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scooby1971
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One side note: The graphics are good enough for me, I'm totally in it for game play
Soon ... I hope (-_-)
I have to admit I havent bothered to inform myself about the newest hottest MMOs though.
Are there actually people complaining about the quality of these graphics? I mean I know I've been out of the MMO loop for a while, but to me they seem pretty dang good. Way better than EQ which is good enough for me. Of course the level is supposed to improve with technology, but how far are they supposed to go? Till they eventually seem life like?
Thumbs up from my perspective.
People *really* need to stop with the whole "-current year-" nonsense.
There is no rule that says "in -current year- all combat/graphics/gameplay/revenue model/whatever must be "x" or they're bad. No such objective "standard" exists. There's no book or journal or tome that lays out the "standards" on a year-by-year basis. It's just individuals attempting to elevate their own personal preference to something more important sounding.
If you like the animations... great! If you think they're "mediocre", fine. If you think they "suck", that's your prerogative as well. By all means, share and explain your views in any such case. But stop pretending the quality of animation, or graphics, or anything in a game has anything to do with "what year it is". It's a meaningless qualifier.
Just come out and say what you really mean, which is "I don't like the animations/graphics/combat/gameplay/raiding/whatever". Stop trying to make your own personal opinions seem more "right" than they are.
About the game itself. I'm a backer and am eager to dig in and get playing. I'm deliberately keeping it at arm's length for now, though, as I don't want to know too much about it before I log in. Part of the joy of classic MMOs for me was logging in and feeling lost in a massive world. Knowing too much going in undermines that.
The environments are looking pretty good this early on. I know some aging textures have recently gone in and likely just some updated lighting and effects to go in later which is very typical in development.
Animations and character models upgrades always seem to be a later addition so I am not putting much worry on this atm.
I personally believe the market share for this sort of game is plenty large enough for more than one niche mmorpg. If Pantheon launches smoothly enough in the first wave of recent indie developed mmorpgs I suspect they can easily capture a large segment of this market.
Anyone familiar with emulators of the earlier mmorpgs will know the main reason why they are so popular: players want a more social experience and avoid the modern conveniences which they feel ruined the current crop of mmos. It is almost a political stance for many of these players and I foresee a large migration to some of these indie mmorpgs (the ones which actually manage to launch).
Small indie mmorpgs such as Project Gorgon only need thousands of players to exist. Pantheon, Crowfall and CU likely only need 10s to a few 100 of thousands and a million is a wet dream of viability. These aren't large numbers. Illegal Wow emulators have these sort of numbers alone.
Pantheon only needs to work and be fun to grab it's audience. That is risky enough by itself.
You stay sassy!