Everquest II

It's very hard to point out what is sooo horrible about them but everyone I asked just said EQ2 graphics suck, even back in 2004. Everything just looks soooo plastic and fake looking and the worlds have sooo little detail and feel really barren and pre generated. Everything just feels very generic and ugly I just can't stay it and it's like they had to rush making the zones or something. The game just has no Art style at all and while I loved the look of the starter island and then Qeynos after that the game just went to crap and even the new zones it just all feels so fake.......

The most ugly plastic looking character models ever! I mean the Lizardman thing looks kool but the other races with human type skin just look sooo bad and specially the human Female model which looks like she's doped and the Asain models don't help because they're sooo emo and annoying and seem to not fit in with the rest of the games bland art style so they stick out like a sore thumb.

I dunno I just think the Graphics are the most horrible thing i've seen and it's a example that Art style wins over a poorly optimized engine.

I kind of like the graphics in EQII, but then, graphics are not a determining factor for which games I play.

I like the graphics in EQII

After I saw some of your posts It seems you just dont enjoy MMORPGs .

The game has an unique art style, you can identify Everques2 as soon as you see any image from this game, there is a difference between no style and a style you dont like.

Again, you are not able to judge art style vs graphics as you dont know what is art style.

Models from EQ2 are very charismatic and have one of the best animations I ever saw in a MMO, but as I said, it is an unique art style, it is not realistic and not cartoony, hard to please everyone.

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Originally posted by deepdish

It's very hard to point out what is sooo horrible about them but everyone I asked just said EQ2 graphics suck, even back in 2004. Everything just looks soooo plastic and fake looking and the worlds have sooo little detail and feel really barren and pre generated. Everything just feels very generic and ugly I just can't stay it and it's like they had to rush making the zones or something. The game just has no Art style at all and while I loved the look of the starter island and then Qeynos after that the game just went to crap and even the new zones it just all feels so fake.......

The most ugly plastic looking character models ever! I mean the Lizardman thing looks kool but the other races with human type skin just look sooo bad and specially the human Female model which looks like she's doped and the Asain models don't help because they're sooo emo and annoying and seem to not fit in with the rest of the games bland art style so they stick out like a sore thumb.

 

I dunno I just think the Graphics are the most horrible thing i've seen and it's a example that Art style wins over a poorly optimized engine.

Okay then, show me a game with better "Art" and "Graphics". But take that in note ; I'm not accepting WoW for obvious reason, nor am I accepting Age Of Conan because it is way too demanding for that kind of graphic, and of course, no Vanguard. Oh, and no game not yet released so you can chalk Warhammer Online and Darkfall, ok? I'm waiting.

If you think these graphics are ugly you're either running on performance setting(lowest quality), or you don't enjoy any games graphics.

Can get better fullscreen pics of in-game if you like, but just started up my old account and with this new PC can actually run this game on Max settings...damn does it look good!  Here are some pics of 4 of my old chars that I won't be playing again, as the normal EQII models and what they look like with the Asian Models upgrade!

 Massive differences, just ask if you wanna see some full size in-game at maximum settings!

OP is confusing art with graphics, i really hate when people do that.

If you're going to criticize graphics, at least do so in it's context.

Once again... here is a post of in game screenies from players

http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?&topic_id=344003

How someone thinks this is ugly.... is beyond me..

But hey.... to each his own i guess.

Yeah, I don't like the art.  I have to look at my character all the time and if it's ugly, it just bugs me.

I usually play human or some kind of elf.  They are really ugly looking.  This is my opinion so please take no offence if you find the graphics wonderful.  To me they look fat and plastic. 

I tried the soga models.  For some reason I like them even less. 

 I will probably just uninstall the game again.