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Andravius
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here you go OP:
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/gaming/2004/06/the_undead_zone.html
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/oct/27/tintin-uncanny-valley-computer-graphics
http://the-artifice.com/reasons-why-aaa-gaming-should-stop-worrying-about-photo-realistic-graphics/
this is why you dont do too realistic graphics.
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over 20 years of mmorpg's and counting...
So funny how everyone forgets how well top of the line graphics worked out for EQ2 at launch. Everything looked nice during the slideshow...
Cheers!
MMO Vet since AOL Neverwinter Nights circa 1992. My MMO beat up your MMO. =S
The reason for this is that at EQ2's launch they went with the idea that processors would get faster. Instead hardware went in a different manner.. they went multicore. EQ2's engine was built to futureproof on single cores, hence the issue.
EQ2's main performance issue is that the CPU was doing most of the work that a GPU should be doing. There are quite a few articles where they discussed redoing the engine but as far as I know it was never done/completed.
No I prefer a game that runs great on my computer but makes me giggle like a 12 year old every time I look at my toon.
And I'm sure its possible to do stylized graphics without giant shoulder pauldrons.
Dave said, based on feedback, that they are going to reduce them.
The reason for this is that at EQ2's launch they went with the idea that processors would get faster. Instead hardware went in a different manner.. they went multicore. EQ2's engine was built to futureproof on single cores, hence the issue.
EQ2's main performance issue is that the CPU was doing most of the work that a GPU should be doing. There are quite a few articles where they discussed redoing the engine but as far as I know it was never done/completed.
guess they r screwed then coz thats a majority of the playerbase lost right therehallo ~_~
Yes but there are two things that are hard to distinguish in video gameplay when dealing with RPG's. 1st is emotions. The Disney style (which really isnt just related to Disney animations) lends itself to easily distinguish emotions.
2nd is equipment and distinguishing between different types of armor and overall looks of classes. Pronounced armor, especially in the shoulders and head help in distinguishing different classes and armor. Think of a city skyline. If all cities had 10 story buildings it would not matter how much different the building styles looked for each city. The skyline from a distance would look a like so you could not tell one city from the next from a distance. However, since big cities have huge and pronounced buildings, looking from far away you can easily tell say New York apart from Chicago.
Not to mention they have said that all gear is extremely customizable so if you dont like a larger look some others may like you can simply change it.
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They tried to make the Kerra look badass but to me he looks rather comical, with his big nose.
And the shoulder pauldron are very much related to WoW. Im sure they didn't want to go for that.
Anarchy Online is the exact same way. The old DirectX versions can't interact with the GPU.
At least that's how I understood it. Not that AO is intensive, but it got troublesome multiboxing.
Facial Expression in photo-realistic graphics lol
What has been seen, cannot be unseen. Dear Lord that was scary.
As far as the "Disney" look I bet they are adding in more realistic textures as we speak. Even a slider to add more definition would work I think, take the sheen off for those that don't want to see it. They did it with SOGA in EQ2 and I'm sure they will add some way to "un-toon" characters to some extent in EQN.
There was that more realistic head model being worked on during the black box video.
Cause cherry picking an image during a cutscene makes sense....
HAve you ever snapped a photo or stopped a video when someone was talking? People's faces look very weird out of context.
Now watch this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL9wsEFohTw
Even with the more simpler character customizations available in MMO's these days, I'm sure you can make the Kerra look totally different hen the one demoed and more to your liking. The pauldron thing is not just related to wow. There have been numerous quotes from other game makers about how class distinct and a defined skyline of classes are important in that distinction and also how head and shoulder pieces play an important role in that. Making those piece more pronuonced is NOT just a WoW thing.
It was just a joke, I love Mass Effect
So your going to compare a MMO to a single player game?
Explain how that makes sense? So you want this game to be a themepark instead of a sandbox? You want every action and event to be scripted? Also the characters still looked super creepy. They had natural movement but their was something missing from them that kinda creeped me out. Maybe its that last 1% that was described in an article linked here.
How the hell did you get that I wanted a themepark or some linear game from my post???
I was just pointing out how good a GOOD facial expression system can look with a more "realistic" graphic style, nothing more nothing less.
My post had ZERO to do about single player games, non-mmo's, or any other rubbish you seem to want to put itno my mouth.
There is a diffrence between cartoony and Disney cartoony.
WoW and GW2 use the more "mature" cartoon style even Wildstar uses a more "mature" cartoon style.
They are once again making a big mistake with their style.
You can like it no doubt, but many are not liking it and it would have been better to pick a littlebit more mature style to show their hero's.
yup my wife's AMD FX4130 machine with a 660 will run circles around my 3770k with 7870 machine in EQ2 (all at stock clocks)