Star Wars: The Old Republic

[Soapy]

Whenever we do get a Battlefront 3 I doubt it will be as awesome as what Free Radical was working on.

 

[DeGenerate10]

When the hell is Battlefront 3 coming out? Online has only gotten better since the 2nd one.

It'll be a while if it comes out at all. One company was making it then they quit. Some other company picked it up not to long ago. Your guess is as good as mine when it comes out

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-star-wars/50795

 

[Etienne]

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-star-wars/50795

Completely forgot about this game being developed. Looks great.

 

[Drz]

Meh i'm trying to get over MMOs especially MMOs with level + class system, but the cinematic just got me hyped gaaaah!

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I still don't understand the purpose of cutscene trailers. What, I'm supposed to get excited by watching something that I'll be able to watch again somewhere in the game (or maybe not, if it's just a press trailer)? Meh. MEH! Gameplay, damn it!

 

[Soapy]

I highly doubt Star Wars MMO gameplay would be anywhere near as exciting or sell the game as well as that cinematic does.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Gameplay's pretty much the only thing that sells games for me, but I suppose there are people out there who'll buy something because the devs can pre-render cool-looking stuff...

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

Never heard of a cover system in an MMO.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Nor in an RPG. I guess maybe they're placing more of an emphasis on action in this like they did in Mass Effect?

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

Well, they said something like the bounty hunter was about stealth and surprise.
They also mentioned hot-key's for pulling off moves.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I hope it's not something silly like ducking behind cover increases your defense stat. Generally, the point of cover is to keep from getting hit at all.

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

I prefer dice rolling personally.
It would be nice to see the IU, there was back stage demo's but the actual gameplay footage wasn't seen.

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

D-post.

 

[Dark_Lord]

Preview (StarWarsMMO.net)

 

[ProjectPat2280]

Any word on the saber combat in this? If its turn based im gonna feel a whole hell of a lot better knowing ill miss out on this. If its real time, im gonna be upset.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

Probably turn based like in KOTOR since it's also an RPG.

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

Preview (StarWarsMMO.net)

Interesting.

""SWTOR is the first RPG to allow co-op/multi-player conversations."

 

[Crook]

Any word on the saber combat in this? If its turn based im gonna feel a whole hell of a lot better knowing ill miss out on this. If its real time, im gonna be upset.

I'm 90% sure I read a hands-on impression yesterday noting that the combat was indeed real-time, similar to Mass Effect.

 

[ProjectPat2280]

I'm 90% sure I read a hands-on impression yesterday noting that the combat was indeed real-time, similar to Mass Effect.

Damn. If thats true, then im really, really gonna want this game.

 

[The Squirrel]

This is gonna be the first MMO that I will be willing to pay monthly for.

 

[GL1]

Real time, but choreographed. That means that while it will be realtime, ala mass effect, there will be a limit to how fast you can execute moves, since your first animation has to complete before your second move starts. This is true of all games, action or rpg, however, from what I've seen in comparison with KoToRs of the past, the animation is going to be a couple seconds.

""SWTOR is the first RPG to allow co-op/multi-player conversations."

Worth the price of admission, if you ask me.

 

[Drz]

Whats that co-op/multi-player conversations suppose to mean? That it has a ingame ventrilo/teamspeak or what? Or like a RPG conversation?

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

RPG conversation with NPC's.

 

[GL1]

Whats that co-op/multi-player conversations suppose to mean? That it has a ingame ventrilo/teamspeak or what? Or like a RPG conversation?

Just like conversations in other Bioware RPGs (KoToR, Mass Effect) except now multiple people can chime in.