AION DX9

LOTRO DX10

Bah goodbye lotro.... other thread really? come one folks lets show em what this new best MMO looks like.

why bother

That LOTRO pic sample isn't even in max detail.

Set textures very high and max everything out THEN compare.

This is just lame attempt tbh :\

As you can tell i don't post here very often, but i had to on this 1.

LOTRO is far superior in graphics, no contest. Having said that i think Aion has more beautiful and unique architechture.

Plus i can play Aion on my crappy notebook and it still looks pretty good.

Originally posted by cvette

As you can tell i don't post here very often, but i had to on this 1.

LOTRO is far superior in graphics, no contest. Having said that i think Aion has more beautiful and unique architechture.

Plus i can play Aion on my crappy notebook and it still looks pretty good.

 

Aion is pretty, but LotRO is the most immersive world I have ever played in. Every time I log in I feel at home. Love the realistic graphics and DX10 looks awesome.

LOTRO landscapes are hand down better, especially in DX10.

Aion characters and animation are hand down better.

In my opinion of course.

Originally posted by zspawn

That LOTRO pic sample isn't even in max detail.

Set textures very high and max everything out THEN compare.

 

This is just lame attempt tbh :\

sorry both games max setting on a gtx 260oc lotro is old and it shows. lotro landscapes give better perception than Aions as they filled them with freaking trees and bushes as it has NO PVP.

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AION DX9 >> lotro dx10

Sorry, i thought we were only talking about graphics, but you added it has no PvP. Ya i agree the lack of PvP turned me off.

Still the best looking game i have played. Like Oblivion graphics on high in an MMO.

Originally posted by Regnevanz

Originally posted by zspawn

That LOTRO pic sample isn't even in max detail.

Set textures very high and max everything out THEN compare.

 

This is just lame attempt tbh :\

sorry both games max setting on a gtx 260oc lotro is old and it shows. lotro landscapes give better perception than Aions as they filled them with freaking trees and bushes as it has NO PVP.

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AION DX9 >> lotro dx10

ya they use dx9 because they can reach all gamer instead of only those that have dx10

Just in case your were not really sure>>>

Lotroscape

Aionscape

yeah ADX9 > lotrodx10

Originally posted by Regnevanz

Just in case your were not really sure>>>

Lotroscape

Aionscape

yeah ADX9 > lotrodx10

And yet, both look outdated compared to games that came out almost 10 years ago, like Dark Age of Camelot, and Vanguard kicks the crap out of them too.
 

What does it matter? Absolutely nothing. If the gameplay is shallow (like LotRO's is now that Turbine destroyed their original concept) than gameplay > graphics

Originally posted by drbaltazar

Originally posted by Regnevanz

Originally posted by zspawn

That LOTRO pic sample isn't even in max detail.

Set textures very high and max everything out THEN compare.

 

This is just lame attempt tbh :\

sorry both games max setting on a gtx 260oc lotro is old and it shows. lotro landscapes give better perception than Aions as they filled them with freaking trees and bushes as it has NO PVP.

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AION DX9 >> lotro dx10

ya they use dx9 because they can reach all gamer instead of only those that have dx10

You can play LoTRO with DX9 or 10. No one is left out.

Also...

1) The pic of the LoTRO character is a less than flattering one. It kinda reminds me of how magazines and news networks will always use the most unflattering pictures/footage of people they don't like and the most flattering ones of those they do. I see people do that a lot when comparing images of different games to say which is better.

2) The OP seems to be getting graphics tech and art style mixed up. DX9 and DX10 are APIs. They deal with how graphics are rendered, not what is rendered. Texture resolution is also likely at play here.

3) This comment... "lotro landscapes give better perception than Aions as they filled them with freaking trees and bushes as it has NO PVP"... makes absolutely no sense, in the context of the thread, or by itself.

a) What does NO PVP have to do with DX9 or DX10?

b) What does having forests have to do with PvP? Even PvP MMOs have forests. What does either have to do with DX9 vs DX10? The OP is derailing their own thread here.

c) LoTRO does have PvP - it's called PvMP and it's just as much PvP as anything else.. players controlling characters competing against other players controlling characters. Players competing against other Players = PvP. And even then... in the Ettenmoors (where PvMP takes place) they have wooded areas... 
 

 You couldn't of picked a worse place for the lotro screenshot.

this is a better one

Originally posted by cvette

As you can tell i don't post here very often, but i had to on this 1.

LOTRO is far superior in graphics, no contest. Having said that i think Aion has more beautiful and unique architechture.

Plus i can play Aion on my crappy notebook and it still looks pretty good.

 

yep and where it will trully make a diff is when you got lot of other lunatic in abyss then you ll see 

how nice it look ,good luck trying that in lotr if it ever existed they would have to set graphic to lowest setting or deactivated dx10 lol

Originally posted by WSIMike

Originally posted by drbaltazar

Originally posted by Regnevanz

Originally posted by zspawn

That LOTRO pic sample isn't even in max detail.

Set textures very high and max everything out THEN compare.

 

This is just lame attempt tbh :\

sorry both games max setting on a gtx 260oc lotro is old and it shows. lotro landscapes give better perception than Aions as they filled them with freaking trees and bushes as it has NO PVP.

AGAIN

AION DX9 >> lotro dx10

ya they use dx9 because they can reach all gamer instead of only those that have dx10

You can play LoTRO with DX9 or 10. No one is left out.

Also...

1) The pic of the LoTRO character is a less than flattering one. It kinda reminds me of how magazines and news networks will always use the most unflattering pictures/footage of people they don't like and the most flattering ones of those they do. I see people do that a lot when comparing images of different games to say which is better.

2) The OP seems to be getting graphics tech and art style mixed up. DX9 and DX10 are APIs. They deal with how graphics are rendered, not what is rendered. Texture resolution is also likely at play here.

3) This comment... "lotro landscapes give better perception than Aions as they filled them with freaking trees and bushes as it has NO PVP"... makes absolutely no sense, in the context of the thread, or by itself.

a) What does NO PVP have to do with DX9 or DX10?

b) What does having forests have to do with PvP? Even PvP MMOs have forests. What does either have to do with DX9 vs DX10? The OP is derailing their own thread here.

c) LoTRO does have PvP - it's called PvMP and it's just as much PvP as anything else.. players controlling characters competing against other players controlling characters. Players competing against other Players = PvP. And even then... in the Ettenmoors (where PvMP takes place) they have wooded areas... 
 

 

 

Im sorry bud but PVP in lotro is the worst I've seen and I've played them all. Don't defend the Moors man, pvp sucks. You cant deny that.

As for graphics, they arnt everything to me. I perfer a fun game over the best graphics. Aion's combat alone to more fun then lotros, not tho mention the armor in Aion makes lotro look like childs play.... LOTRO character models are horrible, may people left lotro or dont play it because the armor and characters look like the were stuck into a world they don't match. Sure lotro has great landscapes but I could care less if my toon has next to no imagination at all...good god lotro armor still makes me wanna slit my wrists...lol

Anyways overall I think Aion makes Lotro look bad in many ways. But of course I enjoy pvp so I'm biased. Since Moria's release I won't play Turbine games anymore so says alot about what I think of LOTRO..

Have fun in middle earth pvers!! :-) 

Originally posted by WSIMike

Originally posted by drbaltazar

Originally posted by Regnevanz

Originally posted by zspawn

That LOTRO pic sample isn't even in max detail.

Set textures very high and max everything out THEN compare.

 

This is just lame attempt tbh :\

sorry both games max setting on a gtx 260oc lotro is old and it shows. lotro landscapes give better perception than Aions as they filled them with freaking trees and bushes as it has NO PVP.

AGAIN

AION DX9 >> lotro dx10

ya they use dx9 because they can reach all gamer instead of only those that have dx10

You can play LoTRO with DX9 or 10. No one is left out.

Also...

1) The pic of the LoTRO character is a less than flattering one. It kinda reminds me of how magazines and news networks will always use the most unflattering pictures/footage of people they don't like and the most flattering ones of those they do. I see people do that a lot when comparing images of different games to say which is better.

2) The OP seems to be getting graphics tech and art style mixed up. DX9 and DX10 are APIs. They deal with how graphics are rendered, not what is rendered. Texture resolution is also likely at play here.

3) This comment... "lotro landscapes give better perception than Aions as they filled them with freaking trees and bushes as it has NO PVP"... makes absolutely no sense, in the context of the thread, or by itself.

a) What does NO PVP have to do with DX9 or DX10?

b) What does having forests have to do with PvP? Even PvP MMOs have forests. What does either have to do with DX9 vs DX10? The OP is derailing their own thread here.

c) LoTRO does have PvP - it's called PvMP and it's just as much PvP as anything else.. players controlling characters competing against other players controlling characters. Players competing against other Players = PvP. And even then... in the Ettenmoors (where PvMP takes place) they have wooded areas... 
 

 

 

 we cant copare aion with lotr for one reason there are no game with pvpo like in aion not even wow 

can we compare where it count lol

static picture in a starting area isnt where it count lets com^pare a video with lot of player in aion then the same with lotr 

Originally posted by Regnevanz

Originally posted by zspawn

That LOTRO pic sample isn't even in max detail.

Set textures very high and max everything out THEN compare.

 

This is just lame attempt tbh :\

sorry both games max setting on a gtx 260oc lotro is old and it shows. lotro landscapes give better perception than Aions as they filled them with freaking trees and bushes as it has NO PVP.

AGAIN

AION DX9 >> lotro dx10

It's fake and shame.

Originally posted by drbaltazar

Originally posted by cvette

As you can tell i don't post here very often, but i had to on this 1.

LOTRO is far superior in graphics, no contest. Having said that i think Aion has more beautiful and unique architechture.

Plus i can play Aion on my crappy notebook and it still looks pretty good.

 

yep and where it will trully make a diff is when you got lot of other lunatic in abyss then you ll see 

how nice it look ,good luck trying that in lotr if it ever existed they would have to set graphic to lowest setting or deactivated dx10 lol

You know... when you have to bash and misrepresent one MMO (LoTRO) to make another (Aion) seem better... It doesn't build much confidence in the quality of the one you're supporting (Aion). 

And anyway.... the whole thing is subjective. You like the look of Aion better. Others like the look of LoTRO better... Still others think neither of them is impressive. And even others will think they both look great in their own way.

Folks really shouldn't go around trying to force their opinions on others as 'fact'. 

 

Originally posted by Ethian

Originally posted by WSIMike

Originally posted by drbaltazar

Originally posted by Regnevanz

Originally posted by zspawn

That LOTRO pic sample isn't even in max detail.

Set textures very high and max everything out THEN compare.

 

This is just lame attempt tbh :\

sorry both games max setting on a gtx 260oc lotro is old and it shows. lotro landscapes give better perception than Aions as they filled them with freaking trees and bushes as it has NO PVP.

AGAIN

AION DX9 >> lotro dx10

ya they use dx9 because they can reach all gamer instead of only those that have dx10

 

 

Im sorry bud but PVP in lotro is the worst I've seen and I've played them all. Don't defend the Moors man, pvp sucks. You cant deny that. 

WTH... What is it with people forcing or stifling others opinions? I "can't deny it"? "Don't defend the moors"? Excuse me, but who the hell are you anyway?

It's not a matter of "denying"... It's a matter of having *a different opinion*. And opinions do vary. To you, it's the worst *you've* seen. I've had some awesome times in PvP in LoTRO.. And before anyone inevitably claims otherwise, yes, I've played other PvP MMOs (Lineage 2, Shadowbane, to name a couple).

It's still PvP. It still has nothing to do with 'having forests' or DX9 vs DX10.

Anyway... the OP already tried to derail their own thread.. I don't want to help them along any further.

 

Originally posted by WSIMike

Originally posted by drbaltazar

Originally posted by cvette

As you can tell i don't post here very often, but i had to on this 1.

LOTRO is far superior in graphics, no contest. Having said that i think Aion has more beautiful and unique architechture.

Plus i can play Aion on my crappy notebook and it still looks pretty good.

 

yep and where it will trully make a diff is when you got lot of other lunatic in abyss then you ll see 

how nice it look ,good luck trying that in lotr if it ever existed they would have to set graphic to lowest setting or deactivated dx10 lol

You know... when you have to bash and misrepresent one MMO (LoTRO) to make another (Aion) seem better... It doesn't build much confidence in the quality of the one you're supporting (Aion). 

And anyway.... the whole thing is subjective. You like the look of Aion better. Others like the look of LoTRO better... Still others think neither of them is impressive. And even others will think they both look great in their own way.

Folks really shouldn't go around trying to force their opinions on others as 'fact'. 

 

 

The OP is following suit to all of the Aion bashing threads out there.  If I remember right there is a fanbot of LOTRO bashing Aion in a separate thread as I type this.

It is all relative, I like what I like and you like what you like.  Some people just feel the need to push what they like as being fact and it just so happens this forum is crawling with that type.

AoC's graphics make both of them look horrible; the graphics make the game, amirite? 

Originally posted by Jimmy562

 You couldn't of picked a worse place for the lotro screenshot.

this is a better one

Chessmate! YOU WON!

Originally posted by Locklain

The OP is following suit to all of the Aion bashing threads out there.  If I remember right there is a fanbot of LOTRO bashing Aion in a separate thread as I type this.

It is all relative, I like what I like and you like what you like.  Some people just feel the need to push what they like as being fact and it just so happens this forum is crawling with that type.

"Some people just feel the need to push what they like as being fact . . ." em sorta like religon?

Back on the subject the rendering API used does not determen the quality of the eye candy simply the technology applied to said eye candy and no more or better tech does not == better eye candy. Odds are most of you dont really know what DX or OGL is nore should you really give 2 piles of brown smelly unless you tend to move into graphics programming for a living.

Now if your trying to compare the art of Aion vs LotRo then your going ot have a hell of a time since they are of diffrent styles but it can be done. First let me say that to me they are both well done and relativly == yet unique. Both make excalent use of movement while Aion has presented a few unique aspects that really help bond the avatar to the world for me personaly LotRo has some incradable panaramics. LotRo texturing can be a bit lazy in spots or at least it looks that way to me though this could be a matter of the style used with the level of saturation and color choices. Aion texture wize is nicely done and the models are more highly detailed imo (note I am not nessisarly refering to the number of triangles per object). All in all though I am a fan of the form of fantasy art used in Aion a sort of westernized eastern flar I prefer the style demonstrated by LotRo having said that I do think Aion is the better looking game over all, I like the lighting and texturing better and find the models to be better detailed.

Originally posted by //\\//\\oo

AoC's graphics make both of them look horrible; the graphics make the game, amirite? 

 

Agreed AoC eye candy is/was godly and I will note it was godly runnign unde DX9 or DX10 . . . the rendering API does not make the game look good the artist does (DX and OGL are not art tools but are programming tools)