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• • LucasArts, BioWare Prepare To Announce Joint Project...Oct 21st

  • Originally posted by Kurush
    

    Ok.  I've called just about every secret project so far.  This one has been more transparent than any of them.  In fact, it's one of the worst-kept secrets in the industry that I've seen.  There are only two possibilities here.

    1.  Yes, this is KotOR Online or something close, and EA Bioware is simply shitty at keeping a secret.

    2.  It's totally different.  If this is the case, John Riccitiello is a fucking genius and EA Bioware is about to replace Blizzard as the king of secrecy and misdirection when it comes to upcoming titles.

    Seriously, I hope it's 2.  I love to be surprised as much as anybody else.  It would also show Ricci to have as much marketing suave as people give him credit for.

    
     

    Or it will anger star wars fans enough to not try the new game which honestly unless it's baldurs gate online or something I would probably fall into that category. I'm not sure I should say anger as much as disapoint because I'm looking forward to a good sci fi mmo set in the SW universe and swg is just not it plus I haven't had much interest in anything else they've done.

  • Posted: 10/07/08 7:55 PM
    General Discussion
• • LucasArts, BioWare Prepare To Announce Joint Project...Oct 21st

  • Originally posted by cerebrix
    

     yay, the release of another long anticipated level based game.

     

    im sorry but i cant care anymore.  after playing the joy that was a skill based star wars sandbox mmo i dont think any star wars design is going to be as successful.  especially after the disasters that were episodes 1-3 and the clone wars animated movie.

     

    star wars is a dying franchise.  they need a full reboot, or they need to let it go.  too many bad ip management decisions in a row from lucas.  i just dont see how in this economy and market can handle another level based mmo or how it is going to survive the wow and eq comparisons that will go right along with that design.  people will argue the differences, but its still going to be wack a mole with math.  thats the main basis for that design. 

     

    Iets face it, since swg was announced there hasnt been a star wars release of any kind that was worth a damn.  not movies, not books, not animated shows.  not anything.  hell the best star wars content any of us has seen in the last 5 years was triumph making fun of what "hardcore" fans it has level.  and seriously.....   look at those people...

     

    george lucas needs to retire this franchise and move on to something else.  he lost touch with his fanbase years ago.

     

    I just cant help but see this mmo as a super expensive misuse of investor dollars in a time people cant really afford to back irresponsible projects.

    p.s.

    if its level based, its going to get wow comparisons no matter who made it.  theres only so much you can do with that design.  and its been done to death for what, 14 years now in the online space?  theres no escaping that.

    Posts like these crack me up to no end, I love how fan boys get these ideas in their heads that they know what is good for an ip they had no hand in creating. I personally liked episodes 1-3 but certainly did notice all the know it all nerds who just enjoyed 4-6 knew how to make it the best movie trilogy ever even though they mostly haven't made anything themselves that anyone gives a spit about. the truth of the matter is you can't please everyone all of the time especially difficult when you give people a "world" in which they have the opportunity to let their own imaginations run wild then all of a sudden we are all George Lucas equal.
     

    Some points I can agree on they do some strange things with the ip nowadays most of the games for SW do suck and I had no interest in the animated movie or really the tv show either but that dosn't make me not want to see more products from the ip that I love but the person who created it as well. I could care less if it is level based, full of Jedi, or even know it all Lucas wannabees I'll be playing it and hopefully loving it.

  • Posted: 10/06/08 9:34 PM
    General Discussion
• • AoC vs LotRO

  • Originally posted by PezzBomb
    

    I just purchased AoC. I still try to understand the difference between AoC and LotRO though (beside the obvious which is lore). Have anyone played both AoC and LotRO and if so what are good versus bad in the two games? I know AoC graphics and atmosphere PWNs anything else in the industry, but what else is there?

    
     

    I don't see any comparison at all especially since LOTRO is one of the most polished releases to date and AOC is still just a paid beta. Even if there was any kind of depth to the game I don't think I could play it as the system design is horrible the world feels microscopic the art while nice looking is actually pretty uninspiring it's just a bad game overall in my opinion.

  • Posted: 10/05/08 7:02 PM
    Lord of the Rings Online
• • Gameinformer - STO in October's issue

  • Originally posted by Toadmonkey
    

    www.gameinformer.com/Magazine/

    Gameinformer scored a major exclusive about STO. Way to go! I personally like PC Gamer, but I will buy their October issue.  
    Has anyone purchased this issue of Gameinformer? I am heading out later today to pick up a copy.

    If you read the article please add your two cents worth. 10 pages of exclusive art and information about Star Trek Online.  Sounds like the game will be released about the same time as Guild Wars 2. Ouch. Hate playing two MMOs at the same time.

     

    
     

    I went out and bought it I thought it was a great article especially hearing that they could be so far along in 09 it was worth it just to hear that. I am really feeling the "race creator" though it still confuses me as to how they won't have Vulcans in at launch since that will probably be the number one player created race *shrugs* I am curious to see more of how they plan on running the "economy" in game but overall I was impressed and certainly am still anxiously looking forward to the games release.

  • Posted: 10/05/08 6:48 PM
    Star Trek Online
• • This will be a huge failure

  • Originally posted by Hegron
    

    Originally posted by Brenelael
    

    Do you have any actual facts to back up your wild accusations or are you just talking out of your ass like we all think you are? I'd bet on the latter myself. Maybe you should actually go and read up on the game before you decide to come here and troll because it's obvious to many here including myself that you have absolutely no clue what you're talking about.

     

    Bren

    
     

    They have already had 1 money sink failure, what makes you think they have the money in such hard times, no this game will have the minimum funding as its already eaten up a budget.

    Are you trying to say that Cryptic is considering Perpetuals budget during their development cycle?
     

  • Posted: 10/05/08 6:16 PM
    Star Trek Online