Warhammer Online Screenshots: Axes and Trees

by Nick Breckon, Feb 22, 2008 8:11am PST

EA Mythic's fantasy MMO Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning is still somewhere out there in the beta-testing background. To prove it, Mythic released a few new images of the game today.

These screenshots depict the classic tale of a man cruelly separated from his nature, a simple lumberjack forced to live out his days hacking limbs from men rather than trees. Truly tragic.

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Man...lack of shadows really ruins the immersion. Granted, it's an MMO and shadows would make it unplayable, but still. Those screen shots looks so naked. I guess newer gen graphics have spoiled me.

Feb 22, 2008 8:15am PST

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Man...lack of shadows really ruins the immersion. Granted, it's an MMO and shadows would make it unplaya... : phipple
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  There will be shadows. In every screenshot Mythic's released they've had the lighting engine turned off. ... : Tommy Toolbag
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    I think at this point a case could be made that they're simply not getting the shadows to work. Or don't ... : enyakk
    - Yeah, they've released some shots with lighting turned on, and they look great. But they were SPECIFIC... : hawke
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  There are shadows in the game and the character shadows are a lot better than "that other game". The ligh... : pancake humper
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    i'm starting to believe that's bullshit because they keep releasing these ugly fucking shots. why even bo... : pyide
    - Yeah it's very suspicious especially since the the engine shit should be nailed down by now. Lighting sho... : Porkasaurus
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      how is it bullshit? I'm in the beta and there are quite impressive character shadows and self-shadows. The rest of the lighting is clearly incomplete though. For whatever reason they haven't included the character shadows in these screenshots.
      
      Feb 22, 2008 4:23pm PST
      
      how is it bullshit? I'm in the beta and there are quite impressive character shadows and self-shadows. Th... : aeg1x
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  release good shots, or don't release any at all... : electric_wizard
  - That's funny because these screens look WAY better than in-game actually is right now at this stage. : skinlab133
- For sure. Models are good for the most part, but they really need to get environment-shadowing in the gam... : fffortune
- age of conan has dynamic shadows : cptstern

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