The Daily Grind: What game do you think never looks good in screenshots?

Any MMO because they all have graphics from 2002

EQ2! they use low graphic settings and old character models for mos of the videos and pics. it looks HORRIBLE

if they just used higher graphic settings and the alternate character models, the game looks 100x better and cleaner and NEW!

EQ2 is an amazing game \that i WISH i played before WOW, but with the size and scope of them, I play eq2 a bit but cant get into it too much because wow's lore has such a pull on me.

If you havent played either or are tired of WOW (which i can nevefr understand) try EQ2 its an amazing game and theres soooo muchto see and do! GL!

-X

GW2

Everquest 2 thanks to those godawful character models.

i would say DDO
something about colors/lights

WoW screenshots don't really look good on a desktop at least to my taste, whereas AoC and LoTRO landscape screenshots are simply stunning. That's playing both games with DX10 or 11 and on pretty well maxed settings, of course. Neither game looks remotely like 2002 graphics as claimed by Miffy, perhaps he needs to upgrade his machine. WoW looks a lot older than 2002 of course.

EQ2's graphics are an interesting blend of excellent and bland. Landscapes on the whole are bland but the original Qeynos architecture along with the newly revamped Freeport look excellent. On the whole I prefer the alternate character models to the original ones.

LOTRO character shots. Worst character avatars ever. Love LOTRO's landscapes though.

yeah I'm not sure why the alternate model's aren't the default. It's a bit silly. The only model I could see using the origional on is ogre's, as its purely a matter of choice, but humans and elves definetely.

Here's my 3 tips for taking screenshots in eq2:

1. Turn everything up as high as you can get it without crashing your computer. It doesn't matter if you're getting 5 fps when you're taking a screenshot. The game looks COMPLETELY different at the high end than it does at the low end. Textures especially must be turned all the way up. In fact, you should turns these all the way up anyways. They don't really hurt your performance.

2. Hide your UI. You can do this hitting F10. This also hides names and such. If you're not taking a screenshot of your character, go in first person mode.

3. Somewhere in the UI settings, there is a couple of options for screenshots. One is screenshot quality, turn this all the way up. The other is format, make sure this is set to PNG and not JPG.

Bonus Tip: If the picture seems too dark, there is a display option somewhere (either preferences or lighting) for the minumum lighting level. Ajust as needed.