BaudolinoX wrote...
I`ve been playing the mass effect and dragon age franchises and always irks me about the games is the really awfull graphics.
Really? ME uses the Unreal engine, aside from the texture popping in the Xbox version of ME, the graphics were great. DAO may have skimmped on them, but that was simply because high end graphics would have caused the game to require an entire hard drive's worth of space. Sometimes one has to choose between a great story or the best graphics.
Bioware appears to be consistently half a generation behind it`s competitiors. I`ve played bioware games for the story, but i tend to buy games on large part for their graphics as well.
If so, Bioware games are not for you. Bioware has always focused on story and gameplay first. Personally I could care less if a game looks nice, if it has little to no story (as many shooters do) it's not worth my money.
Even Dragon age II which was supposed to have upgraded graphics looks years old already and it`s not even out yet.
DA2 uses the same engine as DAO, just tweaked. This allowed them to release it just over a year after DAO, rather than 3-4 years later. The new artstyle is a matter of opinion, so we can't really argue that point
Gameplay graphics look foggy with bland textures and awkward gestures. I love a good story, but if the gameplay and graphics aren`t up to par then, for me at least, the entertainment value takes a dive.
The gameplay has nothing to do with graphics. Until we get our hands on it we won't know what the gameplay is really like. I agree that bad gameplay mechanics can ruin a game, but you are confusing that with good graphics.
With everything that has been said about improved graphics it was depressing to find that the actual graphical difference is negligible- i doubt there will be an overhaul these last two months. Afterall the game has to enter production shortly if it`s to reach the outlets in time.
They meant improved from DAO. This uses the same engine, there is only so much they can do. Nobody ever said the graphics were going to be years beyond the first.
I was going to pre-order the game, but these last two weeks looking at the gameplay footage have turned me away. I`ll wait for the Eurogamer: Digital Foundry and IGN reviews before i decide whether to actually buy the game at all.
To each their own. Personally the more I see, the more my worries about DA2 are put to rest. Still if you're on the fence, it's a good plan to look at reviews.
I had hoped Bioware put more effort into designing the game- there are so many good looking games on this generation i`m left utterly bewildered as to how BioWare manages to consistently lag so far behind the curve.
And you're basing this on what? That the graphics aren't the best in the world? You're putting way too much weight on grapahics/looks. It is this attitude that makes publisher sacrifcie good gameplay and story for pretty graphics.
If BioWare simply lacks the competence to do the design work why not stick to making stories and gameplay concepts while hiring someone else to do the graphical presentation?
See above. What in Bioware's existing lineup points towards them not being able to desgn their games?
It`s a legitimate question- no one has accused BioWare of cutting edge graphics- maybe cutting edge effort with outdated graphics engines, but not cutting edge graphics..
You just answered your own question, I think.
I don't know about you, but I'd rather have a fun game than an art show.
Modifié par Anexity, 14 janvier 2011 - 03:56 .
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