Graphics....

[Commander Obi-Wan]

Well, sorry if there is a thread about this already, but I couldn't find one. Anyway, what do you think of the graphics?

[absboodoo]

Space looks great, full of details. Ground is above average, sharp graphic but nothing special.

[aggie_john]

I dont expect miracles when it comes to RTS games but this one is as good as any of the great RTS's out there. Pretty like RTW or AOE III. But I have always like star wars games the really good ones can bring that star wars universe feel. This means great graphics and sound. Very cinamatic, which seems to be the focus point of this game which makes me very happy. I think we dont want to just conqueor the galaxy we want it to be an adventure worthy of the movies when we do it.

[Jeff]

I think the graphics look above-average especially for an RTS game. I voted decent.

[DarkLeeLee]

i dont think we can really tell it looks decent but we will know in the coming months

[popcorn2008]

I dont think any of the movies we have seen have given EaW full justice graphics wise. It's going to be intense when we actually get to play this ourselves. I voted excellent.

[Jmaster3265]

I voted excellent, it is good for a RTS although graphics isn't everything, and yes this topic has been made because i remember saying "graphics aren't everything"

[StealthWar42]

Although I haven't seen everything, the space looks phenomenal in my opinion but the ground could use some work. It's not so much the textures for me, it's the animations and pace I guess you could say. The only thing model or texture-wise i'm disappointed with is the stormtrooper. Not as high quality as i would like but oh well.

 

I voted decent, to balance between excellent space and "okay" ground.

[lukeiamyourdad]

I voted excellent. Being an RTS player, rarely do we get games with excellent graphics. E@W looks wonderful.

[FroZticles]

Graphics are the path to the darkside!!

 

 

Graphics leads to lag, lag leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.......

[Darth_Extas]

Empire at war does look amazing. The graphics engine might be one that can handle so many units so that it will not cause any lag, when the demo is out we can get our full knowledge of the graphics and how fast the game is because of the graphics.

[DoctorNerve]

I think the graphics are pretty damn good. Nothing groundbreaking but solid in a lot of areas. Wait until the normal mapping hits the RTS world in a year or so... we'll see some amazing stuff inside 2 years. These RTS games are getting harder to make art for in some ways... the camera cuts on units and infantry up close makes for a dilemma that's hard to build for... do I make art for the game view? do I make it for cinematic modes? do I make LODs for everything in between? It was a lot easier when the camera stayed at the top 3/4 perspective!

[Commander Obi-Wan]

I found the graphics decent. That's why I voted decent.

[THrawn((9]

the graphics are excellent but we can only see what they are truely like from the Demo and the GAme but it does look set to surpass the BF series and everyother SW game in quality.

[lukeiamyourdad]

Graphics leads to lag, lag leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.......

 

Upgrading your computer is the way of the Light.

[Mag Trinix]

To be honest I think it looks pretty good its a pretty big step with all the lighting and still maintaining smooth gameplay ^_^

[Lord Valenta]

i feel that is its decent grafics. space looks intense and above average compared to every other "space" rts game out there. ground looks very duill to my. even granulated. it could bethe quality of the videos i watch in relation to this though. but its starwars nontheless.

[absboodoo]

TBH, the composition of space and ground graphic are the same. But the space battle just have more of that Starswars "feels". Unless petro can make ground battle that fought like Hoth, it really just feel like another ground RTS with starwars units.

[Commander Obi-Wan]

Okay, sorry to bring up an old thread, but...

 

Now the game is out. Do you still agree with your choice listed? Do you like they way the are?

[Jmaster3265]

Why aren't old topics like this ever closed after a while.....

[lukeiamyourdad]

Because we don't expect bumbs. Now instead of spamming, answer his question.

 

Yes, E@W still looks nice, even if it lags like hell when I try to put it on the highest possible settings. The ground battles when zoomed-in are not as great as I thought though

[Admiral Sith]

Thats your problem, i can play on maximum settings with little or no lag

[†Saint_Killa†]

It's pretty decent so I voted decent.

[Det. Bart Lasiter]

They're excellent for an RTS, so I said excellent. And anyone who voted less than "Decent" shouldn't be comparing it to an RPG (which usually have the best graphics out of all genres) or an FPS (which have the to render the second-best graphics of the genres at a higher framerate). It's an RTS and it has to render a hell of a lot more stuff on the screen than any other genre. Just look at a game like C&C: Generals, the player can have as many units as they want, and can thus bring any gaming machine to it's knees.

[lukeiamyourdad]

Well, that's a reality everyone has to face. How can an RTS expect to beat an FPS graphics wise, considering they're both of the same generation?

 

It is unthinkable because an RTS is way more power hungry then an FPS. So no machine would ever be able to run an RTS with FPS-ish graphics. What is sad is that people (common people here, non-geek or low-level newbie) would compare both and then place their judgement without all the relevent information. In our time and day, graphical quality rates so high in our heads that it often overshadows our judgement.