General Discussion

As a part of our recent coverage of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, the folks at EA Mythic have provided us with these two exclusive screenshots from the upcoming MMORPG.

Check out both shots here.

I know graphics aren't everything but look at the detail of that armor in the first shot. Some love went into that me thinks.

I am so loking forward to this game!

I like how the design team is staying true to the table top game when it comes to their models.  This is one of the few MMOs with a very healthy history developed for the developer team like WoW,  FFXI, and D&D Online.

Originally posted by FomarThain

I know graphics aren't everything but look at the detail of that armor in the first shot. Some love went into that me thinks.

I am so loking forward to this game!

Very well put!
I think this game is a labor of love! Not to say everything about it will be perfect (I am in beta so I can't comment anyways) but I have never seen an mmo crew so dedicated to stay true to the IP and who (seems) to have such a great connection (free hands) with such a big IP.

I look forward to play this when it goes live for real!
It certainly looks much better than AOC...

Nono AOC looks way better fo shoe!

Originally posted by Draccan

 

Originally posted by FomarThain

I know graphics aren't everything but look at the detail of that armor in the first shot. Some love went into that me thinks.

I am so loking forward to this game!

 

Very well put!
I think this game is a labor of love! Not to say everything about it will be perfect (I am in beta so I can't comment anyways) but I have never seen an mmo crew so dedicated to stay true to the IP and who (seems) to have such a great connection (free hands) with such a big IP.

I look forward to play this when it goes live for real!
It certainly looks much better than AOC...

 

Its a nice screen shot thats forsure, but lets not be delusional, AoC character models look and move alot better.

"Y looks better than X" is really just a matter of taste that will vary from person to person.   Some people like more stylized graphics, some people like more realistic graphics.  Neither is right, it's just what they like.

People who like the look of AoC are the ones who like the barbarian-fantasy look, people who like the look of WAR are those who like the look of the table-top miniatures turned into 3D rendered  models.

And no matter how nice AoC or WAR look, those games have to deliver on gameplay.    That's something we won't know until they release. 

But I will say I like the screenshots, the Witch Elf and Orc duo look like a couple of life-sized Warhammer miniatures.

Well, the game is looking good. I think the ground graphics need some work. The ground should be believable. Technology has came far enough to create dirt, grass, plants, flowers, stones, and etc. It is very last generation to color your ground green, brown, or gray to simulate grass, dirt, and stone.

Originally posted by tikovoo

Its a nice screen shot thats forsure, but lets not be delusional, AoC character models look and move alot better.

To be fair, the price is that you can't display nearly as many models on screen before they start causing system slowdowns. Which means WAR will likely have larger and more epic sieges than AoC will, and will be more playable with lots of players on screen.

Unless one was delusional, in which case more detailed models with more customization variables (that must be communicated to all players across the area) will have no impact whatsoever on performance.

Originally posted by Grunties

 

Originally posted by tikovoo

Its a nice screen shot thats forsure, but lets not be delusional, AoC character models look and move alot better.

 

To be fair, the price is that you can't display nearly as many models on screen before they start causing system slowdowns. Which means WAR will likely have larger and more epic sieges than AoC will, and will be more playable with lots of players on screen.

Unless one was delusional, in which case more detailed models with more customization variables (that must be communicated to all players across the area) will have no impact whatsoever on performance.

I'd take less people with fluid animations and different looking characters rather than 100 people who all the look the same complaining it take 5 second to complete one attack and that the combat animation has 20 frames to it..

Originally posted by Draccan

 

Originally posted by FomarThain

I know graphics aren't everything but look at the detail of that armor in the first shot. Some love went into that me thinks.

I am so loking forward to this game!

 

Very well put!
I think this game is a labor of love! Not to say everything about it will be perfect (I am in beta so I can't comment anyways) but I have never seen an mmo crew so dedicated to stay true to the IP and who (seems) to have such a great connection (free hands) with such a big IP.

I look forward to play this when it goes live for real!
It certainly looks much better than AOC...

 

All the above are screenshots, from the actual game (not concpet art, not CGI).