Wow, I have never seen Youtube used in that way before. I suppose it makes sense, but the planning and work that went into it is pretty staggering.
I'm fairly certain the PS2 had some pretty bad technical limitations and what they created is still in a lot of ways better than what passes for an MMO these days.
Unreal engine looked much better and was a year old when EQ came out. EQ was cutting edge for online MMORPG's in comparison to Meridian 59 and Ultima Online, but it was certainly not cutting edge, graphically, if you were already gaming with a 3D accelerator from the beginning.
I'm continually surprised there's still people who don't already have him on ignore.
Yeah, the hilarious part of Luclin was that intended it to be an improvement. Just goes to show that a higher poly-count doesn't make up for shit art. I played with oldschool models for the entirety of my EQ tenure.
I'll be the first to admit EQOA's graphics were pretty bad. But you can't tell me shit about it not being fun as hell controlling your character thru those long grinds with a controller vs a mouse while sitting in front of a big screen.
I loved 4+ hour grinds at the: Qeynos Prison, Black Swan Inn Bandits/Trees/Instant spawn gnolls or the lesser known snake cave, then Deathfist Citadel for a long time, then those Icebone skeletons in Permafrost. At level 44 I soloed mostly and overnight pet xp'd as a necro. Those shade pets were so awesome. I really miss this game and would give my left nut for an emulated server.
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