You guys must be seeing something different than what I'm seeing.  The graphics are on par with GA, which are decent. Polish is always the last thing to be finished.  Every game in Alpha or stage 1 or 2 Beta have choppy animations and lack polish.

That said, I will take ok graphics and somewhat choppy animations for a game that has this type of potential. Hell.... I'd even pay for it if its released a touch buggy due to monitary problems, because it's worth putting time and money into a game if its worth it. 

There's a reason everyone is looking for a WoW killer and a reason they are bummed that one hasn't stepped up, even with all the cool graphics and animations.  People want more that that.  So go play games with pimp graphics and smooth, polished animations but lack all the things that make games great.... I will be happy with this game, especially with you not in it crying.

Originally posted by popinjay

 

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That's how it went. There wasn't a circle, but it doesn't need to go any further based on that kind of exchange so..

The circle I'm referring to would be my first post in this thread, which wasn't a reply to you.

As for what happened here, you made a point, I disagreed with a small part of it and gave my reasoning. Now here we are..

Originally posted by bumuscheekus

Hold on, this is 2011 isn't? Why am I looked at a video of something that looks like it was designed by a team of 8 year olds in 2001? To anyone who is expressing an interest in this, I suggest a little research into planetside 2...christ, even planetside 1!

While I might take your advice and check out  planetside 2,  I would prefer you keep our mmofps out of my third person mmos.

Jetpacks  + PvP + 3 faction + The best gear is crafted = win

I'll be playing.....

Originally posted by SBFord

Um...Zylaxx...scifi was the point for Pitchblack and I say more power to 'em since it's an underrepresented setting. :)

I understand that.  I have never liked Sci Fi and never will.  I am and always will be an ardent Fantasy guy.  Sorry if my tastes offend anyone :P

I would prolly think different if AD&D was set in a Sci Fi setting but alas the granddaddy of all RPG is fantasy and even after 40 years I still havnt grown tired of it.

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Originally posted by bumuscheekus
Hold on, this is 2011 isn't? Why am I looked at a video of something that looks like it was designed by a team of 8 year olds in 2001? To anyone who is expressing an interest in this, I suggest a little research into planetside 2...christ, even planetside 1!

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Since Planetside 2 is launching Free-to-Play, there's nothing stopping them from playing both games.

Originally posted by Zylaxx

Originally posted by SBFord

Um...Zylaxx...scifi was the point for Pitchblack and I say more power to 'em since it's an underrepresented setting. :)

I understand that.  I have never liked Sci Fi and never will.  I am and always will be an ardent Fantasy guy.  Sorry if my tastes offend anyone :P

I would prolly think different if AD&D was set in a Sci Fi setting but alas the granddaddy of all RPG is fantasy and even after 40 years I still havnt grown tired of it.

Hmmm Zylaxx sounds strangely similar to Gary Gygax...are you really dead Gary or is that you?

 

 

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P:BFD will definitely find its niche in the MMO community and will hopefully have steady growth.

Pitch Black is really committed to the game, lots of good feedback on the forums from the developers and just a real hands on approach.  

PB has something here that can cater to a large population of displaced MMO "veterans"  -- ones that can't find their place amongst the new releases coming up.  

While I will be playing games like SWTOR, GW2, TSW.. (TERA, Skryim, ME3 and a host of others)   I'll also be there on launch for P:BFD.    

Im not trying to bash the game in fact Im really looking forward to it. I have been waiting for this type of game for awhile. I have to agree with some people though it doesn't look as pretty as I was hoping and the combat animations are awful. In fact nothing in the video stood out to me as anything but ugly.

The graphics are not going to stop me from playing and enjoying this game. I can look past the ugly. I just hope it starts looking better as time goes on. 

animations are actully pretty good but with allt hings still work in progress

I love the part where they say "Large Open Worlds" then show the most enclosed space possible...

PBG is a great company, the crafting could approach SWG type.  There are qualities of materials, decays, critical success and failures.  Crafting alone looks epic to me.  I think a journey out of the Fantasy realm and into the Sci-fi realm just might re-invent the MMOwheel for me

I'm not as concerned about the graphics as I am the boring-looking combat in this game.  The main focus of this game is the PvP, but the actual combat looks dull and uninspiring.  I know some people will gleefully say "But, but, but...3 faction open world pvp!" and that will be enough for them, but if I'm going to play a game with PvP as its core system, the PvP actually has to look good, IMO.  So far, it doesn't in this game.  Maybe that will change, but I have a feeling when all is said and done, people's faith in a 3 faction pvp-centric game is really going to be tested here. Is that enough to carry a game in which the actual PvP doesn't look very good?  Is just the idea of 3 faction PvP enough?  We'll see, it may be.  Gonna keep my eye on this game for the future, because I like some of their ideas, but I'm not convinced it's going to be as good as people say it is.  Might be my own prejudice against indie developers speaking, though.

Originally posted by Shanaeyl

@Ramonsky : Dominus is the world you are asking for ;)

http://www.primeonline.com/universe/worlds/dominus/

Damn I need to get my eyes checked out! Thanks for the link Shanaeyl. Prime is set up to be something very special indeed. Over 10 worlds to explore and 1 for large scale PvP action? Very nice indeed. I have to admit, I didn't catch that section when I first went to the site, so thanks again. I'll have to keep an eye out on this one.

big its still a work in progress the beta tester will let them now whats needs to change with the combat

Have to agree with those complaining about animations.

Good animations are vital to a game's responsiveness and immersion. They're not something that can be skimped on like HD graphics. Even indie games absolutely require good animations in order to get good quality.

And before someone puts up yet another silly food comparison just think about how much time great restaurants spend on arranging plates. Both the 3-star restaurants and those owned by people who just have a passion for food even if they don't have 3 stars spend serious amounts of thought and time on presentation.

I like what the game is trying to do with a lot of things.

I don't like this video.

Originally posted by popinjay

 

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Originally posted by haplo602
do they realy insist on showing such an ugly game ? or do they want to spend the entire reminder of the time till release on graphics and proper animation ?

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If you had to pick, would you rather have:

 

 

a great looking graphical game with "proper" animation and visual eyecandy but poor itemization and crappy gameplay and horrible balancing of classes/races/factions

 

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an ugly game with average looks and simple visual stimulation and great balancing, good performance/lag stability and equalized PvP?

I'd pick the ugly one.

Originally posted by marinrider

I love the part where they say "Large Open Worlds" then show the most enclosed space possible...

Keep in mind, you have jetpacks,  so even if a mountain looks like its in your way,  theres a very good chance you can just go over it.

Sadly everyone knows whats gonna happen with this game.