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[ManaByte]

http://gnn.gamer.com.tw/1/18951.html

That Taiwan-based gaming website just posted some Alpha screenshots form the Asian version of EQII, which will apparently enter Beta in May. They redid the character models for the Asian release (Japan, China, and Korea) which will be published by Square in Japan:

More pictures at the link.

 

[Unison]

Human female on the left needs to lay off the drugs! :lol

 

[Hero]

Damn, the Asian character models just blow the American counterparts away.

That human chick is at least appealing to the eye.

 

[golem]

wtf.. i hope sony releases an upgrade for us westerners

 

[Zelda-Bitch]

american character models = poopie. :lol

 

[sprsk]

im sure there will be people saying that the western models are better.


and that makes me cry

 

[Srider]

You guys might have gotten MGS3 and T5 earlier, but it still sucks to be american.

 

[MrAngryFace]

eq2 is pretty damned fucking poopy looking in general

 

[Zilch]

Oh my goodness those american models are awful. We as a nation should be ashamed of our inept modelers.

 

[ferricide]

yeah SOE should really allow you to change over to the new models. wow.

i find it hilarious that the models in the US version are so ugly they need to be changed for asian release. =P and it's not like they made them all anime or something... they just made them look "not retarded".

 

[Of All Trades]

Oh my goodness those american models are awful. We as a nation should be ashamed of our inept modelers.

iirc you have a lot of control over the proportions of your character's face during character creation. It looks like someone decided to skew the changes in favor of the asian models by making the most retarded looking characters possible. My gnome and euridite (from when I was playing) didn't look nearly that bad.

 

[Zilch]

iirc you have a lot of control over the proportions of your character's face during character creation. It looks like someone decided to skew the changes in favor of the asian models by making the most retarded looking characters possible. My gnome and euridite (from when I was playing) didn't look nearly that bad.

Yeah, I thought about that too. Some of those comparison pics like they're from a whole different game (in terms of graphical quality).

 

[MrAngryFace]

Additionally the US models are all dressed in fuckin rags haha

 

[Pimpbaa]

Jeez, they should just ditch the US models altogether.

 

[tedtropy]

 

[COCKLES]

 

[SyNapSe]

:lol The US human female model is awful

 

[Patrick Klepek]

that's a poor comparison for the US models, but damn those asian ones are much cooler. eq2 is already pretty visually boring, so i hope those become an optional download...

 

[MrAngryFace]

eq2 could be so drop dead gorgeous with its engine, its just the EQ crew just arent artists. Seen the character models for Champions of Boreath 2? awful!

 

[SiegfriedFM]

Asian high elf male actually looks like a pretty boy rather than some weird drugged-up Star Trek alien. </happy that I chose WoW over EQ2>

 

[ManaByte]

Asian high elf male actually looks like a pretty boy rather than some weird drugged-up Star Trek alien. </happy that I chose WoW over EQ2>

Well, it didn't take long for the WoW trolls to show up.

that's a poor comparison for the US models, but damn those asian ones are much cooler. eq2 is already pretty visually boring, so i hope those become an optional download...

Yup and if they do, they have an awesome way to handle such a download:

The EverQuest II launchpad provides a handy way to download optional files in the background while your computer is idle, allowing you to jump into the action right away. This is made possible through a technology developed by Microsoft called BITS (Background Intelligent Transfer Service) which allows us to send optional downloads to your computer a little bit at a time. Since some of our optional updates can be rather large in size, this allows you to spend less time downloading and more time playing. Files are received transparently in the background while your computer isn't busy doing other things.

Please note that this feature requires the use of Windows XP or Windows 2000.

To enable background downloading, run EverQuest II and click "Download Options" on the launchpad. Select the optional audio packs you would like to download and check the "Background Download Optional Packs" box. Then click the "Save Changes" button.

We recommend that you do not toggle this feature on and off frequently, as this can cause active background downloads to be aborted.

 

[Alex]

I enjoy WoW and have a high level character, but in the state it's in, I have no fucking idea how it has such hardcore fans.

 

[DSN2K]

im sry but this game looks horrible to me, plastic like(or is it clay ?...)

 

[ManaByte]

I enjoy WoW and have a high level character, but in the state it's in, I have no fucking idea how it has such hardcore fans.

I still don't understand why WoW players have to troll every single MMO thread that doesn't involve WoW.

 

[Vark]

and it's not like they made them all anime or something... they just made them look "not retarded".

I dunno, the 'new' style looks pretty FF Anime to me.

As stated, some of the faces in the game are horrible, but its mostly do to user choice. My Halfing looks pretty damn normal, because I chose to make him look that way. (you have control over individual facial zones, width for each, tilt for each, full cheeks, thin cheeks, ear placement (high low) tilted eyebrows, inverse eyebrows...

It took me 20 minutes to settle on something I really liked with all the options they give you.

 

[Mashing]

Another words they just made it more anime-like

 

[Alex]

It's not like Blizzard games haven't attracted the biggest freaks in the past.

Don't get me wrong though, I really enjoy the base of the game, and the gist of it really, but the welfare, performance, customer service and developer input for the game are just awful.

Blizzard honestly seems like they have no fucking idea what they're doing. I partly envy EQ2 because of that, despite not being an EQ fan.

 

[nubbe]

Those Asian models are so generic and dull.
Atleast the western models have some individuality and as always with EQ2 screenshots… They look way better in game.

 

[Wario64]

They both look horrible, but the Western version is worse

 

[SantaC]

both model versions are very ugly anyway.

 

[MrCheez]

I feel really embarrassed for the US modelers. I can do better (IMO) and I'm a student. :/



P.S. Let's see some asian Frogloks!!!!

 

[john tv]

Hah. Awesome. Hard evidence of how vastly inferior American art can be. Hell, almost makes me want to play Everquest II.

(I said ALMOST.)

 

[krypt0nian]

Seriously is there a quest where you actually see the Ugly tree?

BUTT UGLY.

 

[Andrew2]

eq2 could be so drop dead gorgeous with its engine, its just the EQ crew just arent artists. Seen the character models for Champions of Boreath 2? awful!

First of all,SOE did not do the models for Champions of Norrath,that was the work the of Snowblind. Secondly,Snowblind's repersentation of the typical EQ races is much better than that of SOE. If I could say anything,it should've been Snowblind artist who should've been doing the character-type models for EQ2 cause SOE show themselves to have aweful artist.

BTW,this CoN render show why SB's artist are the best when constructioning EQ characters..

Now only if EQ2 could have something like that

 

[Monk]

That high elf in the US version is MALE?

 

[Tunesmith]

yeah, pretty isnt it?

 

[Tellaerin]

Those Asian models are so generic and dull.
Atleast the western models have some individuality and as always with EQ2 screenshots… They look way better in game.

I'll take generic but attractive characters over uniquely hideous ones any day. There is no amount of damage control in the world that can spin away that fugliness.

 

[Rahul]

 

[SaitoH]

I like the Jp models more. The hair is much better.