spacer Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 (edited) You cannot expect an MMO to have Crysis-like graphics. WAR's graphics are by no means horrible (and I think they are infinitely better than WoWs, even if some of the animations aren't working corerctly yet). And, if WoW is any indication, MMOs succeed and prosper even if they have less than average graphics. Edited September 19, 2008 by spacer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt4pack Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 (edited) I have to disagree with the assessment that WoW looks like crap. From just looking at screenshots then it's easy to say that but actually playing the game most people never even notice that the game is so low-res because of the wonderful art direction of the game. You might not like the colorfulness of WoW but I think it's beautiful. It's a lot harder to make a low-res game look good then it is a high-res game. As far as War goes I haven't been able to play because the open beta was taking ages to download from FilePlanet and BitTorrent so by the time it would have finished downloading the open beta would have already been over. I even had a key and was excited to play but crappy servers ruined it. I won't judge War until I have the chance to play myself but from screenshots it has the same cartoony look of WoW but at higher res and uses less bright colors. All the people who rip on WoW for being cartoony looking would have to do the same for War although I don't mind it at all. Edited September 19, 2008 by matt4pack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookie Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 I don't understand the 'it looks cartoony' at all. I mean some of the environments look hand painted (empire buildings for sure). Dark elfs have a cold steel & leather look which is so far from cartoony it's unreal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt4pack Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 (edited) It might not be as cartoony as WoW with all the bright colors but it definitely doesn't have the realistic looking type graphics of LOTRO. I don't think one way is better than the other as it's just a different style but a lot of people who play games like AOC and LOTRO always rip on WoW for having cartoon type graphics which War is much closer to in style at least from what I've seen although I haven't played it first hand yet. Edited September 19, 2008 by matt4pack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+longgonebn Subscriber² Posted September 19, 2008 Subscriber² Share Posted September 19, 2008 It might not be as cartoony as WoW with all the bright colors but it definitely doesn't have the realistic looking type graphics of LOTRO. I don't think one way is better than the other as it's just a different style but a lot of people who play games like AOC and LOTRO always rip on WoW for having cartoon type graphics which War is much closer to in style at least from what I've seen although I haven't played it first hand yet. I play AoC & LOTRO, soon WAR, and I used to play WOW, no issues on it being too Cartoony or what ever, I liked it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookie Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 War is much closer to in style That's because Warcraft was a copy of Warhammer. Blizz were contracted to make the first Warhammer game before they got the heave-ho but needed to do something with the time they had spent on it. The similarities are going to be there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt4pack Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 I know that as I was just making an observation and never meant anything more then that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethos Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Anyone know of a European server where Order can put up a fight? Checked out quite a few servers, all of them are destruction dominated - Winning almost every BG and on my current server, order does not have a single keep in ANY places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dashel Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 It might choke most systems, but it still won't look great. ;) +1 WAR barely looks better than WoW at times and usually looks worse. The options are quite limited (no AA settings for crissakes) and the engine chugs like NWN2. After playing the glorious beauty of AoC for the last few months, besides the combat, graphics are at the top of my 'con' list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigoku Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 WOW looks like crap to me. All of gear looks like it was all formed out of one solid piece and colored over. *if that makes sense. XD I'm really pleased with the way warhammer looks over the other mmorpg's. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkymunky Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Anyone know of a European server where Order can put up a fight? Checked out quite a few servers, all of them are destruction dominated - Winning almost every BG and on my current server, order does not have a single keep in ANY places. Karrag Orrud - Order are putting up some very valiant fights against us on there :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigurd Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Anybody else having trouble logging in? It was all fine for me yesterday but i cant log in this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dashel Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 I find it amusing that there has been a flip in player alignment from WoW it seems. All the kiddies are now teh evil so we're seeing the same population imbalances all over again. Must be the Dark Elves that pushed the issue for the little whackers. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emorex Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Anyone know where I can buy the game online, other than D2D. I want to play on NA servers (since I am on there), but I am currently residing in the UK. D2D doesn't allow me to purchase it because my country is restricted. Any where else I can buy it? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethos Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Anyone know where I can buy the game online, other than D2D. I want to play on NA servers (since I am on there), but I am currently residing in the UK. D2D doesn't allow me to purchase it because my country is restricted. Any where else I can buy it?Thanks There's Direct2drive.com and direct2drive.co.uk, the last one which serves Europe :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emorex Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 There's Direct2drive.com and direct2drive.co.uk, the last one which serves Europe :) Ya, but I don't want to get the EU version. I want to play on NA servers, since I am leaving UK end of year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 it's stupid to divde the userbase between european and American, hardly any of the MMO's do t, actually I can't think of any. maybe that FF game, but, who woudl care.... If Erupeans want to play with theNA peopel, let them, just label theserver European and North American so they know. heck even AoC allows it and that's one of the only MMORPGs where lag actually to some degree matters, and you don't get lag that matters between US and EU anyway. There's Direct2drive.com and direct2drive.co.uk, the last one which serves Europe :) Europeans can't buy from the .com store. and the co.uk store don't sell the American version. Spore was mroe anoying, I was country blocked from even buying the UK/EU version from the European co.uk store, beign forced to buy it from the EA store where it was significantly more expensive, so I wasn't going to buy it from there, since it was quite a bit more expensive than ordering a boxed version even. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethos Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 it's stupid to divde the userbase between european and American, hardly any of the MMO's do t The biggest MMO of all time does it as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emorex Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 The biggest MMO of all time does it as well. That's why they do it :p (because it's big). So I got my parents to buy the game for me and they will give me the cd key over the phone. I am downloading the game from the ea/mythic torrent right now, but taking like 20 hours :( Wish there was a faster way.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollick2 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 The biggest MMO of all time does it as well. wow doesn't really divide it. NA users can play on Eu servers and vice versa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emorex Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 wow doesn't really divide it. NA users can play on Eu servers and vice versa. That's how WAR probably works as well. Just that you have to buy the game in the US or online if you want to play on US servers (similar to WoW). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 The biggest MMO of all time does it as well. doesn't mean it's a good thing to do. I guess I didn't remember they did it because I only stayed an coupel of months before I realizesd it was still a 1st gen game, while I was playing third gen games like EQ2 and Vanguard. There's just no good reason to separate players on geographical location, except to get people to buy multiple opies of the game to play on the other servers. and because "they do it" is not a reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpu killer Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Anyone want to start a new character? I'm getting kinda bored soloing here :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethos Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 wow doesn't really divide it. NA users can play on Eu servers and vice versa. Same with WAR, just need an account from the correct region. doesn't mean it's a good thing to do. No, just goes to show even the big boys do it, no need to start whining about it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Anyone want to start a new character? I'm getting kinda bored soloing here :p Well I will as soon as the download finsihes... since I for some reason decided to buy it .... dammit, why must I be both a fan of Warhammer and Conan universes... but hen again, I'll be on EU servers :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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