Like it or not, the fact that the biggest complaints are from a handful of people saying they don't like the graphics, that should mean that we have a hell of a good game on our hands here because if graphics is all you can find to complain about, fuck the game must be awesome to play.
And, honestly, when it comes right down to it, if you really can not get past the graphics, this just might not be the game for you. That's how Rift was for me. The gameplay was not bad and I had decent fun in the game when it came out. I just could not stand the graphical styling they chose for the NPCs and player characters. It was so ugly to me. I'm sure some people liked it, but I did not. Thing is though, I didn't sit around on the Rift forums complaining about it and asking the devs to change it. The graphics were not my cup of tea... I moved on.
This is 100% a delusional take, you must be a reddit mod if that's what you think is going on.
This thread is 200+ pages of which half the posters are either negative or neutral, which being internet forums there's lots of repeating so prolly closer to 75-85% negative posts.
Graphics is what's being complained about now (and always has been) but by far its not the most grievous complaint.
Outside of handful of posters who stick around despite hating the game, here is the typical format for feedback:
Poster 1: game is doing X? I didnt like that in game z.
The three die hard fans of the game: well tough shit maybe its not for you then
Poster 1: ok, enjoy your shitty game then <leaves>
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Poster 732: why are they doing Z? That has never worked ever and just leads to turmoil
Same 3 fans: games not for you!
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Poster 1756: man the graphics are pretty fucking shitty is it too much to ask to atleast be as good as games 30 fucking years ago?
Same 3 fans: see only gripe is graphics but thats just your opinion man.
Game launches for 3 people and fails
Why is nobody playing?
I don't hate the game unlike most Complainers here but I seriously doubt its going to make it.. my biggest gripe is lack of steam launch which surprise surprise is because the devs are embarrassed by the graphics and don't want the actual PC gaming market to see the game yet. Hey dumb fuck you know you could afford to hire artists if you launched on steam? I get it, your 8 year olds refrigerator doodles is your art style so you don't want to talk bad about it and hurt their feelings but even you know your game looks like shit but you wont do what's needed to fix it, you know, make money so you can hire people?
