{"id":1348,"date":"2006-05-17T02:30:13","date_gmt":"2006-05-17T09:30:13","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2006-08-26T21:02:35","modified_gmt":"2006-08-27T04:02:35","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/node\/1348\/","title":{"rendered":"Warhammer is starting to look MUCH better"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have to admit that the goblins look great<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Great model and textures. I just hope that the animations are on par. And the ears! Please animate the EARS! (make them twitch at times during the idle animation, it would add a lot)<\/p>\n

If anything I would make them just more curved and three-fingered instead of five (but then lore guys would complain, I guess?).<\/p>\n

The art direction is MUCH improved from the screenshots released earlier<\/a>. I love the color palette and I hope it’s not just a trick on some screenshots. The dwarf model still sucks, but the rest is starting to look much better than WoW and not as cartoonish (or at least less goofy).<\/p>\n

In particular I like how the “green” used on the goblin is much more natural, detailed and opaque compared to the neon-green of the orcs in WoW, for example. This is why I hope it’s a definite choice in the art direction instead of a trick of this one screenshot. I think that fluorescent greens, yellows and purples are out of place for this kind of fantasy setting, but this is more like a personal point of view on the genre and a stylistic choice than a rule. Still, you can see how much better things can look when the art direction is solid.<\/p>\n

Keep the colors more opaque, dimmer and natural<\/u> and the game will look much better.<\/p>\n

The look of armor and weapons is finally matching the setting instead of going in the Voltron<\/a> direction. If they stick to that path the game overall look will finish to be more appealing than WoW. I want to see metal, bones, wood, leather. Stains, worn look, rust. NOT PLASTIC.<\/p>\n

There are also a few screenshots of the interface. Very WoW-like<\/a>. But at least it’s well organized and leaves behind the old-generation square blocks used in the old school mmorpgs (DAoC included). It’s nice the idea to add a full animated model in the middle on the bottom-bar. But I guess here the point it to see your party members fully animated, not just your own face. Without cluttering the screen.<\/p>\n

So, if things continue to go in THAT precise direction, the game could really look amazing. If not, it will trip and fall behind WoW as a shabby imitation. <\/p>\n

As for the rest, this game is at a crossroads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have to admit that the goblins look great. Great model and textures. I just hope that the animations are on par. And the ears! Please animate the EARS! (make them twitch at times during the idle animation, it would add a lot) If anything I would make them just more curved and three-fingered instead […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32],"class_list":["post-1348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-warhammer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1348\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}