WAR (Warhammer Online)

I love the fact the only dig anyone can really say is the graphics to this game, like omg, that will worry developers, they made the engine so it wouldn't and doesn't lag in scenarios and in open rvr, I'd love the graphics of AoC to deal with city sieges and 2 warbands of people in full graphics fight it out, without uber lag and stuttering!

I really like the graphics, maybe I am just weird of something, but the water looks really good, with the sun reflecting off it, and the way is looks realistic brushing against the shore line, the bricks in buildings look really good, and the trees look good too. I don't see what everyone complains about graphics wise, its great for its purpose.

I think this game is the best mmorpg I've ever played and I've pretty much played every mmorpg out there, from asian grindfests to western questfests, and this still comes out on top, I can't wait to get to lvl 40 and start doing cities with my guildies. Just over level 20 now, so ridign around on my horse is great! :D

Originally posted by huxflux2004

Gameplay: C, It has some new things but I would not describe it as innovative. It is a WoW-DAoC ripoff. It also promotes short gaming sessions. I would never imagine playing WAR for more than 2 hours. The world does not suck you in it, and it plays more like a frag-game. Log in, play a couple of scenarios, do a few quests or PQs while waiting to join the battles. Thats all. Immersion factor? None!

Graphics: D, Art style is nice, the rendering engine though can be clearly considered as primitive for a 2008 game. And the performance is bad. Too much stuttering and hitching.

Overall Polish: B, Many minor bugs all over the place. Nothing game braking. Too much stuttering and hitching. Definitely not an A.

Customer Service: No clue. Did not need it, which is a good thing.

how can war be a wow rippoff when warhammer based series have been out well before anything warcraft related was made?  In fact blizzard really ripped off warhammer as wow/warcraft series ideas were stolen from the original table top warhammer game as well as the LoTR books by tolkien.  There is a reason that well before wow was released that the first warcraft 1 was originally intended to be a warhammer pc game

To anyone who doesn't like this game. Don't play it. End of story.

Originally posted by Kcissem

Originally posted by huxflux2004

Gameplay: C, It has some new things but I would not describe it as innovative. It is a WoW-DAoC ripoff. It also promotes short gaming sessions. I would never imagine playing WAR for more than 2 hours. The world does not suck you in it, and it plays more like a frag-game. Log in, play a couple of scenarios, do a few quests or PQs while waiting to join the battles. Thats all. Immersion factor? None!

Graphics: D, Art style is nice, the rendering engine though can be clearly considered as primitive for a 2008 game. And the performance is bad. Too much stuttering and hitching.

Overall Polish: B, Many minor bugs all over the place. Nothing game braking. Too much stuttering and hitching. Definitely not an A.

Customer Service: No clue. Did not need it, which is a good thing.

 

how can war be a wow rippoff when warhammer based series have been out well before anything warcraft related was made?  In fact blizzard really ripped off warhammer as wow/warcraft series ideas were stolen from the original table top warhammer game as well as the LoTR books by tolkien.  There is a reason that well before wow was released that the first warcraft 1 was originally intended to be a warhammer pc game

This is a very cheap and misleading argument. When we talk about WAR copying WOW, we compare the two products as MMORPG computer games, and not the lore/setting. I agree with what you say, but unfortunately the precedent in MMORPGs is WoW and not Warhammer. WAR follows the standards that WoW set. I don't think that the Warhammer setting included autoattack, talent trees, experience points, quests and quest markers, 6 man groups, combat stances etc etc.

Originally posted by huxflux2004

Gameplay: C, It has some new things but I would not describe it as innovative. It is a WoW-DAoC ripoff. It also promotes short gaming sessions. I would never imagine playing WAR for more than 2 hours. The world does not suck you in it, and it plays more like a frag-game. Log in, play a couple of scenarios, do a few quests or PQs while waiting to join the battles. Thats all. Immersion factor? None!

Graphics: D, Art style is nice, the rendering engine though can be clearly considered as primitive for a 2008 game. And the performance is bad. Too much stuttering and hitching.

Overall Polish: B, Many minor bugs all over the place. Nothing game braking. Too much stuttering and hitching. Definitely not an A.

Customer Service: No clue. Did not need it, which is a good thing.

hmm this wow fanboi troll again, youve been told before:

warcraft tried to get warhammers lore applied to warcraft, game workshop didnt like how it was going to be applied and pulled out, leaving warcraft to have to invent their own shallow version of warhammer lore.

warcraft is really just a ripoff of everquest and ultima.

warhammer has over 20 years of lore behind it, the characters are all pulled from this lore, which was invented before mmo's and personal computers.

it is a DAoC ripoff, i think Mythic can do this, seeing as its their game and DAoC is old (1996 release i think) But they did things diffrently in how the RvR and PVE relate, no need to grind to endgame and get gear to do well in RvR like DAoC.

Also i dont know about your bitching abount preformance and graphics, the final release disc offerd better graphics and preformance than the beta client.

A majority of the bugs have been fixed, and has been the highest quality mmo release ive ever seen, i remember wow having a lot more issues, a lot more.

So thanks again for your open beta review applied to final realease.

These forums seem to be suoper negative about pretty much every game out there so I just wanted to say that I agree with the original poster.  I played every pay-to-play mmorpg out there and imho Warhammer is by far the very best this genre has to offer.  Truly great game.

Originally posted by Goldknyght

Originally posted by Force_Fire

WAR = BEST GAME I HAVE EVER PLAYED!

 

 

 

 

 

Then you haven't played many games then. Because this game is far from best game ever. The balance is what makes this game so boring. No class in same tier has a advantage over another. A swordmaster should be good vs a chosen and a black orc should be good vs a sword master and a ironbreaker should be good vs a black orc and a chosen should be good vs a ironbreaker. Something along those lines. But the game has nobody better then another class of the same career line. Im going to be following your threads Force_Fire because you will not be singing the same tune in 3 months time i predict.

I think WAR is the best MMO ive played and Ive played 10 P2P mmos easily. Its all about personal preference man.

Each class has there job and purpose in this game. This isn't 1v1 PvP this War is about Massive scale battles with tactics.    Each class has an advantage over a different class not the same cuz if it were that nobody would pick that tank that sucks.

To OP:

You haven't played many games before have you?

It's the best one i've played so far too.  Simply because you can pvp from level 1 and level up using PvP alone.  I've done that and am level 28 so far.  (It does help when you are roll Order tho' -- insta Q's FTW!)

That to me is.... pwnage! :)

Graphically I like it, gameplay is good, animations could use some work... my horse feels like a block with legs moving.  Need to balance server pops and some crash issues but.....

So far it's a blast!