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Originally Posted by mysrh
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This character from beta testers pictures submitted, reminds me of EQ2 character, it looks like manequin with eyes have an empty stare.

Hrm.

EQ 2 and Vanguard use higher tech than, say, WoW and aren't so stylized. So in that sense, they look similar. Some of our artists used to work on EQ 2, so some similarity may be due to that.

But beyond that, with all due respect, I don't see much similarity. With no disprect to EQ 2 at all, Vanguard is a newer game, with newer more advanced tech, including our character tech. To me, the characters look different (and better, but again, no slam -- they should look technically better, because the tech is newer). The code is completely different, we don't share art assets, and what we can do with our characters, how they are built, etc. is completely different than EQ 2, including how we handle character customization, wearing armor, etc. We also have newer shader tech (our game requires 2.0 or newer) which allows us to make our models and other objects in the game look less plastic.

As for an empty stare... well, we can control expressions, eye movement, etc. but those are all animations (although some of it can be done in code). This will continue to improve over time.

Hope that addresses any concerns you had/have -- if not, let me know.


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