Is it possible to bring AH graphics engine up to par?

[Fulcrum]

War Thunder is pretty...and fun too to be honest.  But it won't replace AH for me anytime soon. Game play is way too limited.  I spend time on it...but I keep coming back to the legal, digital cocane that is AH.   

Would I like it if AH had better graphics?  Sure.  Do pretty graphics make a good game?  Nope. Don't believe me....then look at the number of people playing Mindcraft....great game play with (intentionally) bad graphics and it's super popular.  AH is similar to Mindcraft in my mind...great game play, dated graphical presentation.

[Fulcrum]

BTW - I'm not implying that AH has graphics anywhere nearly as dated as Mindcraft's....tho' a Aces High / Mindcraft combination might be fun!

[bozon]

BTW - I'm not implying that AH has graphics anywhere nearly as dated as Mindcraft's....tho' a Aces High / Mindcraft combination might be fun!

Highcraft?

[Fulcrum]

Um....well....sure, why not!  Looks like it's already available!  I'm a genius! 

[Babalonian]

I liked how (up until somewhat recently when the new clouds were giving some players problems (I wasn't one of them)) HTC was adding a little more detail/eye-candy for the game almost every major patch in an attempt to make it better. 

I wish that path would continue, but there may be some stiff resistance ahead (IE the recent MA clouds). 

I hope the clouds to get turned back on eventualy, and then we get some better environmental shadows (off clouds and mountains/hills, and then maybe some better horrizons (no high-alt pixelation on the edges, some sunrises/sunsets/twilight), and then maybe some severe weather (IE: mini fronts that roll randomly thru a sector for ~40-minutes every 4-5 hours), and then etc... I like the slow and steady path, it's gradual and progressive, so if you have a pc/rig that is starting to reach its limits now, you have enough time to save up and upgrade your equipment.

[Randy1]

My wife plays the Laura Croft Tomb Raider games while I play AH.   The last Laura Croft game is pure violence.  The puzzle solving portion of the game as given way to super eye candy blood and guts gamer type play.  Is that the way we want AH to go?  i think not.  Eye candy is nifty stuff but it not the highest priority to me.

[aztec]

Um....well....sure, why not!  Looks like it's already available!  I'm a genius! 

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I'm in! Where do I apply for beta?

[Zacherof]

My wife plays the Laura Croft Tomb Raider games while I play AH.   The last Laura Croft game is pure violence.  The puzzle solving portion of the game as given way to super eye candy blood and guts gamer type play.  Is that the way we want AH to go?  i think not.  Eye candy is nifty stuff but it not the highest priority to me.

that's not what I want to hear. Was looking forward to playing this classic mind teasing game.

Your wife sound pretty badass tho

[Ack-Ack]

that's not what I want to hear. Was looking forward to playing this classic mind teasing game.

It's a great game, probably the 2nd best game (after Last of Us) released this year.  The only true blood and guts part are Lara Croft's death scenes, which can be a little gruesome if you have the sensabilities of a 12 year old girl or old lady. 

ack-ack

[Ten60]

I'm a genius! 

Highly doubtful...   

[Tilt]

I guess the trick is to be able to run high end and low end graphics to suit the client base FE.

To some extent this can already be done.

But does a quantum leap in graphic capability really mean HTC ditch the old one? Why not let players run different graphic engines that suit their FE capabilities.

[Fulcrum]

Highly doubtful...  

Couldn't let me have one moment of wishful thinking, could ya Bunk.   Dream shattering bastage.....just crush them like an old beer can!!!!!!  

 

[guncrasher]

I dont know about you guys, must most games with "up to date" graphics just look painted.  but the funniest thing I get is that maybe it's just me but I dont look at the scenery, I look at other airplanes around me and they look pretty much up to date to me.

one thing I would love to see is perhaps better explosions or airplanes on fire.  those two things would be really cool.


semp

[fuzeman]

<snip> I dont look at the scenery, I look at other airplanes around me <snip>
semp

That's what I looked at when I was up there flying around and 'fighting' but I'll be narcotic-free in '14

[Zacherof]

It's a great game, probably the 2nd best game (after Last of Us) released this year.  The only true blood and guts part are Lara Croft's death scenes, which can be a little gruesome if you have the sensabilities of a 12 year old girl or old lady. 

ack-ack

sounds okay then. Been a fan since the ps1 days.
Any change in actual game play/mechanics as oppose to the ps2 games?