That's a matter of opinion. I hated his ideas/creations, and I think the majority of them look out of place (save maybe a few critters like the Moloch). I'm glad they didn't hire him to do the art again; robo-Blackthorn aggrivated the hell out of me.
As for the SE graphics, I think the actual models look fairly nice; I mean, they're detailed and well designed in general, but in that pic posted in this thread, they were just cut/paste over the background with no drop-shadowing. In the other images on stratics, they actually blend in fairly well to the environment.
I dunno, it's not so bad over all. Sure, a lot of it will probably suck, but what do I care? I play in the emulator community, all that matters to me is that they give us some fresh graphics/system ideas to work with and incorporate into our own servers. The only thing I hate is that they'll probably create a seperate map for the new lands; why couldn't they just expand the ocean size and each time they create a new area and add it as an island? It's not like they couldn't do it; Asheron's Call did.
But that Samurai "Whirlwind" thing...don't they already have an attack named whirlwind in the Book of Arms?
-Hal
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