No AA, No purchase

[Contramundum]

there's no excuse at all for not having AA in your game. This is the year 2010 and jagged edges are incredibly distracting and not necessary.

I have an ATI card and I can't even force it through the control panel, so unless Blizzard decides to fix/implement AA, I won't be buying the game.

Catch up the times Blizzard. You're still stuck in 1998.

[Gyroman]

there's no excuse at all for not having AA in your game. This is the year 2010 and jagged edges are incredibly distracting and not necessary.

I have an ATI card and I can't even force it through the control panel, so unless Blizzard decides to fix/implement AA, I won't be buying the game.

Catch up the times Blizzard. You're still stuck in 1998.

You will still buy the game even if you cant

[Justin]

You're a dumbass if you're refusing to play game just because of some not even that important aesthetic thing like anti-aliasing. Besides it's going to be implemented later, they said so. Also give me your beta account because my friend wants it more, and doesn't care about petty things like graphics.

[Keir]

what is AA?

[Rrowland]

You know you can force anti-aliasing through your graphics card settings, right?

[Contramundum]

You know you can force anti-aliasing through your graphics card settings, right?

only if you're using an nvidia card, which I'm not. Anyway, there's no excuse for it not being an in-game option.

and no, I won't buy the game if it's not implemented. I don't like Starcraft THAT much. A "small" thing like AA can make or break my decision

[Primoris]

what is AA?

well in this case its anti-aliasing, but when i entered this thread i was almost positive it was gonna be a QQ from a toss player about banshee rushes.

[Messana]

there's no excuse at all for not having AA in your game. This is the year 2010 and jagged edges are incredibly distracting and not necessary.

I have an ATI card and I can't even force it through the control panel, so unless Blizzard decides to fix/implement AA, I won't be buying the game.

Catch up the times Blizzard. You're still stuck in 1998.

Seriously, give your beta key to someone who actually deserves it, Mr. Marine portrait.

[Adamu]

Yes there is an excuse; very few people give a shnit. You're looking at a community of players who have been hooked on a decade-old game forever stuck in 640x480 resolution and 256 colors. A game that could literally be run using Windows 3.1 (I've done it).

Now stop being so snooty.

[Unsuspected]

Actually, AA is not as necessary as before due to higher resolution monitors.

[Suicidemech]

there's no excuse at all for not having AA in your game. This is the year 2010 and jagged edges are incredibly distracting and not necessary.

I have an ATI card and I can't even force it through the control panel, so unless Blizzard decides to fix/implement AA, I won't be buying the game.

Catch up the times Blizzard. You're still stuck in 1998.

They didn't implement it in the beta. It is going to have AA...

[Contramundum]

Actually, AA is not as necessary as before due to higher resolution monitors.

it still is necessary. I'm playing at 1920x1200 and Ithe jagged edges are incredibly distracting.

Blizzard has all the money in the world and yet they can't do what even the lowest-budget games can? lol?

[Pomop]

it still is necessary. I'm playing at 1920x1200 and Ithe jagged edges are incredibly distracting.

Blizzard has all the money in the world and yet they can't do what even the lowest-budget games can? lol?
I heard tossing 20 dollar bills at a grilled cheese sandwich makes it cook faster.

[Havoc]

I'm playing on 1680x1050 and it's smooth as silk. This game is beautiful.

[Gemini]

It's beta and it isn't in yet. Relax. Your attitude is very insulting to the people who are working on the game. I think you should be removed from beta.

[Kevin]

You know you're a graphics @@#@* when....

Seriously though I have too much fun playing to even notice... so couldn't care less.

[Joneleth]

OP, promise?

[Adamu]

It's beta and it isn't in yet. Relax. Your attitude is very insulting to the people who are working on the game. I think you should be removed from beta.
Seconded.

[Mikeyy]

Seconded.

3rded. This dude complains about graphics in a beta. Who cares about AA, this is an RTS not FPS.

[Rizaun]

Bye

[Serpico]

I'm playing on 1680x1050 and it's smooth as silk. This game is beautiful.

looks pretty mediocre to me. I mean I like the animations and fluidity. But the overall graphical power doesnt impress me, nor did blizzard try to though.

[Essentia]

well in this case its anti-aliasing, but when i entered this thread i was almost positive it was gonna be a QQ from a toss player about banshee rushes.

I thought it would be QQ from toss player about mutas, and how bad stalkers are (which is true :P)

[Sizro]

looks pretty mediocre to me. I mean I like the animations and fluidity. But the overall graphical power doesnt impress me, nor did blizzard try to though.

That's because Blizzard is one of two gaming studios left (the other being BioWare) that actually cares about releasing products that have more to them then state of the art graphics. You and my cousin would get along great. You could entertain each other with stories about the leet graphics in Forza 3 and MW2 on your Xbox 360's.

Everyone knows that good graphics = balanced gameplay. Anti-Aliasing is the solution to the roach problem. DX11 will fix the underpowered Phoenix. How could Blizz have been so foolish to focus on mechanics and polish instead of catering to the graphics crowd?

Sorry if I'm coming off rude but people that think graphics need to be addressed should be waiting in line for Crysis 2, not complaining about it on here.

[Noid]

there's no excuse at all for not having AA in your game. This is the year 2010 and jagged edges are incredibly distracting and not necessary.

I have an ATI card and I can't even force it through the control panel, so unless Blizzard decides to fix/implement AA, I won't be buying the game.

Catch up the times Blizzard. You're still stuck in 1998.

Let me guess, you're copper tier.

The lack of AA is annoying, but not a deal breaker for me. It will be implemented, and if not, I'll still buy it.

[Rizaun]

looks pretty mediocre to me. I mean I like the animations and fluidity. But the overall graphical power doesnt impress me, nor did blizzard try to though.

It's not that Blizzard didn't try, their games are made so that you don't need a powerful computer to play them, if they improved the graphics and stuff, it would mean people not buying the game because they can't afford a powerful PC.

[Baltise]

I'm sure AA will be arriving later, someone already said it just wasn't in the beta.

[Tenthshadow]

there's no excuse at all for not having AA in your game. This is the year 2010 and jagged edges are incredibly distracting and not necessary.

I have an ATI card and I can't even force it through the control panel, so unless Blizzard decides to fix/implement AA, I won't be buying the game.

Catch up the times Blizzard. You're still stuck in 1998.

fix/implement ? How about offer you once the game itself is worked out ? Does it slow game play ? Yes. Does it cause random crashing on alot of comps? yes. is this game in existance due to its next gen gfx ? No. This game is about gameplay. Go complain in the ATI forums.

And on a further note , it makes alot of sense to release a gfx detuned version of the game, in order to focus on it being a beta , and to get beta related questions and comments ...

[Cojax]

You don't need AA at high resolutions. AA was made to help low res pixel space look better. If you are playing at anything lower then 1280 I could see AA being nice. AA is old tech anyways and no longer needed at high res. imho.

[Emzier]

You need to buy an Engineering Bay first, duh.

[Tehschoolbus]

there's no excuse at all for not having AA in your game. This is the year 2010 and jagged edges are incredibly distracting and not necessary.

I have an ATI card and I can't even force it through the control panel, so unless Blizzard decides to fix/implement AA, I won't be buying the game.

Catch up the times Blizzard. You're still stuck in 1998.
I'm only 21, so sorry if this news is just WILD but.... I remember this one system called the Nintendo Entertainment System that had these I think 8-bit graphics? You could control your character with this d-pad and these other two buttons... I forget their names (man it was really complicated back then) but I think the buttons were called A and B... or something like that.

BUT DAMN I COULDNT PLAY ANY OF THE GAMES CAUSE THEY WAS SOOO BLOXXY

[Hoticehunter]

That's because Blizzard is one of two gaming studios left (the other being BioWare) that actually cares about releasing products that have more to them then state of the art graphics.

Eh, I don't know about that. the Kotor games were both some of the most bugged filled games I've ever played. ME was decent enough though. Sure they put out good games, but they could learn a little thing about polishing their games before releasing them the way Blizzard does.

[Hoticehunter]

I'm only 21, so sorry if this news is just WILD but.... I remember this one system called the Nintendo Entertainment System that had these I think 8-bit graphics? You could control your character with this d-pad and these other two buttons... I forget their names (man it was really complicated back then) but I think the buttons were called A and B... or something like that.

BUT DAMN I COULDNT PLAY ANY OF THE GAMES CAUSE THEY WAS SOOO BLOXXY

This post combined with your sig makes me go
o.0

[Tehschoolbus]

This post combined with your sig makes me go
o.0

Oh I bet. Notice how I didn't say anything about "this is the beta so things will get better" though. Too exciting.

[Redwing]

I don't even notice anti-aliasing for the most part. It makes things look a little prettier, but it's purely aesthetic, and has absolutely no effect on gameplay. The graphics are overall a little dated, but it really doesn't make a difference. Think about the original StarCraft and how long people have been playing that, despite the fact that it's 2D and only runs at 640x480. Complaining about the lack of AA is like not buying the game because it doesn't come in a shiny metal box. Sure, it doesn't look quite as nice, but how is it important or relevant to the game itself?

[Terralisk]

Oh no, graphics! The console fanboys will be displeased!

Or you could stop crying, the game looks magnificent while running on my tin can of a computer.