Runescape gets a facelift - google news

[Urza285]

Here is a link to some artwork to some places we've visited and places we've yet to even see. Some people speculate the building designs may be for ardougne.

 

http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/01/runescape-is-getting-a-facelift-heres-some-art/

 

 

 

Here are some images we haven't seen:

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Pirkka]

 

This guy looks AWESOME!

 

Also, 1000th post, that didn't take long.

[pulli23]

Uhm that article states no source at all.....

[Urza285]

Uhm that article states no source at all.....

Its a jagex artist-for-hire. Also this thread is purely speculation on what jagex could be doing if these images portray future content.

[Sy_Accursed]

I don't see where the big "facelift" idea is coming from.

 

There's 2 or 3 concept arts that look as if they are new content; but in no way display any game upping for existing levels. A heap of already released concept arts.

And a couple from runefest (player armour & the demon chart)

 

And its not like things aren't getting updated graphically most months, whether they are small tweaks or larger releases.

[Urza285]

ill believe it when I see it. I can believe that it will look like updated Drayner throughout the game not that it will look good.

 

Is what I call good, of course they would have to substantially change their game engine for this

Two decades on Gielenor? lmao.

[Scherzo]

ill believe it when I see it. I can believe that it will look like updated Drayner throughout the game not that it will look good.

 

Is what I call good, of course they would have to substantially change their game engine for this

 

I believe I've seen that picture before. Am I right saying that it has been in the players gallery a few years back or something like that?

Looking at concept art, and saying that it there's coming a "facelift" isn't really working, since the detail of a drawer of a model of course would be much better than a whole landscape ingame, or figures that need to be animated.

 

But with that said, I must say that Jagex have done a good job through the years of updating the looks of this game. Comparing it to the game I started playing in 04, (rs2, so all you that played RSC must see it even more) it doesn't even look like the same game anymore.

[Kaida23]

Considering they run in game in the browser and with Flash, I'd have to say they do a remarkable job with the graphics. To upgrade to the level of detail in the picture Ring World posted, they'd probably have to move to a downloadable program like games such as WoW use.

[Blutters]

I haven't seen that demon chart before. It's cut off on the linked site though... Anyone have the full version? I'm wondering a bit why they show a Greater Demon evolving into a Kalgerion-esque Demon when this has yet to actually be applied in game, or why they would worry about updating Dungeoneering-era graphics when some areas are still stuck in 2003-2004. Honestly I wouldn't want a monster as weak as a Greater Demon to be portrayed so awesomely anyway, but they are due for an update.

 

And@ the above...

Why can't they still have it browser based with current graphics and another version that must be downloaded but has graphics like those? They would both play the same way, one user would just see much more detail than another.

Well, I say why, but we already know THAT big of an overhaul is pointless to talk about.

[RoswellCrash]

Considering they run in game in the browser and with Flash, I'd have to say they do a remarkable job with the graphics. To upgrade to the level of detail in the picture Ring World posted, they'd probably have to move to a downloadable program like games such as WoW use.

 

You mean Java? Not flash, if your talking about RuneScape.

[Kaida23]

Considering they run in game in the browser and with Flash, I'd have to say they do a remarkable job with the graphics. To upgrade to the level of detail in the picture Ring World posted, they'd probably have to move to a downloadable program like games such as WoW use.

 

You mean Java? Not flash, if your talking about RuneScape.

D'oh! :wall: Yes, I meant Java.

[Jon Arcane]

If you use this link:

http://kotaku.com/5874658/runescape-is-getting-a-facelift-heres-some-art/gallery/1

 

You can see all this concept art in greater detail. And you can also see the Dragonkin image with an actual in game screenshot! Hello possible Dragonkin quest!

[Den]

ill believe it when I see it. I can believe that it will look like updated Drayner throughout the game not that it will look good.

 

Is what I call good, of course they would have to substantially change their game engine for this

 

I would die and be reborn if that was how everything looked. :P

[Drazhor]

Would be nice if Catherby looked like that :thumbup:

[Karvinen]

Considering they run in game in the browser and with Flash, I'd have to say they do a remarkable job with the graphics. To upgrade to the level of detail in the picture Ring World posted, they'd probably have to move to a downloadable program like games such as WoW use.

RuneScape is already downloaded and installed on your hard drive, check C:\.jagex_cache_32 or C:\users\(your Windows account name)\.jagex_cache_32.

[Helm_Lardar]

I don't actually like that Catherby picture. I'd much rather they went for the slightly exaggerated fantasy look they're developing than dully shaped but textured realism.

 

Kotaku doesn't seem to get that this is happening incrementally.

 

The concept art for ardougne (maybe) looks nice. Pity we can't see things from the excellent bottom-up view given by some of the concept art, which in my opinion ends up being a real weakness. Some of the concept art (notably the wilderness volcano one) doesn't look half as cool once it's in-game.

[Kaida23]

Considering they run in game in the browser and with Flash, I'd have to say they do a remarkable job with the graphics. To upgrade to the level of detail in the picture Ring World posted, they'd probably have to move to a downloadable program like games such as WoW use.

RuneScape is already downloaded and installed on your hard drive, check C:\.jagex_cache_32 or C:\users\(your Windows account name)\.jagex_cache_32.

That's a 48KB .dll file. I'm talking about a multi-gigabyte application file. Many other MMO's do it, and can get great graphics for only a couple of gigs of hard drive space.

 

Being able to run RS in the browser on dial-up was a noble ambition 6 or 7 years ago, but it's horribly outdated. I think they'd attract more new players than they would lose with a major engine upgrade that required this type of download and broadband internet. Heck, they could even implement Blutters' idea and run both.

[Blyaunte]

If you use this link:

http://kotaku.com/5874658/runescape-is-getting-a-facelift-heres-some-art/gallery/1

 

You can see all this concept art in greater detail. And you can also see the Dragonkin image with an actual in game screenshot! Hello possible Dragonkin quest!

 

HA! Some of the comments on that link are a hoot!

 

I had gone up into the northern wilderness to collect bones to bury for prayer, it is a world PvP area but generally people were polite enough to leave you be if it was obvious you weren't there for fighting. Anyway my door bell rang and I went to answer it, when I came back to the PC I was dead and because you lose stuff when you die in PvP, I had dropped my armor... which happened to be some of the best in the game. Like you I quit there and then.

 

ROFLMAO! What a load of baloney! :lol:

[essiw]

Considering they run in game in the browser and with Flash, I'd have to say they do a remarkable job with the graphics. To upgrade to the level of detail in the picture Ring World posted, they'd probably have to move to a downloadable program like games such as WoW use.

RuneScape is already downloaded and installed on your hard drive, check C:\.jagex_cache_32 or C:\users\(your Windows account name)\.jagex_cache_32.

That's a 48KB .dll file. I'm talking about a multi-gigabyte application file. Many other MMO's do it, and can get great graphics for only a couple of gigs of hard drive space.

 

Being able to run RS in the browser on dial-up was a noble ambition 6 or 7 years ago, but it's horribly outdated. I think they'd attract more new players than they would lose with a major engine upgrade that required this type of download and broadband internet. Heck, they could even implement Blutters' idea and run both.

You are talking about RS right? RS is not made in Flash but Java ;)

[Karvinen]

Considering they run in game in the browser and with Flash, I'd have to say they do a remarkable job with the graphics. To upgrade to the level of detail in the picture Ring World posted, they'd probably have to move to a downloadable program like games such as WoW use.

RuneScape is already downloaded and installed on your hard drive, check C:\.jagex_cache_32 or C:\users\(your Windows account name)\.jagex_cache_32.

That's a 48KB .dll file. I'm talking about a multi-gigabyte application file. Many other MMO's do it, and can get great graphics for only a couple of gigs of hard drive space.

 

Being able to run RS in the browser on dial-up was a noble ambition 6 or 7 years ago, but it's horribly outdated. I think they'd attract more new players than they would lose with a major engine upgrade that required this type of download and broadband internet. Heck, they could even implement Blutters' idea and run both.

It's over 300 megabytes. RS can get installed into several hardcoded locations, e.g. C:\, user home, Windows directory etc.

 

If you delete the one with over 300 megabytes, you'll see the difference when you next play RuneScape.

 

Anyways, if Jagex wanted to put several gigabytes there, they could do so.

[Kaida23]

Considering they run in game in the browser and with Flash, I'd have to say they do a remarkable job with the graphics. To upgrade to the level of detail in the picture Ring World posted, they'd probably have to move to a downloadable program like games such as WoW use.

RuneScape is already downloaded and installed on your hard drive, check C:\.jagex_cache_32 or C:\users\(your Windows account name)\.jagex_cache_32.

That's a 48KB .dll file. I'm talking about a multi-gigabyte application file. Many other MMO's do it, and can get great graphics for only a couple of gigs of hard drive space.

 

Being able to run RS in the browser on dial-up was a noble ambition 6 or 7 years ago, but it's horribly outdated. I think they'd attract more new players than they would lose with a major engine upgrade that required this type of download and broadband internet. Heck, they could even implement Blutters' idea and run both.

You are talking about RS right? RS is not made in Flash but Java ;)

Yeah, that was pointed out already. Guess I've been playing too many flash games lately. So I'm not perfect. My ex-wife would be the first to agree with that. :P

[Logdotzip]

 

Maybe it's just me but I feel like the 2009 model looks more menacing and evil than the alleged 2012 model. 2012 is too bright, almost a cartoony face.

[Logdotzip]

Also this one was hard to see on the first article, and for those that didn't click the second, this screenie is in-game, it appears

 

 

 

Gyazo is shit now

[Omali]

Here is a link to some artwork to some places we've visited and places we've yet to even see. Some people speculate the building designs may be for ardougne.

 

http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/01/runescape-is-getting-a-facelift-heres-some-art/

 

I got a shout out in the comments section. I'm okay with that.

[Drazhor]

The fat bloke could be that King Tyras fella, maybe we didn't actually kill him in Regicide?