EQ2: First Look at Shard of Fear - Page 9

Tred · 10-10-2007, 10:35 PM

With the same shit different name expansion for WoW and recent developments with War I have been thinking the same exact thing Diatribe. Speaking for myself Kunark could not possibly come out at a more perfect time.

Lyenae · 10-11-2007, 04:18 AM

I'd have posted that shot if I got it.

Previews are overdone and a complete utter waste of people's time. Full of nothing, they are excellent at sugar coating shit with doctored up screens and unleashing a hype train.

That screenshot tells it like it is. Nothing more/less. Props to whoever wrote that article at IGN.

Miele · 10-11-2007, 04:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lyenae

I'd have posted that shot if I got it.

Previews are overdone and a complete utter waste of people's time. Full of nothing, they are excellent at sugar coating shit with doctored up screens and unleashing a hype train.

That screenshot tells it like it is. Nothing more/less. Props to whoever wrote that article at IGN.

If you play on a Commodore 64, yeah, it looks like that... just as 80% of the eq2 screenshots posted on these boards.
I'm so fucking glad EQ2 doesn't even remotely look like that garbage, hell at launch I could use way better settings than those. Sure the settings and areas have their moments of "meh", but also their moments of greatness, you know, just like any other game.

No one even remotely sane would publish promotional screenshots of a game in less than uber quality, no matter the game, who posted that is totally stupid or retarded or just wanted to do bad publicity, in any case should go look for another job, possibly in another field where he can enlarge his (in)competence to further levels.

Qhue · 10-11-2007, 04:34 AM

What the hell graphic settings was the IGN person using? My buddy is playing EQ2 on a 2 year old non-gaming laptop and runs it on 'Balanced" and it looks pretty damn slick and he only has frame rate issues if he lingers in Neriak too long (*cough* fix the zone *cough*)

I have a machine I built this summer on the lowside of high end that I can reasonably play EQ2 with using very high settings (avoiding Neriak).

IGN reviewed BioShock with every bell and whistle turned to max so they can't argue that they only review games based on the lowest common denominator of reader machine specs. They even gave special props to the DirectX 10-enabled effects so we're talking a core2 duo + 6800-era video card and a few gigs of RAM easy.

So unless the Beta client is drastically different from the current LIVE version that guy was intentionally dialing down his resolution and every possible graphic tweak because he has an axe to grind.

Note : I even moved my settings to 'max performance' to see if a framerate snob might prefer some sort of mega-smooth high framerate EQ2 experience. I found the framerate wasnt noticably better yet the graphical appearance was just lousy.

Dandai · 10-11-2007, 04:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lyenae

I'd have posted that shot if I got it.

Previews are overdone and a complete utter waste of people's time. Full of nothing, they are excellent at sugar coating shit with doctored up screens and unleashing a hype train.

That screenshot tells it like it is. Nothing more/less. Props to whoever wrote that article at IGN.

The problem with journalists posting less-than-quality shots is that they will alienate the company who offered them the sneak-peek at their product. While one game might not be all that amazing or have the best screenshots, another game, produced by the same company, may have more interest surrounding it and would therefore generate more readers (and more money) for the publication. But if you stab the company in the back by "sticking it to them" with their crappy game, they're probably not going to invite you back for the sneak-peek of the game everyone is waiting for.

Think about Scott's reaction when he saw the screenshot and ask yourself if he had any intention on giving IGN another opportunity to get l33t beta infoz [ever] again.

Azzikai · 10-11-2007, 04:45 AM

"Iskar"

Jesus, doesn't anyone proofread this shit?

Moontayle · 10-11-2007, 05:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Azzikai

"Iskar"

Jesus, doesn't anyone proofread this shit?

No, and it's a damn disturbing trend in journalism in general. Too many people rely on Word to proofread their shit.

Zhaun's_Shade · 10-11-2007, 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Dandai

Think about Scott's reaction when he saw the screenshot and ask yourself if he had any intention on giving IGN another opportunity to get l33t beta infoz [ever] again.

Doesn't this go both ways though? Can he afford not giving IGN l33t beta inf0z?

Moontayle · 10-11-2007, 05:37 AM

I can think of about a half dozen other sites off the top of my head that he could go to. Ignoring IGN in general has always been high on my list of things to do in life.

Braen · 10-11-2007, 05:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Draegan

Fixed.

I bet Braen has no problem with those screenshots either.

Yeah.. I have no problem with those shots...

Seriously, you must have not been paying attention when I stated in another thread that lazy zone design, overuse of textures/mobs and making raid zones look just like an open dungeon are driving people away. It was completely retarded that 3 of the Kingdom of Sky raid instances looked just like an open non-instanced, non-raid dungeon. It would be like making a high end raid zone in TBC looking just like Hellfire Citadel. WoW players would have a problem with that.

Kreugen · 10-11-2007, 06:27 AM

That shot isn't even close to being the worst. There was a whole series taken in the lowest possible graphic setting, including some hilariously blurry close up shots of non-bumpmapped low res mobs. I wish I'd saved some for the thread ;p

You can tell by looking at the Spirocs that the texture setting is on low and all shader effects are off. Turning it down that low doesn't even make a difference unless you are using some seriously old hardware with a pissant amount of memory and no shader support.

I was laughing the whole time because I knew someone was about to get his ass chewed. Gallenite's reaction was about what I expected, heh.

Grave · 10-11-2007, 06:46 AM

That screenshot does tell me one thing: Sarnaks are going to use the same body/animation as the other races.

Boring.

I don't know why I expected anything more though.

Braen · 10-11-2007, 06:49 AM

Nope. Sarnaks use the new skeletal body system. AFAIK

Grave · 10-11-2007, 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Braen

Nope. Sarnaks use the new skeletal body system. AFAIK

Doesn't look like it to me. Basic human body with different feet/head and a tail added.

You can tell by the stance and the way it's swinging the weapon that it's the basic combat animation. Maybe it's just an early model.

Ogun Nagoura · 10-11-2007, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Gallenite

appropriate amount of haste.

Hypothetically.

So do you get bard and shaman haste on top of that?

10-11-2007, 05:37 AM	#129 (permalink)
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Braen Watches the Watchmen Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Dallas Posts: 3,808 -2 Internets	Nope. Sarnaks use the new skeletal body system. AFAIK __________________ Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn - In his house at R'lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming "That is not dead which can Eternal lie, and with strange Eons even death may die" - H. P. Lovecraft

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10-10-2007, 10:35 PM	#121 (permalink)
Tred Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 366 -1 Internets	With the same shit different name expansion for WoW and recent developments with War I have been thinking the same exact thing Diatribe. Speaking for myself Kunark could not possibly come out at a more perfect time.

10-11-2007, 04:18 AM	#122 (permalink)
Lyenae Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,914 -10 Internets	I'd have posted that shot if I got it. Previews are overdone and a complete utter waste of people's time. Full of nothing, they are excellent at sugar coating shit with doctored up screens and unleashing a hype train. That screenshot tells it like it is. Nothing more/less. Props to whoever wrote that article at IGN.

10-11-2007, 04:34 AM	#124 (permalink)
Qhue Tunare's most surly gnome Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Sunny Upstate NY Posts: 905 +3 Internets	What the hell graphic settings was the IGN person using? My buddy is playing EQ2 on a 2 year old non-gaming laptop and runs it on 'Balanced" and it looks pretty damn slick and he only has frame rate issues if he lingers in Neriak too long (cough fix the zone cough) I have a machine I built this summer on the lowside of high end that I can reasonably play EQ2 with using very high settings (avoiding Neriak). IGN reviewed BioShock with every bell and whistle turned to max so they can't argue that they only review games based on the lowest common denominator of reader machine specs. They even gave special props to the DirectX 10-enabled effects so we're talking a core2 duo + 6800-era video card and a few gigs of RAM easy. So unless the Beta client is drastically different from the current LIVE version that guy was intentionally dialing down his resolution and every possible graphic tweak because he has an axe to grind. Note : I even moved my settings to 'max performance' to see if a framerate snob might prefer some sort of mega-smooth high framerate EQ2 experience. I found the framerate wasnt noticably better yet the graphical appearance was just lousy.

10-11-2007, 04:45 AM	#126 (permalink)
Azzikai Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 217	"Iskar" Jesus, doesn't anyone proofread this shit?

10-11-2007, 06:27 AM	#131 (permalink)
Kreugen Fires of Heaven Ancient Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,698 +40 Internets	That shot isn't even close to being the worst. There was a whole series taken in the lowest possible graphic setting, including some hilariously blurry close up shots of non-bumpmapped low res mobs. I wish I'd saved some for the thread ;p You can tell by looking at the Spirocs that the texture setting is on low and all shader effects are off. Turning it down that low doesn't even make a difference unless you are using some seriously old hardware with a pissant amount of memory and no shader support. I was laughing the whole time because I knew someone was about to get his ass chewed. Gallenite's reaction was about what I expected, heh.

10-11-2007, 06:46 AM	#132 (permalink)
Grave Slightly OP Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 1,091 +21 Internets	That screenshot does tell me one thing: Sarnaks are going to use the same body/animation as the other races. Boring. I don't know why I expected anything more though.