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Neverwinter: The Jewel of the North Trailer Released
SBFord
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Hell hath no fury like an MMORPG player scorned.
Huh? Everything they showed was directly from the game. It was a very accuracte representation and didn't do anything to make it look like more. I really like this video and wish other companies would do the same.
Even better is the Great Weapon Fighter was clearly in there! Very good news for me since that one class is what I want to play come release. Very well done and if the devs can simply keep up this pace we could have a very good game.
In beta the gear was dropping for Scourge Warlocks. Similar to all the gear I kept getting for Great Weapon Fighter. So if nothing else it seems planned and partially implemented. I doubt gear with graphics and stats would exist without a class to back it up in the future.
The classes thing and the fixed zoom are my biggest concerns with the game. If they can just get another 5 classes added within the first 90-days I think a lot of folks will be satisfied.
Unless they release more video options upon release then the graphics are nothing to wriet home about. They aren't Skyrim quality, plain and simple. What the game does well is it does incorporate actual atmosphere, gloom, fog, dungeons with little secret doors and hidden passages, etc.
I personally feel its a game for a younger audience, which isn't a bad thing, but something I see in the art design and overall feel. It's almost like playing the D&D Cartoon. Yeah I'm old enough to remember the D&D cartoon, but it does it well. If you can handle playing something slightly cartoony, but fast paced with friends, you'll enjoy it.
PS - What do the stars under my name refer to? I feel like my current rating is that of a bad B movie.
It's not a CGI video. It's made from in-game footage, which actually shows some of the gameplay as well.
I've played the game as well, and thought it was a lot of fun. I'm looking forward to its release.
Hell hath no fury like an MMORPG player scorned.
Exactly.
I look at this game as something fun to play with a few friends on Skype after work for an hour or two. Could even geek out and make a dungeon or quest series and play through with friends as well. A true stand-alone MMO this is not, but the mechanics work and the gameplay is fast and fun. So it works for the niche they seem to want to fill.
I've played 2 beta weekends and the game is fun (for me).
Combat is engaging (the best I've played in a MMO so far) and the scenery is not far behind GW2. However, character creator and models are between bad and suck. Hopefully they will polish them by launch.
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My main focus is on a games combat system these days, then graphics and lore (such as such tends to be).
The stars are a measure of your activity level, over time. [mod edit]
Try reviews from sober friends?
I'm in the mindset of I try something for myself. Rarely do I rely on the beer infused commentary of a good friend. <smirk>
I'm not certain of the exact range. Obviously they've shown scenes of the wilderness, snowy mountainous areas and more. How far that extends outside of Neverwinter is still unknown.
Oh and lookout for Lockboxes.
Pass
did you play beta? there's more video options than most games out even more so than the top looking MMOs. But more video options isn't going to make the game look better. Overall the game looks decent enough the real downside is the character models imho some look really really bad(especially the females) while others aren't to bad.
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The environment is good . The quests are very very good.
The currencies are extremely difficult to understand. Why so many?
Nothing to do later on in the game other than queue up for repeatable content.
Control wizard is broken but they said they will fix it.
This times a thousand. Man, those character models needs some serious serious help... especially the faces. Egawd.
I think the world it self looks fine and is very solid.. why couldn't they put the same effort in to the characters... they remind me of models from Doom 1 or something.
Ive been in all the betas so I've seen the various graphics improve here and there. Seems like a stupid question if you read my post history but whatever.
The game has the standard "cryptic" options, but what it lacks and this is key is the ability to render character models at a higher level and to select how many high-quality character models you want on your screen. Without those you'll continue to see the same rather low quality characters. Which do not fit in well with the overall environment and especially the worl detail.
There is a lot to improve upon, but I really hope they open up those options to those of us with faster systems that can handle a bunch, if not all, characters being maxed out in quality.
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Haha as you should be! There are a few games with trailers out there right now where the betas are anything but what they showcase.
I will say that so far everything you see in the Neverwinter Trailers is exactly what you get. Nothing is rendered differently, all cut-scenes or showcasing something that blatantly doesn't exist in game.