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Let bioware wonder how these guys control ultra high res texures and awesome effects in a mmorpg without having problems.
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Although I find it mildly amusing, they really need to sort out that sinking ship animation
Also, for all people saying swtor graphics look great, it doesnt need high res version, because its awesome, and it doesnt need fully rendered water either, because other games water bugs out when you step inside.. no it doesnt.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLx52IeyXA4
@deolus, yea that bug is.. interesting :P hopefully they'll sort it out in next beta phases. Ah and their UI could still use some refinements, despite recent changes. Not like it bothers me that much, as the game wont see eu/us release for another year or so, sadly.
Truly, ArcheAge is far more impressive, graphically. Though I am quite fond of TOR's aesthetics, artistically, they are too distinct to compare.
please let this come out in EU soon..
just perfect...
Also remember that those graphics in those videos from CBT4 are toned DOWN
They will be even better.
They are toned down cause it is first beta client on CE3 while all previous were pure CE2.
So in because of stability and performance and lack of impleentation of few things graphics are toned down temporarly.
So it will be even better
But Norway is not a member of the EU. :P
Well it is in EFTA so you could say it is in EU with one foot :P
i hope my rig can push it on ultra. now i havent been following the SWTOR gfx shit cause its to much to read. but im to understand that they dumbed down there gfx so the severs run smother? dont know the whole story but this makes me ask will XLGames need to do something like this? since AA looks so much better then SWTOR ( from the vids iv seen. i havent played it) i would hate to think that this could happen to AA.
Can people just stop acting like they know technical stuff about videogames and use it as arguments against swtor ?
Please .... ?
I watched carefully the 3 videos, and they are no more "Ultra High Res" textures than in swtor. I can see the pixels of closeup waves in the video, just like those armors people were bashing in swtor closeup out of dialogs. I can also see the raw polygonal edges of those shoulder armors in the vid, too. If you wanna bash a game based on some precise comparison, then please do it with honesty.
You were impressed by some water effect and RT shadows, that's fine, but please don't generalize like that.
Also, I'm sorry but where are the 50 simultaneous onscreen players Bioware was mentionning about these "problems" you're talking about ?
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So far it is reverse.
SWTOR had hi-res and best option turned on in early and mid beta and turned off at last 2 betas and still turned off at retail.
AA have some things turned off atm , cause current beta is first beta on CryEngine3 (up until now AA used CryEngine2) so it is not surprising cause they're testing newer version of engine.
AA still have few months till release propably, since now it is CBT4 and there still will be at least one more beta stage - "open" (no idea how open) for Korean citizens.
Then it is unfortunetally many months (if lucky) we get AA here in west.
So - afaik AA have no graphical problems atm , at least I do not know of any. + even if there will be some (well in game of that magnitude there propably will) they will be ironed out when it will release in NA and / or EU.
I just hope for really decent company (companies?) pick it up for us here in west.
And P2P pls, sandboxy game and cash shop does not mix good...
Good looking game, but I'll take gameplay over graphics anyday. So will wait and see how it turns out.
That is because they are using one of the most advanced engines out there, CryEngine 3. SW:TOR is using something called Hero, which I have never heard of before now.
But yeah, I am so looking forward to this game. Just hoping they can keep the manga style underage girls and giant weapons to a minimum.
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yes we already know it has player housing and better open sea battle design then potbs, we also know it has mounted combat and looks super delicious.
HOWEVER posting it and ranting it and hyping it....only for it not to even come out in the us tell time unknown when its in CBT4 which normally would be the last cbt following other titles ro,linage2,redmoon ect. This game is doing step by step betas so it might not even come to US tell Unknown-2014
Also char custimization is rather lacking, no list of weapon types, or building plans.
However this game is worth getting just for the ship battles. PVP on the water with a full pirate crew, or castle seiges from the water (Drool)
Stop posting about it tell the next update >.<
Hope so too, but just one look at few videos of ArcheAge vs for example TERA or Lineage 2 or any random asian f2p mmo, show huge diffrence.
Actually AA is most "western" looking mmorpg from east I saw till now.
Of course let's not fool ourselves - it is from Korea ,so some asian things there will be there. Hopefully in not too big quantity
But I don't mind tbh - it does not look as ridiculous as TERA (race of something that look as underaged girl with bunny ears lol) and seem so unique :
casual ,but not as casual as modern themeparks , game that mix themepark & sandbox + offer more diverse gameplay than WoW-clones.
If I have to take some Asian 'climates' to play it. I will
What are you talking about, you're claiming stuff not even XLgames have mentioned.
All CE3 will do is increase performance, which is really nice (epic mass PvP!). But let's try to keep some objectivity about this game shall we? And this is coming from someone who loves the game so far (and made the video linked in the 3rd post).
Apparently the hero engine was also used for faxion, which lasted about 10 minutes.
I kinda liked faxion too. It was a quirky pvp game that was actually kind of fun. Too bad it was really buggy and had like 4 and a half people playing it.
Compare videos from CBT2 - CBT3 and CBT4 , they are on youtube.
You can also ask Steparu, he ewen mentions that in one of his videos and he will tell you that graphics are toned down a bit for CBT4 comaping to CBT3.
So imo graphics will be better in retail. Will this diffrence be big? Nope. But may be noticeable.
Yeah I know CE3 is used not because of quality gain, because there will be none, but cause CE3 have superior performance compared to CE2.
Not to mention Gatheryn, which didn't even make it out of beta if I'm not mistaken. But that's probably not about the engine.
OT, ArcheAge is always looking good. Going by the videos, the only thing I don't care for is the combat.
Well i do keep being told CBT2 graphics were the best, but also that it was too much for a MMO that aims to have mass pvp. No pc would handle it.
And i'll advise on taking Steparu's claims with a grain of salt. He can't speak nor read korean and is prone to many mistakes, I know for a fact because i've seen many in his articles. (not trying to take away the credit of his work, his videos are good)
WTB release date in states 1g.
I really don't find those graphics all that impressive. Maybe it's the style, maybe it's the lack of realistic lighting effects, not sure, maybe even the animations, but I see nothing special. Better than TOR? lol not saying much...
Your entitled to your opinion. with that said i have one of my own. Your bat shit crazy son. the lack of realistic lighting effects? or better yet the animations? nothing special? LOL. You must be out of your mind.