to the Blistering quality of the landscapes they look pale in comparison.
But the comment higher up about stiff movement I am baffled about, there is so much movement that goes into fighting, crafting, huge ammount of emotes and mount quality.
Whats stiff about this
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looks like someone needs to update their graphics card and puter.
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Whaaat, is this guy for real? Did you even try to compare the view range for objects, hills, trees...? Did you try to use dx10 for lotro? Did you have everything on max in Lotro and tried to compare everything on max in WAR? I can't believe this hype shit around WAR. The fanboys are so blind they even make out this extremly stupid comparisons. Amazing.
certain things should not be said, not even if joking...
WAR graphics are horrible, the graphic engine is not optimised and stuttering. I mean, you can't even set Anti Aliasing and Anisotropic Filter in game options!!
And, furthermore, WAR animations are simply unbelievably awful: high elves run like a someone with mobility problems...
Certainly WAR will be better than LOTRO in a million different aspects, but certainly not in the field of graphics
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Without DX10
With DX10
As you can see, the difference is quite dramatic.
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I was referring to the game prior to dx10,i haven't played it in about a year.based on the screenshots after the upgrade they do look great.but i was talking about the similarities prior to the upgrade.
I've played both games.
Not sure how you can say LOTRO graphics are even remotely similar to WARS.
LOTRO graphics in DirectX10 is just amazing...
WAR I found the graphics to be very dated and the animations stiff and uninspired.
Hmm, ok do i need to post pictures of female high elf faces? Even if LOTRO male elfs look more feminine, they aren't close to a joke how high elfs in WAR look. Female high elves are all ugly.
Even if u compare all races in WAR, high elfs look worst.
And for the animation part. What is it so appealing in slow motion running. My hobbit minstrel maybe looks more stiff, but defenately runs faster then my dwarf runekeeper.
BTW i'm running WAR on HD4870 so don't start with hardware problems, freshly installed 8.9 drivers.
And if we continue with faces, should i post hobbit face vs. dwarf female face? Dwarfs look less detailed and less sharp.
i disagree. LOTR seems clone of WAR, not to mention the battle system
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i disagree. LOTR seems clone of WAR, not to mention the battle system
LOL. Yeah, and Everquest 2 is clone of AoC, and PONG! is a clone of tetris.
You don't make much sense
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Denial makes one look a lot dumber than he/she actually is.
In any way WAR have graphics like LOTRO. Even not using DX10 on LOTRO its completely diferent.
The landscapes in LOTRO are much more detail, the chars specially the human or elf kind are much more perfection in face and movments. I still didnt see high level gear in WAR since i only reach 13 level with my WhiteLion bur we can see that for the NPC gear and the details in LOTRO are very superior.
With this i am not saying that WAR as bad graphics like otherwise its good enough but its not comparable and the movement system of WAR chars are a little behind in time regarding LOTRO and other games in the market.
i disagree. LOTR seems clone of WAR, not to mention the battle system
How the well lotro can be a clone of WAR since WAR as just release the first close beta that allow people to see the game it us only a year ago and lotro AS RELEASE at 25 APRIL 2007.
Be serious
Bizar, it is like you guys played another LOTRO then me, or, the character models and animations have drastically improved in the last months.
The way I compare LOTRO DX9 graphics vs WAR :
Landscape's : LOTRO a bit better then WAR
Houses and buildings : WAR and LOTRO on PAR
Character models and animation : WAR a bit better then LOTRO
Ground textures : LOTRO a bit better then WAR
Spell and other effects : WAR a bit better hen LOTRO
Lighting : WAR and LOTRO on par
Now if you add DX10 to that equation, then the lighting is better in LOTRO.
Overall, they both have different styles, and slightly in favor of LOTRO, however the performance of the WAR engine is better. ( no lag in 50 man battle, at all )
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You don't need DX10 to see bigger difference then just slightly. Ultra high on DX9 you get some impresive landscape views.
Models; just compare LOTRO elves and High elves (faces), or hobbits vs. dwarfs; especially female models.
Running in slow motion vs normal running.
But graphics in WAR is not bad. Its serves purpose, large scale battles. LOTRO has problems here in EM on highest settings.
I wonder if we will see more graphic settings in WAR? I'll try settings in drivers; forcing 16 AF and 4 AA. I just read on WAR forum, it seems it works also for ATI.
yes i think that if you play lotro in 800x600 in very low is very similar to war...
yes i think that if you play lotro in 800x600 in very low is very similar to war...
Lol QFT, but i do agree with some of the Char animations but that is about it in terms of Landscape LoTRO wins hands down but they are also 2 different Art styles and both look bloody good for what they are LoTRO IMO is still one of the best looking MMO's my eye's have ever seen.(besides the char models of course)
you have to realize the majority of people playing war are the ex-wow crew, so obviously they are going to sound like morons when you try to talk to them.
anyone who is not legally blind can agree that lotro looks 1000% better than war, I don't know what ea/mythic were doing with all their delays, but it sure was not in the graphics department.
the animations in war are horrible, spell effects are worse than ultima online.
and anyone who says the character models in war are better than, not just lotro, but ANY game is obviously blind. the high elves and dark elves in war are absolutely freaking horrible, i've never seen such dumb looking characters.
granted, the models in lotro are not 100% what they should be, but geez, war's models are out of some crappy F2P asian game.
I feel the opposite. LoTRO has TWO art styles, one for environment (a lovely one might I add) and one for character models (a pathetic one which doesn't fit). What you end up with is the feelings of cartoons in the real world.
Warhammer only has one art style which is fused very well so you can feel more immersed into the world and actually feel that your part of the games environment.
Graphically LoTRO is quite good (apart from player models), it's definitely not the best MMO though.
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