Star Wars: The Old Republic

[Carsickness]

Anyone elts as pumped as I am for this game?
I've been craving a great MMO lately (and I refuse to play WoW). I've been playing Vindictus, and as good as that is (for a free MMO) I just need something more.
Hurry up already BioWare! Nobody cares about Mass Effect 3!

Anyways, here's a bunch of cool vids:

Hidden Content:

[spychi]

even though I was impressed by the game at the reveal presentation at Gamescom, it's still an MMO and I will always stand with my claim
fuck MMO'S and monthly fee games

[ooZer0]

At first I was like...


But then I saw the gameplay...


Biggest disappoint in past couple of years. Thank god Gw2 is looking better with each info release...

[Louis]

Why do Bioware have such difficulty at improving gameplay. How hard is it to simply hire a good lead designer. I really dislike that devs like BIoware, Betheshda and Obsidian seem to think that the fact that they specialise in RPG allows them to treat gameplay like an afterthought which isn't worth improving upon.

[DemolitionSquid]

Why do Bioware have such difficulty at improving gameplay. How hard is it to simply hire a good lead designer. I really dislike that devs like BIoware, Betheshda and Obsidian seem to think that the fact that they specialise in RPG allows them to treat gameplay like an afterthought which isn't worth improving upon.

What exactly constitutes bad and good gameplay to you. Some of the systems TOR is implementing, like companion crafting, are AWESOME.

[SinsWage]

Those pics perfectly describe how I feel about this game. I just think it's going to be a big letdown but I really, REALLY want to be proven wrong.

[ooZer0]

What exactly constitutes bad and good gameplay to you. Some of the systems TOR is implementing, like companion crafting, are AWESOME.

Fun and interesting gameplay.

Cool systems like companion crafting are pretty sweet, but when the combat is generic and uninteresting, having cool aspects doesn't save the whole. Not only is the combat exactly the same type as we have seen from both KOTOR games, but we have seen the exact same style of combat since Everquest and DaoC: Walk up to opponent and attack, repeat until either you are dead or you opponent is dead.

The animations are stale and rough. Movements are choppy and repetitive. We have seen this exact same type of gameplay in MMO's for 8 straight years. Its time to innovate people, lets change it up a bit. I'm happy that your game is completely narrated and don't get me wrong, I love a GOOD story, but if the stuff in between the cut scenes is un-interesting, its not gonna hold my attention.

[Louis]

Fun and interesting gameplay.

Cool systems like companion crafting are pretty sweet, but when the combat is generic and uninteresting, having cool aspects doesn't save the whole. Not only is the combat exactly the same type as we have seen from both KOTOR games, but we have seen the exact same style of combat since Everquest and DaoC: Walk up to opponent and attack, repeat until either you are dead or you opponent is dead.

The animations are stale and rough. Movements are choppy and repetitive. We have seen this exact same type of gameplay in MMO's for 8 straight years. Its time to innovate people, lets change it up a bit.

I don't know, it was pretty fun when I played Neverwinter Nights, but I believe the main reason that it was fun is because NWN was awesome. It had a very deep system and there were always multiple things to consider when building a character, even if it were something as basic as 38 cleric/1 monk/1 rogue. PVP servers like Bastions of War and Capture the Flag were very different in the way the rules were laid out and the way that people were innovating new builds years after the persistent world were created kept me entertained for years. So it all comes down to execution basically, and I haven't liked a Bioware game for its gameplay since Neverwinter Nights.

[TheEconomist]

I'll wait until this is emulated. I don't pay fees. If I were to pay monthly, I would obsess over getting the most out of my money that I might as well just retire to a cave.

[Carsickness]

So there's a new article from IGN on the game. Nothing really new to note from it, but it's nice to know the game is coming along nicely.

What I am getting increasingly interested in is the space combat:



Though I would of much rathered a Rogue Squadron type gameplay. It's current state just reminds me of Kingdom Heart's Gummy ship...thing. And a guess a little like Star Fox, but I doubt Bioware will be able to equal that level of play.
lol, "do a barrel roll!"