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Graphics are horrid
Marchosias31
Member Posts: 83
Just came back to use the free fortyfive days. After downloading it, I entered the world, went to options, and maxed everything out. EVERYTHING.
And it just looks ugly. Horrid. Beyond bad. I cant believe it. Im guessing RIFT and AoC spoiled me. I cant play a game that looks like this. Cant do it.
Call me shallow......RIP SWG
Whatever happened to the IN BIOWARE WE TRUST signatures?
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After what they did I am adamantly anti-SWG, smedley and all of that, hate beyond words.
However why go into an older game and then bash the graphics? Just sayin, hehe, you got to expect them to be outdated
Yeah... Not sure what you were expecting. :
He who keeps his cool best wins.
So what you are saying is a 8 year old game doesnt have the greatest graphics anymore. What are you expecting?
Did you look at the SWG webpage befor you down loaded the game.
You do know its a 8+ year old game. Back then it was a very good looking game.
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Bbeb you should be begging for more players. You guys have what, 500 left? Thank goodness they all have 3 accounts and spend $500 on Online Trading Cards every month to keep the servers online.
Whining about one of the oldest MMORPGs on the block having bad graphics is pretty hilarious, though. Well done OP.
I hate to sound silly...but...for $15 a month after 8 flipping years, I expect some of that money to be reinvested into the game on UPDATES!
The last expansion was 6 years ago. If a game continues to charge top tier sub fees (plus lottery in SWG), I would fully expect the game to remain competitive and continue being updated - that includes graphics. When you give up trying, drop the fee.
Yet you are wanting to play SWTOR?
The hypocrisy of people who will never play another SoEgame because of the NGE yet are flocking to the next lucas arts game is astounding
From what I remember SOE claimed the NGE was their idea and Lucasarts just signed off on it. SWG looks and feels broken, the CU was the least broken phase of the game in my opinion.
To me, SWG was broken by the NGE for a number of reasons. The drastic changes brought upon the game with the NGE. The change in combat which brought problems because of the speed at which it was changed to, the number of packets getting shot to and from the server was/is ridiculous for what they are running on. The ugly animations, again due to being sped up, makes the game look borked (insert Benny Hill music here). The targeting system also got jacked up.
Let's not even forget that BioWare is making it. SOE is nowhere near BioWare's level in terms of game designing, there's no comparison.
since when is Lucas Arts = SOE?
Lucasarts = just as responsilbe as SOE for anything SWG related.
It is funny to see all the anti NGE ragers raging about it still, yet they will play TOR, which is the kind of game there raging that SWG got turned into.
Apparently stating the truth in my sig is "trolling"
Sig typo fixed thanks to an observant stragen001.
I did the same thing... popped in for a bit to have a look around.
They aren't bad for their time. I run at 1080P maxxed. Performance isn't very good though, considering I'm running a 5770 radeon. Framerates are good ENOUGH, but I get better FPS from LotRO maxxed with DX11.
Umm, looking for a reason to attack me for some reason?
As stated, Lucas Arts does not = SOE. Also I never once said I wouldn't play another SOE game, I played EQ2 when it came out and I was looking forward to The Agency(so thanks for putting words in my mouth?) :P I will not forgive those responsible for what they did to SWG, ruining what was my favorite MMO but that doesn't mean I am going to let it rule my life.
Maybe you should verify things before you start to attack, admittedly your attack is valid against many former SWG players but not me, so look elsewhere, kk thanks
Art Style is still good compared to most out there now but yeah the graphics are dated theres a decent community mod though that redoes a number of textures both space and ground (primarily space though)
no.
First of, even if LucasArts is "just as responsible" as SOE for the NGE (evidence to the contrary in the stickies here - check JF Revelation Archive, OM NOM NOM and a History of SOE Lies), this would be, in my experience, the first Lucas Arts transgression.
I have played Lucas Arts games since i was a child and greatly enjoyed them. From the X-Wings series, to the Jedi Knight series, to Monkey Island, Maniac Mansion, etc.
SOE, on the other hand, has managed to cheat customers repeatedly on several of their games (DCUO, SWG, EQ, VG, etc.) using various dodgy practices and breaking peoples expectations or the game altogether. I wont elaborate here but i think you know what i am talking about.
On the other hand, even if SWTOR = NGE, SWTOR is a new game. We are not being ripped off our classes, of years of advancement and grind, of our friends in the game, etc. So you might want to include the "ethical" point into the equation.
If that were not enough, the NGE was literally unplayable for years after it was shoved down people's throats. "Give us 6 months and we will fix it" - they said. Well it took well over than that. SWTOR, on the other hand, promises to be polished.
i am not trying to attack anyone.
your previous response seems to have put LA and SOE into the same bag and that is what surprised me. in any case i elaborated the point in my post above.
Poeple are willing to flock to the next BIOWARE game.
People are not overly excited about any new game from SOE.
I wonder why people would chose a bioware game over an soe game. I wonder....
This game has always been bad, even pre-cu. That being said, how SOE was able to make it even worse is beyond me. I understand upgrading the combat engine, but the dumbing down of mechanics, ruining perfectly balanced classes, and whoring out the Jedi was just plain stupid.
May this game rest in peace.
Sorry Troneas wasn't meaning you was meaning teakbois. Your post is well thought out and I agree with it. You said what I was going to point out ref: SWToR vs SWG, it doesn't even matter if they were the exact same game after the NGE, it is the ethical part of it. They ripped away characters that were well established after a long time playing one game it is not right to suddenly replace it overnight with a new game. I was a long time Bio-Engineer, they basically replaced the game I loved with some other...game...
I have never played any Lucas Arts game so I have no real opinion on them at all. I like the Star Wars IP well enough. I have played a couple Bioware games and do trust they will try hard to make a great game. So we will all see soon enough what SWToR is like, eh?
Amen... holy hell.
SWTOR is the SAME GAME. its the NGE done from the ground UP.
Again I'll say this, SOE is nowhere near the same league of BioWare. Tell me... Since EQ, what has been touted as a great success for SOE? EQ2 might be close but still, I think you can see what I mean...lol
Gonna have to agree to disagree, I don't see it at all sorry.
I don't recall NGE having a story focus or companion characters or an orchestra hired to do the music or or or or or or or the list really can keep on going. You are way oversimplifying.
Look, last time I played this was sometime in 09'....Didnt have a problem with it then, graphics wise. And yes, I understand its eight years old. Duh?
But over the course of two years, and the way mmo have changed, it makes the game look ANCIENT. Beyond bad.
Used to love this game, was my first. Broke my MMO cherry so to speak. 05 was first log in date.
Peace out SWG. I will always remember you fondly. How sad...... RIP
Whatever happened to the IN BIOWARE WE TRUST signatures?
Hmmm . . . jump to conclusions much? Strangely enough, neither this Poster nor the OP mentions ANYTHING about SWTOR. Maybe your own prejudices are showing?
The OP and another poster did make a good point though, SWG graphics do suck. Why in 8 years of charging a top tier subscription price have they not updated the graphics? Probably because SOE gave up on this game a long time ago and have only invested enough resources in it to keep it running, if barely.
That on top of SONY getting hacked, thereby proving they have absolutely no respect for the safety and privacy of their customers has given me ALL the excuse I need to stay away from SOE games now.
"If half of what you tell me is a lie, how can I believe any of it?"
How do these 2 relate? They don't.
I'm not anti NGE and I'll admit I'm an avid Lucas Arts fanatic - but I am anti SOE. SOE creates failures (DCUO) and cares more about WoW's customers than they do their own. SOE is the cancer, not LA, not Bioware and not Star Wars. SOE earned their reputation.