Penny Arcade Commentary on EQ2

noel · Post by **noel** » March 1, 2005, 6:02 pm

LOL

http://www.penny-arcade.com/

Fash · Post by **Fash** » March 1, 2005, 6:07 pm

This is teh WoW forum.

noel · Post by **noel** » March 1, 2005, 6:10 pm

Well I didn't want to be accused of being a troll.

There's also some commentary there about WoW.

Sargeras · Post by **Sargeras** » March 1, 2005, 6:13 pm

Hey, I actually liked Bryce! But he has a point.

Throw in programs like Maya and 3D Studio Max and you've pretty much nailed it on the head.

miir · Post by **miir** » March 1, 2005, 6:24 pm

OH NOS!

Someone prefers WOW screenshots over EQ2 screenshots.

I'd guess that more than half of the people who play EQ2 or WoW really don't care that much about how the screenshots of either game look.

I mean really, if that's the worst criticism you can come up with for EQ2....

masteen · Post by **masteen** » March 1, 2005, 6:27 pm

22 minutes!

noel · Post by **noel** » March 1, 2005, 6:29 pm

Miir you are the worst troll in the WoW forums. I hope you're happy.

I can definitely see where some people really enjoy EQ2's graphics (I liked what I saw in the free trial), but that screenshot it just horrible. Calm the fuck down, it's humor.

Edit: PS Masteen, how many VVs do I owe you for our Miir-time-to-defend-EQ2-posting bet?

masteen · Post by **masteen** » March 1, 2005, 6:37 pm

The usual wager between gentlemen: 1vv!

miir · Post by **miir** » March 1, 2005, 6:38 pm

Miir you are the worst troll in the WoW forums. I hope you're happy

I'm just trying to spice things up.
We should consolidate the WoW and EQ2 forums... they are both pretty dead lately except for my trolling and fishing.

miir · Post by **miir** » March 1, 2005, 6:40 pm

Calm the fuck down, it's humor.

Calm the fuck down?
The second I start taking anything you say personally is the day I put a bullet in my head.

noel · Post by **noel** » March 1, 2005, 6:40 pm

I sent you the 1 VV. Let me know if you got it.

masteen · Post by **masteen** » March 1, 2005, 6:42 pm

Received it, Mortimer!

nobody · Post by **nobody** » March 1, 2005, 6:43 pm

<miir> OH NOZ you guys suck i love eq2 i ahte WoW ><
<noel and/or fash> (insert some comment to own miir)
<miir> haha i'm just kidding guys it's all in good fun, lets be friends
<nobody> enjoys pharming at miir's expense
<miir> stfu nobody

Fash · Post by **Fash** » March 1, 2005, 6:44 pm

I used to go fishing on the river.

It was really boring.

noel · Post by **noel** » March 1, 2005, 6:46 pm

Excellent, Randolph!

miir · Post by **miir** » March 1, 2005, 6:52 pm

We need to consolidate the EQ2 and WoW forums!!

noel · Post by **noel** » March 1, 2005, 9:18 pm

Interestingly, PA appears to have taken down that post...

sarlen · Post by **sarlen** » March 2, 2005, 1:40 am

miir wrote:We need to consolidate the EQ2 and WoW forums!!

I agree, At least with Miir trolling, this section gets more then one or two posts a day!

Post by **Xouqoa** » March 2, 2005, 2:46 am

noel wrote:Interestingly, PA appears to have taken down that post...

What did it say?

masteen · Post by **masteen** » March 2, 2005, 3:16 pm

Gabe made a post saying how shitty the screenies for the new EQ2 Adventure Pack: Raiders of the Lost Pocketbook look.

miir · Post by **miir** » March 2, 2005, 3:49 pm

Xouqoa wrote:
noel wrote:Interestingly, PA appears to have taken down that post...
What did it say?

It said WoW is better than EQ2 because the screenshots look better.

noel · Post by **noel** » March 2, 2005, 4:33 pm

I know reading comprehension isn't your strong point Miir, but had you bothered to read the full page... After Gabe RIGHTLY slammed SOE for using an apalling looking screenshot to pimp their new adventure pack, he also said after showing a cool WoW screenshot, "now if only I could log in". The post was 100% valid.

I defy you to tell me that the model in that screenshot looked good in any way shape or form.

If I saw that model in UO, I might think it looked like it belonged, but we're not playing nethack anymore, so I expect my MMOGs to have graphics, and I expect the graphics/models to look slightly more complex than something I could draw myself.

Akaran_D · Post by **Akaran_D** » March 2, 2005, 4:37 pm

Which of the SS's was appaling, Noel?
I liked the ones with the armored skeletons.

noel · Post by **noel** » March 2, 2005, 4:39 pm

Masteen reposted it in the EQ2 forum under the adventure pack post.

Akaran_D · Post by **Akaran_D** » March 2, 2005, 4:45 pm

It's not the best, but it's not horrid.
While you have one fo the dumbest gargoyles I've ever seen glaring at you, there's also a bit of foliage, water effects and some of the local creatures to give you an diea of some of the types of things you'll eventually run into.

Had I done it, I would have likely used a SS such as this one:

..or this one...

...which show off EQ2s graphics engine in a fairly good light. However, sicne we have a fundamental disagreement over the quality of the end product of the two engines, I doubt you will come to the same agreement.

masteen · Post by **masteen** » March 2, 2005, 4:48 pm

Gay looking demons are gay looking demons no matter how many different color light sources you shoot them with.

noel · Post by **noel** » March 2, 2005, 4:49 pm

The skeleton looks cool, and I think the demon looks exponentially better in the SS you posted. That said, the one SOE is using to advertise their adventure pack is in the other thread, and it looks atrocious. As long as they fire that artist, they're ok in my book.

Fash · Post by **Fash** » March 2, 2005, 5:13 pm

what's the armor protecting exactly?..

they used to make armor out of bones.

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » March 2, 2005, 7:43 pm

Those are some nice shots. I think they look pretty cool there.

Chmee · Post by **Chmee** » March 2, 2005, 8:17 pm

The picture they put up on the penny arcade site does look fairly silly, soe should talk to whoever picked that particular shot

. In general screenshots of a lot of things I have seen in eq2 don't really seem to do justice to how things look in the game (to some degree this is true of most mmorpgs I have played). Not sure what it is exactly.

Kaelina · Post by **Kaelina** » March 2, 2005, 10:30 pm

I personally do not like the character/hair/armor models and textures in EQ2. I've seen some kickass landscape screenshots though.

I'm beginning to wonder if Blizzard has a secret employee at SOE that picks out the worst possible screenshots for their advertising. That is seriously the worst (but most amusing!) EQ2 shot I've ever seen.

noel · Post by **noel** » March 2, 2005, 11:20 pm

omg ur avatar is so skary!

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » March 3, 2005, 12:22 am

why is the skeleton made of copper doods