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Wish: 4 Exclusive Screens + Concept Art!
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Mutable Realms has just blessed us with 4 new and exclusive screen shots that show off the new human female model as well as the profoundly evil "Ankou" - a rare force that often means certain death for the unwary traveler who crosses paths with it. In the background you can see a Jabberwock as well!
Below are the 4 new shots. Registered members can view the high-rez versions if they are logged in:
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Lastly, they have given us a very cool exclusive concept image of the Anokou:
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Screens do not look good at all. I know that in-game always looks alot better - they are gonna have to.
I don't think WoW graphics are cartoony at all. Not life like either, but nothing I've ever seen on Saturday morning cartoons.
And as for EQ2 - oh god I think I'm going to be sick again! My wife is still giving me a hard time about the money we spent on that hunk of trash. I always made jokes about EQ1 and grouping. /shout Level 51 Pally LFG for bathroom break! Of course I'd never get a group and end up wetting my pants.
I honestly didnt think they could take making someone have to group anymore than they did in EQ1 but oh was I wrong. I gave it till level 18 and enough was enough. Anyway sorry all - I'm off topic.
<runs to the bathroom holding mouth muttering something about EQ2>
These screenshots look better than the others due to the fact that they are shots of the new player models.
They decided, after heavy criticism of their previous models, to re-do all of their character models. They have a long way to go before they're finished, you people seem to easily forget that it's a work in progress. Jugding a game by the way it looks before even the open beta? Give me a break.
Besides, Wish isn't trying to have the best graphics on the market. Why should they? They're not SOE, they don't have the established group of, no offense, ADDICTS, who they can guaruntee will buy their game, whether it's good or not.
Mutable Realms, the developer of Wish, is more interested in making a game with good gameplay, than making a tech demo for normal mapping and dynamic lighting. They want a game with fun social interaction, not simply forced grouping. They want a game where you don't have to - wait for it - ....
POWER LEVEL.
Yes, that's right, a Massively Multiplayer RolePlaying Game that doesn't involve grinding against static, re-spawning monsters for endless hours, just so you can reach "endgame" and finally play.
I know the concept must be startling, but work with me here.
One server. No shards. No zones. No instancing. Dynamic quests. Live Content.
And you cry about the graphics?
You narrow minded fools.
..And then Man went on to prove that black was white and got killed at the nearest zebra crossing.
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Listen Asmodeeus, seven years ago, Ultima Online didn't even have those pathetic "quests" that you refer to or those "professions" of ninja, samurai, necromancer, and paladin. Nor did it have any of the neon crap, or bug mounts. It didn't even have any "combat moves." You turned on attack and jousted with simplistic swings. It was a better game then. if you can't guess why then just uninstall the thing and move along. - Crabby
...and they lived happily ever after. The end.
I do hope you enjoy Wish, honestly I do. If its the best thing since sliced bread to you then fantastic!! However, I still feel it's my duty to try my best to reel you in a bit, even if for just a quick visit to reality.
The reality is computer games are not like books where one isn't supposed to judge it by the cover. Computer games for the vast majority of gamers is actually just that - it's judged by graphics alone. Now I'm not saying that if a game has pretty pictures that everyone is going to play and love it, but I'll bet ya a buffalo nickle it gets em through the door. Wish isn't going to do that if they keep things the way they are even if it has the best game play in the world lots and lots of people will pass it by once they see the screenshots.
My girlfriend sums it up pretty well when I try and introduce her to a new game with lets say, less than perfect graphics, and I'll quote - "Why would I want to look like that? You go play it. I'll stay where I am."
Bottom line is graphics are in - gameplay and content a very distant second. And if you don't believe me head on over to www.nvidia.com or www.ati.com and see how the war to have the best graphic card on the market is going. I don't think the demand for high performance video cards for games would exist if everyone though like you do, not that how you think is wrong or bad.
And as I close I'll give you a grand for instance on a game that is (in my opinion) one of those out there that has pretty pictures, but the game play is horrid - yet lots and lots of people still play - EQ2.
**edited for stupid typos - grrr**
I think you are both correct and wrong depending on the type of gamer you are. If you are a carebear gamer a la EQ, AC, UO, Horizons, etc... then graphics mean everything to you. Gameplay and content are desired, but not absolutely essential. These types of players eat sugar. They need their sugar fix and eat the pretty cotton candy. After a few hours (years) however, they get sick and throw up from eating too much junk food.
Then there's the other type of gamer who has been trying to find challenging, exciting MMORPG's to play since the old days of UO, pre-trammel. These players are cynical, disappointed by the sugar EQ clones and lackluster game mechanics restricting player freedom. These players don't give a rat's ass about graphics and would play with stick figures if the game had great game mechanics and the ability to generate sustainable excitement over the long term. These players need protein and carbs in a game, not flowery sugar that melts in your mouth after a few minutes and leaves a bad aftertaste.
I fall into the last category of gamers. I want exciting gameplay, player freedom, and challenging experiences that can only be provided by fighting other players. I'm the Next Generation gamer that wants a challenge because I've done it all. And I want sustenance and purpose in a game, not a level treadmill. I'm a gamer, not a mouse stuck in a turning wheel. I want to run for excitement, not a piece of cheese I'll never get.
Graphics are one of the last things on my mind when I play a MMORPG. Icing on the cake, sure, but I'll take dynamic gameplay over graphics any day of the week.
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The screenshots are new and exclusive. The concept art is not
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If your conclusions were correct, if graphics greater than all and gameplay and content a distant second, then why wasn't FFIX larger in North America? Or why wasn't L2 larger in NA? How about AC2 at all? Those were games that were lauded for there graphics at the time of their release. Yet they were disappointing releases and after market retention.
There are a ton of pretty MMOG's that either weren't nearly as popular as they should have been, or just plain failed.
Also, if the foundation of your argument was so correct, SWG would have been the run away hit that SOE and Lucas Arts had imagined because it was clearly the prettiest girl at the prom upon release. They were expecting something to the stature of WoW (we'll get to that in a minute) but didn't. They had all the things to get the ADD crowd into the door; awesome graphics, and the SW logo. But it wasn't the run away hit they had imagined. Why was that? Why is it that UO still has 150-180k (depending on the source) of subscriptions? Why is it that there are hundreds and hundreds of MUD's out there?
Why is it that WoW, arguably the MMOG that looks the most like a "video game" than any other MMOG on the market is breaking records out of the gate? Your girlfriend (or was it your wife? You mentioned having both) wants to play a game where the elf ears resemble a rabbits? Yet, there it is, with sweeping success and setting sales records. And gain, why is that? It's stupendous graphics that a lot of the textures look beyond dated, yet fit into their world nicely? Most likely not. Most likely because it's Blizzard. And why trust Blizzard? Because they have always been on the cutting edge of industry graphics? Um, no. Never. Not once, in fact. It's because (drum role) they have a history of great gameplay.
Actually, there are many who don't judge a book by the cover, even though I still contest that the cover that's being judged is good and getting better daily. There are many that do, but to ignore the former is just that, ignoring it.
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I'll mainly focus on this quote seeing how I'm still flabbergasted that anyone would look at WoW and think "Oh yeah, that's not video gamish at all" and then tell me to find real looking elves. Well, how about humans. Can I find them and use them for reference? I'll show you elves with more realistic style elves if you show me humans with 11 inch wastes and 80 inch shoulders. Deal? WoW has humans, doesn't it? And they look real to you? Their bark on their trees looks real to you? Their flora? Fauna? All look "real" to you? Doesn't look like a video game at all to you? Oi. Ok, like I said, wasn't going to belabor anything but that last paragraph.
I understand what you're saying. People are simpletons. They like shiny objects. Make it pretty and people will at least check it out. Yes.
But you are making my point; in the end, people don't put up with it.
Not only do you make my point, you hammer it home. Thanks.
Now, if the emphasis was so much on the graphics, people would have stayed in droves rather than left in droves from those games. If gameplay was so much a distant second that you infer, it would be a much less of an issue.
And games like SWG would have been the run away hit they wanted, not the one they have now with decent success. Not one person at LA or SOE would have looked at those numbers prior to release and said "Awesome!" Not one. AC2 would have been enormous if graphics were the "be all, end all" you suggest. But that's not the case.
The turn around and attrition is too fast. The shininess wears off too quickly for gameplay to be as far back on the scale that you say it is. This would explain why people try new games and go back to their old games. The luster wears off, and the gameplay is lacking or non-innovative, therefore giving them no reason to leave their old game if the new game 1) just sucks, or 2) is no different from their old game.
But for every game out there, I can show you people who hate its graphics. I swear I could show a real life picture and there will be certain people who look at it and say "Hmm, trees suck. View distance is ok, but the sky needs some work. And those models? Please, I've seen better crawl out of a cat's ass". Go to any board, any game, and you'll see some, no matter what, will hate the graphics.
Even your beloved WoW had people lambasting its graphics. No, really. I know that's hard to accept, but despite your rose colored glasses, there are those out there who thought them "cartoonish" and even subpar for a MMOG in 2004. Even EQII had its critics.
So you'll have to excuse me when I don't get overly excited when I see some people don't like Wish's. Par for the course. No one will agree on anything let alone everything. But like I said, their graphics have come a long way since last year, are much better, and those SS's don't even do them justice. Not even close. Besides, I believe in gameplay, and this is not just another derivative game trying to emulate a single player experience. And despite some people's denial about that, there are quite a bit of people looking for an interactive game that resembles MUD/UO/PnP experience much more than the derivative type game. The game that can deliver dynamic content will do well regardless if everyone agrees on their look or not, because as stated, not everyone is ever going to agree on graphics, just like they are never going to agree on gameplay either.
PS What's with the bold?
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