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Lasereth · 08-23-2004, 06:51 PM

I've played the beta a lot, and I can honestly say that there's only two problems with WoW so far.

1. The graphics. Yes, they are very good, but they're not good enough. When the game goes retail later this year, the graphics will be subpar to other MMORPGs. Do the character models look detailed and smooth? Yes, but they're not the best. Are the environments good-looking? Yes, but they're simply not the best. This game does NOT cater to the people with $450 videocards. People who own those videocards want the game to look like $450 and it simply doesn't. I can barely tell a difference between my GeForce 4 TI4200 and my GeForce 6800 GT. The game looks good, but not good enough. Cranking up the resolution, anti-aliasing, and effects don't affect the overall look of the game like it should. This game is definitely designed to work on crappy computers with crappy videocards...and it will.

2. The game is ENTIRELY quest-driven. Every single enemy you kill in the game is for a quest. So, anyone wanna go out and hunt? Wait...I can't, sorry, <B>I haven't got that quest yet</B>. It's very annoying when you're out hunting and you can't fight with others because you haven't got the quest yet. Fighting monsters that drop quests items when you haven't got the quest yet is a waste of time (the monsters won't drop what you need unless you've accepted the quest). Hey, let's go kill that huge bear! Wait...I don't wanna kill it unless I have the quest yet. I hate to say it, but the game needs more places to just level up and form a monster-slaughtering party without as much focus on if you've accepted the damn quest for the enemies. Are most of the quests fun and do they add diversity to the game? Yeah, but it gets old really fast when all you do is go around looking for the quests in the area before you can kill anything. Sometimes I just wanna go out and kick some ass, but ya can't do that in WoW without wasting your time wondering if you have the quest for it.

The graphics I can get by. This game looks amazing, even if other games have much better graphics out there. WoW has many, many plusses, but the game gets old really fast because of the aformentioned quest problem. Even worse, when you start another character, you do the same damned quests over again on that character. Killing 200 monsters to get the 10 items you need is ok, but doing it twice on two characters makes the quest system annoying as fuck. I personally think Blizzard should tone down the quests...hell, maybe even put in 30% as many quests as there is now. I hate the feeling of fighting in WoW knowing that the monster I'm killing has a quest behind it that I can't find.

-Lasereth

08-23-2004, 06:51 PM	#3 (permalink)
Lasereth Knight of the Old Republic Location: Winston-Salem, NC	I've played the beta a lot, and I can honestly say that there's only two problems with WoW so far. 1. The graphics. Yes, they are very good, but they're not good enough. When the game goes retail later this year, the graphics will be subpar to other MMORPGs. Do the character models look detailed and smooth? Yes, but they're not the best. Are the environments good-looking? Yes, but they're simply not the best. This game does NOT cater to the people with $450 videocards. People who own those videocards want the game to look like $450 and it simply doesn't. I can barely tell a difference between my GeForce 4 TI4200 and my GeForce 6800 GT. The game looks good, but not good enough. Cranking up the resolution, anti-aliasing, and effects don't affect the overall look of the game like it should. This game is definitely designed to work on crappy computers with crappy videocards...and it will. 2. The game is ENTIRELY quest-driven. Every single enemy you kill in the game is for a quest. So, anyone wanna go out and hunt? Wait...I can't, sorry, <B>I haven't got that quest yet</B>. It's very annoying when you're out hunting and you can't fight with others because you haven't got the quest yet. Fighting monsters that drop quests items when you haven't got the quest yet is a waste of time (the monsters won't drop what you need unless you've accepted the quest). Hey, let's go kill that huge bear! Wait...I don't wanna kill it unless I have the quest yet. I hate to say it, but the game needs more places to just level up and form a monster-slaughtering party without as much focus on if you've accepted the damn quest for the enemies. Are most of the quests fun and do they add diversity to the game? Yeah, but it gets old really fast when all you do is go around looking for the quests in the area before you can kill anything. Sometimes I just wanna go out and kick some ass, but ya can't do that in WoW without wasting your time wondering if you have the quest for it. The graphics I can get by. This game looks amazing, even if other games have much better graphics out there. WoW has many, many plusses, but the game gets old really fast because of the aformentioned quest problem. Even worse, when you start another character, you do the same damned quests over again on that character. Killing 200 monsters to get the 10 items you need is ok, but doing it twice on two characters makes the quest system annoying as fuck. I personally think Blizzard should tone down the quests...hell, maybe even put in 30% as many quests as there is now. I hate the feeling of fighting in WoW knowing that the monster I'm killing has a quest behind it that I can't find. -Lasereth __________________ "A Darwinian attacks his theory, seeking to find flaws. An ID believer defends his theory, seeking to conceal flaws." -Roger Ebert