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Star Wars: The Old Republic [Releasing Date: Dec 20 NA/EU - NDA Lifted]
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vandalvideo
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Trax416 said:
Yeah, who knows. I'm just speculating for people there. I'm not trying to be 100% accurate. There is a strong possibility this won't have a monthly fee. At the end of the day, I'm just really curious how they're going to pull this off. For a WoW gamer like myself whose pretty decent rig chugged through Icecrown's plague thing at the beginning (start of scarlet crusade) I'm skeptical, and it didn't even have moral choices, cinematics, or elaborate dialogue.
Andronicus
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Arnie said:
1. No release date even rumored. I would bet my money on 2010, with closed beta coming late this year.
2. The game will be scalable. What that means is, you can play it with a bad computer, but it will look like dog shit. Similar to WoW. If you have a high-end rig, it will offer options to take advantage, if you don't, it will strip some away.
3. You can build a PC for $600 right now that can run absolutely every came, including Crysis you through at it. For $600 you can put together a pretty high end gaming rig. So think $600 and save for around the time of release. As all the new graphic cards and Windows 7 will be out.
vandalvideo said:Yeah, who knows. I'm just speculating for people there. I'm not trying to be 100% accurate. There is a strong possibility this won't have a monthly fee. At the end of the day, I'm just really curious how they're going to pull this off. For a WoW gamer like myself whose pretty decent rig chugged through Icecrown's plague thing at the beginning (start of scarlet crusade) I'm skeptical, and it didn't even have moral choices, cinematics, or elaborate dialogue.
I am hoping it has a monthly fee. Otherwise, it means lots of microtransactions which IMO would ruin the game. I think Blizzard has the best formula for Western style MMO's.
A monthly fee, with minor micro transactions (changing servers etc..). A monthly fee means Bioware has a steady amount of money coming in each month, and can plan for the future and release lots of content. I don't mind paying $15 a month, if I get more playing time from the game that month, then I do out of a $60 Xbox 360 game.
It'll have a monthly fee, I'm willing to bet.
I think all this story-driven stuff is just the beginning of the game, you go through a linear story-driven leveling experience and at the end of that, you get spit out into the main, open-world game. Sort of like how Guild Wars handled leveling, where you hit the level cap relatively quickly.
I think all this story-driven stuff is just the beginning of the game, you go through a linear story-driven leveling experience and at the end of that, you get spit out into the main, open-world game. Sort of like how Guild Wars handled leveling, where you hit the level cap relatively quickly.
I am hoping end game is wide open. Similar to how SWG was. In terms of you go where the hell you want, you do what the hell you want. With lots of PVE, and PVP content.
They already let it slip that not only is there lots of PVP, but there are full sets of gear as PVP rewards. So I am also interested in finding out how their PVP system works.
They already let it slip that not only is there lots of PVP, but there are full sets of gear as PVP rewards. So I am also interested in finding out how their PVP system works.
Micromegas
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Trax416 said:
Add at least 2 years.
(and then add another 18 months.)
Are notebooks upgradable? Mine is pretty good(3GB's of ram, dual core processor etc.) but the video card is pretty lacking, I can run KOTOR at 60FPS about 70% of the time but it goes into slide frames the rest of the time, and that's with all shadows turned off and only 2xAA. I've never even seen notebook video cards being sold though.
Micromegas said:
Games been in development over 3 years now. Galaxies took 3 years, WoW took 4 years. The development Studio actually opened in 2005 and started then.
Also heres the IGN preview.
http://video.ign.com/streaming/e3-2...s.com/cms/publish/vod/vodclip/foxign/5569.qvt
Bioware mentions they already have hundreds of voice actors recording the games lines etc
laserbeam said:
Not to mention they are using the Hero engine. Which cuts development in half, because all developers can be in the game, while working on it. With current MMO's you have ONE team working on ONE section of it, then have to create an entire build at the end of the day and or week to test it and see it.
With Hero engine, everyone works on it at the exact same time by logging in (like you log into any MMO). No need tro make a built, because everything is done in real time. You could have the art guys working on Ord Mantell while the AI pathing guys finish off Hutta. All at the same time.
BrokenSymmetry
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Vinci said:
Agreed 100%. I can never understand why people complain about the monthly fees of MMO games, when their $15 fee easily replaces at least one full-priced retail game each month.
water_wendi
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Acid08 said:
You are pretty much at the end.
Damn i cannot wait to try this game.
Damn I wanted it to keep goingNumber 2 said:
. I think overall I liked it more than KOTOR 1.But there is one thing that I fucking hate and that is when they force you to fucking play as a different character. IT'S AN RPG. I PUT 30 HOURS INTO MY FUCKING CHARACTER, THAT'S ALL I WANT TO PLAY AS. Some of the sections were so fucking frustrating when i was all of a sudden thrown into into a fucking Sith tomb and had to make my way through 10 Dark Jedi's hitting me for 60 damage on a second rate character while my main character is off somewhere else.
water_wendi
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And holy shit at Lance Henriksen doing narration.. omg if he is doing VO for this game.. omg!
http://www.swtor.com/info/holonet/timeline/timeline1
http://www.swtor.com/info/holonet/timeline/timeline1
A friend of mine brought up a good point:
What do you all think the balance between PvP and PvE will be like? How does one have a PvE raid within Star Wars?
Catching up on the news right now, haven't seen anything relating to this sort of thing yet.
What do you all think the balance between PvP and PvE will be like? How does one have a PvE raid within Star Wars?
Catching up on the news right now, haven't seen anything relating to this sort of thing yet.
water_wendi
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Acid08 said:
Meh.. i kind of liked that. In Kotor 1 all of my B-squad stayed on the Ebon Hawk in their underwear. The last time they made an appearance was in the celebration for the Light Side ending.. still in their undies too :lol When shifts like that happened in Kotor 2, i just leveled them up real quick and things went pretty smooth. It would be a nightmare if the inactive party members didnt get xp though.
brain_stew
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Arnie said:
Read up on building your own rig and you'll be able to do it for $500 quite comfortably. Though you'll get better results spending more ofcourse. Check out the 2009 "I need a new PC" thread once you've formed more concrete idea of your plans and we'll help put a config together for you.
Between this, APB and Final Fantasy XIV I'm going to have be jumping into my first MMO within a year I reckon, too much interesting stuff happening in the genre for me to totally pass it up.
It's on http://e3.gamespot.com/live.html?tag=topslot;img;1 right now
Hmm the way they are talking it seems like by the end of the year we should have seen a ton of stuff so yeah 2010 is launch year for sure.
Both of these guys are the Heads of the Studio so they wont be very good for saying things they shouldnt and both are former SWG Producers
Both of these guys are the Heads of the Studio so they wont be very good for saying things they shouldnt and both are former SWG Producers
cartoon_soldier
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I guess my main concern with the game is how will Bioware handle everybody not rolling a Jedi (if it is a separate class).
Broadbandito
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is there talk about betas? or the thread title misleading?
MrTroubleMaker
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looks cool
water_wendi
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Watching the streaming thing: i knew there were going to be cameos of Kotor characters.. but they are talking about basing it off all the Kotor canon... omg i want to see HK-47
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leading an army of HK-51s
Rabbit Lord
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shintoki said:
oh man, I wonder why.
water_wendi
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Vinci said:
Yea Smuggler is probably going to be my first character. Hopefully there is PVP so i can single out anything with a lightsaber. Light sticks = kos. The thought of making some super SW fan nerd rage when i kick them in the crotch and heavy blaster them in the head for the kill is just too much to pass up on.
Broadbandito
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Trax416 said:
ahh ty ty
Can't wait for this though. next mmo for sure!
Masta_Killah
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Anyone have the video they showed earlier today? I missed it while I was at E3.
Masta_Killah said:Anyone have the video they showed earlier today? I missed it while I was at E3.
You mean this: http://level7.nu/spel/spel.php?id=4489&show=movies&lid=55880
The sith and jedi one?
Masta_Killah
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pilgrim said:
This video: http://e3.gamespot.com/video/6211393/
It was the Gamespot interview with Bioware. I missed the livecast and wasn't able to find it at Gamespot until now.
This game sounds like people will start at a common ground (mmo starting points) and will branch out into different story themes depending on the choices the player makes. It seems like they are creating a story version of the typical mmo quest structure where players are taken to new areas based on the questline they are on. I'm just worried that the emphasis on the game being heavily story driven will deter players from exploring regions freely. Being able to freely go to new areas on a whim (not being forced to new areas due to a quest) and discovering new things is some of the things that make an mmo fun to play.
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