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Sunday, January 16, 2011

Star Wars: The Old Republic

Hey everyone. Another post about an MMO, but this one isn't out yet, and rather than being based in a fantasy world with elves, orcs, dorfs, and the usual other elements found in your average MMO (not to seem like I'm trash talking fantasy MMOs, I'm just so much more excited for Star Wars: The Old Republic than any other MMO out there that, well, it's necessary to show the contrast...wow this is a really long parenthetical...anyways, back to what I was saying), Star Wars: The Old Republic is based in, obviously, the Star Wars universe.

The game is set in a time long before that shown in the Original Trilogy, when the Republic was still strong and the Sith Empire has only recently shown it's true power. As in all MMOs, the setting is highly contentious, allowing for Player vs Player content that is justified in the lore. The reason I and so many other MMO gamers are excited for this game over others, though, is because of the immense amount of work that has been put into it. The entire game...let's rewind...the ENTIRE game (at least according to advertisements, let's not get too carried away here) is voiced over. This means any character in the game that you interact with will respond in their own voice, and rather than the standard MMO quest system with two options: Accept or Decline, you will be able to choose from a variety of dialogue options, allowing your character to be good, evil, or any combination of those two options.

Another reason why this game has me so excited: it's made by Bioware, who brought the gaming community such masterpieces as Knights of the Old Republic and it's sequel (notice the similarity in titles?), Mass Effect, and Dragon Age: Origins, along with countless other games. Bioware is arguably the best company in the business at making RPGs, and they will certainly be bringing that experience to the table.

Finally, this game has huge potential in terms of who it could attract. Not only will it attract fans of MMOs and the previous RPGs made by Bioware, it also taps into the fan base of the Star Wars universe, perhaps one of the largest communities of nerds (let's be honest with ourselves here) in existence! Now I realize that every MMO that comes out is hyped up to a degree that is generally unreachable in practical terms, but I do believe that this MMO could be the "WoW killer," a term used too often by the marketing people behind just about every MMO that has come out since WoW beat out the competition.

I'm not naive enough to think that this game will live up 100% to what it's creators say about it, nor do I think that it will truly "kill" World of Warcraft, but what I do see is a game that has extraordinary potential. In fact, when I think back over all the MMOs I have played, the only one that seemed this promising pre-release was World of Warcraft. So whether you enjoy MMOs, played a KotOR game back in the day, or even just enjoyed watching the Star Wars movies, do yourself a favor and take at least a glance at the soon-to-be-released Star Wars: The Old Republic.

What do you guys think? Will SW:TOR be as great as I hype it up to be, or will it be a flop? What other MMOs are you looking forward to? I remember seeing a comment about Rift, but I'm going to be honest, other than that and SW:TOR, I haven't really been keeping up with the MMO scene.

24 comments:

  1. Love this game, instant classic.

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  2. I've always found console gaming to be more enjoyable than traditional PC gaming. Idk, it just feels kind of awkward at the computer screen.

    Lucas may not be the best director (in terms of the Prequels) but at least his game production company knows the true meaning of production value and tone intensity. Looks great to me though!

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  3. I think the game will be good, looking forward to playing it.

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  4. I loved the two PC games, but not so sure abot the MMORPG...

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  5. Well I enjoyed the bioware star wars games for the original xbox alot, I dont generally enjoy MMO's though but I might change my mind for this one

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  6. I got turned onto the World of Warcraft by my fiance who is a closet gamer/nerd, and so I'm pretty hooked on those. Not sure I'm comfortable admitting that, but it's out there now.

    Never tried Star Wars. Might have to check it out.

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  7. No doubt one of the most anticipated titles for me in a very long time

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  8. looking forward to it. i think it will be a big hit.

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  9. i don't think it will kill warcraft either, but i'm not a big MMO enthusiast so i don't really have anything valid to contribute to this topic

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  10. ive never actually watched star wars, but i play their games!

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  11. I'm waiting for this for a while already :) Can't wait.

    However, there is no WoW anywhere at this moment, so no point in saying that ^^

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  12. lol never having watched star wars i like never having fu..well like never having watch the hodfather 1 and 2

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  13. Looks sweet dude, not a huge SW fan though.
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  14. Definitely agree that this could be a great new MMO, looking forward to it!
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  15. Looking forward to this game, I'll be following.

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  16. I'm looking forward to this game! All my friends have been hyped about this game since it came out :D. The speech system is going to be crazy!

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  17. Good lord, if the old republic is anything like the trailer I can't wait to play it. I want to be a jedi so unbelievably badly.

    Bioware can do no wrong also, so I think it will exceed the hype to be honest.

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  18. the first star wars were the best. they really are such a good series. shame the modern ones weren't up to scratch

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  19. I hope they keep George Lucas well away from it.

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  20. it better not get pushed back im glad they finally put a release date on it.

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  21. I cannot wait for this game, then again i am a huge star wars geek.

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