Exclusive video of updated Vanguard GU5 spell effects

by Brenda Holloway May 6th 2008 at 11:00AM

Filed under: Fantasy, Classes, Patches, Previews, Vanguard

Adding a few dozen new mounts to the game and improving the performance would be enough to fill up any ordinary patch, but the Vanguard: Saga of Heroes devs decided to buckle down and improve the spell and combat ability graphics. With a good group casting and using special moves, all with their own flashy graphics, it could get a little hard to see what was going on. Game Update 5 brings new spell animations for druids, sorcerers, disciples and others, which are both faster and better-looking than the old ones.

Click on through to watch the video, and get your fill of the new spell graphics. Then, stop by later today for an interview with Vanguard game designer Lenny Gullo. He'll talk about quests, mounts, hitching, factions, and ten easy recipes for cooking battle lobster.

Vanguard GU5 spell graphics

Tags: classes, fantasy, featured, lenny-gullo, patches, preview, spells, tiraslee, vanguard, vanguard-game-update-5

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Alarie said on 11:17AM 5-06-2008

I guess some are better than what they currently have on some effects. I really don't like the lightning strike. The effect needs more side bolts shooting off it like a real lightning bolt.

Leshrac said on 11:22AM 5-06-2008

Not bad, I'm glad to see that they're continuing to update this game. I played the beta and it was pretty brutal, but I've always kept one eye on this game to see where it was going, what kind of attention it was getting and what kind of support it would receive. In a sea of upcoming MMOGs I hope VG can survive, I hate to see any game fail.