Stolen Pixels #5: Every Shade of Brown

[NobleBear]

The thing that bugged me is that one of my favorite things about Guild Wars is the scenery. Shamus just happened to bog down in one of the few areas that aren't awesome, and it's supposed to be a depressing desolate wasteland.

There is no excuse for the art designer and texture artists to not make every area awesome, especially the first area(s) where you are introducing a story; thats the time they have the best opportunity to create atmosphere and immersion.

I'll grant you, many things do tend to look similar after they've been razed, but everything? not so much.

 

[Zomni42]

I think we may be taking the "Study in Brown" out of context. For instance the game starts(the tutorial) in a green lush paradise. Then the main conflict (which Noble Bear points out) razes the greenery. Eventually you get to a Jungle, Desert, Underground, some flat lands. It may be as subtle as a ten ton hammer, but the Devs were clearly trying to drive players to push forward and explore.. wouldn't you want to leave the brown?

 

[Linkusmax]

Although it was a comic and is rather funny I do have to agree you put forward a few misconceptions about the game.

1. Its called Guild Wars because the biggest emphasis of the game is on PvP where players Form Guilds and fight or have "wars" with each other.

2. As has been previously mentioned the game has a very varied landscape but tends to have a theme to each area. Post-searing Ascalon is the only bit I didn't really like.

 

[NewUsername]

I didn't find the first frame of this comic very funny either.

 

[Karisse]

That was awesome.

 

[MelTorefas]

Know this is over a month old now, but still.

I loved the scenery in Guild Wars. I got through a lot more of it than Shamus did. And I laughed so hard at this comic I couldn't breathe. Then I saved it to my computer to show my friends. (Thanks for not including any DRM guys! ^~)

If you base your entire opinion about a game on one person's mocking comic, tough cookies for you. If you take everything literally, more tough cookies for you. If games are so important to you that having a game you liked be laughed at causes you such distress, well, you are abounding tough, tough cookies.

Me, I like my cookies soft and chewy.

 

[Randomtime]

1. Its called Guild Wars because the biggest emphasis of the game is on PvP where players Form Guilds and fight or have "wars" with each other.

2. As has been previously mentioned the game has a very varied landscape but tends to have a theme to each area. Post-searing Ascalon is the only bit I didn't really like.

1. No, the story and the PvP have about the same empasis (they are linked, but RPG and PvP are essentially different game types)
The "Guild Wars" were a time before the original campaign, where wars between guilds were fought. I think pre production, they were planning to set the game in that time period (where wars with guilds make more sense to the storyline) but they changed the system (after they had announced the title.

 

[ui264]

This can be easily interpreted as a butt sex joke.

I think it is, it's the only real joke I could get out of the comic, still funny though.

 

[Wolcik]

Stripper Wars

 

[V3KT0R]

Man I noticed that too. Stolen Pixels is one of the funniest comics I've ever read.. even when I haven't played the game it's talking about before. Keep 'em coming.

 

[Calvar Draveir]

No one will ever read this and I know this is old, but anyone who stopped playing guild wars after 10 hours, and was still in old ascalon should probably turn in their gamer badge. Also, after the brown and white, everything gets much prettier. Don't know why you expected to be blown away by the graphics of an mmo released in 2005, anyway.