Quote Originally Posted by Apps View Post
I dunno about worse. I played wow from day one. No, not worse. Not even close.

However, Its no secret the decision to make the game less graphic intensive was not an accident. Just like wow, its expected to have multible video settings options, depending on your hardware. I read on the swtor2 page (a year ago?) maybe more;... there was much research and market studies to indicate, high graphic games, Aion, Lotro, AoC.. although had better graphics than WoW, simply didnt do as well, because they didnt have enough market space, nor had enough content. Joe Schmo consumer's parents couldnt afford the machine to power them.

Also, the game isnt meant to rival wow... compare to wow, or beat it out, or anything like that what so ever. The Dev manager has said MANY times, he and his main team of developers played wow, Aion, warhammer, AoC, Lotro, Guild Wars, Mass Effect... and all eventually settled on wow as the stamp of which to look up to.


If youre a smart engineer and want to build a bridge to span a river, and successfully last for years on end, you can take designs from the golden gate bridge and other good bridges... not build another entire golden gate bridge.
well obviously it had level of details as every game does. But I think it would be foolish to show off screenshots on "non-max" settings. It must be maxed. and it looks out-dated. I take it that the looks can be subjective. But Like I said, compare it to DCUO, does it look better ?

As for comparing to MMOs, why compare to past MMOs that are mostly 5+ years old. and of course the devs had played those mmos. and that leads up to the decision to have poor graphics ? What's wrong with good graphics (highly customizable) + good content that you have to sacrifice graphics for content. If you want to compare, compare to the next gen MMOs from oversea. Compare it to Guild War 2, Blade and Soul, Tera, even those free to play MMO, Dragon Nest, and Vindictus, they are all (minus Dragon Nest, but that game has the fastest combat) looking better than SWTOR.

lastly as for gaming industry, Why is copying the old and successful games the best thing to do for us gamers. It only makes sense for those investors and publishers who care more about their investment than innovations and advencements in games. Its smart for them, but I am not supporting it.