Imperator Pre-E3 Preview
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Imperator is based on the Dark Age of Camelot engine. While DAoC is a three year old game, it's important to remember that the actual engine itself has been upgraded a couple of times. If the developers hadn't told me that it was based on the DAoC engine, I wouldn't have guessed it. Depending on your current hardware setup, you might have to do a small video card upgrade to play the game, as it will require a Shader Model 2.0 card. Such cards can be found for short money, so we aren't talking an EverQuest 2-sized upgrade, either. The graphics are very appealing and set the mood, and although computers we played on weren't exactly state of the art, they handled the game quite well. One of the things that was interesting to see is how they are integrating the classic Roman feel with space themes. Some of the heavy Robotech-type armor has ancient Roman ornamentation, as an example. It's very easy to make this look cheesy, so Mythic is going to have to be very careful here and not go overboard.
