I guess it’s WAR video day. Found another movie, this time on Gametrailers, of epic places we can visit in Warhammer Online. One word: Amazing Atmosphere. Okay, that was two words.
The above video is the SD version. If you can, I highly suggest you go to Gametrailers and watch the HD version. Looks amazing!
UPDATE (another video)
Gametrailers released another video this afternoon. This one is a fast… almost bullet point format interview.. of what the game is about. I really like their explanations; some great one liners in there. The video also contains lots of game-play footage.
“We take everything that is great about Warhammer; about the intellectual property – All of the great ideas, the big world, the great history and lore, and we ram it into an awesome huge magnificent online roleplaying game.” – Jeff Hickman
June 25th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Yeah, that high res video makes me not want to play the game. At all.
June 25th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Eh what Dave?
That looked amazing. As you said Keen the atmosphere seems awesome – gritty and desolate, but at the same time resolute and determined.
June 25th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
Gordo – didn’t you pick up on the sarcasm? I’ll do a better job next time.
June 25th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
That footage is hardly new. I saw that same lame footage 6 months ago. Has nothing changed in the game in that time?
June 25th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
@Dave: I think Gordo is, like many, a little sensitive and expectant of negativity. Just look at comment #4.
@Chris: I’m not sure if it’s all new or not. It looks great though and represents something that I find very appealing in WAR: The atmosphere.
June 25th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
I’ve been bitten by the WAR bug lately. I’m getting really stoked to try it out. After I read about the White Lion class (EQ Beastlords!!)… argh… must stop salivating…
June 25th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
The second video you guys posted shows some great footage. Also I love the comment “the game ships this fall.” No sarcasm here, Gordo. I’m fired up.
June 25th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Ah cool Dave. My bad. Just when I see comments like one for the shaman video ‘WoW thats basically a copy of WoW with worse graphics. How’s that for epic fail’ my face and my palm meet quite a bit and become very well acquainted.
I prolly should have clicked your name, and when I’d seen your blog is a WAR blog, I might have realised…
June 25th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
I love Jeff’s explanation of how RvR differs from PvP.
June 25th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
This video (the 2nd one) shows why WAR is more different from WoW than AoC is.
June 25th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
Yeah RvR sounds awesome. The fact that it encompasses the game, rather than being tagged alongside it seems to me the reason it’s special. I think they’ve got it spot on with the graphics. Good enough to look great if you’ve got the rig that’ll run it, but in the style that you can rack down a lot of the settings without suffering from eye-pain too much. Also, I think the speed of combat is awesome. In AoC it was waaay too fast – I mean, it wasn’t unknown for me to get a lagspike (like, 2-3s) and then catch up to realtime, only to find myself dead! The pace in WAR seems like it gives everyone time to react, whilst still fast enough to keep you on your toes.
June 25th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
I loved the “what other games call PvP” comment… all he needed to do was roll his eyes at that very moment and it would be golden.
June 25th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
LOL yeah Heartless_.
June 25th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
lol @ comments 1-3 :p
June 25th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
I love Jeff’s look of apprehension when saying the game will ship this fall. That sure gives me confidence!
June 25th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
Jeff & Paul nailed it in this interview. It’s amazing, that they were capable of squeezing most mechanics and flavors of WAR in the short period of time, they had to talk.
June 25th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
Wait… THAT’S the game I’m waiting for? Seriously?
…I’m going back to Hello Kitty Online.
June 25th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
Eh, what Syp?!
June 25th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
O.o *drool*
Open the bloody gates already!!!
June 25th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
How can I work after watching this…All I want is to be @ release date.
Awesome vids which capture the grittiness of Warhammer.
June 25th, 2008 at 11:58 pm
Guild Beta invites are going out in four weeks (it only says Europe but I would quess it’s also North America) and those videos were nice.
http://www.warhammeralliance.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41583
June 26th, 2008 at 1:22 am
It doesnt look great, but I hope it has good atmosphere and works smoothly.
June 26th, 2008 at 1:23 am
I am after WAR but haven’t really seen anything special in both videos. Oh well as long as it will have WoW gameplay with better balance and better end-game it will be fine.
June 26th, 2008 at 1:54 am
Weird that a lot of people get excited over these videos. The graphics look already outdated and the game isnt even out yet. The fighting / combat looks very static.
June 26th, 2008 at 2:15 am
Hey Keen
Have you looked at IGN’s videosection of WAR? Looks awesome too: http://media.pc.ign.com/media/748/748723/vids_1.html
They also have a interview with Paul and Jeff, which is also pretty good. Remember to check it out
Nice blog btw
June 26th, 2008 at 3:14 am
Wow with slightly better Graphics… and wheres the Shadow?
June 26th, 2008 at 4:06 am
I dont know u, but everytime i see some video of WAR i go with a different empression. Sometimes a piece of shit and sometimes very impressed..
God damn, the videos, they looks in everything like wow, specially the graphics… ¬¬
June 26th, 2008 at 7:30 am
That latest video really was nice, WoW fanboys can’t possibly watch it and still say it’s a WoW clone
June 26th, 2008 at 8:09 am
@Eric
I agree. Sure, what they say sounds very promising. Phrases like, “Storm their capital, torch in hand, and burn everything they hold dear,” sounds great, but it is a little to vague and generalized for my taste.
Combat… what is there to say? Same old, same old, same old. I can’t wait for the Warhammer Online: Watch Paint Dry expansion.
June 26th, 2008 at 9:16 am
You can actually count between strikes
Hit, 2, 3, 4, 5
Hit, 2, 3, 4, 5
Weird how the combat seems so slow.
Pretty particle effects, but those old WoW systems may croak on those.
I think I still like the X-Play preview better with Paul staring at Morgan’s boobs.
June 26th, 2008 at 9:42 am
“I think I still like the X-Play preview better with Paul staring at Morgan’s boobs.”
Hey, who wouldn’t?
June 26th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
One thing I am looking forward to trying is testing “RvR at any level.” I don’t want to go though the whole leveling tredmill to RvR. I want it to be an option all the time.
June 26th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
@Gustavef: You’ll be very happy with WAR then.
June 26th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
Rather than “RvR at any level” it could be more accurately called “RvR at every level”. You can level up from 1-40 entirely within the RvR system, and never do a moment of PvE if you don’t want to. You’ll end up at level 40 with gear just as good as the PvE folks, plus the benefit of all the renown ranks you earned. I imagine it will be slower to level than PvE, but in a way you’d kind of want it to be. If you’re really enjoying the 11-19 scenarios you don’t want to outlevel them too fast . . .
June 26th, 2008 at 7:59 pm
To touch more on RvR possibly being slower than PvE, you also have to take into account that RvR is a dynamic experience and can be random. You’re not guaranteed X amount of exp like you are from completing a quest. The enemy may be out in numbers one minute and be hiding the next. I’m expecting it to be inconsistent and unpredictable, but that’s what I would HOPE it to be.
PvE leveling will be far more predictable and could possibly be faster.
It has been said by Mythic that the quickest way to level is a combination of PvE and RvR. I know that’s the path I’m taking. When one route is feeling sluggish I’ll use the other to fill in the gaps.
June 26th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
Hey, theres PvP in Leveling in WoW too.. its called “Trying to Level in Strangledthorn Vale, with 70ers of the other Faction showing you the Corpserun-World”.
August 8th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
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