Dungeon Siege III Screenshots

[Felix]

Yes, I post this in GRPGD, inb4 butthurt

 

[yes plz]

I don't think I've seen a more generic looking setting since Dragon Age.

 

[xemous]

garbage

 

[Zed]

Extremely irritating lights.

 

[Broseidon]

sdgs

 

[space odyssey]

All the lighting effects in those look fucking horrible, like the artists are just jizzing all over the screen and forgetting they're making a fucking GAME that you're supposed to play. Same with the magic/skill/weapon effects or whatever, looks like yet another game that will be an almost unplayable blob of flashes without mods to almost completely remove said effects.

 

[Chaud]

Contrary to what most Codex posters think ... I do not think the screenshots are trash/horrible/banal/shit.

Still, in no way they are the 8th wonder of the world, as some sites claimed. Supposedly, this would not be the "strong point" of the game? (Ironic, as we are dealing with Obsidian.) If so, I have no idea of what are the weaknesses.

 

[Ruprekt]

I prefer this to what we've seen of diablo iii.

 

[CrimHead]

Dungeon Turd 3.

 

[Hoaxmetal]

Extremely irritating lights.

Reminds me of those constant godawful light flashes in the Star Trek movie.

 

[Konjad]

Looks awful due to Bloom and so many light sources.

 

[chzr]

moar bloom plz

 

[Lesifoere]

My eyes!

NWN2 spell effects all over again, only in overdrive this time.

 

[Pegultagol]

No nuance in the lighting, not that it would retract from the playing of the game concept anyway.

 

[Achilles]

It looks good, but I'm pretty sure that these are PC screens paraded around as 360/PS3. I'm also suspecting a fair amount of photoshopping.

 

[Morkar Left]

Besides the lightnings it looks good for me. Maybe a good engine for an Ultima IV remake? :D

 

[Felix]

Extremely irritating lights.

Reminds me of those constant godawful light flashes in the Star Trek movie.

Those are projectiles launched by those skeleton guys in the corners. They're actually pretty mean because they track you very slightly, so you have to dodge around them while fighting stuff in the center of the room if you don't take out the guys on the corners.

One thing we've found with enemy spells is that it helps to make them a bit "over the top" visually so that the player notices them in the heat of combat.

I say they look better than Dragon Turd II

 

[Darth Roxor]

So... this is supposed to be the OMGSOAWESUMLOOKINGFAPFAPFAP DS3 engine? Looks pretty generic to me.

 

[Felix]

Remind me of Motb, not kidding.

 

[Clockwork Knight]

Those are projectiles launched by those skeleton guys in the corners. They're actually pretty mean because they track you very slightly, so you have to dodge around them while fighting stuff in the center of the room if you don't take out the guys on the corners.

One thing we've found with enemy spells is that it helps to make them a bit "over the top" visually so that the player notices them in the heat of combat.

it helps to make them a bit "over the top" visually

a bit

 

[Felix]

Meh, action games usually do tricks like that and they always over pretty quick.

 

[Azrael the cat]

Extremely generic, as everyone has been saying - though I kind of thought that was par for the course for that series. 'Dungeon Siege' doesn't exactly scream 'original setting and story-driven crpg': more like 'we couldn't be bothered thinking of another name, but here's a Diablo dungeon crawler'.

I do think the screens look pretty and well-designed, despite the generic setting.

 

[KalosKagathos]

What's with the anime dude, bro?

The what?

I think these two look great.

 

[zeitgeist]

Extremely generic, as everyone has been saying - though I kind of thought that was par for the course for that series. 'Dungeon Siege' doesn't exactly scream 'original setting and story-driven crpg': more like 'we couldn't be bothered thinking of another name, but here's a Diablo dungeon crawler'.

I do think the screens look pretty and well-designed, despite the generic setting.

Well yeah, Dungeon Siege setting, gameplay, spells, etc. were always pretty generic. I don't know what everyone was expecting, it's just another "click on enemies and watch your numbers rise" timewaster "RPG". Not like they'll suddenly go all cerebral and whatnot on us. Looks decent as such.

 

[Twinkle]

The tech seems to be better than I expected. Definitely beats D3 or DA2.

However, Obsidian won't be Obsidian without fucking things up. You see, isometric hack'n'slash is not a first person shooter. Overdone postprocessing effects like DOF or bloom only make models less noticeable which is a big no-no for that kind of a game. Monsters and heroes blending with the environment is a major mistake. Blinding player with flashes is another one. It seems that players will have to actually disable "new shit" effects to get a better understanding of what's going on which negates the whole point of having pimped up engine.

 

[JarlFrank]

WHY IS THE WOMAN WEARING HIGH HEELS IN COMBAT

It's so fucking retarded when games do that.