16th March 2004, 8:22 PM
You two are still arguing about WoW's graphics?!
Are WoW's graphics as technically impressive as EQ2's? No.
Do EQ2's graphics look like shit anyway? Yes! :D
Art style goes a long way with me. Plus I can't stand the plastic looking characters in EQ2.
I'll admit I'm biased against EQ2 though. Only because I "played" (I use the term very loosely) the original EverQuest. I only played the game for a short while but it basically boiled down too:
1)Walk up to monster.
2)Attack monster.*
3)Wait for monster to die.
4)Repeat steps 1-3
*Skip step 2 by turning on auto-attack!
Now I realize that's just the monster bashing part of the game. Problem is that's all EQ was, a monster bashing game. Also reffered to as "the level treadmill". You kill monsters to gain experience to level up so you can kill more powerful monsters to gain experience to level up until you finally reach the max level. Then it's all about big guild runs. Don't belong to a big guild? Aww, too bad.
World of Warcraft is nothing like this.
First of all WoW's combat is so much deeper. There's too many details for me to list them all so check out the warrior class page for an idea of how melee combat will work. While you're at it you should check out the brand spanking new World of Warcraft Community Site!
Rejoice, for the beta is at hand! That also means the lifting of the NDA. Watch for lot's of new info in the coming days.
Are WoW's graphics as technically impressive as EQ2's? No.
Do EQ2's graphics look like shit anyway? Yes! :D
Art style goes a long way with me. Plus I can't stand the plastic looking characters in EQ2.
I'll admit I'm biased against EQ2 though. Only because I "played" (I use the term very loosely) the original EverQuest. I only played the game for a short while but it basically boiled down too:
1)Walk up to monster.
2)Attack monster.*
3)Wait for monster to die.
4)Repeat steps 1-3
*Skip step 2 by turning on auto-attack!
Now I realize that's just the monster bashing part of the game. Problem is that's all EQ was, a monster bashing game. Also reffered to as "the level treadmill". You kill monsters to gain experience to level up so you can kill more powerful monsters to gain experience to level up until you finally reach the max level. Then it's all about big guild runs. Don't belong to a big guild? Aww, too bad.
World of Warcraft is nothing like this.
First of all WoW's combat is so much deeper. There's too many details for me to list them all so check out the warrior class page for an idea of how melee combat will work. While you're at it you should check out the brand spanking new World of Warcraft Community Site!
Rejoice, for the beta is at hand! That also means the lifting of the NDA. Watch for lot's of new info in the coming days.