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http://kotaku.com/5552522/free-realms-meets-star-wars-in-clones-wars-adventuresSony Online Entertainment draws back the curtain on Clone Wars Adventures, taking the successful formula established with its free-to-play, family-friendly MMO Free Realms to a galaxy far, far away. Check out the first trailer here! Rumored in March and due out this fall, Clone Wars Adventures is a massively-multiplayer online Star Wars game for kids, families, and casual gamers. After achieving massive success with its first family-friendly MMO, Free Realms, SOE applies the same business model to the Star Wars universe. Based on the popular cartoon, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, the game will feature a wide variety of gameplay, including lightsaber duels, starfighter battles, tower defense, and droid programming puzzles. There's even a collectible card game built right in. "Clone Wars Adventures is the ultimate destination for fans of The Clone Wars series and will bring the action and excitement of the show to players online so they can experience The Clone Wars universe firsthand" said John Smedley, president of Sony Online Entertainment. "We've worked with LucasArts and Lucasfilm to create a virtual world that is seamlessly integrated with the TV series and a true extension of the show. It's also just flat-out fun to play." The game will be completely free-to-play, with players able to spend SOE's Station Cash on special items and equipment. A subscription will also be available, giving players access to additional content for a small monthly fee. Free Realms is a dangerously addictive game, mixing the socialization of an MMO with a constant barrage of engaging mini-games that can see even the most mature gamer (or me) playing long into the night. Add the Star Wars license to that winning formula, and we're pretty much doomed.
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Nonentity
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I believe the nomenclature is F2P.
The title of this thread makes me think of FTP sites. That'd make a neat niche competitive game - one player tries to host a bunch of FTP sites, and the other player has to crack FTPs to dump 0-day stuff on, while avoiding detection for as long as possible.
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But that Captain's salami tray was tight, yo. You plump for the roast pork loin, dogg?
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Shatter
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I believe the nomenclature is F2P.
The title of this thread makes me think of FTP sites. That'd make a neat niche competitive game - one player tries to host a bunch of FTP sites, and the other player has to crack FTPs to dump 0-day stuff on, while avoiding detection for as long as possible.
Fixed....thx. I knew something was wrong when I typed it but I was having a brain fart |
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Well, shit.
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Well, shit.
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I wonder if my 6 year old nephew's parents are going to let me buy him a laptop for this. This could be serious moneyhats for SOE if it plays even half as well as their Free Realms.
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I should get back to nature, too. You know, like going to a shop for groceries instead of the computer. Maybe a condo in the woods that doesn't even have a health club or restaurant attached. Buy a car with only two cup holders or something. -Signe
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My 5yr old daughter *loves* Clone Wars... she's going to go apeshit.
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Cadaverine
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Not only does my son love Clone Wars, but I tend to like it too. As long as it's not totally kiddy-fied, I could see both of us playing it, though he'd better get used to the idea of mowing the lawn, and any other chore I can think up.
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Crap, my Son's going to be so into this.
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LK
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And Lucas's influence is felt on another generation who will no doubt be good customers of their merchandise for decades to come.
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"Then there's the double-barreled shotgun from Doom 2 - no-one within your entire household could be of any doubt that it's been fired because it sounds like God slamming a door on his fingers." - Yahtzee Croshaw
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Lantyssa
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Oh damn. Bye. It was nice knowing y'all.
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Hahahaha! I'm really good at this!
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Evildrider
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I like the Clone Wars show, and well as a SW geek that trailer didn't look half bad.
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Merusk
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So I wonder if this is the SW release that was 'leaked' last year. My money says, yes. Is SWTOR even looking like it'll be out this year at all? If not. wow way to take some wind out of those sails. Sub fee in my SW single-player story when this is free? Roofls.
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Pennilenko
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I really get the feeling that years and years of hard learned lessons are letting Sony come on real strong now.
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Money Hats!
-edit- The gameplay visuals look just like the Cartoon, that's actually pretty cool!
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and the gate is like I TOO AM CAPABLE OF SPEECH
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Evildrider
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So I wonder if this is the SW release that was 'leaked' last year. My money says, yes. Is SWTOR even looking like it'll be out this year at all? If not. wow way to take some wind out of those sails. Sub fee in my SW single-player story when this is free? Roofls.
I'm pretty sure that SWTOR was stated as not being released before March 2011. |
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Nightblade
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I haven't been keeping up lately with Star Wars lately, is this based on the version of clone wars that takes a shit on Genndy Tartakovsky's Clone Wars?
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Minvaren
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I haven't been keeping up lately with Star Wars lately, is this based on the version of clone wars that takes a shit on Genndy Tartakovsky's Clone Wars?
Based on the visual style, it appears so...  How badly did the storyline change between the two versions? |
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Evildrider
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I haven't been keeping up lately with Star Wars lately, is this based on the version of clone wars that takes a shit on Genndy Tartakovsky's Clone Wars?
I like the new version of Clone Wars better than Tartakovsky's. |
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So it's a derivative of a derivative product made by a company that's discovered the only people vulnerable to its games are kids?
SOE and Star wars deserve each other.
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I'm thinking moneyhats. One trailer and a short description and I already have more enthusiasm than I ever had for SWTOR.
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I'm thinking moneyhats. One trailer and a short description and I already have more enthusiasm than I ever had for SWTOR.
Sad but true. Or maybe not sad. I dunno. They should just use the tag line "Free Realms, but a setting you like, coming this Fall" |
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Anyone surprised that Lucas even let SOE touch another Star Wars MMO after SWG? Im sure the luncheon to convince to license them again involved naked women, alcohol and midgets
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But will there be STORY in this MMO?
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Kail
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But will there be STORY in this MMO?
More importantly, will there be creature handlers? |
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Anyone surprised that Lucas even let SOE touch another Star Wars MMO after SWG? Im sure the luncheon to convince to license them again involved naked women, alcohol and midgets
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Shatter
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But will there be STORY in this MMO?
More importantly, will there be creature handlers? I guarantee there will be creatures(pets) in the C-Store ;) |
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More importantly, will there be creature handlers?
Please don't tease about that. I've already had my heart broken once. I have the rancor statue to prove it.  There will be pets, sure, but it won't be the same. |
Hahahaha! I'm really good at this!
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Threash
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No mention of Sith, i assume no pvp either.
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I am the .00000001428%
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That looks about 1000x more fun than SWTOR. And it has space combat, which I'm 95% sure SWTOR won't have.
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Clone Wars is a neat show.
SOE sucks balls.
Pass.
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Stabs
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Well, shit.
I know. We finally have our WoW killer. Don't know about WoW but we certainly have our SWTOR killer. |
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Margalis
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This trailer certainly does blow away the equivalent SWTOR efforts. Even the graphics are better.
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vampirehipi23: I would enjoy a book written by a monkey and turned into a movie rather than this.
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Shatter
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I'm already starting to prepare for my padawan dance party. Yoda has already offered to DJ
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