yes that was a major dissapointment too!
when i first saw the dragon shield in stormfist castle.
it had that beeautiful green color and a nice symbol on it. when i equiped it it was just that blue shield you always see.
so: every type of weopon has its visual effect on the character
and when you ran with a 2 handed sword you couldn't see the animation of it. you saw the sword on your back.
what i realy liked on the screenshot was that big huge axe! wow. this would be great if you saw those big orcs, with the big axe in <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/div.gif" alt="" /> (giant orcs?). and you slay it , the axe you pick up had to be the same size <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
