your ideas of "world design" are a bit strange... I can also show you dull images from world of warcraft, every game has them. And you seem to ignore some of the technical aspects required to make what you consider "good"... Wow sacrifices a lot of detail so it can have some of the features it does, and even though it might look good from medium range, they all look like crap when zoomed in, wich happens a lot inside claustrophobic dungeons (even though they look better in expansion).
What matters is if it is fun to play, and if the interactivity with the world looks half real, I mean, if they don't look forced, unreasonable or plain annoying.
Also, the most important part of a games like vanguard and wow is how fun to play they are. Wow sacrificed a lot of fun to be user friendly, a thing other RPG's don't, and while it may appeal from a starting point of view (or first 5 minutes) it becomes dull after 80 days played, so your assumption that you can say how good it is just by trying it out is horribly wrong.
Please note that I'm not defending Vanguard, I haven't tried it yet, but unlike you I happen to consider the screenshots and videos wandering around really good and certainly a game worth trying.
Re: Judging games in five minutes
your ideas of "world design" are a bit strange... I can also show you dull images from world of warcraft, every game has them. And you seem to ignore some of the technical aspects required to make what you consider "good"... Wow sacrifices a lot of detail so it can have some of the features it does, and even though it might look good from medium range, they all look like crap when zoomed in, wich happens a lot inside claustrophobic dungeons (even though they look better in expansion).
What matters is if it is fun to play, and if the interactivity with the world looks half real, I mean, if they don't look forced, unreasonable or plain annoying.
Also, the most important part of a games like vanguard and wow is how fun to play they are. Wow sacrificed a lot of fun to be user friendly, a thing other RPG's don't, and while it may appeal from a starting point of view (or first 5 minutes) it becomes dull after 80 days played, so your assumption that you can say how good it is just by trying it out is horribly wrong.
Please note that I'm not defending Vanguard, I haven't tried it yet, but unlike you I happen to consider the screenshots and videos wandering around really good and certainly a game worth trying.