Is this something you've read about or just rumours ?
Personally I'd like some clever programming to cater for the 64 bit dual core users etc. The game should see what you have on game boot up (or maybe original install) and then use the appropriate graphics engine and game engine according to your system.
Yes, i mean, the unreal engine used by L2 is one of the oldest, was an great engine but now is around 8 yrs old...and we can see evryday how old is..
I think Nc wait for the Unreal 3 Engine before switch...probably in L3 yes.
If someone have notice,"official"interview or rumors about that can please post it , thanks :)
Yes, i mean, the unreal engine used by L2 is one of the oldest, was an great engine but now is around 8 yrs old...and we can see evryday how old is..
I think Nc wait for the Unreal 3 Engine before switch...probably in L3 yes.
If someone have notice,"official"interview or rumors about that can please post it , thanks :)
It is a bit old, I agree, but it still holds up (in my opinion) due to the art design.
There are areas that seem a bit dated but there are also some really nice things that still hold up. Still, it's a good point because if L3 is going to be put on hold, then I imagine that L2 will have some years ahead of it.
Since this is the case, L2 will have a hard time giving the "that's cool factor" in a few years.
Let's put it this way. I don't cringe when I load it up. Several months ago I downloaded Lineage (the first one) and I couldn't get beyond 10 minutes before I had to shut it off.
I still feel the fighting animations in this game are top notch. But as I mentioned above, there are bits of the world that are showing wear and tear.
Engine may be old, but there are some so called "next gen" MMOGs that use the same engine, promote it as ultimate feature and look ugly. *cough* Vanguard.
Well as for looks i would like to see further landskape drawing as when looking from high it looks stupid to see blocks missing from ground, but you might see objects far.
Yeah agreed there. They could really make it look beautiful when looking in the distance with only a little bit of work (I assume). It's like seeing THROUGH distance mountains and seeing the entirety of Aden castle in the distance, floating in space. What you SHOULD see in that scene is the distant blur of a mountain blocking everything else.
i dont think it. I saw a picture where gludio was in a 3d graphic maker program it was at any korean site but, i forgot its link. Ofc we havent still comfirmed information about it, but i think the pictures show enough. If u go to Talking Village u can see the area are same what are in this game so it cant be another game it is the Lineage 2.
Yidao, make a new engine for a game is bigger work like than make a new update.
Example lets see the AION ncsoft showed in a movie how they will change the graphic, but it wont be the next update it will come at any time maybe 1-2 years later. I think we can count at least 1 year that Lineage 2 get this graphic engine.
In this time much players pc cant aviable show a siege with unreal engine 3, nowadays still it is make very big laggs, so they have to wait it a bit.
Of course maybe wont be new graphic we dont know it, but in days i read an interview one of leader of blizzard. Who said that newer games maybe nicer but they cant be so succesful like than older games, because the nicer graphic wont enough for keep the subcriptioners in game.
Know this thing the NCsoft too. But every games have to move with the age, and a new graphic engine great business for an older game.
First,
L3 was suppose to have a graphic engine developed in Korea NcSoft. That was one of the issues there, because everyone was like wtf, why re-invent the wheel, but NcSoft said that there were things they wanted to do that even the newest engines of the day were not doing right.
Second,
I can't see them wasting time with the engine with such a little payback in the form of subscriptions and money in vs. effort. No, I would think they will just keep expanding the game itself, level 100 top level and some other things long before they redo the engine. They would have redone Lineage 1's engine by now and made it 3d if they really were interested in doing that. That game still makes them lots of money for the investment.
Lineage 3 is a dead product. I gotta believe that even NcSoft sees that the end is here for this type of MMO and the Lineage story line. Gamers have evolved so much and I just don't see this game having that kind of legs to allow for a v3 of it. I could be wrong, but if there was money to be made, NcSoft would have finished it instead of Aion and the other games they have in development now.
NcSoft still needs to change the world's perception too of their problems and customer support. Too many people won't come to these games because of the NcSoft name. Until they do that, the Lineage line is a dead end now.
these pictures what i posted are made in july of 2009.
So what we know that it is comfirmed information that wont be l3, and seems the ct3 and ct4 wont take the new graphic for us.
Well i hope a day will this graphic for l2. I very like the game with this graphic too one of the most beautiful mmorpg and at firstly in MMOs not the graphic the most important. So with currenty or new engine but my favorite MMORPG game was, is and will the Lineage 2!
Lineage 3 is a dead product. I gotta believe that even NcSoft sees that the end is here for this type of MMO and the Lineage story line. Gamers have evolved so much .......
because of WoW, dont you mean gamers in the MMO genre have de-evolved?
everygame coming out has that faction vs faction, your never going have your own home feel to it.
Lineage 2 might have its set backs, but at least players had control of their virtual world.
I agre with you however, I dont see L3 coming out, and even if it did, I dont think the L2 generation would want to see the abomination that it would be.
Why do you assume it's a new engine? All you can see from the screenshots is ... different textures, a 5 year old can replace l2 textures, it's not that difficult
The unreal 2 engine is highly scaleable.. however ncsoft has still brutelized the unreal 2 engine for l2 ... running of basically a pretty slimmed down barbaric enviroment.
The characters however are quite good, they could use a bit of an upgrade in the character capabilities and animation, the engine is definitely far more capable... it's just unfortuneate that it's highly unoptimised