OK guys.. Don't have a stamping paddy about another SWG thread, I had a thought the other day [mod  edit] Someone said to me that a new Star wars Galaxies would not be possible due to the nature of the large open worlds and the modern game engines available now that could cope with such size and be a visual treat also. Well ... I'm Currently Playing the PS2 Beta and that  Forgelight engine is amazing, Can't say much(NDA).. Surely that engine  could easily handle all the planets in the SWG miniverse in stunning detail with all thoses wookies running round too.  Am I still clinging to a wish that it wil happen or just sandbox mad. Just bored of the F2p trash popping up al the time.  ..Ok im done... ready for the abuse...

:)

Lol does your friend work at Zenimax? They seem to think a lot of things aren't possible over there...

To answer your question, SOE still has EQ next and some current projects to finish before they can even think about SWG2. I'm not saying its not possible, just that it wont happen for a long, long time, unless someone buys the rights or something.

I doubt we will ever seen SWG 2.
But there is nothing stopping SOE from taking it's own game, removing all references to SW, totally rebuilding it from the ground up....

In essence, SoE could Clone it's own game without the IP.

No.

How many times.

No.

SWG was dying a long time before SWTOR released due to the way it was handled by SOE. It was like an old sick fleabitten mangy horse. The kindest thing to do was to shoot it.

There is no market for a game like SWG anymore(despite what you may see on this site, but MMORPG.com is like the last bastion for SWG fanboys) - that is what prompted the NGE, excluding the few hardcore fanboys that all descended on MMORPG.com, no one wanted to play the game how it was. The masses did not want to play Pre-CU and Pre-NGE SWG, thats why those "upgrades" were introduced in the first place. 

Unfortunately SOE screwed up the implementation of those changes so incredibly badly that it is still considered the most epic fail in the history of MMOs to this day

Well they could just release the NGE under the name SWG2 it might do ok--. heaven knows it really is what they should have done the first time.

Originally posted by stragen001

No.

How many times.

No.

SWG was dying a long time before SWTOR released due to the way it was handled by SOE. It was like an old sick fleabitten mangy horse. The kindest thing to do was to shoot it.

There is no market for a game like SWG anymore(despite what you may see on this site, but MMORPG.com is like the last bastion for SWG fanboys) - that is what prompted the NGE, excluding the few hardcore fanboys that all descended on MMORPG.com, no one wanted to play the game how it was. The masses did not want to play Pre-CU and Pre-NGE SWG, thats why those "upgrades" were introduced in the first place. 

Unfortunately SOE screwed up the implementation of those changes so incredibly badly that it is still considered the most epic fail in the history of MMOs to this day

 

The masses that did not want to play Pre-CU were the reason for the survival of the NGE and later brought us the re-made NGE, aka SWTOR. How well did that turn out?

Originally posted by Sandbox

Originally posted by stragen001

No.

How many times.

No.

SWG was dying a long time before SWTOR released due to the way it was handled by SOE. It was like an old sick fleabitten mangy horse. The kindest thing to do was to shoot it.

There is no market for a game like SWG anymore(despite what you may see on this site, but MMORPG.com is like the last bastion for SWG fanboys) - that is what prompted the NGE, excluding the few hardcore fanboys that all descended on MMORPG.com, no one wanted to play the game how it was. The masses did not want to play Pre-CU and Pre-NGE SWG, thats why those "upgrades" were introduced in the first place. 

Unfortunately SOE screwed up the implementation of those changes so incredibly badly that it is still considered the most epic fail in the history of MMOs to this day

 

The masses that did not want to play Pre-CU were the reason for the survival of the NGE and later brought us the re-made NGE, aka SWTOR. How well did that turn out?

Hey, Im not saying SWTOR was a good game. Far from it, but SWG was also bad, just in different ways. 

Originally posted by Elijarh

 OK guys.. Don't have a stamping paddy about another SWG thread, I had a thought the other day whilst playing a  "Hush hush-dead game/reborn mmo)  Someone said to me that a new Star wars Galaxies would not be possible due to the nature of the large open worlds and the modern game engines available now that could cope with such size and be a visual treat also. Well ... I'm Currently Playing the PS2 Beta and that  Forgelight engine is amazing, Can't say much(NDA).. Surely that engine  could easily handle all the planets in the SWG miniverse in stunning detail with all thoses wookies running round too.  Am I still clinging to a wish that it wil happen or just sandbox mad. Just bored of the F2p trash popping up al the time.  ..Ok im done... ready for the abuse...

 

:)

 <--- Because there is no dead horse being beaten emote on this site...

Originally posted by stragen001

Originally posted by Sandbox

Originally posted by stragen001

No.

How many times.

No.

SWG was dying a long time before SWTOR released due to the way it was handled by SOE. It was like an old sick fleabitten mangy horse. The kindest thing to do was to shoot it.

There is no market for a game like SWG anymore(despite what you may see on this site, but MMORPG.com is like the last bastion for SWG fanboys) - that is what prompted the NGE, excluding the few hardcore fanboys that all descended on MMORPG.com, no one wanted to play the game how it was. The masses did not want to play Pre-CU and Pre-NGE SWG, thats why those "upgrades" were introduced in the first place. 

Unfortunately SOE screwed up the implementation of those changes so incredibly badly that it is still considered the most epic fail in the history of MMOs to this day

 

The masses that did not want to play Pre-CU were the reason for the survival of the NGE and later brought us the re-made NGE, aka SWTOR. How well did that turn out?

Hey, Im not saying SWTOR was a good game. Far from it, but SWG was also bad, just in different ways. 

SWG should have been put out of its misery right after the NGE release.

Give it up already...

I loved the game too man, but face facts, it is gone and is never coming back. You have one option left if you wish to enjoy the glory that was once SWG, an option I cannot mention here, but that I am sure you are aware exists.

Take the option, and let go of SWG retail.

Originally posted by stragen001

No.

How many times.

No.

SWG was dying a long time before SWTOR released due to the way it was handled by SOE. It was like an old sick fleabitten mangy horse. The kindest thing to do was to shoot it.

There is no market for a game like SWG anymore(despite what you may see on this site, but MMORPG.com is like the last bastion for SWG fanboys) - that is what prompted the NGE, excluding the few hardcore fanboys that all descended on MMORPG.com, no one wanted to play the game how it was. The masses did not want to play Pre-CU and Pre-NGE SWG, thats why those "upgrades" were introduced in the first place. 

Unfortunately SOE screwed up the implementation of those changes so incredibly badly that it is still considered the most epic fail in the history of MMOs to this day

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 Wow . Do you hold the licence rights for Star Wars? If so Dam then I Guess your right no SWG2 . Are you the chairman of George's board? Do you have a single clue about the Gaming industry and finally do you play Warcraft & possibly reached puberty yet?

Lol. what a pathetic cycnical one sided view. People like you add very little to conversations.  SOE Don't Hold the right's the the SWG licience any longer It was due to expire in 2012 anyway, But this is not about SOE , Any company could buy the rights to produce a new title and it not be Identical to SWG1 . That would be pointless.  I was just speculating at the possibility of what could be possible being such a popular IP with todays Graphic engines.   Your entitled to you opinion of course, but Im quite sure you have zero power in corporate decision making.

If theres money to be made and in the right hands anything is possible.

 

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Originally posted by stragen001
No.

 

How many times.

No.

SWG was dying a long time before SWTOR released due to the way it was handled by SOE. It was like an old sick fleabitten mangy horse. The kindest thing to do was to shoot it.

There is no market for a game like SWG anymore(despite what you may see on this site, but MMORPG.com is like the last bastion for SWG fanboys) - that is what prompted the NGE, excluding the few hardcore fanboys that all descended on MMORPG.com, no one wanted to play the game how it was. The masses did not want to play Pre-CU and Pre-NGE SWG, thats why those "upgrades" were introduced in the first place. 

Unfortunately SOE screwed up the implementation of those changes so incredibly badly that it is still considered the most epic fail in the history of MMOs to this day

 

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I'll agree that we'll never see SWG2, but I'd have to disagree that there is no market
There is. And it's very much alive.
The repopulation is going to be the closest thing to the original SWG[mod  edit] 

Nothing is impossible, but SWG or SWG2 is highly unlikely. There's no particular reason for a development company to do it. SWG didn't make that much money and SWToR, while profitable, isn't anything to write home about.

I'd pay any amount of money for a subscription for SWG 2. 15, 20, 100 who cares.

Or even buy a lifetime sub like I did for TSW. I also want a lifetime sub for SWG2 if it ever comes.

But I guess it will never happen. Now Bioware ruined the SW IP for ever.

The Star Wars's IP is almost dead for LA, since no new movies based on Star Wars are planned.  If someone was to throw enough money at LA for the rights to make a SWG2 they may snap at it.

I feel that is someone was to make SWG2 the best time period for it would be after all the movies.  Trying to pick up all the pieces and rebuilding everything.

Originally posted by Elijarh

 OK guys.. Don't have a stamping paddy about another SWG thread, I had a thought the other day whilst playing a  "Hush hush-dead game/reborn mmo)  Someone said to me that a new Star wars Galaxies would not be possible due to the nature of the large open worlds and the modern game engines available now that could cope with such size and be a visual treat also. Well ... I'm Currently Playing the PS2 Beta and that  Forgelight engine is amazing, Can't say much(NDA).. Surely that engine  could easily handle all the planets in the SWG miniverse in stunning detail with all thoses wookies running round too.  Am I still clinging to a wish that it wil happen or just sandbox mad. Just bored of the F2p trash popping up al the time.  ..Ok im done... ready for the abuse...

 

:)

LA is a B***H!

Conspiracy Theories state that LA closed down SWG so SWTOR would rock the MMO world. So why would they allow a SWG2?

why would Sony invest in a SWG2 knowing LA could pull this kind of move again?

Originally posted by lizardbones

Nothing is impossible, but SWG or SWG2 is highly unlikely. There's no particular reason for a development company to do it. SWToR didn't make money and SWG, while profitable, isn't anything to write home about.

It's the other way around. I fixed that for you.