Re: Warlords of Draenor - General Discussion

by **erwtenpeller** on Fri Jul 18, 2014 6:41 am

Hey, some people actually like Liefeld, you know.

...Crazy people without eyes.

by **Sanara** on Fri Jul 18, 2014 6:43 am

There's also a very big disconnect of the artstyles of the Kalimdor and EK loading screens.. Kalimdor keeps the current, mostly realistic style, but the EK one is very cartoonish and comicbook-like. Definately can't say I like it, Varian and Sylvanas especially both look awful, and I can't say I'm a fan of Grimdark Animu Lor'themar.

Edit:

Mekkatorque looks like a fucking boss, though.

by **Coppersocket** on Fri Jul 18, 2014 6:54 am

Mekkatorque looks good until you notice his left hand. What the fuck is that supposed to be? That's not a hand.

by **Skarain** on Fri Jul 18, 2014 7:22 am

It looks like recycled art for me. I swear i've seen those things somewhere else.

Nothing bad in the concept of it, but the result just looks awful when i look those.

by **siegmund** on Fri Jul 18, 2014 7:25 am

Duckface Slyvanas.

EDIT:

From here a lot of them are recycled: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] Funny though only one of the three dwarfs is on there then, come on is there going to be an excuse there is too much work on WoD to rather wait and put some work into an actual loading screen?

by **Coppersocket** on Fri Jul 18, 2014 7:26 am

That's because it is recycled art. They've just copypasted them from artwork and put them on the loading screen and say "hey, look. It's new stuff, we promise."

by **Izzifix** on Fri Jul 18, 2014 7:45 am

Coppersocket wrote:
Dwyburn wrote:Left side of that load screen looks good.
You're joking right? Wrynn feels so out of place, that pose look dumb too, and he takes up way too much space. Sticks out like a sore thumb.

Was primarily thinking of Greymane. Varian looks retarded, but that's very IC for him, so I'm ok with that. Mekkatorque has evidently lost his left hand and become a cyborg.

Edit:
Mind, I don't really like any of the current loading screens though. The Kalimdor one and Northrend ones being the ones I dislike the most.

2nd edit:
Something about the angle between Sylvanas' boobs and face looks wrong to me.

by **Allonia_Miral** on Fri Jul 18, 2014 8:13 am

It's so.... comic-y. Meeeh.

by **Drustai** on Fri Jul 18, 2014 8:16 am

Zouyo wrote:
Drustai wrote:
Zouyo wrote:Talador Preview

Hrnnnng.

That a good Hrnnnng or a bad Hrnnnng?

Good.

Also, now that draenei females have new models working finally.

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I'd like to see the base expressions they are planning on doing to diversify the faces and make them look more like the originals. Right now, I can't see any difference between the various draenei ones. Or, well, any of the new faces so far.

by **Grufftoof** on Fri Jul 18, 2014 8:42 am

"Same face" has been replaced by "only mildly different face".

That loading screen is absolute garbage. I know art is subjective, and opinions are like arseholes etc etc.

But that? What crap. DuckfaceSelfieQueen, EmoAnimeElf, CrippleMidget, WonkyFaceConstipatedWolfboi... phew.

UnknownDwarf and GrimacingGenn are about the best. And even then, not good. Strangely squished and misshapen anyway. It's so bad I'd hope it's not true.

Then again, it's only a loading screen. And the other one is much better (especially Baine with his horn).

by **The Z** on Fri Jul 18, 2014 9:54 am

Draenor loading screen looks pretty nice, even if it's the old grouphug picture.

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Gallywix is maybe the most jarring to me, if only because his (admittedly rarely seen) in-game model is just a regular goblin.

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by **erwtenpeller** on Fri Jul 18, 2014 9:57 am

There is a jarring difference between the sound and the animation, in pretty much any animation that has a sound.

In a lot of cases the animation does not match the timing of the sound at all, or the animation is over long before the sound is.

Irritating.

by **Coppersocket** on Fri Jul 18, 2014 10:05 am

You judge them too quickly. Wait until we're closer to release when the models are polished up. Obviously they're not gonna be on-par Today as they're still working on them

by **Flo** on Fri Jul 18, 2014 12:18 pm

Talador track sure's a change from the more resigned, serene music I'm used to from Draenei areas. Still, one of the better tracks, haven't been overly impressed with the WoD ost so far.

by **Helmut** on Fri Jul 18, 2014 12:58 pm

erwtenpeller wrote:I'm just not a fan of the artist that did those. His style is too.. Liefeld.

I look at that list atleast once every month.

by **Lini** on Fri Jul 18, 2014 2:46 pm

Flo wrote:Talador track sure's a change from the more resigned, serene music I'm used to from Draenei areas. Still, one of the better tracks, haven't been overly impressed with the WoD ost so far.

Gorgrond with its electric guitar is a strange beast compared to the rest of WoW music. Reminds me of Forge or Souls in how it breaks the norm.

by **Sanara** on Fri Jul 18, 2014 2:59 pm

Lini wrote:Gorgrond with its electric guitar is a strange beast compared to the rest of WoW music. Reminds me of Forge or Souls in how it breaks the norm.

It reminds me of Halo, actually - a nice way to mix in electric guitars with more conventional orchestration to make it 'pop out', but not overtake the whole thing as some kinda hybrid monstrosity (See Metallica S&M album).

by **Zinkle Figgins** on Fri Jul 18, 2014 5:29 pm

Gallywix is just great, that's a king I'd gladly serve

Lini wrote:
Flo wrote:Talador track sure's a change from the more resigned, serene music I'm used to from Draenei areas. Still, one of the better tracks, haven't been overly impressed with the WoD ost so far.
Gorgrond with its electric guitar is a strange beast compared to the rest of WoW music. Reminds me of Forge or Souls in how it breaks the norm.

I like it a lot, but I would have used something like in a dungeon that rather than a questing zone, I don't think such a lavish music can fit the slow-paced experience of leveling and exploring.

by **Rmuffn** on Sat Jul 19, 2014 5:14 am

I really quite like Genn's art.
And the dwarf is hardly unknown that's Muradin if I ever saw him, however inactive he might be compared to Moira.

As for Mekkatorque, to me it looks like he's just grasping around the hilt of his.. whatever gnomish tool that was.

by **Thelos** on Tue Jul 22, 2014 1:34 am

OOoooOooo...

Could it be?!

THE EMERALD DREAM?!

by **Demurral** on Tue Jul 22, 2014 3:18 am

Thelos wrote:OOoooOooo...

Could it be?!

THE EMERALD DREAM?!

Even more importantly - Someone in that article suggested that to repair the park, Druidic intervention might be needed. Could... Could it be?

by **erwtenpeller** on Tue Jul 22, 2014 3:23 am

It also looks just like the portals inside the mage tower.

So I'd sooner think it has something to do with that.

by **Swan Emperor Arenfel** on Tue Jul 22, 2014 7:21 am

erwtenpeller wrote:It also looks just like the portals inside the mage tower.

So I'd sooner think it has something to do with that.

The World Tree Portals (Seradane, Twilight's Grove, Star's Rest, etc) share the same models as the Mage Tower gateways.

by **Skarain** on Tue Jul 22, 2014 7:25 am

I'd guess that it is the Alliance way of getting to Draenor, after the initial Dark Portal quests. The tents are Kirin Tor. The Portal are of mages. How else are we sending out reinforcements to Draenor if we'd block access for the Orcs through The Dark Portal to Azeroth?

The Vines is just "corruption seeping through", just like Dark Portal corrupted Blasted Lands to appear as Hellfire Peninsula.

by **Krogon Devilstep** on Tue Jul 22, 2014 7:31 am

Skarain wrote:I'd guess that it is the Alliance way of getting to Draenor, after the initial Dark Portal quests. The tents are Kirin Tor. The Portal are of mages. How else are we sending out reinforcements to Draenor if we'd block access for the Orcs through The Dark Portal to Azeroth?

The Vines is just "corruption seeping through", just like Dark Portal corrupted Blasted Lands to appear as Hellfire Peninsula.

Corruption, from Shadowmoon? or Ashran?

kek.

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