GR Visuals From Hero Con.
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AkuTenshiiZero,
Posted on: 2009-10-24 15:09 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
Hmm alright, thanks for clarifying the Rikti stuff, guess we'll just have to see!
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Given that the Rikti were a peaceful race and only attacked Primal Earth because they believe the Freedom Phalanx attacked them, it is quite possible they would have a more benevolent relationship with other dimensions.
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Originally Posted by Cynical_Gamer
Rikti would be the same since they are from an entirely different dimension. Unless there's a second Rikti dimension that's the Praetorian version of the normal Rikti dimension.
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WHO CARES ABOUT THE RIKTI?
Really? Come on people... there is so much awesome in those screen shots why are you hung up on the stupid Rikti?
then i wondered... if someone has a cruddy computer do they see all the awesome that is in those screenshots?
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Originally Posted by IanTheM1
Note the dynamic shadows.
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Question is, have they added dynamic lighting?
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Originally Posted by AkuTenshiiZero
Yeah, it's pretty...But I want to see some hardware requirements. As it stands I'm having enough trouble running some of the newer stuff in CoX...And I'm really starting to feel like my PC is not gonna be able to handle GR.
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Originally Posted by Orion_Star_EU
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No thanks, i like my character's backbones to NOT be broken in 3 places. =P
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Originally Posted by LegionAlpha
One more thing, any sign of new female idle stances? It would be cool to see females stand in comic fashion(Mark Silvestri) instead of the current?
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Oh, and Crimson demands you play this arc-> Twisted Knives (MA Arc #397769)
At the opening of one of the Praetorian arc contacts, they explain that what they know of Praetorian Earth is that it's ruled by an evil version of the Freedom Phalanx and that, for a brief moment, they too were attacked by the Rikti. This is why the mission maps are mostly just the destroyed city ones (because Tyrant didn't care to rebuild the infrastructure).
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Look at that. A full-grown woman pulling off pigtails. Her crazy is off the charts.
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Well that might have to be retconned now - Tyrant seems to have gone totally the other way, and wants a nice gleaming city to rule |
Originally Posted by Mr_Grey
At the opening of one of the Praetorian arc contacts, they explain that what they know of Praetorian Earth is that it's ruled by an evil version of the Freedom Phalanx and that, for a brief moment, they too were attacked by the Rikti. This is why the mission maps are mostly just the destroyed city ones (because Tyrant didn't care to rebuild the infrastructure).
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I also think his throneroom mightn't be in a lava cave anymore, and his guards might be more impressive than street thugs with machine guns
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I suspect you might be wrong.|
Originally Posted by Golden Girl
I think this is just a single attack that the demon pets can use.
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http://picasaweb.google.com/stephen....58983915637554
Fire whips, hot.
Yeah, it looks like they are going from a Dr. Evil version of Tyrant and his world, to a more Facist Stepford Wives-type reality, showing the reality of what happens when "Justice and Order" go TOO far.
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It's probably a personal attack as pointed out; the "Hellfire Whip" that BaB mentioned some time ago. I seem to recall it being mentioned that it was used for upgrading too...
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
I think this is just a single attack that the demon pets can use.
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Arc #40529 : The Furies of the Earth
Something else I thought of looking at the video - it looks like the AE buildings were designed with the GR graphics update very much in mind, with all the glass they have in them.
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Originally Posted by kangaroo120y
Woo. I was hoping just for a lighting upgrade but that is just awesome!! totally looking forward to that.
Question though, will All of CoH look like this? or just after you purchase Going Rogue? |
All of CoH/V will look like that. The Ultra-mode is just higher end video effects you can turn on (in advanced mode). And I assume Ultra will be a settings beyond the current high end Quality (simple) video setting. Praetoria will look extra awesome in ultra mode as all of the artwork is totally new for the new zones.
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So if you're already running beautifully on max settings now, the new stuff should be no problem?
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Originally Posted by Fuzun
All of CoH/V will look like that. The Ultra-mode is just higher end video effects you can turn on (in advanced mode). And I assume Ultra will be a settings beyond the current high end Quality (simple) video setting. Praetoria will look extra awesome in ultra mode as all of the artwork is totally new for the new zones.
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Maybe, maybe not. It's not a direct comparison, but some of the new ultra-mode stuff is in the rival MMORPG's client. Some of the settings makes my NVida 9900GT scream at me. Take that with a huge grain of salt as the rival mmorpg game engine was a total rewrite (and still has issues on people's high-end PC (aka low frame rate on "normal" settings). |
Originally Posted by Moiread
So if you're already running beautifully on max settings now, the new stuff should be no problem?
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But I would hazard a guess of yes as COH/V game client is very mature and stable. I'll try to ask a dev tomorrow about hardware specs needs to run Ultra-mode settings.
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Fire whips for an MM sounds interesting because I expect a whip to have less range then a pulse rifle. This could mean that the new MM is more melee combat minded perhaps?
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Originally Posted by ThePill
I suspect you might be wrong.
http://picasaweb.google.com/stephen....58983915637554 Fire whips, hot. |
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There you go, the Devs hate Resistance! |
Praetorian Police Department The first line of defense against Resistance. |
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Of course they do; it's futile.
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Originally Posted by Ethric
There you go, the Devs hate Resistance!
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Arc #40529 : The Furies of the Earth
The whole presentation on GR's updated graphics can be found here courtesy of the mighty Vangelus.
I'm seriously impressed.
That's all very well. New, shiny graphics for those with higher end systems.
I have one of those higher end systems and the ONLY game it has issues with is COH.
So how much of our shiny new graphics update includes optimisation of the sluggish engine?
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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
City of Heroes is a game about freedom of expression and variety of experiences far more so than it is about representing any one theme, topic or genre.
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maybe, i got more of a minority report vibe from the seers. but again, i love how clean and organized the badguys are, my biggest gripe is when they do an "evil" world and its dark and depressing and covered with skulls and such. Once power is achieved, it would make more sense to use every outward appearance that things were better and would make the general populace happy than go around menacing people with a skull codpiece...though that is fun to wear at formal events at times.
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Originally Posted by Westley
Yeah, it looks like they are going from a Dr. Evil version of Tyrant and his world, to a more Facist Stepford Wives-type reality, showing the reality of what happens when "Justice and Order" go TOO far.
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I can't believe I just got negative feedback for this post! |
Originally Posted by craggy
Now that's a bridge I could happily drop a blonde girl off of.
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You should have to read comics to play the game, or at least watch some of the films. Jeezus! Who was it didn't get the Green Goblin joke?
@craggy see me on Union for TFs, SFs (please!) or just some good ol fashioned teaming.
Question though, will All of CoH look like this? or just after you purchase Going Rogue?
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