All Posts by singsofdeath

Originally posted by Abrahmm

Originally posted by singsofdeath

Originally posted by Fadedbomb

How bout be less of an ass please? I couldn't find an actual thread depicting the horror that is their graphics engine. Unless previous ones have been moved or deleted.

 

Hell, even the poll about the graphics has no one complaining about the graphics. So wtf are you talking about son?

 

If there are so few people complaining about the graphics....does that give you a hint?

 

I'll tell you though the things that many people say over at the official forums.

 

Generally, the Art-Style and so on seem to be widely accepted. What most everyone disagrees with are the Lightsaber models in the screenshots. So I'm guessing BioWare will work on that.

 

From what I've read so far, the majority of people are alright with the art-direction in general, meaning the more stylized approach.

 

Plus, you are looking at Pre-Alpha screenies. So expect to see improvements and changes.

 

But knowing people, this will fall on deaf ears.

Have you been reading with your eyes closed? There has been a TON of threads and some 9+ pages about how much everyone hates the graphics.

Alpha shot or not, it's not the polycount that people don't like, its the style.

I have not been reading with my eyes closed. I have read all those threads and in all of them, the majority of people complain mostly about small things, not the entire art-style as the OP here does.

Yes, the graphics need improvement, that is what is generally accepted and agreed on. What many do not agree on is that apparently some people want a complete redo of the style.

That's what I said. my apologies if that wasn't clear.

Originally posted by Fadedbomb

How bout be less of an ass please? I couldn't find an actual thread depicting the horror that is their graphics engine. Unless previous ones have been moved or deleted.

 

Hell, even the poll about the graphics has no one complaining about the graphics. So wtf are you talking about son?

If there are so few people complaining about the graphics....does that give you a hint?

I'll tell you though the things that many people say over at the official forums.

Generally, the Art-Style and so on seem to be widely accepted. What most everyone disagrees with are the Lightsaber models in the screenshots. So I'm guessing BioWare will work on that.

From what I've read so far, the majority of people are alright with the art-direction in general, meaning the more stylized approach.

Plus, you are looking at Pre-Alpha screenies. So expect to see improvements and changes.

But knowing people, this will fall on deaf ears.

People seem to think that, because BioWare wants to focus on a Story-Driven game, automatically, the MMO aspect is lost, or just a "tacked on" addition.

Why does that have to be so?

From what I read in the FAQ and the Interviews, you will be able to "solo" the game mostly, but you are encouraged not to!!

There is an option to play for yourself and likely there will be content which is only accessible by groups, but all in all, this sounds a lot like many other MMO's out there. You -CAN- solo, but you are never without the choice to group and thus, have the MMO aspect you want. *shrug*

That's my opinion based on what I heard mind you.

Originally posted by Locklain

Originally posted by darwa

Originally posted by Gutboy

A single player KOTOR type questing, with a Guild Wars like psuedo MMO RvR combat system tagged on to justify both the 'MMO' title and the inevitable monthly fee to go along with it.
 

I would think that KOTOR players would be happy and SWG players will say it's a EPIC fail.

 

What did you read in order to be able to reach such a conclusion?

Seriously, show it to me so I can sweep this under my virtual carpet.

The OP read these forums silly.  Everything a person wants to know is stated truthfully and without bias on this site.

The Sarcasm is strong in you.

Originally posted by Narshe

Pre-alpha screenshots mean nothing to me. This is all I need to know the game is in good hands and will be an amazing MMO when it's finished: http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/starwarstheoldrepublic/video/6199708

Quoted for truth. But hey, look at it this way. The notorious Trolls now have a new MMO they can hate on. Must have been getting bored over at DF because the game looks like it may actually release, so ow they come to this game instead. Quite amusing really...and SOOOO expected.

Rational thought????????

Noooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!

In all seriousness, I didn't expect much else from this site. You'll have the people blindly defending the game, you'll have the people blindly hating it and the far and few between, who try to stay objective, critical and sort of neutral. It was to be expected, particularly with a franchise like this.

On your Topic, yes, certainly I will give BioWare a chance. They deserve it. One of the very few companies that hasn't let me down with any of their games. So they got a lot of credit with me.

Video about The Old Republic on Gamespot:  Linkage

Hehe...And here we are indeed. *waves*

Edit: What I think so far? hard to tell. Not much released yet, but what I like is the talk about customization, exploration and so on. Currently still watching the LiveBlog.

And this is the start of a long absence for me from these boards. I'll be more over there for sure. See y'all over on The Old Republic Boards. ^_^

Cheers!!!

If I were a neutral bystander, I'd laugh at this....

But I'm not...so here's me being all giddy

Originally posted by Vrami

i swear this is just KILLING me waiting, i bought Fable 2 today because I thought that would keep my attention but even that cannot distract me for a few hours waiting for this...

And to the person that said their inner sith is waiting to e released I have one thing to say to you, The path of the dark side will never prevail.... Oh do I hope they implement massive and amazing pvp in this game =) 

I'll meet you on some forgotten world's battlefield little Jedi.

Ehmm...damn...I'm getting too much into character already. XD

Originally posted by bodypus

Originally posted by singsofdeath

Originally posted by bodypus

Originally posted by GrayGhost79

Originally posted by bodypus

I think you people are really being over optimistic with this game. They haven't shown us a single proof that the game really exists and people are already talking about subscription numbers.

The Darkfall company also didn't chose very wisely a release date because it's way too close to WoTLK launch and if Darkfall really goes out then it'll fail simply because of that. The best move they could do is to merge with Blizzard and maybe implement some WoW kickass features on their game so maybe they can last a few months after release.

 

I will say this again, The christmas launch Window is widely accepted by many companies as a Great Launch date for many varieties of products especialy in the Entertainment Sector. Also DarkFall and WoW are not competing games. Non-linear vs Linear. Many people that enjoy Linear games do not enjoy non linear ones and vise versa. If they did add some WoW features it would kill the game.  Those that like sandbox's would leave because of the WoW features and those that liked WoW would leave because of the Sandbox features.

 

I don't think the MMORPG market needs games any less linear than WoW now. The gamers are satisfied with World of Warcraft features and they'll be even happier after WoTLK comes out and starts a gaming revolution with its countless new features and polishes. Also I disagree when you say that Darkfall and WoW aren't competing games. Darkfall is stealing many features from WoW (like non-linear gameplay, open pvp) and of course WoW isn't going to stand still. I see that you must never have played WoW in order to claim that it is a linear game (unless you meant Darkfall is linear, then I can fully understand you). Maybe Darkfall could turn in to be some WoW servers with different rules. That would probably be the best bet for its company to go for.

 

This just boggled my mind a little. How can you compare WoW with Darkfall? The only thing the two have in common more or less, is a Fantasy setting.

 

Although I am getting the feeling you are making a joke here.

 

If not, I'm really confused how someone can even remotely compare WoW and DF.

 

Why would it be a joke? Just observe all those Ultima Online worshippers who say they can't wait for Darkfall and that they need its features. What they fail to remember is that Ultima Online had 150k subscriptions while World of Warcraft has over 11 million (and will hit even more after WoTLK comes out). How can a game made for 150 thousend people really stand against a 11 million subcribers titan? They're highly comparable because Darkfall is getting many of WoW's main features and both of them are games from the same genre.

Also, during all my years as a happy World of Warcraft player, I've met several Ultima Online ex-players who are more than happy with WoW, so I don't even see Darkfall having 150k subscriptions (if it really launches).

So WoW has:

1) Full on PvP with Player Looting?

2) Twitch-Based Combat?

3) Skill Based Character advancement?

4) Naval Combat?

5) Mounted Combat?

6) Guild Cities and City Sieges?

Or not?

And those are just a few of the (promised) features of DF. So if these features are in the game (which I will assume for now), what makes this game in any way a competitor to WoW? It caters to a whole different kind of player.

DF won't have as many subscriptions as WoW. Never. But it doesn't need to. EVE has proven that.

Originally posted by bodypus

Originally posted by GrayGhost79

Originally posted by bodypus

I think you people are really being over optimistic with this game. They haven't shown us a single proof that the game really exists and people are already talking about subscription numbers.

The Darkfall company also didn't chose very wisely a release date because it's way too close to WoTLK launch and if Darkfall really goes out then it'll fail simply because of that. The best move they could do is to merge with Blizzard and maybe implement some WoW kickass features on their game so maybe they can last a few months after release.

 

I will say this again, The christmas launch Window is widely accepted by many companies as a Great Launch date for many varieties of products especialy in the Entertainment Sector. Also DarkFall and WoW are not competing games. Non-linear vs Linear. Many people that enjoy Linear games do not enjoy non linear ones and vise versa. If they did add some WoW features it would kill the game.  Those that like sandbox's would leave because of the WoW features and those that liked WoW would leave because of the Sandbox features.

 

I don't think the MMORPG market needs games any less linear than WoW now. The gamers are satisfied with World of Warcraft features and they'll be even happier after WoTLK comes out and starts a gaming revolution with its countless new features and polishes. Also I disagree when you say that Darkfall and WoW aren't competing games. Darkfall is stealing many features from WoW (like non-linear gameplay, open pvp) and of course WoW isn't going to stand still. I see that you must never have played WoW in order to claim that it is a linear game (unless you meant Darkfall is linear, then I can fully understand you). Maybe Darkfall could turn in to be some WoW servers with different rules. That would probably be the best bet for its company to go for.

This just boggled my mind a little. How can you compare WoW with Darkfall? The only thing the two have in common more or less, is a Fantasy setting.

Although I am getting the feeling you are making a joke here.

If not, I'm really confused how someone can even remotely compare WoW and DF.

Originally posted by RDBeast

Originally posted by Enigma

i believe it'll come out but it wont be anything crazy awesome in my opinion.'

I see it like Pirates of the Burning Sea. It'll have some population in the first month or so but then it'll be one of those cliche low populated type of games where only the most severe followers of the franchise/idea/premise will be playing. Other examples are Matrix Online, Face of Mankind, Neocon, etc.

 

Yeah that is definatly quite possible, i think it needs to get the word and mouth out because i believe there are alot of people out there that will enjoy sanbox style fantasy rpg with pvp and skill based combat. It will most likely be small though like you mentioned, not a very big player base but should be enough to sustain itself. Kinda like Shadowbane i imagine.

One of the biggest reasons for me to (probably) not play this game, is the fact it is Fantasy. And what with the past years in MMO's, fantasy has been done to death, so to speak. I long for a good Sci-Fi MMO (disregarding EVE, because I don't just want space-flight).

I'll give DF a try, but the Fantasy Theme ticks me off straight away. That's not to say it will be a bad game, it's just that I think the market is too saturated with fantasy Themes at this time.

Originally posted by Zayne3145

Anyone know when the announcement is (GMT)?

It's in roughly 4 hours if I got the conversions right. So...GMT 9PM I think.

Originally posted by ronan32

Originally posted by singsofdeath

Originally posted by ronan32

It is a bit shitty that you have to pay for a game you own..now that i think of it..  you buy the game and can only play it for 30 days unless you pay more money at the end of each month..us gamers will swallow anything.

 

Yeah...because maintaining an extensive server-farm, servicing it, upgrading it, maintaining the staff for that, maintaining the staff to continue development, continue updates, maintain the community boards, staff the servers with GM's and so and and so forth costs a company nothing. Of course, they should offer this for free. *nod sagely*

 

Or they could start making games that are worth the monthly fee instead of skimming the cash they got for development and buying ferrari's .

If you feel a game is not worth your money...then why pay for it? If you feel a game is worth paying for, you pay. If you pay for a game you think is not worth paying for....well duh.

Originally posted by ronan32

It is a bit shitty that you have to pay for a game you own..now that i think of it..  you buy the game and can only play it for 30 days unless you pay more money at the end of each month..us gamers will swallow anything.

Yeah...because maintaining an extensive server-farm, servicing it, upgrading it, maintaining the staff for that, maintaining the staff to continue development, continue updates, maintain the community boards, staff the servers with GM's and so and and so forth costs a company nothing. Of course, they should offer this for free. *nod sagely*

Originally posted by Abrahmm

Wow it's amazing how differently the commenters view the game on that site compared to this one... They are all saying "please be  single player game, I won't play if it's an MMO" and "I hope this is on consoles, if it's PC only I'll pass" which is the exact opposite of almost anything you would see here. Odd.

Well, this is a site of the MMO Community. Naturally you'll see more people inclined towards MMO's here.

Originally posted by Scalebane

so how will you all feel if jedi's are playable at launch?

I think I'll be rather happy and go on to create my to-be-Sith Chars. XD