Skill effects are regressing.
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GGG is going backwards when it comes to skill effects. They are becoming worse and worse. I fear because of optimization requirements for console compatibility, they make the skills look less powerful. I hate when console affects the pc version of games.
Case in point: Original Fireball skill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxWpQOofPQQ Current Fireball: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV1TwYEouvQ Original Firestorm skill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfd1Y32BApI Current Firestorm of pelting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7OMQx9k5r0 Original Ice Nova skill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62sWpIj6kS0 Current Ice Nova: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErQgPo1pPNY OPEN BETA TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDFO4E5OKSE Heart of Purity Awarded 'Silverblade' to Talent Competition Winner 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDFO4E5OKSE POE 2 is designed primarily for console. Last edited by Reinhart#6743 on Nov 10, 2024, 4:21:40 AM Last bumped on Dec 14, 2024, 7:53:05 AM
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In my opinion they look like shit in both examples. That second fireball has much faster projectile speed so maybe this is the reason.
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No, no second fireball looks worse. Looks more like a tennisball on fire.
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Awarded 'Silverblade' to Talent Competition Winner 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDFO4E5OKSE POE 2 is designed primarily for console. |
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" Do you take to account that you look at video? Do you have idea how encoding and decoding work etc.? On Probation Any%
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The current spell effects look amazing so far.. on PC.
For this type of game.. 3d isometric with a fixed camera position, current consoles should be more than capable of displaying as fancy and intensive effects as the artists can imagine.. with power to spare. So hopefully it has nothing to do with optimization. At least.. put it on sliders so people can control the amount, if it must be reduced. Same idea should apply to physics, lighting, amount of particles.. it should all be adjustable, ideally, so that people can go ham if their system can handle it and they prefer that style. Last edited by SooperYay#0072 on Dec 11, 2024, 12:17:38 PM
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Agreed on the fireball, OP. When they switched it to the trails version, it looked so bad that I purchased the Dragon Fireball effect. Maybe that was their plan.
On the topic, I'd like to see the origin Discharge effect return too, even if I have to buy it via MTX. The new discharge looks shockingly underwhelming. Player since closed beta 2012. Full system specs: https://pastebin.com/c4rvbvSR 'Tongueslurp the Unspeakable' - skeleton archer in Fellshrine Merciless Last edited by Zedda#0815 on Dec 14, 2024, 7:53:33 AM
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