Star Wars: The Old Republic

[Ptcfast]

The cinematic trailer alone tells me this game will be fucking amazing.

Thoughts?

[headshooter]

Love it. Hope that it will be no fees, unlike Galaxies, and multi platform, again unlike Galaxies. The graphics are phenomenal and Bioware can do it.

[EmoSarah]

Looka amazing, I hope the gameplay is similar to that of the Star Wars: KOTOR games.

[Valjylmyr]

A quote from the page.

"This cinematic is better than Episodes I-III combined."

I can't believe they could actually say this and hope that any Star Wars fan would possibly let this atrocity go unpunished. Everything is better than the New Trilogy.

[Meepster]

Kotor was epic enough, what about this?

[XDuradinX]

A-M-A-Z-I-N-G. If the game is half as good as the trailer, then it will be a must buy.

[iMini]

Too bad it's just another grind MMO.

[zNelson24]

Looks sweet. Im just glad that Sony isnt hosting the MMO. Not to mention the game takes place during a time where it made sense for a bunch of jedi to run around (unlike Galaxies, where they are supposed to be nearly non-existant).

At 6/1/09 07:49 PM, headshooter wrote: Love it. Hope that it will be no fees, unlike Galaxies...

Seeing how this isnt supposed to use SOE's online services, that is something I can cross my fingers for. No guarentees though.

[emo-penguin]

Everyone's just going to roll a jedi or a Sith, it'll take a couple of weeks to balance out. By then people would've stopped caring

[emo-penguin]

Here's something interesting
The Old Republic is going to be fully voice acted. Your character will actually speak and interact with the NPCs in a Mass Effect style interface.

I want to try this game now.

[dajudge]

I will be so incredibly pissed if there's monthly payments...

Too bad it most likely won't explain what the hell happened to Revan/Exile.

[emo-penguin]

Delicious copypasta on what features the game has so far/being implemented

General:
* Only being released for PC, no consoles
* 8 Classes confirmed - Multiple reviews
* Seems that the Game has PvE Mode and a PvP Mode - SifiWire
* No Permadeath - Confirmed by Dev Damion Schubert
* The game is not aimed at the Hardcore player but the Star Wars, RPG and Bioware Fans- GamesRadar
* Graphics are great and smooth - Mentioned in Multiple Reviews
* Quest Givers seem to be indicated by a Symbol above there heads - VO Video (4mins 56sec)
* Bioware was aware of there limitations in the MMO market so took the cream of all there divisions and hired people who were well versed in the MMO field - GamesRadar
* The Majority of the Game can be done without Any help from anyone else - StarWarsMMO Demo
* Space Experience will be in game, its still being worked on - Machinima
* 200+ Hours of game play per character - Gamespot 2 Vid.
* Naming Filters include not being able to have numbers, special characters or Star Wars names - StarWarsMMO Demo
* There is mention of a Player Driven Economy in the review from Joystiq.
* The aim is to remove Grinding - multiple reviews.
* They are looking into seperate servers for PvP, RP etc as an option. - StarWarsMMO
* They are trying to make TOR available to People with a mix of PC quality Old and New- StarWarsMMO
* PvP, Auction House, Raiding and an Economy all confirmed on video by a Dev: ZAM
* The Game is fully operational now Gophn.com
* Localised instancing - When getting/handing in a quest you are the only one at NPC - MMOGAMER + VO Video (See 4mins 58 Sec)

Characters:
* Still no mention of non-human playable races.
* Information on races other than Human coming soon - StarWarsMMO
* Was mentioned that both Trooper and Smuggler can use cover - GamesRadar
* Bounty Hunters start on Hutta - Mentioned in Multiple Reviews
* Bounty Hunters Story Arc is called 'The Great Hunt' - SifiWire
* Bounty Hunters as well as ranged can do hand to hand combat plus dirty tricks - SifiWire
* Smuggler starts on Ord Mantell - Mentioned in Multiple Reviews
* Trooper also starts on Ord Mantell- GamesRadar
* Characters can Jump!- StarwarsMMO
* There is one Male and One Female voice per Class - Sean Dahlberg
* Full Body and Facial expressions while speaking - StarWarsMMO Demo
* Player Characters have some intresting moves.. Smuggler (knee NPC in nuts and shoot them in the head)
* Mixed Party Quests, If a Smuggler and Jedi group to go do the Smuggler quest line there will be quests for the Jedi to do while helping Smuggler - MMOGAmer
* There is an END to each classes Story with new content to extend each story- MMOGamer
* The more Dark/Light Side you go you gain access to more abilities that lean towards that calling that going the other way denies you. - GameSutra

User Interface:
* 12 Button UI with built in Radar, XP Bar, Player and Target Portraits - VO Video
* 3D Portraits used to show player and party members - VO Video
* Buffs and current applied abilities show above the Health Bar of the Player - VO Video
* Quest Tracker and Chat Box Shown - VO Video
* The UI Can be customised!- StarWarsMMO

Voices & Dialogue
* Dialog selection via a Mass Effect Style Dialog wheel - Multiple reviews + VO Video
* Subtitles shown for species that do not speak Basic - VO Video
* Quest Dialogue can change depending on what other player classes you bring with you during quests - VO Video
* Full Voice overs for all NPC, Companions and Player Characters - VO Video
* There are Persuade options for certain dialogue - VO Video
* BioWare is currently indicating that it will be unwilling to let players skip or read dialogue scenes- EuroGamer
* Some voice overs being done by cast members of Battlestar Galatica - Kokaku

Combat:
* No Auto Attack - Mentioned in Multiple Reviews
* Combat is fast paced (Almost Console Speed) - TenTonHammer
* Synchronized combat. Lightsabers actually clash etc - GamesRadar
* Enemies fall fast and come quick, and the pace of action is consistent.- EuroGamer
* While seeing the Combat in the Flaspoint its seemed very like Battlefront with 10 vs 2 combat - StarWarsMMO Demo
* When engaging NPCs the NPC switched from Ranged to Melee as the Players got closer - StarWarsMMO Demo + VO Video
* Combat was more fluid not stiff like KOTRO - StarWarsMMO Demo
* Cooldowns on the skills were very short, and the skills themselves were swift, immediate- EuroGamer
* TOR is NOT going for normal MMO Combat but Star Wars Combat (2.43 on vid)- Gamespot 17th June
* Players seem to be able to take on 1 to 4 NPCs at the same time. - Destructoid + StarWarsMMO + VO Video
* Duel use of Lightsabers shown. - Mentioned in Multiple Reviews + VO Video
* Sith was shown using two colours of Ligtsaber Crystal - VO Video
* Short cooldowns and Channeling of abilities shown - VO Video
* Sith Ability of 'Channelled Hatred' and Bounty Hunter ability 'Electro Dart' Shown - VO Video
* Cover system shown working, Smuggler can select from a Silhouette of the PC to move to cover - VO Video
* Force Jump and Force Choke shown - VO Video
* Sith Force points shown being gained while fighting to be used for special moves (Yellow markers below the Sith Health Bar) - VO Video
* The Sith was Auto deflecting Blaster Bolts during the Flaspoint - StarWarsMMO Demo