is ET pretty?

I've had a few occasions where people have seen me playing ET over my shoulder and the first thing they always say is, "those graphics suck".

My config is fairly toned down but not majorly, just texture blurring sort of stuff.

Personally I think ET has a sort of nice sharp look that a lot of games don't have, obviously it's no crysis but I sort of like it's graphics :P

Any one else think it isn't bad looking or do you all think it's a right ugly fucker
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i agree with you
My friends also say that graphics sux, but for me it's just fine.
i sometimes stop playing and just enjoy the view! :D
idd..when im at work and longing for holidays i just load saberpeak and lean back
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made my day!
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those graphics suck
IF you have the graphics on high/max, ET looks good, especially since it was released in 2003.. I suppose
with picmip at 1 and with a reso of min 1280x960 it is a pretty game :D
u can use r_picmip 0 aswell u know, its better.
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with all the eye candy on its a pretty good looking game, but fps will decrease also (alot?) on the other hand you can make ET look like counterstrike and see nothing more then pixels and blur
i like ET's graphics many online games failed trying to get high fps with this quality :)
I don't know why the people care so much about the graphics.
Oke don't look like Wolfenstein 3D, but don't need to be COD either.
ET has a very decent look out.
pretty please
I actually like it and don't understand why ppl say ET got bad graphics... ofc it cant be compared to crysis and such games
sexy ET + sexy ETPlayer = must be alexL
I can solve this with some simple statements

good games prioritise gameplay over graphics
peons prefer graphics over gameplay
most people are peons
most people like shit games
oh.. got the point why you're still playing ET
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QuotekRONE @ fookin cc5

and I've already asked to be replaced after EC groupstage
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ET is pretty GOOD-LOOKING.
almost as good as you ;).
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I've had the same, most people say it looks shitty, and i think it does. I'm not a very superficial guy though, i think ET has a great personality.
+ a good cook!
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The thing is that ET's looks live from the sharp textures.
ET has a special graphics that none of the games have, I love 'em!
well i guess it depends on the cfg? ^^
et looks good enough... in any game people that play serious downgrade their grafics anyway to get better performance and to better see the enemy's if you put Q3A on high quality it still looks good to(not super but good). at least this is playable and not all the pretty details but no way to get decent play
same as artlove i play et for like 6years since the beginning
i tried to play some other games but didnt like it i always liked ET it just looks different

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well i play et @ 1680x1050 r_picmip 1 i like it :D
I dont care about the graphics, as long as the gameplay is goood!
WHO FUCKING CARES
With the graphics turned up full it looks ok, but nothing special. Compared to newer games the graphics are really starting to look dated. With a pro-player's config, ofc, it looks unbelievably shitty.
Except for mine.
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Have you seen my config? r_texturemode gl_linear_mipmap_linear ftw!
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I have that too!
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try sheeps config, et looks at its best with his imo
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ET has perfect graphics imo, I love the outlook
I know what you mean. People who prefer other games whine about ET graphics. But imo when I use a fragmovie config for ET it still looks just as good as 95% of the newer games.
what barti and meez said!
i think for an online game et has the perfect graphics. they arent too good so you cant focus on your target, and they arent so bad so the enemies look 2d (
The game looks really good for its age and considering that it's actually a free game and not a full one. They're not top ofc, but they are very nice to look at it while playing with a decent fps as well.
Besides that, what sean said.
Because he is ALWAYS right.
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theres no doubt about that you little plonker
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well, compared to Far Cry which came out only some months later... nah, it's ugly :D
Personally I don't think a game has to be beautiful to enjoy it.
u have nothing to be proud of from first impression
crysis >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ET
you don't even play crysis lol.
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yes i do, i have both
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Gameplay > graphs
Let me guess, they play CS 1.6? and they say ET graphics suck? :D
my friends also said that
but they are playing cs or wc3, so i rly dont care x)
Serious gamers will always choose performance so it doesnt really matter. And i agree on the sharpness, allthough i think that games like rtcw and Quake are still far superiour in that aspect
I hate other graphics even if my PC can handle highset graphics I try to make it look like ET :)
we need oasis back
ET has fine gfx for a game build 2003....

only the green and blue models make me sometimes dizzy :O :D

I´ve tested some other fps games, most of em got better gfx than ET, but the fast gameplay of ET is still the best xD
real gamers know that q3 engine = most fun :D
iam pretty!
I like ETs graphics :(
for me it's fine...

I have new pc now with cod4 & crysis on it, but tbh I like ET more :D
te blij die jongen
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nee just ni é

ik zeg dak die schijtgames ni speel
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lol kwil ook zo'ne pc man :D kunde cod4 op 125fps stable draaien?
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jep

300eur 2dehands met cod4, office 2007 & crysis bij
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300€ ne volledige pc zonder scherm bedoelde daar mee? en ge kunt daar cod4 125fps stable meespele? 2de hands voor zo weinig gekocht :DD waarda lol :s
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http://www.9lives.be/forum/computer/

idd 300eur voor alleen de kast hé
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met u pc bedoel ik
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E.T is for gamers, not for morons who play games for landscapes (hi Crysis & Fear). And with high settings, E.T looks beautiful on map like oasis, fueldump, venice etc..
et is the most unrealistic FPS game.

But still i love it
Graphics are maybe bad, But I still enjoy ET. :D
love that map
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:> I played this map 2 years ago :< but still have i have good memories with this one :)
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he actually does
I played this game because I was asked to... I don't care about the reputation of Eurocup or the people playing there. If anything it's hilarious how little time and effort it took on my part to play at this level, yet it takes you five years of playing to make OC division two. That is awesome.
NOTHING WRONG WITH OC DIVISION TWO
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hmm my friend says that graphic @ ET is worst then Mario ;f (sorry for low english :<)
I only play ET because I was asked, how hard is that to understand. Thats why when people like re-play try and delay by abusing shit like wildcards to try and get a win, I get annoyed because I just want to play.

Pretend to have fun? Could you be any more retarded. I bet you think everyone who doesn't have the same interests as you are boring, when 95% of the world probably thinks the same about me or you.

Clearly you give a shit or you wouldn't keep posting. My reason is boredom, but clearly you are having too much fun to be bored, so why is it you waste your such precious time?
nerd? more like ANIME CHEATER NERD
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with highend config like i once had its rly good looking...
but for better aim and stuff ppl tweak and make it look ugly..
so basicly.. idc ;]
The mere exposure effect refers to people’s tendency to like novel stimuli more if they encounter them repeatedly.

Which is why people who play ET think the graphics are ok or even good looking while people who are first seeing the game find the graphics to be ugly.
nekatiff
I think they're pretty!
Playing CoD 4 too, I have in it lower fps and worse graph ;o so ET > all :D
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