30th September 2003, 9:10 PM
And I'm talking about the game as a whole since that's far more important!
30th September 2003, 9:10 PM
And I'm talking about the game as a whole since that's far more important!
1st October 2003, 5:40 PM
So what, you can't seperate the character models and the backgrounds? You're weird.
1st October 2003, 8:23 PM
But you seem to be judging the whole game based on the characters...
And sure they aren't as high poly as possible but I just like Blizz's art style. I think its great...
2nd October 2003, 12:28 PM
I very specifically said that the characters don't look cartoony. Yeesh.
2nd October 2003, 1:50 PM
And I said the Warcraft III characters look cartoony, but the WoW ones look slightly less so... though they are still quite certainly in a cartoonish style. Maybe a little less than Fable, but not significantly I'd say...
3rd October 2003, 10:48 AM
This isn't going anywhere, is it?
3rd October 2003, 12:04 PM
No. I like the graphics, you don't... is there a way it could go somewhere? :)
3rd October 2003, 12:38 PM
:roll2:
I don't think the characters are cartoony but you do. Simple as that. You just happen to be wrong. :shakeit:
3rd October 2003, 1:20 PM
I just can't see how you could call them not at all cartoonish. Makes no sense...
3rd October 2003, 2:24 PM
To quote Elaine, That's because you're an IDIOT.
:D Cheers.
3rd October 2003, 6:34 PM
No, you just seem to be strangely blind...
3rd October 2003, 9:27 PM
That's your rebuttal for everything.
3rd October 2003, 9:43 PM
No, just this thread... your position just makes no sense! Anyone who can see should be able to see the cartoonish stylings of Blizz's work!
3rd October 2003, 9:47 PM
:roll2:
12th October 2003, 1:15 PM
New WoW shots!
Its looking great...
13th October 2003, 12:21 PM
You know I gotta say, I'm sure the game will be great as far as MMORPG's go, but those graphics are pretty crappy for such a new PC game. The only reason I can think of for such sub par graphics is that Blizzard wants just about anyone to be able to run the game on their system, even those with PII'2 and Voodoo 3's. At first I thought that the low poly count was because they wanted to be able to have incredible draw distances, but that doesn't seem to be the case with those screens. Very puzzling.
13th October 2003, 12:36 PM
I would say that there is not a higher polycount because it is complely unnecessary. The game is looking really good as it is... why push and make it harder for an average computer to run when the game can look this great like it is? The graphical styles of WC3 and WoW are great... very stylish, unique... with a very good unrealistic look.
13th October 2003, 1:46 PM
I wouldn't mind the low poly count if the draw distance wasn't so bad.
13th October 2003, 2:24 PM
The draw distance is really bad? How so? None of these shots are actually what you'd be seeing ingame (no interfaces...)... and as for polycount, Blizz's great texturing more than makes up for that.
13th October 2003, 2:36 PM
This screen shows off the crappy draw distance in the game: http://www.wowzard.com/attachments/screenshot/OP05.jpg
The textures are decent but it's a shame that the poly count and draw distance are so bad.
13th October 2003, 3:23 PM
Whole lot of shots here.
http://www.4gamer.net/store/shots/wow/wow_01.html http://www.4gamer.net/store/shots/wow/wow_02.html http://www.4gamer.net/store/shots/wow/wow_03.html This game looks so good... I want it... NOW! :D Sure, the poly count isn't the highest, but as I said... who cares? The graphics look awesome! So much style...
13th October 2003, 3:35 PM
The textures are decent and the style is good, but I wouldn't call the graphics "awesome".
But hey--whatever floats your boat. :D
13th October 2003, 4:27 PM
The game as a whole (not just graphics) certainly looks awesome. Its the only MMORPG I can think of that I'd actually consider paying for if I had/have the money when it finally comes out...
13th October 2003, 7:08 PM
Graphically-speaking it's poo. :p
14th October 2003, 1:30 PM
You REALLY need to get your eyes checked... :)
14th October 2003, 1:36 PM
It's like Morrowind with more vibrant textures and a slightly better draw distance. And Morrowind looks like crap.
Compared to Everquest 2 WoWC looks really bad. Although compared to Galaxies it's competent. Galaxies is ugly but the draw distance is pretty incredible.
14th October 2003, 1:52 PM
Its got really great architecture (the whole look of the world is just so cool... not necessarially in poly-count but in style! Its got so much style... 'cartoonish' isn't completely accurate, but its the best I can do. I can't think of a better definition of the look of WC3 and WoW... except 'really cool', that is. :D)
I just love Blizz's graphical style in WC3/WoW. I think it looks great... great character designs, very cool world... it manages to be serious while also being unrealistic and 'funny'. :)
14th October 2003, 2:17 PM
I'm saying ugly on a purely technical level.
14th October 2003, 4:05 PM
14th October 2003, 5:51 PM
As in poly count, draw distance, etc...
Artistically-speaking it's just dandy. |
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