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Iam sorry guys.....but the character graphics....

I am excited about this game as any of you are. I can't wait to see more but one problem I see is the character graphics. They just look terrible. I watched the latest video with the gameplay in it but please tell me the toons are not going to look like that!! The pics of the armor that cover the whole toon look good but the jedi or human characters look bad. Just my opinion but I have my fingers crossed.

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  • ElikalElikal Member UncommonPosts: 7,912

    I agree, they have the charm of Playmobil figures. Let's hope they are just placeholders.

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  • ABRaquelABRaquel Member UncommonPosts: 541
    Originally posted by Elikal


    I agree, they have the charm of Playmobil figures. Let's hope they are just placeholders.

     

    Hey, I happen to like Playmobil

     

  • cheshyrecatcheshyrecat Member Posts: 137

      Sadly, I don't think those graphics are place holders.  All the screen shots seem to indicate that this is the "artistic" direction they want to go in.  I can't imagine WHY they would want to go in that direction but there it is.

      I would think that using those graphics would deter more people from playing.  I know I'll likely not purchase it because of  those graphics.  

       

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  • ValentinaValentina Member RarePosts: 2,108

    I don't see anything wrong with them, it fits the design of the game...What would you change in particular?

  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 32,949
    Originally posted by Ad-am


    I am excited about this game as any of you are. I can't wait to see more but one problem I see is the character graphics. They just look terrible. I watched the latest video with the gameplay in it but please tell me the toons are not going to look like that!! The pics of the armor that cover the whole toon look good but the jedi or human characters look bad. Just my opinion but I have my fingers crossed.



     

    You mean art design.

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  • miagisanmiagisan Member Posts: 5,156
    Originally posted by Valentina


    I don't see anything wrong with them, it fits the design of the game...What would you change in particular?

     

    i agree...with the style they are going with, they look fine.

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  • odienmanodienman Member UncommonPosts: 61

    First thought I had when I saw them is the style is similar to the new show they have on cable, which kinda makes sense since it may appeal more to the masses, then again the show is perhaps a radical step from the original.  Either way, I like em.

     

     

  • JeowanJeowan Member Posts: 79

    At first I did not like the graphics at all. However, the more I've seen them and kept up with the progress of the game, the more they're really starting to grow on me. I like what they're doing with the art style.

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  • brezelbrezel Member Posts: 202
    Originally posted by odienman


    First thought I had when I saw them is the style is similar to the new show they have on cable, which kinda makes sense since it may appeal more to the masses, then again the show is perhaps a radical step from the original.  Either way, I like em.
     
     

     

    indeed, i guess bioware can't do here much. lucasarts make the decisions, the gameplay and graphic/designstyle are only one of many. that is really too bad. i want see a more mature, agressive and brutal look in SWTOR. i'am just not the typical 12 year old, i'am the fat old nerd!

  • miagisanmiagisan Member Posts: 5,156
    Originally posted by brezel

    Originally posted by odienman


    First thought I had when I saw them is the style is similar to the new show they have on cable, which kinda makes sense since it may appeal more to the masses, then again the show is perhaps a radical step from the original.  Either way, I like em.
     
     

     

    indeed, i guess bioware can't here do much. lucasarts make the decisions, the gameplay and graphic/designstyle is only one of many. that is really too bad. i also want see a more mature, agressive and brutal look in SWTOR. i'am just not the typical 12 year old, i'am the fat old nerd!

    you may be a fat old nerd, but i aint much younger and i still enjoy the art style...nice attempt at an insult though

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  • SpeedhaakSpeedhaak Member UncommonPosts: 296

    I imagine they are aiming for a specific art direction similar to WoW, and to be honest I see nothing wrong with the current models - there is a certain level of charm to them.

  • LocklainLocklain Member Posts: 2,154
    Originally posted by brezel

    Originally posted by odienman


    First thought I had when I saw them is the style is similar to the new show they have on cable, which kinda makes sense since it may appeal more to the masses, then again the show is perhaps a radical step from the original.  Either way, I like em.
     
     

     

    indeed, i guess bioware can't here do much. lucasarts make the decisions, the gameplay and graphic/designstyle is only one of many. that is really too bad. i also want see a more mature, agressive and brutal look in SWTOR. i'am just not the typical 12 year old, i'am the fat old nerd!

    I enjoyed the new animated series, although it is a different direction from the other movies it wasn't as bad as some of the nerd rage states it is.  I am 24 and I don't need blood, gore, nudity, and offensive language to make a good game.  Look at AoC, all the added "mature" content didn't exactly help it out.

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  • brezelbrezel Member Posts: 202
    Originally posted by miagisan

    Originally posted by brezel

    Originally posted by odienman


    First thought I had when I saw them is the style is similar to the new show they have on cable, which kinda makes sense since it may appeal more to the masses, then again the show is perhaps a radical step from the original.  Either way, I like em.
     
     

     

    indeed, i guess bioware can't here do much. lucasarts make the decisions, the gameplay and graphic/designstyle is only one of many. that is really too bad. i also want see a more mature, agressive and brutal look in SWTOR. i'am just not the typical 12 year old, i'am the fat old nerd!

    you may be a fat old nerd, but i aint much younger and i still enjoy the art style...nice attempt at an insult though

     

    sorry, sir,  i didn't mean to ;) i think the words "martial/bellicose" describes my thoughs about a alternate art/graphicstyle much better.

  • CyntheCynthe Member UncommonPosts: 1,414
    Originally posted by Locklain

    Originally posted by brezel

    Originally posted by odienman


    First thought I had when I saw them is the style is similar to the new show they have on cable, which kinda makes sense since it may appeal more to the masses, then again the show is perhaps a radical step from the original.  Either way, I like em.
     
     

     

    indeed, i guess bioware can't here do much. lucasarts make the decisions, the gameplay and graphic/designstyle is only one of many. that is really too bad. i also want see a more mature, agressive and brutal look in SWTOR. i'am just not the typical 12 year old, i'am the fat old nerd!

    I enjoyed the new animated series, although it is a different direction from the other movies it wasn't as bad as some of the nerd rage states it is.  I am 24 and I don't need blood, gore, nudity, and offensive language to make a good game.  Look at AoC, all the added "mature" content didn't exactly help it out.

     

    For the last time what do people expect out of a Conan game? >.> The 'mature' content was hit with a heavy nerf bat which is a shame for those of us who would have enjoyed that. There's nothing mature about the game other then nipples and blood, big fracking deal. You can thank people with their nickers in a twist for all that. They might as well give us bras and get rid of limbs getting chopped off and re-rating the game as T for teen.

    This is what AoC has done for me, made me hate whinners.

    Don't take this personally Locklain, I just get worked up whenever someone mentions the M rating in a negative way, and not just in AoC. As an adult who would like such a world and finds nothing wrong with that desire, it drives me up the wall.

    All of that out of the way TOR's art direction looks very nice so far, I am starting to like stylized more and more, still wish they'd show facial close ups.

     

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  • LocklainLocklain Member Posts: 2,154
    Originally posted by Cynthe

    Originally posted by Locklain

    Originally posted by brezel

    Originally posted by odienman


    First thought I had when I saw them is the style is similar to the new show they have on cable, which kinda makes sense since it may appeal more to the masses, then again the show is perhaps a radical step from the original.  Either way, I like em.
     
     

     

    indeed, i guess bioware can't here do much. lucasarts make the decisions, the gameplay and graphic/designstyle is only one of many. that is really too bad. i also want see a more mature, agressive and brutal look in SWTOR. i'am just not the typical 12 year old, i'am the fat old nerd!

    I enjoyed the new animated series, although it is a different direction from the other movies it wasn't as bad as some of the nerd rage states it is.  I am 24 and I don't need blood, gore, nudity, and offensive language to make a good game.  Look at AoC, all the added "mature" content didn't exactly help it out.

     

    For the last time what do people expect out of a Conan game? >.> The 'mature' content was hit with a heavy nerf bat which is a shame for those of us who would have enjoyed that. There's nothing mature about the game other then nipples and blood, big fracking deal. You can thank people with their nickers in a twist for all that. They might as well give us bras and get rid of limbs getting chopped off and re-rating the game as T for teen.

    This is what AoC has done for me, made me hate whinners.

    Don't take this personally Locklain, I just get worked up whenever someone mentions the M rating in a negative way, and not just in AoC. As an adult who would like such a world and finds nothing wrong with that desire, it drives me up the wall.

    All of that out of the way TOR's art direction looks very nice so far, I am starting to like stylized more and more, still wish they'd show facial close ups.

     

    Don't read too deep into it Cynthe.  I would love a game with mature content, the fact that Funcom almost got it done correctly means that games are getting very close to being able to introduce mature content tastefully.  Unfortunately it is not the mature content that is the problem, it is the maturity of those that it attracts (not meant to be an attack on you personally).

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  • PeccaviPeccavi Member Posts: 53

    i think the graphics are just fine, I dont see old EQ 1 graphics or anything even remotely close to WoW, theres clips when people are running and the form fitting shirts cause creases against the skin as they run. as far as place holders go, as I stated on the swtor forums and if any of you where in the vanguard beta, they had place holders on certain things up to the day before they shut down beta to put out the live version, its to soon to tell what sticks and what doesnt. However, BioWare does have a better repuation than most developers, and while lucas arts does have final say I am sure, BioWare will not put its repuation on the line because Lucas arts wants to be overly eccentric and overbearing. I am sure they have something in the contract that allows for BioWare to do what they see fit to make this a huge success. While Sonys track record is tarnished and bleak. BioWare has a great track record with the star wars franchise.

  • HashbrickHashbrick Member RarePosts: 1,851

    Ir's all about the style of the art, I think it fits well and looks very polished. To each their own.

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  • Darth_OsorDarth_Osor Member Posts: 1,089

    I'm hardly thrilled with the graphics, but I can live with them and they're not "deal breaker" bad like WoW.  I understand they are aiming for the lowest common denominator graphics wise so less than stellar PCs can run it.  At least they have scaled down the ridiculous oversized lightsabers and appear to have scaled blasters down some, too.  KOTOR's graphics were kinda mediocre too (thank you consoles!), but as long as the game is good, I can accept TOR's graphics.

  • GoldknyghtGoldknyght Member UncommonPosts: 1,519
    Originally posted by cheshyrecat


      Sadly, I don't think those graphics are place holders.  All the screen shots seem to indicate that this is the "artistic" direction they want to go in.  I can't imagine WHY they would want to go in that direction but there it is.
      I would think that using those graphics would deter more people from playing.  I know I'll likely not purchase it because of  those graphics.  
       



     

    The graphics will deter no one. The problem is there isn't a good STANDARD for PC-Gaming. And some rigs can't support every bell and whistle. This is why Everquest 1 and WoW were sucessful. You could play these games on low end machines and not be forced to go spend 1k on upgrades. BioWare would love to make the most Graphical Gorgeous Breath taking graphics but we live in a world where crappy PC's spoil it for people who have the Mid to High End PC's capable to push those visuals.

  • PabswikkPabswikk Member Posts: 108

    I think the idea is to make the graphics

    1) Available to all PCs (I.e. easy to run)

    2) Timeless (Cartoony so that they don't jhave to compete with new releases in terms of graphics)

    Basically what WoW has done. Good for me, because I can run the game. Unlike some stupid FunCom game :'(

  • GoldknyghtGoldknyght Member UncommonPosts: 1,519
    Originally posted by Pabswikk


    I think the idea is to make the graphics
    1) Available to all PCs (I.e. easy to run)
    2) Timeless (Cartoony so that they don't jhave to compete with new releases in terms of graphics)
    Basically what WoW has done. Good for me, because I can run the game. Unlike some stupid FunCom game :'(



     

    Blame people like Pabswikk if you don't like cartoonish graphics, no offense just in terms for people like me who can play that stupid funcom game with every bell and whistle on :o)

  • PabswikkPabswikk Member Posts: 108
    Originally posted by Goldknyght

    Originally posted by Pabswikk


    I think the idea is to make the graphics
    1) Available to all PCs (I.e. easy to run)
    2) Timeless (Cartoony so that they don't jhave to compete with new releases in terms of graphics)
    Basically what WoW has done. Good for me, because I can run the game. Unlike some stupid FunCom game :'(



     

    Blame people like Pabswikk if you don't like cartoonish graphics, no offense just in terms for people like me who can play that stupid funcom game with every bell and whistle on :o)

    And that's fine. I loved AoC while I played it, but it just felt like I spent more time fine-tuning the graphics than playing sometimes. Anyway, I like cartoony...to an extent. I just hope SW:TOR does it right.

  • slayernlslayernl Member Posts: 16

    Its obviously bullshit to keep cartoony graphics just because a part of the playerbase they want to attract have crappy rigs.

    Ofc , everyone should be able to enjoy the game but you cant expect everyone to play in low res with crappy graphics just because allot of people cant let go of their P4 rigs

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  • yodablazeyodablaze Member Posts: 234

    I'm more concerned about the game play, always have been. They graphics aren't that bad, in fact the style reminds me of Kotor. I would exchange looks for game play any day. I want content and an awesome story to go with it.

     

  • jusomdudejusomdude Member RarePosts: 2,706

    I prefer as close to real graphics as they can get but I don't mind the graphics of SWTOR from what I've seen.

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