Wow's Art is better, but EQ's world is better.

[starkind]

EQ just has this feel.

I can't explain it.

[Evia]

Like you're in a world within a world?

All other mmos just feel like games.

[starkind]

Originally Posted by Evia [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Like you're in a world within a world?

All other mmos just feel like games.

yea sorta that feels right, like eq was actually or is actually a place that existed and someone dreamed about.

[Mblake1981]

Eq's art is better and the world. It's what you appreciate and your influences. Mine go along the old 70s,80s,90s D&D art influences such as Keith Parkinson, who was the cover artist for the box. Nothing WoW has had or ever will have can match that single fact when it comes to 'art'.

Edit: Everything in the visual design range is better for me being here. Those were the influences in this game. The world was designed in First Person Perspective, the proportions were advertised in magazines as a feature, which they are. 3rd Person will never be as good and should never be in a Windows Computer game such as this. It's literal console tier quality and expectations which do not belong here, yet you lament it.

Keep accepting poorer and poorer standards and what do you expect. If plugging a Duke controller into your slightly-better-than-console-Computer-thing and easily click download STEAM games. You settled for shit. A slide down the hill from anything remotely resembling true interest for the sake of convenience which later turned into monetary innovations for major companies, resulting in the removal of Windows features which made the games interesting to begin with. Any idea how deep the disdain goes?

[starkind]

1st person perspective is truly better it puts the designers brain in a better place2 compared to that wierd top down feel.

D2 is fine for iso, we didn't need 15000 games designed in 3rd person.

Fleet simulators are what some of the other games are sort of. Or squad simulators when they are overly simplified the graphics are meaningless then as ur just pushing pieces around a mapboard. Which is also fun in real life when abstracting the game world into DM and Gameplayers and sitting across from a friend.

But EQ does really feel like ur in some crazy Keith painting. Someone made a thread about "Do u identify with the character?" but really it should be do u identify witht he world.. I find strong attachment to places like Neriak, Nektulous, Rathe Mnts, Lake Rathe. Lavastorm Mnts. Frontier Mountains. Burning Woods. The feerrott. Qeynos Aquaducts.

Tbqh surface qeynos is derpy tho, and so is RV, they are places to loot swords from guards [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Mblake1981]

20 years of advancements but not all of them good. X360/Vista really messed things up.

[Mblake1981]

Question: Where do you see anything even remotely resembling something like Original Everquest here on this list, in fact, one of these titles became what I refer to as the "Posterboy of Multiplatform". The comment section was weapons grade depression for a guy like me with the interests I have.

Edit, fuck it: On our way to 'the cloud' and all games being on like one out of two game engines. Fucking terrible.

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[Mblake1981]

If I still haven't beaten the horse until the head is pulverized clean-off.. compare a Windows original Everquest to a Everquest Online Adventures (PS2) that came out later.. newer technology. It still sucks liquid dog shit that has festered in the summer sun. Why ever would you slurp that?

[starkind]

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wow looks like a more hi-def EQoA lol

[HalflingSpergand]

Wow art is great but EQ is way ahead in 1st place without a competitor in sight