The Secret World

[Pinkeh]

Originally Posted by Herbo

It's very easy, put them side by side, no comparison whatsoever.

Oh right. I take it you are confused by what i mean by art direction, as opposed to game textures.

Sort of like comparing Battlefield 3 with Team Fortress 2 and suggesting that the graphics are better in Battlefield 3 because it looks "more realistic".

But if you can admire the environmental setting of The Secret World portrayed by their "modern, dark, gritty" setting, then you're not completely ignorant of the issue using the same comparisons against Guild Wars 2's art direction in a "fantasy, story-telling, illustrative" setting.

When put side by side, there is no comparison, because both games have different art direction. Thus it is unfair to suggest either is better than the other as it would be based on your personal preference for contemporary art styles.

Fans dig GW2 art because of the works created by Daniel Dociu and Kekai Kotaki, not because the performance of a game engine is rendering ingame textures better on some machines.

[Herbo]

Originally Posted by Pinkeh

Oh right. I take it you are confused by what i mean by art direction, as opposed to game textures.

Sort of like comparing Battlefield 3 with Team Fortress 2 and suggesting that the graphics are better in Battlefield 3 because it looks "more realistic".

But if you can admire the environmental setting of The Secret World portrayed by their "modern, dark, gritty" setting, then you're not completely ignorant of the issue using the same comparisons against Guild Wars 2's art direction in a "fantasy, story-telling, illustrative" setting.

When put side by side, there is no comparison, because both games have different art direction. Thus it is unfair to suggest either is better than the other as it would be based on your personal preference for contemporary art styles.

Fans dig GW2 art because of the works created by Daniel Dociu and Kekai Kotaki, not because the performance of a game engine is rendering ingame textures better on some machines.

By all means be pedantic, that's your choice. I would also say BF3's graphics are better than TF2's because they are. If you want to separate games into "different art directions" that's your choice, I'll just stick with an overall k?

[Rubberband]

Originally Posted by Pinkeh

Oh right. I take it you are confused by what i mean by art direction, as opposed to game textures.

Sort of like comparing Battlefield 3 with Team Fortress 2 and suggesting that the graphics are better in Battlefield 3 because it looks "more realistic".

But if you can admire the environmental setting of The Secret World portrayed by their "modern, dark, gritty" setting, then you're not completely ignorant of the issue using the same comparisons against Guild Wars 2's art direction in a "fantasy, story-telling, illustrative" setting.

When put side by side, there is no comparison, because both games have different art direction. Thus it is unfair to suggest either is better than the other as it would be based on your personal preference for contemporary art styles.

Fans dig GW2 art because of the works created by Daniel Dociu and Kekai Kotaki, not because the performance of a game engine is rendering ingame textures better on some machines.

So, rather than admit GW2 is technically inferior, you attempt to paint people who don't agree as ignorant by using 'art style' to justify your position? By looking at the images you linked to, can you not appreciate that they could be rendered far better in GW2 using advanced features?

You can have a different art style and still be utilising cutting edge graphic features. GW2 is trying to appeal to the broadest base and is using DX10 ffs. TWS maximises the capabilities of existing high end cards so, when combined with their 'art style' they achieve a superior result.

Of course there will be a compromise somewhere, TSW is bound to be losing out on customers without the required hardware but by fuck it looks good.

[Sleepy13b]

Anyone feel like giving a friend trial invite.

Keen to give it a try but dont have the cash to buy atm.

[ni9ht_5ta1k3r]

how do you guys register the game? thinking of getting it.

[Herbo]

Originally Posted by ni9ht_5ta1k3r

how do you guys register the game? thinking of getting it.

Sign up for an account here HERE.

[ni9ht_5ta1k3r]

Originally Posted by Herbo

Sign up for an account here HERE.

cool....will give it a try!

[Strik3r]

Does anyone have a 24 hour trial key they don't need ? Would love to give this game a go and if i enjoy it will buy it.

[BoutS]

OK just bought this, i been gettin spammed by FC for a while now.. succumbed..

Choice of servers and who is where and faction?

[ni9ht_5ta1k3r]

Originally Posted by BoutS

OK just bought this, i been gettin spammed by FC for a while now.. succumbed..

Choice of servers and who is where and faction?

i made a female character that joined the templars....best to play as chicks in these things.

[BoutS]

lol now i recall how bad FC was at bandwith..

Game dl speed jumpin up and down from 50kbps to 600kbps..cannot stay consistent at all.

[Herbo]

Originally Posted by BoutS

OK just bought this, i been gettin spammed by FC for a while now.. succumbed..

Choice of servers and who is where and faction?

Most Aussies on Huldra server I believe.

[MoorKhan]

Originally Posted by BoutS

Choice of servers and who is where and faction?

Templar on Huldra (currently running around in Egypt ).

At the moment everything except for the persistent PvP zone "Fusang" is essentially single server anyway.

One of the guys I group/level with rolled on Cerberus and it's made zero difference, except we can't group together for Fusang.

[Howard]

is there any ocau guilds, or does this game even have guilds?? i just bought it

[Everlong]

Flash based ability wheel if you want to play around with builds at work here

Some UI mods are coming out too- here