Cartoony On/Off Poll

Nilden

If they had a checkbox and you could pick between having the cartoony graphics or more realistic grahpics, would you have cartoony on or off? Why, why not?

I would have them off my computer can run the game fine and I would much rather have more realistic graphics.

Edit: Just to clarify this a bit more pretend it's on or off. Default could be on if your a "doesn't matter" vote since that's what the game will have. I'd also like to point out that while WoW is cartoony it follows very well from warcraft 3 art style where Star Wars in my mind should be based on the movies and not the cartoons. So it could be personal preferance, preformance, or whatever else you feel is relevant. In the end I'll play it based on the gameplay but would still rather have a more realistic version.

Edit again: This isn't something that can't be done both Everquest and EQ2 have alternate player models. You could even look at City of Heroes and the ability to change your characters costume. The idea of having alternate character models or alternater graphics options is viable. This could be done at the launch of a game to provide more options for the customer in both astetics and preformance.

Loke666

I dunno, I had to look on how both looked before choosing. But all comapnies chooses one of them, making booth costs too much.

I do like AoCs graphics But Guildwars cartoonstyle also works fine. As for TOR it is hard to say until they actually added all effects.

drbaltazar

i would go cartoony for the simple fact that its less ressource hog and tend do be funnier.

but serious cartoon!beurk kind of defeat the purpose of being a cartoon style in the first place!

we all wish for realistic look but the fact is ,in most situation it tends to be too ressource heavy!

Moirae

For gods sakes...

 

ALL MMO'S HAVE CARTOONY GRAPHICS, JUST OF DIFFERENT STYLES.

 

Get over it or don't play.

Fdzzaigl

Define 'cartoony'.

No for the obvious reason it isn't going to happen, they're not re-designing their whole game another time to give you an option between two art styles.

Use some logic for once.

 

The game doesn't look bad in the first place, just the (human) models need some work and customization options added.

http://www.swtor-fr.com/screen-4790.html

http://www.swtor-fr.com/screen-4791.html

http://www.swtor-fr.com/screen-4933.html

Nilden

No not every mmo has cartoony graphics. Right now it looks cartoony, like WoW. It could look more like Star Wars Galaxies, KOTOR, or take your pic of something more realistic and defined.

I'm also aware that they are not going to make two art styles for the same game.

It's a hypothetical poll. I'm just curious if people would take the preformance hit and play with more realistic graphics or if preformance is a huge factor here, as well as personal taste. If your interested to see how people vote like I would be then contribute and enjoy or feel free to troll away...

Ezhae

I really dont mind the art style they chosenf or it. Sure it bring on mind a bit of those CN star wars series but if it works well, its all right. Most of itme in mmo you just see the butt of your character anyways and flashy effects left right and above along with camera zoomed out to max.

Shastra

Where is 'i don't care about the graphics' option?

Nilden

Originally posted by Shastra

Where is 'i don't care about the graphics' option?

http://www.mudconnect.com/cgi-bin/adv_search.cgi

You could try a Star Wars based MUD. I even did the search for you on the mud connector for star wars

Nilden

Originally posted by jm3334

Option 3: Did I just post this poll to complain about an irrelevant topic!

Valuable thread contribution noted!

Shastra

Originally posted by nilden

Originally posted by Shastra

Where is 'i don't care about the graphics' option?

http://www.mudconnect.com/cgi-bin/adv_search.cgi

You could try a Star Wars based MUD. I even did the search for you on the mud connector for star wars

I would play anything as long as gameplay is fun. Hell i still have active sub for Anarchy online. But thanks for the link i will check it out.

Distopia

I can't vote as the Graphics aren't what is traditionaly considered as "Cartooney". The closest thing they would resemble would be a comic book. Which is not a cartooney art style. They have similar fundamental design principles (exaggeration), but they are far from the same thing.

It's like calling a radish a carrot, sure they both grow in a similar way. Yet they are two completely different things.

jaxsundane

I couldn't really vote on this poll simply because in the way the poll asks I don't have a preference, I don't care if a game goes for what people typically describe as the "cartoony" (WOW) look or the more realistic look (usually as I see it attributed to AOC).  What I do have concern over is whether the models are done in a way as not to offend my own personal tastes like SOE toon models often do for me, they just turn me off.  Otherwise I have no preference in the style chosen we are still really just playing around with a bunch of pixels and when you look at it that way it makes the whole idea of arguing over cartoony or realistic look kind of silly.

safety

I don't like the cartoony graphics that seem to be coming with SWTOR though I understand why Bioware/LA is using them:

- Because they reduce latency

- Because they are easy to design, programme and manipulate

- Because they tie in which Lucas' god awful cartoon series which he is using as a marketing platform for his toys.

 

I don't like the cartoon graphics because

- They mean less immersion for me

- They mean less 'customisability'

- If the characters are cartoons then the rest of the 'world' has to be a cartoon. I prefer to play in 'a film', as it were, rather than 'a cartoon'.

 

It would of coruse have been possible to make a 'realistic' SWTOR - SWG was close to being 'photorealistic' though its graphics are relatively old now. There are plenty of other games, from Bioshock to ME, that show 'photorealistic' worlds are superior to 'cartoon' worlds.

safety

Originally posted by ianicus

all these posts about SWTOR's "cartoony" graphics are a COMPLETE waste fo time, there is no way in hell they will be changing them at this poit, why waste server space with this post??

I get it, you dont like cartoony graphics...there is a star wars game with more "realistic" graphics out there, go play that if you like. I would have prefered "realistic" graphics myself, but im going to play SWTOR for what it is and enjoy its styling in the end either way im quite sure.

PLEASE stop wasting any more of MMORPG's server space with these pointless posts about something which is set in stone.

This is a forum for the discussion of games where the discussion of games is not just allowed but the point.

Nilden

Originally posted by jaxsundane

I couldn't really vote on this poll simply because in the way the poll asks I don't have a preference, I don't care if a game goes for what people typically describe as the "cartoony" (WOW) look or the more realistic look (usually as I see it attributed to AOC).  What I do have concern over is whether the models are done in a way as not to offend my own personal tastes like SOE toon models often do for me, they just turn me off.  Otherwise I have no preference in the style chosen we are still really just playing around with a bunch of pixels and when you look at it that way it makes the whole idea of arguing over cartoony or realistic look kind of silly.

An absolutley valid point. You may have no preferance at all in the style of graphics, that granted pretend you only had a check box for cartoony  off or on. Looking at team fortress which is total cartoon and say call of duty for realism both are completley fun games. I apologize for my narrow minded poll and should have put a "doesn't matter" option but try to play along

Elfslikedino

Originally posted by safety

- Because they are easy to design, programme and manipulate

- Because they tie in which Lucas' god awful cartoon series which he is using as a marketing platform for his toys.

rofl

Darth_Osor

I would prefer more realistic looking graphics like AoC, but I guess they want people to be able to play TOR on 5 year old HPs with integrated graphics cards.  I think the world art looks fine, but the character models are still pretty bad.

kegtap

Originally posted by Shastra

Where is 'i don't care about the graphics' option?

Stellos

I don't need the toons to be realistic looking, I just need them to NOT be cartoony.  I think the overwhelming majority would prefer less cartoony looking toons, but we all know that Bioware will do their thing regardless of what the fans want.  That may end up being a good decision on their part.

Murashu

I'd prefer some better looking graphics myself, but I can understand they want to appeal to the masses so the game must run well on ancient systems.

Rohn

Originally posted by Murashu

I'd prefer some better looking graphics myself, but I can understand they want to appeal to the masses so the game must run well on ancient systems.

 

This.

I believe that a very large part of the equation for WoW's success was the accessibility simpler graphics allowed.  Bioware would be smart to follow that lead.

Besides, I don't believe TOR's graphics or art style are quite as cartoony as the ones seen in WoW.  I have no issue with what I've seen so far, given where we are in the production timeline.

SanHor

Originally posted by Shastra

Where is 'i don't care about the graphics' option?

This and  'i don't care about TOR' option?

Oh wait its right out that door along with my question so we better get moving.

Unknown

I'd go with the art direction in which the game was intended. Coding 2 different codex of skins would be absolutely idiotic, and serve no purpose. You need a 3rd option that states (the way the game was designed).

 

Edit: I actually wish the games graphics were "cartoony" as they are far to realistic currently. I would much prefer the cell shaded design of the Clone Wars series currently on Cartoon Network.

Nilden

Originally posted by namelessbob

I'd go with the art direction in which the game was intended. Coding 2 different codex of skins would be absolutely idiotic, and serve no purpose. You need a 3rd option that states (the way the game was designed).

 

Edit: I actually wish the games graphics were "cartoony" as they are far to realistic currently. I would much prefer the cell shaded design of the Clone Wars series currently on Cartoon Network.

Everquest and EQ2 both have alternate character models so do other games. I'm sure a feature that expands your game to the tastes and personal preferances as well as the preformance options of your customers isn't absolutley idiotic, and it does serve a purpose. Why not design the game to encompass more users? You could have alternate graphics options as the initail design of the game for more choices.

DeaconX

I don't have a problem with a slightly cartoonish art style... it's the disproportionate, exaggerated cartoon MODELS that I'm not a fan of.