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Lleauaric
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Oh Seriously. Yea.. Because WoW is clearly not derivative of anything else (even original EQ). So What EQ needs to do is to scrap the entire genre of "high fantasy" and all the familar tropes that have developed since JRR Tolkien decided to write about hobbits and invent something completely new. Fuck off everyone that is claiming this is a WOW Clone since it shares the same old tired cliches that WoW does.Clearly not WoW
Decry the same old same old being used, but for fucks sake lets not pretend WoW was some groundbreaking achievement of originality. They beat to death and raped every cliche there was... but OH they did itCARTOONY!
Ugh. MMO players dont deserve anything better. Its like people who love eating at Applebees claiming the food at Chili's sucks.
hrmm i dont think anyone said this is a wow clone because the concept art looks the same. And definitely nobody said wow was original or groundbreaking. Lay off the crack.
Lleauaric
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If you say that because it uses the same cliches as WoW, and you dont acknowledge that WoW is cliched as fuck, then yes, you are saying WoW was original. And did you actually read the quote I was responding to? How the fuck does "Clearly not WoW" NOT imply that its a WoW clone, (the mere existance of the word WoW Clone is itself a mockery.. an imitation of a imitation. Is it like Dane Cook doing an impression of Robin Williams doing an impression of Yakov Smirnov?)
tad10
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I don't think anyone is claiming ANYTHING about the gameplay. This discussion is purely about the new art piece they posted for EQNext. You can't deny that the style borrows heavily from WoW's style (especially given that the artist who created the piece has done tons of work for the WoW TCG); large, exaggerated weapons, shoulderpads, boots, etc. The blocky way the armor is shaded. It's the "WoW" look. Yes, others have copied it, as well, but it it was popularized with WoW.
Whether or not this style represents the actual game is anyone's guess.
That said, the original concept they posted for the Ogres looks very close (at least the face) to the ogre in the new Firiona art:
I'd say it's probably safe to say that the artist painted this piece based off of concept art from the actual game.
Whether or not this style represents the actual game is anyone's guess.
That said, the original concept they posted for the Ogres looks very close (at least the face) to the ogre in the new Firiona art:
I'd say it's probably safe to say that the artist painted this piece based off of concept art from the actual game.
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Agraza
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It was annoying then and it's annoying now, but I occasionally slip up and say it too. I did get it from way back in EQ.
I wonder if the samurai ogre is an appeal to asia. SOE is at some level owned by japs, and in EQ2 the japanese branch provided a terrible anime re-skin of all PC races.
I wonder if the samurai ogre is an appeal to asia. SOE is at some level owned by japs, and in EQ2 the japanese branch provided a terrible anime re-skin of all PC races.
Yea definite asian/arabian vibe. But you just cant tell anything from art like this. I bet if you googled "misleading box art" or something like that, there are probably thousands of games over the years that looked totally different. I seem to remember a big fuss a few years ago over some amazing looking box art for some fugly ass game.
You can't really think that way, this is a re-imagining:http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...ejR3pJM#t=827s
i have watched a lot of those SOE fan faire things with the panel and chatting. The main thing i learned is that if they ever want to motion capture a real ogre, just pick any random woman out the audience.
Randin
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Yeah, Mongolian is what I was getting as well.
Makes sense, I suppose. The Mongols were a warlike people who conquered half the known world; seems like a reasonable culture to model ogres on.
And yeah, I'm betting they're dumping the whole "curse of the Rathe" part of the ogres' backstory.
The ogre arguement needs to stop. It definitely looks like they are going with a pre-curse ogre, which is awesome. Because its different.
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Well since they've attempted to recreate the original boxart, I wonder if they will recreate the intro-video. One thing I hope this implies is that EQ is going back to its roots and will have the original world as it was originally laid out. Not fractured like in EQ2. Its kinda what I've always hoped, original EQ world with better graphics and gameplay.
Oh, and I wish Ogres were the "cursed" version... more fun imo.
Oh, and I wish Ogres were the "cursed" version... more fun imo.