Star Wars: The Old Republic – new shots

Why the hell did the devs have to give the game cartonny gfx? Damn Clone Wars animated film.

because everyone doesn’t own a computer capable of running crysis ? These graphics allow a broader audience exactly what world of warcraft does.

“Why the hell did the devs have to give the game cartonny gfx? Damn Clone Wars animated film.”

Can you name one Bioware PC title that’s been about the graphics, just one? Most Bioware titles look almost as great on their lowest settings as on the best, and they’ll run on machines that are years old. Bioware has always been about providing an interactive story-telling experience, and great graphics aren’t required for that. They haven’t been needed in any of Bioware’s previous games, that’s just not their way.

And great graphics do not a great story make, ex: The aforementioned Crysis. Brilliant graphics thanks to amazing technology (if not creativity)? Sure. A plot/scenario that any decently educated 5-8 year old child could’ve done better, given a week to look it over and rewrite it? Absolutely.

As long as they keep the social story-telling element of their previous games (Baldur’s Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Knights of the Old Republic, et cetera) in place, I’ll likely end up enjoying this.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Graphics can age well, because bad graphics don’t really matter, and a game from a number of yeras back could survive in today’s market if the ideas are advanced enough. Today’s hardware allows for enhanced engineering of ideas within games, and the realisation of the most wild and crazy of those, and that’s what we should be looking at. Basing a game these days around technologically superiour graphics and ignoring the potential of creativity is selling a game short, any game.

one Bioware PC title that’s been about the graphics? Erhum… Mass Effect…

1 game out of all the games they’ve made had nice graphics. In the world of MMO’s if the graphics are too high end then you aren’t going to get that many people playing it.

Not that its just the graphics the concept and story has to appeal to people. Bioware are one of the best at creating story oriented games.

The star wars IP also is a guaranteed game seller and the graphics look nice enough but not high end enough to segregate the majority of the audience.

All the console games Bioware have made have a graphical focus.

This is all sorts of meh though. Part of me is sick of MMO’s as they are all the bloody same and another part of me is dreading the amount of time Bioware will sink into this instead of Mass Effect 2.

Graphics look crap, the hype makes the game sound crap and for that reason, I am out.

I was looking so forward to this until they announced yet another WOW clone.