Comments on: Lockwood’s Jewel of the Skies

By: musclemutt

musclemutt — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:02:02 +0000

Seven Winds is for pleasure. Jewel seems so much more serious. Especially since Lockwood chose for us to see it ruined and desolate rather than showing us the grand version that all the questing is done to restore.

Looking around, I loved the modeling and the textures, and I’d love to see the genie. But I’m not ready to spend time in such a lonely place, chasing Avalon crystals until it becomes habitable.

Maybe they didn’t choose the wrong model for the open house after all.

By: SealWyf_

SealWyf_ — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:59:48 +0000

What I saw of the graphics in the videos reminded me of Mercia — the same slightly-decayed grittiness and sense of place.

I love it that flying is now integrated into a game, although I am sorry they are using flying carpets. The avatar flight of Seven Winds feels so natural that it seems like a step backwards to add a vehicle. But we’ll see how it plays — this does look like a lot of fun. And I like the idea of including community goals, which will probably not be met for a very long time. It will give us a reason to keep collecting jewels even after we have unlocked all the other rewards.

By: Burbie52

Burbie52 — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:52:30 +0000

When I first saw this announced last night all I could say was WOW!!!!! What a huge undertaking this must have been for them, the graphics look incredible and the fact it is also a gaming space is really nice. I think that with the saturated market of Home personal spaces this is going to be the future of most if not all of them. Even Xi is bringing one out that you get with your buy in of the game as had Emo Ray already. The stuff is coming out in Home so rapidly we barely have time to absorb it before another appears.
I am soooo going to be at the store asap tomorrow buying this, even though I own the Seven Winds as you said they are worlds apart.
by the end of this week I will be broke with all of this content coming out at once.

By: KrazyFace

KrazyFace — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 08:52:59 +0000

When I first saw this place my heart sunk a bit, since I’ve nit long got the Palace of the Seven Winds. But, I have a serious love of middle-eastern architecture, which is why this will be difficult for me to say no to. Not only is it a theme I love, but it’s done by LKWD; the stylists and graphic gods of Home. I swear, LKWD still can not be matched for visuals. And man oh man am I gonna fold faster than Superman on laundry day when this place gets its release.

Nice write-up Bon, as per usual. ; )