*The Largest game ever built and released in the History of MMORPGs.

*A seemless, instance free Universe where Exploration is the name of the game.

*Almost every Planet ever mentioned in the Movies, Books, and Games. Each fully Explorable with hundreds of PVE / PVP battlegrounds to take advantage of.

*Players  Live on the Planet(s) of their choice and develop rich and bustling Cities and Towns. Trade and Commerce will be the center of these vast Social Hubs.

*Guild owned Starships fight for control of the Galactic Trade Routes. Those who rule these lawless depths will have access to unlimited power and influence.

*Players can become what ever they want. No Levels to hold you back or place you into certain Class. You choose from hundreds of skills to train...there are no limits!

*A complete Player Run Economy where Players Craft every item in the game.

Originally posted by Force_Fire

 

*The Largest game ever built and released in the History of MMORPGs.

*A seemless, instance free Universe where Exploration is the name of the game.

*Almost every Planet ever mentioned in the Movies, Books, and Games. Each fully Explorable with hundreds of PVE / PVP battlegrounds to take advantage of.

*Players  Live on the Planet(s) of their choice and develop rich and bustling Cities and Towns. Trade and Commerce will be the center of these vast Social Hubs.

*Guild owned Starships fight for control of the Galactic Trade Routes. Those who rule these lawless depths will have access to unlimited power and influence.

*Players can become what ever they want. No Levels to hold you back or place you into certain Class. You choose from hundreds of skills to train...there are no limits!

*A complete Player Run Economy where Players Craft every item in the game.

 

It's a nice wish list :) let's hope all goes well.  I have faith in BioWare to make an excellent MMORPG.
 

Originally posted by DeaconX

Originally posted by Force_Fire

 

*The Largest game ever built and released in the History of MMORPGs.

*A seemless, instance free Universe where Exploration is the name of the game.

*Almost every Planet ever mentioned in the Movies, Books, and Games. Each fully Explorable with hundreds of PVE / PVP battlegrounds to take advantage of.

*Players  Live on the Planet(s) of their choice and develop rich and bustling Cities and Towns. Trade and Commerce will be the center of these vast Social Hubs.

*Guild owned Starships fight for control of the Galactic Trade Routes. Those who rule these lawless depths will have access to unlimited power and influence.

*Players can become what ever they want. No Levels to hold you back or place you into certain Class. You choose from hundreds of skills to train...there are no limits!

*A complete Player Run Economy where Players Craft every item in the game.

 

It's a nice wish list :) let's hope all goes well.  I have faith in BioWare to make an excellent MMORPG.
 

All BS aside, I am hearing it will in fact be the Largest MMORPG ever built.

Originally posted by Force_Fire

All BS aside, I am hearing it will in fact be the Largest MMORPG ever built.

What? From who?

That's my dream too.

ITS NOT CALLED KOTOR ITS NAMED THE OLD REPUBLIC NOT KOTOR!!!!!!

Originally posted by Force_Fire

 

*The Largest game ever built and released in the History of MMORPGs.

*A seemless, instance free Universe where Exploration is the name of the game.

*Almost every Planet ever mentioned in the Movies, Books, and Games. Each fully Explorable with hundreds of PVE / PVP battlegrounds to take advantage of.

*Players  Live on the Planet(s) of their choice and develop rich and bustling Cities and Towns. Trade and Commerce will be the center of these vast Social Hubs.

*Guild owned Starships fight for control of the Galactic Trade Routes. Those who rule these lawless depths will have access to unlimited power and influence.

*Players can become what ever they want. No Levels to hold you back or place you into certain Class. You choose from hundreds of skills to train...there are no limits!

*A complete Player Run Economy where Players Craft every item in the game.

 

Isn't that what they told us about SWG? And SWG largely delivered that until SOE got seduced by WOW profits and decided to ruin the game with the NGE.

As an ex-SWGer, I have yet to find an MMO I can call home. They are all WOW clones now.

That said, if what you said is true, I am looking forward to it.

I hope they don't go cheap side with the graphics.  I mean, I don't have to have the best thing ever, but I surely hope they don't go for the WoW/WAR effect, where everything is slightly cartoonish.

Yeah, yeah, I know "But WAR doesn't have cartoon graphics!"  To be honest, they look like the step up from WoW graphics, which is indeed cartoony.

I would be happier if they kept a strong art design, with lots of smooth, rich animation over total photorealism.  But if they can make both happen, then I'm game!

Anyway, I don't know where in the world the OP got that information... but it seems to me like someone spouting off what they wished SWG would have been.  That being said, I personally don't beleive half of what's on that list is what the game is truely about.

I forsee lots of planets to explore, but I don't expect them to be fully realised.  However, on the other side of that coin... it's been confirmed that they are using the Hero Engine for the game, which makes level design and overall level production crazy fast.  It takes less than half the time to develop a level with the Hero Engine than it does through conventional means.  So, it could very well have a crap load of planets to explore, all fully realised.  We shall see, though.

Originally posted by firefly2003

ITS NOT CALLED KOTOR ITS NAMED THE OLD REPUBLIC NOT KOTOR!!!!!!

So then it is just "TOR"?

Thats cool....

Originally posted by BCEagle21

Originally posted by Force_Fire

 

*The Largest game ever built and released in the History of MMORPGs.

*A seemless, instance free Universe where Exploration is the name of the game.

*Almost every Planet ever mentioned in the Movies, Books, and Games. Each fully Explorable with hundreds of PVE / PVP battlegrounds to take advantage of.

*Players  Live on the Planet(s) of their choice and develop rich and bustling Cities and Towns. Trade and Commerce will be the center of these vast Social Hubs.

*Guild owned Starships fight for control of the Galactic Trade Routes. Those who rule these lawless depths will have access to unlimited power and influence.

*Players can become what ever they want. No Levels to hold you back or place you into certain Class. You choose from hundreds of skills to train...there are no limits!

*A complete Player Run Economy where Players Craft every item in the game.

 

 

Isn't that what they told us about SWG? And SWG largely delivered that until SOE got seduced by WOW profits and decided to ruin the game with the NGE.

As an ex-SWGer, I have yet to find an MMO I can call home. They are all WOW clones now.

That said, if what you said is true, I am looking forward to it.

That's exactly what they told us.. lol
 

what do you all mean by "largest MMO ever" ?

Are you referring to land mass ?

Maybe budget ?

The OP just descirbed the dreams of dreams when it comes to a MMO.

Kotor Online will be on the console and it's using the Hero Engine so the game is going to be all instanced up which is a shame.

Originally posted by John.A.Zoid

Kotor Online will be on the console and it's using the Hero Engine so the game is going to be all instanced up which is a shame.

The article on Portfolio.com, where EA's CEO mentioned the fact that BioWare's MMO is the LEC/BioWare project, also included him mentioning that BioWare's MMO would "sidestep" the consoles, which I take to mean it is being developed specifically for the PC (and/or Mac) market.

Originally posted by Force_Fire

 

*The Largest game ever built and released in the History of MMORPGs.

*A seemless, instance free Universe where Exploration is the name of the game.

*Almost every Planet ever mentioned in the Movies, Books, and Games. Each fully Explorable with hundreds of PVE / PVP battlegrounds to take advantage of.

*Players  Live on the Planet(s) of their choice and develop rich and bustling Cities and Towns. Trade and Commerce will be the center of these vast Social Hubs.

*Guild owned Starships fight for control of the Galactic Trade Routes. Those who rule these lawless depths will have access to unlimited power and influence.

*Players can become what ever they want. No Levels to hold you back or place you into certain Class. You choose from hundreds of skills to train...there are no limits!

*A complete Player Run Economy where Players Craft every item in the game.

 

Source of this info? Link?

Originally posted by Hauken

The OP just descirbed the dreams of dreams when it comes to a MMO.

Due to WoW, MMORPGs have all but abandonned the sandbox, roleplaying features and interdependancy aspects (which some call downtime). It is hard to argue against a game which has attracted 10 million subscribers. My take is that it will still take a few more years until a MMORPG company re-introduces the features SWG had. It is all about PVP, raids and "balance" nowadays.

Helios portrayed the new mentaility in his epic statement: "so you just sat there and it was fun? This is an honest question..." when referring to camps in SWG.

Originally posted by Obee

Originally posted by John.A.Zoid

Kotor Online will be on the console and it's using the Hero Engine so the game is going to be all instanced up which is a shame.

 

The article on Portfolio.com, where EA's CEO mentioned the fact that BioWare's MMO is the LEC/BioWare project, also included him mentioning that BioWare's MMO would "sidestep" the consoles, which I take to mean it is being developed specifically for the PC (and/or Mac) market.

 

 

I hope so but Bioware these days have developed for the Xbox first then the PC and they even did this with KOTOR. So it would suprise me if they didn't do anything console based but then again it's harder to do a console mmorpg so we'll see.

Still doens't mean it wont all be instanced tho.

wishful thinking... but the new star wars mmo will be more like wow than swg. bioware will want to make money so the game will be a casual mainstream mmo, guaranteed.

Originally posted by John.A.Zoid

 

I hope so but Bioware these days have developed for the Xbox first then the PC and they even did this with KOTOR. So it would suprise me if they didn't do anything console based but then again it's harder to do a console mmorpg so we'll see.

Still doens't mean it wont all be instanced tho.

The hero engine has been designed specifically for use on PC, if they had planned to go multiplatform they'd have built it ground up, or possibly use something like the unreal engine. Not saying a console version isn't  apossibility but initially it's first and foremost a PC title.

Originally posted by WRyan

I hope they don't go cheap side with the graphics.  I mean, I don't have to have the best thing ever, but I surely hope they don't go for the WoW/WAR effect, where everything is slightly cartoonish.

Yeah, yeah, I know "But WAR doesn't have cartoon graphics!"  To be honest, they look like the step up from WoW graphics, which is indeed cartoony.

I would be happier if they kept a strong art design, with lots of smooth, rich animation over total photorealism.  But if they can make both happen, then I'm game!

What i hate is when developers mix the two, SWG is a classic example. Like your character vs a squill, to me squills seemed to be from some other game. Or take the darktroopers they are so cartoony and lame compared to the regular stormies. i really don't mind what graphics the new game has as long as they stick to some type of continuity between your character and the rest of the world. Wow graphics can actually be quite nice if you max them. i know i wasn't a fan either till i played it, and the cartoony graphics kind of grew on me. I think they are quite nice now.