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Isle of Dawn trial...

I really like VG, its one of the best MMORPGs out there, 4 ways of progression, building your own house, guild halls, ships... Awesome.

Now, it is not my intention to start a flame war, diss the game or SOE, etc, but something has to be said about IoD trial.

It's eyecandied on purpose. It's a playable sugarcoated advertisment of the game.

HD fonts, updated graphics (ran them on max simply stunning), mobs (ulvari especially) moving like real ninjas/samurai when fought, excellent lighting, very cool dungeon; after IoD treatment you want to get the full game treatment! Not mentioning many people running about grouping and having tons of fun (at least for few hours).

Ok, truth has to be said, rest of the game doesnt look like that. Its cool, beatiful but cant compare to IoD.

Just enter any house in first village (Tentrees?), u can see bamboo mat textures, details like lamps, drapes, bloody details everywhere. U enter a dojo where few ninjas are performing their kata with a sensei, then another geezer is chopping trees that fall down, many, many details that u wont see in a pretty static mainland.

Then of course there's flying mount trademark, dungeon that's so beatiful i got killed my jaw hanging open at chinese/kanji wall prints; it really almost made me sub!

Look, VG is good, but IoD cheekily suggests that the rest of the game is the same or even better... It's not, yet.

If they implement the same graphics updates (as SOE claims...), add a few scripts to liven up the world, simply put if they make main VG look like IoD trial then count me in, i'd definitely sub in a blink.

 

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  • boojiboyboojiboy Member UncommonPosts: 1,553

    It's the exact same graphics, exact same sound, exact same models, exact same everything.  I've played for over 2 years and leveled two alts up through IoD. 

    The only thing different about IoD is a little better design work and they've packed a lot of stuff into a small area so folks can try all 3 spheres and get a good feeling for them.  It's also the Kojani continental sytle which is a completely different approach from Qalia and Thestra.  Very different looks depending on the part of the world.

    Performance is a bit worse on IoD than the rest of Telon simply because they did pack so much stuff into a small area and there are sometimes over 100 people there, which slows things down.  I probably get 10 fps lower on IoD then the rest of the world.

     

    Originally posted by triprunner

    HD fonts, updated graphics (ran them on max simply stunning), mobs (ulvari especially) moving like real ninjas/samurai when fought.......

    Same elsewhere in the world.

    ....excellent lighting, very cool dungeon...

    It's neat, but small.  Wouldn't be in my top 10 for dungeons.

    Just enter any house in first village (Tentrees?), u can see bamboo mat textures, details like lamps, drapes, bloody details everywhere.

    Same as a number of other places in Kojan. 

    U enter a dojo where few ninjas are performing their kata with a sensei.....

    Same as Tanvu and other places.

     

    IoD does a good job packing a lot of cool things into one area, but it's just a sampling of the what's come.

  • triprunnertriprunner Member Posts: 169

    You're wrong.

    IoD looks better, and runs better. Yeah, prolly because its a much smaller landmass than entire continents of proper game client.

    Also if you decide to upgrade to the original game client, youll have to dl 18GB(!) of data.

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  • boojiboyboojiboy Member UncommonPosts: 1,553
    Originally posted by triprunner


    You're wrong.
    IoD looks better, and runs better. Yeah, prolly because its a much smaller landmass than entire continents of proper game client.
    Also if you decide to upgrade to the original game client, youll have to dl 18GB(!) of data.



     

    The remaining 18 gig is the rest of the textures etc. for the rest of the world.  I'm not positive what the total trial download is, but it does include all the character models and Kojani enviroments.

    I don't think you'll find anybody that says IoD runs better than the rest of the game.  That many people in that small of an area (killing, questing, diplo'ing, crafting etc.) lags the entire chunk.  Performance will get better outside the trial.

    Other than that, it's th exact same everything as the rest of the game.

  • objeffobjeff Member UncommonPosts: 97
    Originally posted by triprunner


    You're wrong.
    IoD looks better, and runs better. Yeah, prolly because its a much smaller landmass than entire continents of proper game client.
    Also if you decide to upgrade to the original game client, youll have to dl 18GB(!) of data.

     

    Actually its the same.

    Go to Tanvu and you'll get the same music, character models, architecture etc etc etc.

    The only thing about the non trial area's is that everything is spread out more.

    I have downloaded the game and its worth every KB. There world is huge with 3 continents and 3 different graphical styles. Crafting items, houses, and boats also fit the style of area in which you've you choose.

  • VosenVosen Member Posts: 102

     This post is completely stupid. Is it hard to work out that the developers had a lot more experience when creating the island than the rest of the game created years ago. They know what works and they know what looks good from their experiences in creating the rest of the game.

    Think of a trainee flower arranger, at first their arrangements are basic but still look good. Give them time and they'll grow into larger and more spectacular arrangements.

    Oh and lets shun SOE for actually trying to hook the potential subscriber from the trial right?

  • GPrestigeGPrestige Member UncommonPosts: 523
    Originally posted by triprunner


    You're wrong.
    IoD looks better, and runs better. Yeah, prolly because its a much smaller landmass than entire continents of proper game client.
    Also if you decide to upgrade to the original game client, youll have to dl 18GB(!) of data.

     

    Buddy, it really is the exact same. It doesn't run any different than the entire game. The game is loaded on a chunk-by-chunk basis and you are still in one chunk on IOD just as you are in 1 chunk at a time in the rest of the world.

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  • DEATHRAMENTDEATHRAMENT Member UncommonPosts: 701

    ya your def wrong about that,i don't even play anymore but have played through the isle many times as well as the mainland and its the same,actually i like the scenery better on the mainland and i also find the performance a bit worse on the isle. So no one listen to the op CAUSE HE'S WRONG.

  • HowryHowry Member UncommonPosts: 116

    Ive played this game since beta. Including IOD on several characters and IOD IMO has MORE lag then Telon.  The graphics are just as good in Telon as they are IOD.  Dont listen to this guy, He is flat out wrong.  Its a great game and definately worth subbing to to find out for yourself. 

     

    Ive tried many of the games currently out and this is as good or better then all of them I have tried.  It does have steeper system requirements then many games out there and thats the biggest fault the game has.   If he have an above average system them give it a go!

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