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Battle of the screenshots
porgie
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Just curious what everyone thought. Which screenshots do you think look better? I got these from the gamesites.
A. Dark Age of Camelot
B. World of Warcraft
C. Lineage II
D. City of Villains
E. Everquest II
F. Saga of Ryzom
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Out of those, I would have to pick the Dark Age of Camelot screenshots. I haven't ever seen those shots before. Those are sweet.
I don't think that World of Warcraft can do a good screenshot. It cracks me up when people defend that game. I see a bunch of line figures when I look at it. And that dragon looks like he's about 4 inches off the ground in the front and needs someone with a wench for assistance in the rear. And I like the way they craft their sitting stools to the terrain. "This one is going to sit right there, so I need this leg to be about 2 inches shorter on this corner. That way when I sit I don't slide on off. Perfect!" (Oooops, I hear Gameloading coming, everyone hide. hehe.
Why are the Ryzom screenshots so small? I guess you had to use the size on the website though. They should put up some larger ones.
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the Lineage 2 screenshot, the 2nd one. its nice. the first Lineage 2 screenshot should have been taken from the ground. Valakas looks much more impressive from there. WoW screenshots looks pretty nice too, but nothing special. its just a shame we still have so many pathetic and clueless haters on mmorpg.com =/
It kinda looks like that girl in the Everquest II picture is trying to sneak a peek at that skeleton taking a pee by the tree. She even has that look on her face.
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you look at those screenshots and really, its a shame that some of the better graphics engines are plagues by piss poor artists
thats one thing lineage 2 has both of, a great graphics engine and incredible artists
personally I think WoW has some awesome artists as well, but im not impressed by its graphics engine.
saga of ryzom..well imo is hideous.
"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a robot foot stomping on a human face -- forever."
EQ2 has a great graphics engine, but the artists and animators are probably the worst of all of those screenshots
that was actually the game I was refering to in my other post
"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a robot foot stomping on a human face -- forever."
The worst out of those would have to be Everquest 2. It is the perfect example of a good graphics engine in the hands of bad artists (and company).
EQ2s engine is obviously capable of some pretty nice lighting and shading effects. It's a shame that Sony apparently has some of the absolute worst artists in the game industry doing all of the design work for the game. It would be interesting to see what that engine could do in the hands of artists who had a shred of talent.
Anyways I voted Daoc....very surprisingly. I think ill give the game a shot.
EQ2 has shitty armor imo.
WoW has great artists like the above poster said but their graphics engine needs to be revamped.
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Mate, you left out Guild Wars, which has excellent art design and a good engine...
edited to give Guild Wars props. I'd vote that game if it was listed.
Example 1
Example 2
Example 3
I greatly beg to differ. The example shots in the OT were very poor.
From the little I've seen of Ryzom (played the free trial a couple of times, but not long enough to really take to the game), while the graphics engine is a little rough around the edges, the game has a unique and interesting art style and has some very beautiful areas.
The fact is that DAoC might look that way in the FINAL dungeon of the FINAL expansion. But the truth is, the rest of the game, looks like crap. I realize it's old, but don't try to make it look better than it really is. They look pre-rendered to me
Ryzom has the nicest.
Look:
And This is how DAoC really looks when you START playing:
Maybe try running the updater every once and a while. I dunno. But Muir Tomb never ever looked like that when I played. lol.
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It all seems so stupid
It makes me want to give up
But why should I give up
When it all seems so stupid
And actually, those screenshots aren't the last dungeon. One is Darkness Falls. The other is a throne room where you see the king of Midgard I believe. And 80%-90% of the game looks that good now that they did the visual upgrades. You don't even have the new character model for the Lurikeen on there.
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And this thread proves that Graphics obviously don't make the game........
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It all seems so stupid
It makes me want to give up
But why should I give up
When it all seems so stupid
Next, out of the choices given, probably Lineage II. Not much customization, or anything else great about it, but the characters and scenery are pretty.
And I have to agree with some others about EQII. It appears as if they tried to make it look real, but failed miserably.
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