Manitos wrote:
Coytee, Barimen isn't saying he has a good system for the graphics. Coytee, if you can read past Barimen's bad grammar and spelling, Barimen is saying that WoW has better graphics than EQ2 because essentially WoW's "extreme performance" looks better than EQ2's "extreme performance". Barimen is calling this "actual awesome graphics". What the? Sounds like a kid got his ball taken away by bullies and he can't get it back.
I can't test this anymore because I have uninstalled WoW and given the game to my friends. So sure, this is probably true, but this type of bottom line testing doesn't prove the true graphics capability of a game's graphic engine. The WoW engine probably added more graphical enhancements to WoW's "extreme performance" than EQ2's "extreme performance".
Due to this fact, the only way to truely test a graphics engine is to set all graphical settings to their maximum capabilities and then make your comparisons. This is why I say that if you cannot play EQ2 on "high quality" or higher then you should not negatively criticize EQ2's graphics. Based on Barimer's statements, Barimer gave me the impression that he was insulted by reading that his system is not good enough for EQ2's "high quality" or even "extreme quality" otherwise he wouldn't have made this utterly ridiculous "bottom line" (i.e, "actual awesome graphics") type of test. Unless he's saying that WoW's software programming is not displaying the true capabilities of WoW's graphics engine.
Welp, that's my two cents. Rock on! Message Edited by Manitos on 01-27-2005 08:20 AM
Yes I got that. I probbably should have added that EQ2 on balanced setting looks way better than WoW, and he SHOULD be able to run it on balanced. I also should have agreed with him that EQ2's extreme performance setting is almost comically bad.
Im sorry I didnt make my point more clear.
Message Edited by Coytee on 02-02-2005 07:43 AM