Perfect World Entertainment and Cryptic Studios have partnered with MMORPG.com to bring our readers the first look at Neverwinter Blackdagger Keep zone that attendees at PAX Prime will get to see firsthand. Blackdagger Keep will also introduce the Events feature that will give players new experiences every day. Check it out!
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Game: Neverwinter
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This game has probably been in development for at least 5 years, so it hit the tale end of the "WOW-Themepark-Pirates are cool because of POTC movies" era.
It just looks old, tired and full of cliche. I get the same feeling when I look at the Elder Scrolls MMO videos.
Plus I think the lady doing the voice overs is the same person doing the LOTRO voice overs.
This entire genre is depressing. Zero creativity and you can tell that directive is being ordered from the very top.
Henry Ford once said about his Model-Ts "You can have one in any color you want as long as it's black." The same thing can be said of this genre. "You can create any MMO you like, as long as it 's WOW".
Thu Aug 30 2012 12:48PM ReportI could have sworn this was a thread for Neverwinter. Why did the author link a video to Dark Age of Camel.....
*gets something whispered into his ear*
What? No way...seriously? ...OK Then nevermind. Carry on.
Thu Aug 30 2012 1:45PM Reportawful, crossing it off my list
Thu Aug 30 2012 2:10PM ReportWell then, looks like everyone has said it all.
When I first heard about Neverwinter being turned into an MMO I already thought "Damn, why don't they turn all of Forgotten Realms into an MMO".
Reinstalling NeverwinterNights2 should do the trick, tide me over until these guys figure out how to work their trade.
Thu Aug 30 2012 3:36PM ReportSeriously look like old gameplay footage, cause none of this looks anywhere near as awesome as the footage when Pokket interviewed the developers......
Think they trying to maintain the hype without showing any actual new stuff...
Thu Aug 30 2012 5:15PM ReportIs this neverwinter?
Thu Aug 30 2012 10:33PM ReportIs this neverwinter?
Thu Aug 30 2012 10:33PM ReportNo it is sparta...
On a more serious note it looks to me like a lot of the combat animations were lacking frames. But then again it is free so who cares. I for one will not bother with this
Fri Aug 31 2012 12:53AM Reportwow have to admit with what others are saying, if that's a beta build or better they are in trouble. Sorry I know games are not all graphics, but man that look about 6 years too old.
I was first interested in this title but after the company take over of the MMO ftp money mall king, I have to say sorry , but pppaaaasssss... if they go back to a monthly model and not farm people for cash on adding things to their stories I might reconsider, thou that will be a 1% chance out of 100 sadly. So anywhoo.. back to gw2 :)
Fri Aug 31 2012 8:07PM ReportI've seen some videos of Neverwinter that looked pretty good, but this one looks very dated graphically. Still, Cryptic said they want to make almost everything in the Foundry free for players to build their own content with, instead of nickel and dimeing players to death in the cash shop (yeah I know its PWE, but there is still hope), and the combat looks fast and actiony, which I like.
So I'd be hard pressed to give up trying this one on sub-par graphics grounds alone, but thats just me. Maybe some of the ugly will have been beaten out of it by release.....
Fri Aug 31 2012 10:10PM Reportit looks like champions with a orc fantasy skin, the stiffled animations, bad character modles wow sad
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