Pirates of the Burning Sea

Originally posted by beauxaj

If it plays well and I enjoy it, I could care less about the graphics, These days sooo much is spent on looks that often the gameplay and core mechanics of the game are placed second.  I can appreciate a scenic vista and impressive graphics, but I'm there to enjoy the GAME not what the game looks like.  It maybe because I'm old old old school but I prefer depth over flash.

quoting for the truth and because i'm in agreement.

gameplay >>>>>>>>>> than graphics

if the game is worrth playing, and fun...i really couldnt care about graphics

Graphics can always be updated later.  Changing game mechanics midstream is the hard part.

There are some nice screenshots and movies to look at here :

http://piratesoftheburningsea.station.sony.com/

Yaaarrr ..

It's been beat to death, but, Ship2Ship combat is the real jewel and main focus of the game.  The avatar ( Wow-ish aspect of the game) combat was added last.

The game as a whole is still being polished and I would expect avatar combat to be included.  At this point there isn't alot to worry about.  The game's making great progress and it is fun, which says alot more to me than anything.

If the game nears its launch and somethings still not up to par, I'm sure you will hear about it from the countless  people that love nothing more than to see <insert newest MMORPG here> fail.

Originally posted by daemon

Watched this game for a long time now... and I keep seeing uglyness everywhere.

Just saw the latest screenshots and I dont know if its me or the characters and npc models look totally ugly like a game 6 years old...

Sure the water looks nice the sky looks nice but I see some kind of choppiness and cubic unpolished bad models , textures and all that in every damn screenshot.

Ugly cubic edges and ugly clothing options just scream of really old game graphics.

What do you guys think?

Or, it's me? Personally, I think the graphics look crisp and clean, which is what I want from online video games.

Star Wars Galaxies might be a good example; on my computer I had to run that game at the lowest graphic settings and even then there was a lot of slow down, especially in large battles. And that game was strange somehow; high quality character models but all-around crappy surface textures? (My computer at that time wasn't the best, so I don't really know).

In fps-critical FPS's it becomes a real problem since any sort of cpu/gpu lag will mean death (a la Planetside/Quake 3/etc.).

CoH/V, same thing, but in that game you could display it as 1024x768 for example for sharper text and whatnot, but render all the models as 640x480, and turn down the particle effects. Sure things looked blurry but the fps was a lot higher. My tendency at that point was to try to get the most out of my aging system.

You gotta remember that not everyone can afford the newest top-of-the-line system, especially when the technology keeps changing drastically every year or so (it's really slowed down since five years ago, though...).

As a side note, my old computer unfortunately overheated. Something caught fire and burned out the cpu or some stupid thing (all while it was idling, no less). Let that be a lesson to you all; buy a can of compressed air, open your computer and blow out all the dust every month or two.

Yet I fully intend on buying a new computer just so I can play PotBS when it's released. I'm that excited about it, and while some aspects of it worry me (focus on instances, for example...loading screens = bad), it's still going to be the best MMO since pre-NGE SWG.

And if my hopes are wrong? oh well, I have a shiny new computer to play the WoW-Alterac Valley-clone WAR or the twitch-fest AoC. I might even be looking forward to Darkfall if they decide to get rid of the FPS portion of it (anyone remember how ridiculous HeXeN was? Or was it Heretic? S.S.D.P.)

Originally posted by beauxaj

If it plays well and I enjoy it, I could care less about the graphics, These days sooo much is spent on looks that often the gameplay and core mechanics of the game are placed second.  I can appreciate a scenic vista and impressive graphics, but I'm there to enjoy the GAME not what the game looks like.  It maybe because I'm old old old school but I prefer depth over flash.

there's lots of depth and over 10 years worth of updates, and TONS of "stuff" that no other mmo has even come close to implementing in ultima online.  why aren't you playing it?  it's graphics are rather 2D'esque and subpar compared to many current games.  but it's got great gameplay and tons of stuff to do.

just making a point.

Originally posted by daemon

Watched this game for a long time now... and I keep seeing uglyness everywhere.

Just saw the latest screenshots and I dont know if its me or the characters and npc models look totally ugly like a game 6 years old...

Sure the water looks nice the sky looks nice but I see some kind of choppiness and cubic unpolished bad models , textures and all that in every damn screenshot.

Ugly cubic edges and ugly clothing options just scream of really old game graphics.

What do you guys think?

Its in beta for goodness sakes. Most beta games are gonna look blocky and choppy. The game isn't even polished. Once the game is complete and is polished and is loaded with the correct graphics engine, then I am sure it will look a whole lot better. Besides I realy didnt think the screens didnt look all that bad. Personally I think its just you.