| | Don't get me wrong SOE has shown us some really exiting things about EQN. But the as the character models appeared for the firs time, that really was a WTF-moment for me. That human character looks exactly like a Disney princess out of a Pixar movie and that Kerra, I don't know how to describe it, its just stupid and ugly. What is this? Tony the Tiger in epic WoW gear. Those Panda-things from WoW are stupid, but I'm sure Blizzard would have rejected this.
The Environment looks so good, but the character models just look out of place, like they don't belong in this world. I have nothing against Rapunzel from Tangled but I don't think this is what the Everquests fanbase or any mmorpg player wanted. I just can't identify with that kind of character.
I don't know how much work on the models has already been done. But I think there is still time to change them. At least give them less goofy faces, I would be pleased with that.
Smedly said something like that he wants to develop the game together with the players. On his "Round Table", he asks us if female dwarfs should have beards or not. The first thing I would do is to flip his round table and tell him: "Listen Smed, you can put beards on things as much as you like, but those big goggle eyes have to go!!! | |
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Random Forum Poster: I want an MMO that is different, original and fun.
Me: So you want something like EQN
Them: Nah dude, I want a Holy Trinity, Tab Target combat, Instanced Raiding, and Rigid classes.
Me: Double Facepalm.
Makes two of us. I thought I was looking at WoW2 not EQN.
You're right I would even prefer the character models from Tera, and that game has preteen Playboy bunnies.
Get used to these character models, these are not things they change this late in development. It's all drawn up already, they've fit those bulky armor on the characters already. It's clear SOE is going after a specific mass market audience. Yes it's a sticker shock to Everquest franchise fans, but it is what it is.
Kind of knew what it was going to be like since I played Planetside 2, and Planetside 2 used the same forgelight engine that EQ Next uses. In Planetside 2, the environment and landscape look absolutely beautiful, they actually look a lot like the clips shown today for EQ Next. Almost identical. And particle effects and lighting will be amazing as well. Unfortunately for character models, it is going to be more cartoony. And character armor will have less detail. In Planetside 2 you could barely make out the decals that you buy to put on your armor.
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The character models allow all those emotions though
Perhaps that is one good reason why more realistic face models were not planned for eqnext.
They look fine. Realism is boring. Every single mmo I have played that attempted realism typically ended up overly stiff or all characters ended up looking the same or a combination of both. If SOE tried realism along with the many social emotes and facial expressions planned they would have been battling the uncanny valley and failed hard.
If EQNext was more realistic we would see the exact same number of hate threads saying the world is stiff and without soul. MMORPG community is so full of jaded players that you only hear the haters who tend to be the most vocal. It is a nice though knowing that for every spastic, reactionary poster there are several normal people with more balanced opinions who never bother to post. I know so because if you never visit forums and only talk to people IN GAMES you see how amazing and friendly most players are.
If I have one tip for readers here is that they should simply be aware of this.
You stay sassy!
That is a point, just wish it was a little less juvenile
My thoughts exactly. Not what I was expecting.
I kinda like the features of the human face so people can see when you make the faces with soemote.
I think he actually said "exaggerated features" added for just that purpose.
Hopefully there's more faces you can make than what we saw. I want to stick my tongue out.
Im shuttering at the thought
The character models somehow remind me more of torchlight or wildstar. Personally I liked them. I'm sure the cartoony look will give vastly better fluidity of movement and combat/passive animations.
Ok I haven't posted about anything in awhile on this site but I will post about this. As an old time EQ fan I was a bit shocked at the character models. It's definitely not what I expected. That being said. I could live with it. The animations are fluid. Their is actually color and textures that are amazing. Which is something that the last incarnation of EQ was sorely lacking. I also believe that with the stylized graphics they are using, it will give them more creative direction and freedom, especially with those emotions.
If there is one thing I want to ensure though. Is that they give us not only tons of ways to customize our characters faces and hair, but also they have a large variety of gear and weapons that will stand apart. Complete with a dye system. So that not every other character out there that's the same race as me looks almost exactly alike...I'm looking at you GW2!
For those that don't want to read through 3 pages of nonsense, the basic summary of what this thread contains is: "moan moan moan, this game looks like WoW with its cartoony art-style even though it looks nothing like WoW. I'm dull and wanted this game to look and age just as terribly as the first two games, I just loved the horrific-looking "realistic" graphics from EQ2, they should definitely do that again, I hate change, someone please change my diaper."
The sheer amount of whining you people do, I mean seriously. This game looks great, and unlike the first two games, 10 years down the line it won't look like complete crud. It's bright and interesting, and a really good way forward, especially considering the whole dyamic player-created content using voxels. That would have never worked any other way.
But no, of course if it doesn't fit your exact idea for EQN, then it's suddenly terrible. I'm just glad I only care about the possibilities that this game can potentially bring, and not get hung up about something as ridiculous as this.