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I happen to love the graphics I saw
Razeekster
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I really don't know what the problem is. Why do people want ridiculously next-gen graphics in every new MMO. I actually think the graphics are beautiful. It looks like it came straight of Tangled (a Disney movie) and I really don't see a problem with that. People have been wanting a massive sandbox game for years and here we are finally getting one and people are only focused on... the graphics. The thing is they may not have been able to make a fully destructible environment if they were to make it overly realistic. I don't think people realize the amount of stress that would put on servers or the lag...
I'd prefer a beautiful looking Disney MMO any day then an uber realistic looking MMO that doesn't have the features that EverQuest Next is touting.
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it can still be stylized and look good..
the landscape I dont have a problem with..
the terrible looking character models are another story.Hopefully at least one race looks good and not so Disney like.
There are people who actually dont want "disney" in their games.
The graphics are fine for a Disney themed game, or cartoonish game, whatever you want to call it. I don't even mind playing those games.
But when you use the Everquest name, people expect you to honor the franchise.
Would you be ok if the third series in the Lord of the Rings was suddenly a cartoon? No you wouldn't, just like people who supported the franchise are disillusioned that it looks nothing like the franchise.
This is not a flame towards you but you dont get the problem because you like the graphics. Hell, I like them too except the huge shoulder pads but I completely understand where some people are coming from. The models do not fit the theme of Everquest.
Honoring the franchise? Are you sick?!?! This game is exactly supposed to NOT honor the franchise, it is supposed to capture the spirit of the first game which had SHIT graphics, even for the date of it's launch it wasn't stellar or amazing, they were heavily stylized and used art and imagination to expand that into something gorgeous.
Everquest was about making the best fantasy RPG WORLD that they could, and it was amazing and has been nothing but copied and bastardized ever since. WoW took the feeling and whored out the content and features, EQ2 tried to glom onto the mass appeal and also tried to push the envelope with realism and it looked like shit on most computers when it launched and on all computers today. This is the right way to go, exactly because it finds it's own path and follows no one elses lead. No factions, voxel world and open world dungeons... eff anyone who says this is WoW in the A, you have a number of senses and only one of them is your eyes you shallow ass people.
(Edited for spelling because I am tipsy ya'llllll)
I did NOT like the Kerra but the human was quite ok. It is also funny for those of us who plays EQ2 and always have heard complaints about the HORRIBLE plastic character models (that actually tried to be somewhat realistic) SOE wil probably not ever try that again. And like it or not they have probably tried this in their focus groups.
I like the graphics so far.
Chi puo dir com'egli arde é in picciol fuoco.
He who can describe the flame does not burn.
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I absolutly agree. Hell.. all sandbox gamers had to deal with graphics like from worm online, or minecraft or every other indy sandbox outthere. (even 2D)
And i don't have a lot against Disney/Pixar look. It is nothing wrong with it. And truth is.. noone else will have anything against it.. a lot will moan, but nevertheless play it. WoW did prove that.
To answer the OP..It's called evolution. It's why Video card companies make billions every year.People like to be visually stimulated and that market usually evolves every year with better graphics and stronger engines to handle those graphics.
In 1983 when these exact identical graphics appeared in Dragon's Lair it was cool. In 1983 Pac Man was cool. It still is cool..for a very small market. Trying to justify the use of these graphics by renaming it "stylized' is laughable. And it's insulting to older gamers intelligence.
If they want to tap into some Iphone or Ipad market by re introducing cartoon graphics then say so...don't try to hang a fully modifiable world tag on it as justification. Archeage has a fully dynamic world with trees that are planted and grown..entire villages and homes that are built by gathering resources in world..and it doesn't have graphics from 30 years ago.
After playing EQ and EQ2 extensively (yes I am a vet). I'll say EQNext is a big step up when it comes to the characters. Personally I don't see the "disney" in it as this type of art is used in other games (successfully) as well. IMO EQ1/EQ2 models looked cartoon-like so don't really understand the frustration, just now on a different era of technology.
I don't own the franchise nor would I act like I do. For me, it's just a new EQ game that doesn't batter on the old games and has it's own portion in the universe.
I have to agree, there are quite a few here who are cutting their noses off to spite their face.
It's a style that does prove very popular with alot of players, it's easy on your PC, it ages well and it looks very good.
Another poster mentioned the point it doesn't do the EQ franchise justice, when you consider that the first has some of THE most basic looking character models and landscapes around and that EQ2's realistic approach did not go down well with ALOT of the die hard EQ fans when it released, I find it highly unlikely that many will be put off with this new artistic direction.
lols, can't stop laughing about that pic
that pic is going places
Didn't they say they weren't trying to cannibalize the other two games player bases?As well as this was more or less an alternate reality/re-imaging of the eq franchise?
I actually prefer the cartoon versions of LOTR far more whimsical and fun..
For every minute you are angry , you lose 60 seconds of happiness."-Emerson
Well.. as i never really played EQ. Played EQ 1 less than a month. Didn't like it. UO vet here.
And never even tried EQ2. So i have to agree, if it is actually not anything like a series it sucks somewhat for the fans of those serie. To change a style for a brand is usually a no-go. Think about W40K with a completely different style.
But is it really that different? In my memory EQ was so old and low poly there was barely any style detectable.
Are you joking? EverQuest 1: Crappy graphics but great gameplay. EverQuest 2: They tried to go for the "realistic" look and it is painful to the eye and hasn't aged well at all. I think I'll take the Disney graphics as it's a step up from the previous two games.
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I just can't get over this, the graphics are horrendous. People use the word "deal breaker" sometimes, this is going to be a major deal breaker for many. It is very entertaining to listen to all the opinons though.
Everquest 1 had great graphics for the time. Don't flame people if you don't know what you're saying Razeekster.
The concept art and posters was done by the most renowned fantasy artist in the world, and this was one of the first games where Nvidia worked together with EQ, because a 3D MMORPG was never done before.
Doesn't change that he's a Cheetah...
For every minute you are angry , you lose 60 seconds of happiness."-Emerson
I never "flamed" first of all. Secondly, we are in this time. In this time those graphics are considered crappy.
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That's actually one of my favorite movies...
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That was my point
Not true, Meridian 59 used a 3d engine.
For every minute you are angry , you lose 60 seconds of happiness."-Emerson
I like that movie too,the Peter Jackson Movies are better though.