Its far to early to tell as endgame hasnt been released in the US yet, and i have yet to test bg's...but Tera it does seem better at some points where as in the very very beginning of swtor i enjoyed the story lines and having a compnion that could use player gear. something ive always dreamed of but rather having a necromancer class and equipping a skeleton minion with player gear.
Hardly so. I mean TERA has it's strengths and surely looks great, but I would not say it is better. I guess it depends on what you seek, but I don't see Tera as Triple AAA MMO, so it sorta is another league.
People don't ask questions to get answers - they ask questions to show how smart they are. - Dogbert
Hardly so. I mean TERA has it's strengths and surely looks great, but I would not say it is better. I guess it depends on what you seek, but I don't see Tera as Triple AAA MMO, so it sorta is another league.
Hardly so. I mean TERA has it's strengths and surely looks great, but I would not say it is better. I guess it depends on what you seek, but I don't see Tera as Triple AAA MMO, so it sorta is another league.
What's the definition of a triple A MMO to you?
Big budget. Reasonable attempt to make a "WoW" Killer sort of game. A MMO with high polished advanced content, meaning more than "go kill all the moves" as in a typical Asia grinder. A MMO which involves several different spheres of gameplay more than just PVE and barebone PVP. Tera sure is a good game in it's own right. But I am more lenient towards Tera, because I just don't see it in AAA league. It sure is subjective, but that's how I see things.
People don't ask questions to get answers - they ask questions to show how smart they are. - Dogbert
Hardly so. I mean TERA has it's strengths and surely looks great, but I would not say it is better. I guess it depends on what you seek, but I don't see Tera as Triple AAA MMO, so it sorta is another league.
What's the definition of a triple A MMO to you?
Big budget. Reasonable attempt to make a "WoW" Killer sort of game. A MMO with high polished advanced content, meaning more than "go kill all the moves" as in a typical Asia grinder. A MMO which involves several different spheres of gameplay more than just PVE and barebone PVP. Tera sure is a good game in it's own right. But I am more lenient towards Tera, because I just don't see it in AAA league. It sure is subjective, but that's how I see things.
I see. I have different standards as to what a triple A title is.
It's hard, everyone has a different one Too bad there are no standards with which we can judge MMOs.
If you focus on questing and are mostly a solo player swtor will be better for you. Swtor has higher quality quests with the cutscenes and it's whole point is the storyline. What's funny is that you end up doing the same type of back and forth leg work as TERA for swtor standard quests just with a cutscene.
My personal opinion? I think TERA is better because it's a better "MMO". Quests are nice but are mostly about solo play and tether you to a linear path to boot. Even TERA is like this to a point, it has tons of side quests, but allows you a choice of doing them in the first place. TERA does have a main story that is interesting which is why that's the only one I do other than guild rep, faction rep and dungeon quests.
Besides the questing TERA offers more in the group play department and gives you a lot more activities/options. In swtor I felt far too confined and that my only path to level was questing. The world itself was another issue with swtor. They could have saved a lot of running and just made the fleet a lobby for the other zones. TERA seem to have a huge world to explore based upon how little of the map you've seen in your late teens. Personal preference I guess.
Ok no its not SWTOR but for ME it will have PEOPLE.. you know more then 10-120 around you. Yet the armor and weapons its like free 2 play. Its like ever few lvls something different. Like from 12 to 15 NOTHING. I did every quest. Oh there are different colors and stats. For me not worth paying every month. Aion is free now and you get more.
I couldn't get into beta today, some unknown patch problem. I spent about 40 mins in chat with support, but no go.
My question, hoestly is tera "better" (opinon yes, I want opinion..) than swtor ?
You cant compare them...
Tera has better graphics, annimations, and much more fun combat.
SWTOR's world is much more immersive.
To me TERA feels like i am playing Aion all over again, but this time with an hugely improved combat system.
I hate people who say this. NO TERA does not have better graphics. It is more aesthetically pleasing to you but it doesn't have better graphics. TERA is a flat world whereas SWTOR is a dynamic world.
Anyway. TERA has locked combat animations which are as annoying as all hell and I refuse to play a game with these. SWTOR is very story oriented and so if you're not really into lore and stories, the game is not for you.
I couldn't get into beta today, some unknown patch problem. I spent about 40 mins in chat with support, but no go.
My question, hoestly is tera "better" (opinon yes, I want opinion..) than swtor ?
You cant compare them...
Tera has better graphics, annimations, and much more fun combat.
SWTOR's world is much more immersive.
To me TERA feels like i am playing Aion all over again, but this time with an hugely improved combat system.
I hate people who say this. NO TERA does not have better graphics. It is more aesthetically pleasing to you but it doesn't have better graphics. TERA is a flat world whereas SWTOR is a dynamic world.
Anyway. TERA has locked combat animations which are as annoying as all hell and I refuse to play a game with these. SWTOR is very story oriented and so if you're not really into lore and stories, the game is not for you.
Yes yes it does have better graphical quailty, more detail, it even has a HD setting while swtor doesn't
Originally posted by Himemiya
Originally posted by Elikal
Originally posted by Himemiya
Originally posted by Elikal
Hardly so. I mean TERA has it's strengths and surely looks great, but I would not say it is better. I guess it depends on what you seek, but I don't see Tera as Triple AAA MMO, so it sorta is another league.
What's the definition of a triple A MMO to you?
Big budget. Reasonable attempt to make a "WoW" Killer sort of game. A MMO with high polished advanced content, meaning more than "go kill all the moves" as in a typical Asia grinder. A MMO which involves several different spheres of gameplay more than just PVE and barebone PVP. Tera sure is a good game in it's own right. But I am more lenient towards Tera, because I just don't see it in AAA league. It sure is subjective, but that's how I see things.
I see. I have different standards as to what a triple A title is.
It's hard, everyone has a different one Too bad there are no standards with which we can judge MMOs.
AAA simplely means money, really has nothing to do with quality or anything. AAA means it has lot of money behind it and usualy sold almost everywhere. Thats pretty much all AAA is. But because the large amount of money spent its usual good quality or at least decent. Which is why people mistake AAA means the quailty of the game, no its means how much budget they had.
I couldn't get into beta today, some unknown patch problem. I spent about 40 mins in chat with support, but no go.
My question, hoestly is tera "better" (opinon yes, I want opinion..) than swtor ?
You cant compare them...
Tera has better graphics, annimations, and much more fun combat.
SWTOR's world is much more immersive.
To me TERA feels like i am playing Aion all over again, but this time with an hugely improved combat system.
I hate people who say this. NO TERA does not have better graphics. It is more aesthetically pleasing to you but it doesn't have better graphics. TERA is a flat world whereas SWTOR is a dynamic world.
Anyway. TERA has locked combat animations which are as annoying as all hell and I refuse to play a game with these. SWTOR is very story oriented and so if you're not really into lore and stories, the game is not for you.
I'm sorry but flying vehicles in Coruscant does not make a "dynamic world" hehe. I'm kidding but I didn't think the world was the strong point of swtor. Everyone has their taste in artstyle. That aside are you telling me swtor's version of the hero engine is as good as U3? When people say "better" I take that as more pixel density/shaders and TERA wins in that deparment.
AAA simplely means money, really has nothing to do with quality or anything. AAA means it has lot of money behind it and usualy sold almost everywhere. Thats pretty much all AAA is. But because the large amount of money spent its usual good quality or at least decent. Which is why people mistake AAA means the quailty of the game, no its means how much budget they had.
Oh you read my mind. Yes, I did always believe triple A referred to production quality. If that isn't the case then only a handful of games, even if they're subpar can call themselves triple A.
You decide yourself. Make sure to reach at least level 20 and above to experience a more in depth what it's like in TERA, especially the open world dungeons at level 28+.
I hate people who say this. NO TERA does not have better graphics. It is more aesthetically pleasing to you but it doesn't have better graphics. TERA is a flat world whereas SWTOR is a dynamic world.
Anyway. TERA has locked combat animations which are as annoying as all hell and I refuse to play a game with these. SWTOR is very story oriented and so if you're not really into lore and stories, the game is not for you.
Hate is a very strong word.
"NO TERA does not have better graphics." = opinion. Or put your money where your mouth is else it's only noise.
" TERA is a flat world whereas SWTOR is a dynamic world. = it's time someone did a full trek across the continent of Arun, across all the zones, no loading screens, with their incredible vistas. Continent of Arun is the first and only continent players have been able to explore in TERA.
"TERA has locked combat animations which are as annoying as all hell and I refuse to play a game with these." This isn't SWTOR where movement doesn't matter. Think for a second: if there were no animation lock on certain skills, how would combat be?
Ok really guys serioussly, you can say you don't like asian art style, you can say you don't like Elins or Popori, you can say it's too cute, you can say it's too bright and everything else about art style and design.
BUT
Tera uses UNREAL ENGINE 3 and please please please don't even start to compare Heroengine to Unreal Engine 3, really if you even know how to turn on a pc please don't embarass yourself.
Technically and I repeat tecnically the graphic of TERA is superior to SWTOR, there is no dobut about that. Because UE3 > Heroengine.
The art style is all another matter, everyone have a different taste for it. I prefer Tera over SWTOR but that's just me.
AAA simplely means money, really has nothing to do with quality or anything. AAA means it has lot of money behind it and usualy sold almost everywhere. Thats pretty much all AAA is. But because the large amount of money spent its usual good quality or at least decent. Which is why people mistake AAA means the quailty of the game, no its means how much budget they had.
Oh you read my mind. Yes, I did always believe triple A referred to production quality. If that isn't the case then only a handful of games, even if they're subpar can call themselves triple A.
Than it won't make any sense since there are many indie games that are high quality too but you won't call them AAA games. Here is what the guy on extra credit say on AAA games (single player) AAA usually means the game is made by a big company with lots of funding and is probablly accessable almost anywhere, doesn't mean they are good but mostly mean lot of money behind it. AA games usually means less funded titles but they still get released on major platforms. And than you have indie games where well its independent people making them =P The way its ranked is by money, never was by quality.
AAA simplely means money, really has nothing to do with quality or anything. AAA means it has lot of money behind it and usualy sold almost everywhere. Thats pretty much all AAA is. But because the large amount of money spent its usual good quality or at least decent. Which is why people mistake AAA means the quailty of the game, no its means how much budget they had.
Oh you read my mind. Yes, I did always believe triple A referred to production quality. If that isn't the case then only a handful of games, even if they're subpar can call themselves triple A.
Than it won't make any sense since there are many indie games that are high quality too but you won't call them AAA games. Here is what the guy on extra credit say on AAA games (single player) AAA usually means the game is made by a big company with lots of funding and is probablly accessable almost anywhere, doesn't mean they are good but mostly mean lot of money behind it. AA games usually means less funded titles but they still get released on major platforms. And than you have indie games where well its independent people making them =P The way its ranked is by money, never was by quality.
The defination and the way its used isn't alway the same. There has been many main stream games with much money behind it call AAA which were total crap. And there has been indie games thats top quaility but no one calls them AAA games. In the norm yes, AAA stand for quality, but in the game industry its more about funding, however more funding usualy means better quality but ofc not 100% of the time.
Game looks great and combat is ok not so special as some claim but not bad.
When you come to first area i get immediately dejavu feeling ive done this before i could not bare that im prolly more burned out then i thought i would be, sorry TERA. So i quit after 20min becouse terible intro into game then for millions time you have npc waiting like in waxmuseum to give you the godawefull so familiar quests kill 10x this collect 10xthat and the hold hand factor is also not my cup of tea.
I couldn't get into beta today, some unknown patch problem. I spent about 40 mins in chat with support, but no go.
My question, hoestly is tera "better" (opinon yes, I want opinion..) than swtor ?
Yes it is.
Most peoples views here is based solely on low level content, and in that department tor did a great job with the story. But Tera far out paces it in the long run.
~no sense beating around the bush on this topic~
Velika: City of Wheels: Among the mortal races, the humans were the only one that never built cities or great empires; a curse laid upon them by their creator, Gidd, forced them to wander as nomads for twenty centuries...
Comments
You cant compare them...
Tera has better graphics, annimations, and much more fun combat.
SWTOR's world is much more immersive.
To me TERA feels like i am playing Aion all over again, but this time with an hugely improved combat system.
Best MMO experiences : EQ(PvE), DAoC(PvP), WoW(total package) LOTRO (worldfeel) GW2 (Artstyle and animations and worlddesign) SWTOR (Story immersion) TSW (story) ESO (character advancement)
Its far to early to tell as endgame hasnt been released in the US yet, and i have yet to test bg's...but Tera it does seem better at some points where as in the very very beginning of swtor i enjoyed the story lines and having a compnion that could use player gear. something ive always dreamed of but rather having a necromancer class and equipping a skeleton minion with player gear.
Hardly so. I mean TERA has it's strengths and surely looks great, but I would not say it is better. I guess it depends on what you seek, but I don't see Tera as Triple AAA MMO, so it sorta is another league.
People don't ask questions to get answers - they ask questions to show how smart they are. - Dogbert
Is TERA "better" than SWTOR? I'm not sure. Do I prefer TERA over SWTOR? You bet.
Joined 2004 - I can't believe I've been a MMORPG.com member for 20 years! Get off my lawn!
What's the definition of a triple A MMO to you?
L2P TERA combat:
It really depends what you think is "better".
It is surely a lot more open, but the story and quests are a lot worse.
TOR is heavily railroaded and if that is a problem TERA is a better game, but if you want a well written story it is nowhere close.
The games are different, you really must try both to judge that yourself. It have a lot to do with what kind of gamer you are.
Big budget. Reasonable attempt to make a "WoW" Killer sort of game. A MMO with high polished advanced content, meaning more than "go kill all the moves" as in a typical Asia grinder. A MMO which involves several different spheres of gameplay more than just PVE and barebone PVP. Tera sure is a good game in it's own right. But I am more lenient towards Tera, because I just don't see it in AAA league. It sure is subjective, but that's how I see things.
People don't ask questions to get answers - they ask questions to show how smart they are. - Dogbert
I see. I have different standards as to what a triple A title is.
It's hard, everyone has a different one
Too bad there are no standards with which we can judge MMOs.
L2P TERA combat:
so not swtor
I think the standard definition is that AAA MMOs are the ones where you can find hardcopies in most game stores.
It have been stated by many people before at least and it makes sense since it is easy to judge.
If you focus on questing and are mostly a solo player swtor will be better for you. Swtor has higher quality quests with the cutscenes and it's whole point is the storyline. What's funny is that you end up doing the same type of back and forth leg work as TERA for swtor standard quests just with a cutscene.
My personal opinion? I think TERA is better because it's a better "MMO". Quests are nice but are mostly about solo play and tether you to a linear path to boot. Even TERA is like this to a point, it has tons of side quests, but allows you a choice of doing them in the first place. TERA does have a main story that is interesting which is why that's the only one I do other than guild rep, faction rep and dungeon quests.
Besides the questing TERA offers more in the group play department and gives you a lot more activities/options. In swtor I felt far too confined and that my only path to level was questing. The world itself was another issue with swtor. They could have saved a lot of running and just made the fleet a lobby for the other zones. TERA seem to have a huge world to explore based upon how little of the map you've seen in your late teens. Personal preference I guess.
Side note: Remy, I love your avatar quote.
Just not worth my time anymore.
Ok no its not SWTOR but for ME it will have PEOPLE.. you know more then 10-120 around you. Yet the armor and weapons its like free 2 play. Its like ever few lvls something different. Like from 12 to 15 NOTHING. I did every quest. Oh there are different colors and stats. For me not worth paying every month. Aion is free now and you get more.
I hate people who say this. NO TERA does not have better graphics. It is more aesthetically pleasing to you but it doesn't have better graphics. TERA is a flat world whereas SWTOR is a dynamic world.
Anyway. TERA has locked combat animations which are as annoying as all hell and I refuse to play a game with these. SWTOR is very story oriented and so if you're not really into lore and stories, the game is not for you.
Website: http://www.thegameguru.me / YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/users/thetroublmaker
Yes yes it does have better graphical quailty, more detail, it even has a HD setting while swtor doesn't
AAA simplely means money, really has nothing to do with quality or anything. AAA means it has lot of money behind it and usualy sold almost everywhere. Thats pretty much all AAA is. But because the large amount of money spent its usual good quality or at least decent. Which is why people mistake AAA means the quailty of the game, no its means how much budget they had.
I'm sorry but flying vehicles in Coruscant does not make a "dynamic world" hehe. I'm kidding but I didn't think the world was the strong point of swtor. Everyone has their taste in artstyle. That aside are you telling me swtor's version of the hero engine is as good as U3? When people say "better" I take that as more pixel density/shaders and TERA wins in that deparment.
Just not worth my time anymore.
Oh you read my mind. Yes, I did always believe triple A referred to production quality. If that isn't the case then only a handful of games, even if they're subpar can call themselves triple A.
L2P TERA combat:
Tab targetting, easy mode, clunky boring "WoW" cookie cutter style combat (SWTOR) OR true action combat (TERA)?
You decide yourself.
Make sure to reach at least level 20 and above to experience a more in depth what it's like in TERA, especially the open world dungeons at level 28+.
Twitter: _Alethia Steam: vikakova23
Hate is a very strong word.
"NO TERA does not have better graphics." = opinion. Or put your money where your mouth is else it's only noise.
" TERA is a flat world whereas SWTOR is a dynamic world. = it's time someone did a full trek across the continent of Arun, across all the zones, no loading screens, with their incredible vistas. Continent of Arun is the first and only continent players have been able to explore in TERA.
"TERA has locked combat animations which are as annoying as all hell and I refuse to play a game with these." This isn't SWTOR where movement doesn't matter. Think for a second: if there were no animation lock on certain skills, how would combat be?
L2P TERA combat:
Ok really guys serioussly, you can say you don't like asian art style, you can say you don't like Elins or Popori, you can say it's too cute, you can say it's too bright and everything else about art style and design.
BUT
Tera uses UNREAL ENGINE 3 and please please please don't even start to compare Heroengine to Unreal Engine 3, really if you even know how to turn on a pc please don't embarass yourself.
Technically and I repeat tecnically the graphic of TERA is superior to SWTOR, there is no dobut about that. Because UE3 > Heroengine.
The art style is all another matter, everyone have a different taste for it. I prefer Tera over SWTOR but that's just me.
Than it won't make any sense since there are many indie games that are high quality too but you won't call them AAA games. Here is what the guy on extra credit say on AAA games (single player) AAA usually means the game is made by a big company with lots of funding and is probablly accessable almost anywhere, doesn't mean they are good but mostly mean lot of money behind it. AA games usually means less funded titles but they still get released on major platforms. And than you have indie games where well its independent people making them =P The way its ranked is by money, never was by quality.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_A
Triple A mean top quality, at least check a dictionary next time you argue about the meaning of some words.
The defination and the way its used isn't alway the same. There has been many main stream games with much money behind it call AAA which were total crap. And there has been indie games thats top quaility but no one calls them AAA games. In the norm yes, AAA stand for quality, but in the game industry its more about funding, however more funding usualy means better quality but ofc not 100% of the time.
Game looks great and combat is ok not so special as some claim but not bad.
When you come to first area i get immediately dejavu feeling ive done this before i could not bare that im prolly more burned out then i thought i would be, sorry TERA. So i quit after 20min becouse terible intro into game then for millions time you have npc waiting like in waxmuseum to give you the godawefull so familiar quests kill 10x this collect 10xthat and the hold hand factor is also not my cup of tea.
Hope you all enjoy game good luck.
Yes it is.
Most peoples views here is based solely on low level content, and in that department tor did a great job with the story. But Tera far out paces it in the long run.
~no sense beating around the bush on this topic~
Velika: City of Wheels: Among the mortal races, the humans were the only one that never built cities or great empires; a curse laid upon them by their creator, Gidd, forced them to wander as nomads for twenty centuries...
I like Tera a lot More!