AO2 has the main problem of would it be same as AO, setting is one thing, but system is main one. Would there be market for something more complex? It would be intresting to see if they could make a new game with similiar system to AO, few things could change(dynamic items, not so that every item is copy of one other and complexity of items is limited because of exponetial growth). Something where your choises would be more free, and knowledge would be power.
That's what would worry me about an "AO2". After seeing the small, non-complicated, standard-80-levels, EQ/WoW formula FC used with AoC, it would probably be the same with a new AO. And that would totally kill it, for me anyway.
Anarchy Online's /new/ engine. forums.anarchy-online.com/showthread.php "The Engine We have been working on the conversion to Ogre for quite some time now...and there have been good days...and bad days. The team has really done a great job and it has been amazing to watch AO slowly move towards a day where we could release the game "fresh" with the upgraded look the AO world deserves. The problem with this journey is a matter of time and the destination. While the Ogre engine is an excellent choice it is just not providing the full featureset that we originally hoped to would deliver...moreover to add those features seems to be a task with ever growing estimates....which is something our small team can not afford, nor expect our players to wait for. When the decision to go with Ogre was made the engine used for Conan was in its adolescence...it ran but it was gangly, awkward and had stability issues. After two years of constant work by a large and brilliant render team the engine used by Conan runs beautifully and stably and offers a great number of complete features that would require additional years of work in Ogre. With the delays due to difficulties associated with optimization of Ogre to work well with current AO and the estimated timelines for a full implementation of the Conan engine (Dreamworld Engine/Cheetah) being nearly identical we were faced with a difficult decision. We chose to go with the Dreamworld Engine."
so those 2-3 years that they were upgrading to Ogre engine are now wasted and we will have to wait another 2-3 years until they switch to Age of Conan engine? meh, i dont think they will ever complete it.....
Who knows, maybe they were able to translate some of the files and keep the work flowing over to the new engine. Regardless I just hope it does come. And when it does I hope some players are willing to step up and alpha test it to make sure it has a smooth implementation, it's very likely there will be tons of graphical glitches with the new engine.
The screens/videos was of the engine that they ended up scrapping and they decided to go with the AoC engine. They are saying late this year for the graphics overhaul. Here is a thread with video from FC of the Alpha version of AO with AoC engine http://forums.anarchy-online.com/showthread.php?t=519499
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That's what would worry me about an "AO2". After seeing the small, non-complicated, standard-80-levels, EQ/WoW formula FC used with AoC, it would probably be the same with a new AO. And that would totally kill it, for me anyway.
so those 2-3 years that they were upgrading to Ogre engine are now wasted and we will have to wait another 2-3 years until they switch to Age of Conan engine? meh, i dont think they will ever complete it.....
Who knows, maybe they were able to translate some of the files and keep the work flowing over to the new engine. Regardless I just hope it does come. And when it does I hope some players are willing to step up and alpha test it to make sure it has a smooth implementation, it's very likely there will be tons of graphical glitches with the new engine.
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The screens/videos was of the engine that they ended up scrapping and they decided to go with the AoC engine. They are saying late this year for the graphics overhaul. Here is a thread with video from FC of the Alpha version of AO with AoC engine http://forums.anarchy-online.com/showthread.php?t=519499