Two must see Warhammer Online Vids...

misterjingo · 27 Aug 2008 at 22:54

Matmulder said:
As posted in another thread, screenshots of how its going to look:

http://i524.photobucket.com/albums/cc324/Ork34/WAR Classes/BO4.jpg

Thats how it looks now - can make it look even better with forcing 16 AA AF through the nvidia control panel etc

Edit: that pic has got 16 AA AF on, which is why it looks like it does. Most play without forcing it, and lots even play on 'fastest framerate' - which is very low gfx settings.

mark43 · 27 Aug 2008 at 23:09

Strife212 said:
I think the graphics look amazing, 10 times better than Age of Conan

Based on the screenshots and videos I've seen of WAR I really must disagree. I agree that the graphics in WAR look decent, but better than AoC, No.

Strife212 · 27 Aug 2008 at 23:16

Technically they are definately worse but I think they fit the game better.

Mittens · 27 Aug 2008 at 23:23

I think i just might give this a go

.:MBK:. · 27 Aug 2008 at 23:55

quite cool to see alliances, allows smaller communities to join in the fun...or larger communities to form the ultimate zerg rofl

Pranksterr · 28 Aug 2008 at 00:36

To get a better feel of the game and its classes do check out these : Goblin Shaman and Bright Wizard . There are plenty of other guides on there, were the guy talks you through what he is trying to do. Try and hold judgement on the look of the game untill post release, when all the shiny stuff is turned on and you get some user vids posted.

Margaret · 28 Aug 2008 at 00:57

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/39160.html

Looks no better than Conan tbh... :/

Combat just looks major meh-ish.

adam cool dude · 28 Aug 2008 at 03:05

Revolution6000 said:
Reminds me of AV to be honest.

Which was two years ago Pre TBC. AV is a PvE instance now. Love all the vids. People seems to forget this is a beta and everyone has crap gear and not much knowledge of the class they are playing.

Here is a example of a Wow Europe Beta in 2004

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5DxgD2KCl4&feature=related

Looks boring too? Yet it ended up being one the best games i have ever played (Vanilla WoW that is). Add to the fact that was actually the most fun PVP in wow compared to todays welfare grindfest.

SS-89 · 28 Aug 2008 at 03:08

.:MBK:. said:
quite cool to see alliances, allows smaller communities to join in the fun...or larger communities to form the ultimate zerg rofl

You can come and join us if Iron Guantlet aren't moving to War. =) We'll be rolling destruction, obv server hasn't been decided yet.

Margaret · 28 Aug 2008 at 03:17

adam cool dude said:
Which was two years ago Pre TBC. AV is a PvE instance now. Love all the vids. People seems to forget this is a beta and everyone has crap gear and not much knowledge of the class they are playing.

Here is a example of a Wow Europe Beta in 2004

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5DxgD2KCl4&feature=related

Looks boring too? Yet it ended up being one the best games i have ever played (Vanilla WoW that is). Add to the fact that was actually the most fun PVP in wow compared to todays welfare grindfest.

Even in that video you can tell the combat is more fluid and fast paced, it's not clunky unlike AoC and WAR.

Teki187 · 28 Aug 2008 at 06:43

Watched the 2 videos from the OP.

Interface is the same as WoW's

Graphics is slightly better.

Animation is completely appalling. Wolf Turns on the spot and the orc things arm hardly ever bend.

Magic system seems really clunky and the projectile animations are laughable.

Like others have said, watching them 2 videos will only put you off more then want to play the game.

Good thing i'll never touch this game

misterjingo · 28 Aug 2008 at 06:44

Margaret said:
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/39160.html

Looks no better than Conan tbh... :/

Combat just looks major meh-ish.

tbh, on the linked clip, combat does seem meh. It can be a lot better, and post release there should be more vids showing this.

Leodido · 28 Aug 2008 at 07:55

Teki187 said:
Watched the 2 videos from the OP.

Interface is the same as WoW's

Graphics is slightly better.

Animation is completely appalling. Wolf Turns on the spot and the orc things arm hardly ever bend.

Magic system seems really clunky and the projectile animations are laughable.

Like others have said, watching them 2 videos will only put you off more then want to play the game.

Good thing i'll never touch this game

You should read the post before saying dumb stuff... The animations are all being reworked. THIS IS A BETA

On the other hand, i think it is best for the community if people thinking like you don't touch the game

cya!

Tombstone · 28 Aug 2008 at 08:08

Teki187 said:
Interface is the same as WoW's

I really do wish everyone would stop with the WoW WoW WoW WoW WoW thing, MMOs existed for almost 10 years before WoW came along.

As I have said before, WoWs interface is almost an exact copy of AC2s interface. So if you want to say the WAR interface is the same as something, it would be AC2s, not WoW.

Not necessarily applied to you Teki, but I really do think some people think that WoW started the genre instead of coming along 10 years after the start of the genre.

Metalface Mark · 28 Aug 2008 at 08:33

I was quite excited till i watched the videos, it looks a bit on the clunky side, i think ill give it a miss for a few months.

misterjingo · 28 Aug 2008 at 09:30

found a random PvP vid:

http://www.gamevee.com/viewVideo/724556

.:MBK:. · 28 Aug 2008 at 09:33

SS-89 said:
You can come and join us if Iron Guantlet aren't moving to War. =) We'll be rolling destruction, obv server hasn't been decided yet.

might happen, not much buzz for WAR on the forums atm. and AoC have finally announced their plans for alliances, i wonder why :rolleyes:

will you be using the same site/name

Destruction sounds good, had my heart set on one of the tanks, probably the chaos chosen

mark43 · 28 Aug 2008 at 09:35

Its kinda worrying to hear that things are being reworked a couple of weeks before launch, hope it doesn’t go the same way as AoC in this sense with lots to be fixed after launch.

Unfortunately the WoW comparisons are only natural and like it or hate it you’re probably going to get a lot of it. In fact if its anything like AoC prepare to leave the general chat channels in game if you don’t like this, I got so fed up of every conversation in that comparing to WoW.

misterjingo · 28 Aug 2008 at 09:51

mark43 said:
Its kinda worrying to hear that things are being reworked a couple of weeks before launch, hope it doesn’t go the same way as AoC in this sense with lots to be fixed after launch.

Things aren't being reworked, they're being added. Throughout beta they've stated that graphics are predefined (fastest framerate, balanced, high quality) because they wanted testing to focus on mechanic bugs rather than graphical bugs, and adding better graphics is a simple task (such as LOTRO not having high res textures until release). The same went for animations. They are easy to add, so wasn't a primary concern during the beta - but they are now when the polish is being added. AoC seemed to focus on the graphics during beta at the detriment to the gameplay.

While I see WAR has some issues, none are gamebreaking, and it already has infinitely more content than AoC.

Paramount · 28 Aug 2008 at 09:56

Xiler said:
WOW brought nothing new into the world of MMOG i played it once and i had seen all the stuff before in games like DAOC,LOM, L2, etc.

Legend Of Mir, a classic! My first mmo, I think that was almost 7 years ago wasnt it? What shall we do tonight guys? ST B7!!