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As the title says, what is your initial reaction to the announcment of SW:TOR? Feel free to post why...
Tried: LotR, CoH, AoC, WAR, Jumpgate Classic |
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10/21/08 5:08:40 PM#2
What are you guys so excited about? Website is pretty crappy. No real info yet. Raids are in the game = chance of fail is big. Story driven most likely = not much room for choice. ____________________________ |
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10/21/08 5:13:14 PM#3
Im super happy, but i hope that all the players are not jedis (sad face). "Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one ..." - Thomas Paine |
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10/21/08 5:27:00 PM#4
how many mmos you know gives choices when it comes to story anyway. And Bioware is known for giving choices in a story. In the FAQ it says that even if you start good or evil by making choices in the game you could become the opposite of what you started as. |
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10/21/08 5:27:15 PM#5
I'm negative even if I wasn't expecting anything really but a MMO in the KOTO era, story driven. Here's why : Apart some details about the story line we know quite nothing about the game. Graphics that fits perfectly Marvel comics but not SW. Hero, and so, they put too much emphasis on you being the Hero. I really don't care about being a hero. NPC with you, allo? When I play an MMO I do this tho have roles filled by real players not manage a (dumb?) team. I want to interact with people. So far I don`t see how it's an MMO but maybe the subsciption fees. It looks more like a paying Kotor Online. I hope future details will prove me wrong. |
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10/21/08 6:15:30 PM#6
Pleased. I can't wait till they release more information, but from the articles I've read and the interview video with the team, my excitement for the game hasn't dropped any. The dev saying the game will have much more content than every Bioware RPG combined made me really happy. There are things I'm concerned with.. most of all the companions and personal story arcs, and "most of the game being soloable". I can't wait to find out more, but I'm really hoping the companion system won't be anything like Guild Wars, and I would really hate running out into the world and seeing groups of people soloing the content with the same pet characters everywhere.
Waiting for Fallen Earth, World of Darkness, Old Republic, FFXIV |
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10/21/08 7:05:32 PM#7
Not enough information is known yet for me to proclaim OMGMUSTHAEV!!11 I will follow it a bit and see what shakes though..
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10/21/08 7:08:07 PM#8
What is my reaction to Star Wars the old republic? I think episode IV best some it up.
A New Hope |
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Cthulhuvong
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Joined: 2/08/04
He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither |
10/21/08 7:16:14 PM#9
I voted neutral. I have to agree with Draccan, the website is sub-par, the graphics look bad, its just not very exciting release. Considering everyone already knew it was coming out, you'd think they could have made a better release.
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10/21/08 7:19:44 PM#10
The news made my day. My girlfriend is mad at me but I dont give a shit, TOR is official! Hardcore modes or permanent death makes every close call an adrenaline rush, and every minor achievement a major victory. This alternative rule-set should be in all MMORPGs. |
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10/21/08 7:19:56 PM#11
I think it sounds great. Even if it turns out to be another WOW like WAR and LOTRO I will still play it. i play those games and I played WOW . The only difference is that Im not a huge fan of any of those properties while on the other hand I am a huge fan of Star Wars. If I have to play a grindy redundant MMO I would rather do it in the Star Wars universe than any other.
Critical thinking is a desire to seek, patience to doubt, fondness to meditate, slowness to assert, readiness to consider, carefulness to dispose and set in order; and hatred for every kind of imposture. |
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JYCowboy
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Joined: 1/11/05
SWG: Jess Youngstar(CIA)-Ahazi |
10/21/08 8:21:21 PM#12
"What is your initial reaction to the announcment of Old Republic MMO? "
Here we go again... |
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10/21/08 8:27:42 PM#13
It all looked wonderful till i saw EA was going to be in on it |
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10/21/08 8:32:59 PM#14
Figures, you know Bioware is a EA company, so it makes sense (since 1 year already) that they will publish it.
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talismen351
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Joined: 11/01/07
"Easy" only equals "better" for crack addicts and MMORPG developers. |
10/21/08 8:36:37 PM#15
I would say it is a game to watch out for. Doesn't change much for me. I've enjoyed most SW games so far, so I will prolly loosly follow it till release.
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10/21/08 9:05:32 PM#16
Very positive. I'm somewhat miffed at the surge of Ex-SWG players proclaiming that this must be the newest sandbox for them to run around in (it's not going to be, so get over it <.<), and the graphics were a bit of a put off for me, but I'm so pumped for this. I'm a diehard Bioware fan, and a diehard Star Wars fan, AND a diehard MMO-junkie, so I have a feeling this will appeal very much to me!
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10/21/08 9:13:46 PM#17
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10/21/08 9:19:26 PM#18
Extremely positive news here. Bioware is just an awesome developer that is going to give us a great mmo. Surely it will not be for everyone but lets face it, Bioware just makes great games and I expect the same here. Bioware+Star Wars = pure win ! |
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BaronJuJu
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Joined: 2/27/04
"Just because it happens to you doesn''t make it interesting" |
10/21/08 9:25:34 PM#19
I'm intruiged to see what they plan on doing. The essentially have a brand name with a blank slate for lore and direction. They don't have the confine of the original Star Wars movies or the KOTOR games, they can explore and create with alot more freedom than we have seen in a Star Wars game. I'm optomistic, but not going to go nuts or overhype or bash by any means. There are plenty of other folks on her and other sites doing that well enough. Lets just sit back and enjoy the journey to launch. "If we don't attack them, they will attack us first. So we'd better retaliate before they have a chance to strike" |
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10/21/08 9:29:18 PM#20
I am.... truely relieved to be perfectly honest. Everrything they were talking about as far as story is concerned, is the very thing most people have been asking for as far as content is concerned. Not having a real in-game story for your character has been one of my biggest gripes now for about four years. Even if the rest of the game were completely... the same as any other game - this alone would probably be worth it. But, I highly doubt they will use a carbon copy of WoW design. The very fact they they are putting so much emphasis on story is proof enough for me that they truely are going to deliver the next-gen game we've been waiting for. Given that, I do have some thoughts of concern. Well, they aren't concerns really, just things I would be interested in knowing more about (like everyone else I imagine.) Okay, so it's Star Wars. SWG was... quite a brilliant game, and quite a bad game all at the same time. It's design theory and whatnot is more or less sound. And I totally understand and dig it's Sandbox roots. But having placed my faith in Bioware for this project, I've come to the conclusion that maybe "Sandbox" can mean more than just, pick some skills and help an economy grow. Maybe a Sanbox can mean that you can finally have the character you want... and have the stroy to go with it. Besides that, I would like to see this game really be less of a Sandbox title, and more of an Action RPG, like KOTOR was and Mass Effect after it. The reason for this is because I all I'm looking for in this game at this point in time is an amazingly rich story for my character, having it completely relate to everything in the world, and have good gameplay to go along with it. Anything else, is just extra in my book. This will be the first time you ever hear me say this - for once, I could care less about an in-game economy. There just is no interesting story to tell about an armorsmith. Oh, I still think Sandbox games can be a little more involving, and in the long run, more rewarding - simply because they reinvent themselves without much of a developer support. But for this game... hell...I just want a good MMO worthy of the Star Wars title... and SWG aint it. Graphically, I'm sure everyone will agree with me that those screenshots look.... nothing like what I expected. But, I read somewhere that those are... not even close to the real deal. Just about nothing in those screenshots were indentifiable to me, except the beams on the lightsabers. The hilts themself looked like they came straight out of Lego Star Wars... they're so... huge! All in all... I think they could have done better about showing some in-game screenshots for their official unveiling. But, maybe those were just there to throw us a bone, while they keep the good stuff under wraps - which I'm quite sure is the case. Bioware is pretty good about not making stuff look dumb. And they wouldn't ruin such a great concept for a game on totally screwing the pooch on art. |
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