Gameplay Demo and Q&A with Star Wars: TOR

[Zeli]

source : live-event.ea.com/e3/chat/star-wars

Gameplay Demo and Q&A with Star Wars: The Old Republic

I wish I could find it on youtube to embed here. sorry lazy people. you may need to click on this one.

[Dachartach]

Woot, now that was awesome, thanks for finding and posting it Zeli. Lots of answers to questions we all wanted to ask, I'm glad to hear they still plan on a release this year. So they say it's pretty much done but for some tweaks and polish, as well as some bug hunting. This should keep the multiplayers' attention for a bit, hmm?




...I'm always last to be picked,
and in some cases never picked at all.

[Aberrant]

I really think it will be this year. They wouldn't be throwing that out there if they weren't reasonably sure.

[Rer]

Sources who will remain anonymous have confirmed it will be this year.

[Pazzolupo]

Pazz's Promises!

[Aberrant]

Dude from Bioware just said "Confirmed 2011" on G4. He wouldn't give a specific date when they pushed him.

[Vejuz]

Am I the only one who thinks this looks like WoW: The Starwars Years? Nothing about it really gets me excited; it doesn't seem to really have it's own identity, it's just another Copy Paste of WoW's mechanics into a different setting.

Don't me wrong, I loved WoW, and MMOs like it like WAR and Rift, but it's about time for this genre to deliver a new mode of gameplay besides Walk Up, Stay Still, Hit Buttons in a Certain Rotation until One of Us Dies.

[Dachartach]

I do certainly agree with you, Vejuz. However, it has been noted by me if noone else that there have been a few games that break that formula. They have most often failed, and right quickly too. More's the pity. At least this will have some really good intellectual property to feed off of, and I hope that tree bears some decent fruit.


What's worse than biting into an apple and finding a worm?

Only finding half.

[Pazzolupo]

Vejuz, I agree with you, but this is what they're giving us. We can't change it. As a result I am really looking forward to the things they are doing as a whole. More than anything I want to run through all the storylines. Despite the fact it's an MMO, I would be more than content playing it solo if the stories are spectacular.

[Rer]

Jun 8, 2011 21:37:32 GMT -5 Pazzolupo said:

Despite the fact it's an MMO, I would be more than content playing it solo if the stories are spectacular.

^ This is the conclusion I've reached as well. Even if the game sucks as an MMO, which it very well could, I'll just play it for a month or so as KOTOR III and kill Tak and Pazz every now and then.

[Aberrant]

It won't do a ton new, but more experiences in the Old Republic world with Bioware back at the helm? Yes, please.

[Slurm]

want:

my own ship
pvp in the star wars universe
my own ship
enjoyable space battles (on rails or not)
my own ship
to play with this community again

I'm still trying to keep my eyes from locking in on the game too much, but I'm getting damn excited for it. I really hope it does c-o-m-e this year. I always have an easier time playing MMO's over the Winter season.

[Pazzolupo]

my own ship
pvp in the star wars universe, in my own ship
my own ship
enjoyable space battles (on rails or not), in my own ship
my own ship
to play with this community again, in my own ship
my own ship

Fixed that for you.

[Winin]

Slurms wants Star Wars Galaxies. Or Star Trek Online hacked with Star Wars skins.

I'm still loving STO. Space battles are still new and fun (vs. standard mmo fighting) and ground battles are much more tactical (especially since you "control" a team).

SWTOR sounds like it will not break the mold in terms of gameplay, but it will be The Best Way to get your Star Wars story fix for a while. Sorta like STO is the way to get your weekly Star Trek fix.