Montague
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Does LucasArts still have to give permission for all things SW?
Yeah but I'm fairly certain it's just IP/lore and standards stuff. Making sure Exar Kun isn't a degenerate porn conossieur with a fondness for underage Jawas, etc.. |
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Salamok
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They did this just to screw over schild's no SWG discussion idea  . Now SWG can be validly brought up in dozens of threads that will be created from now until well after launch KotORO. I have a different conspiracy theory, I think they paid schild off to squash the anti star wars mmog feelings in an attempt to pave the way for better feeling in regards to their new SW mmog. I will know I am right once I start seeing adsense replaced by Bioware/SWMMOG ads. |
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Venkman
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This has been going on for so long I remain skeptical. I don't get all hot over "A source close to..." crap anymore. It's official or not. And that's then followed by it's on my hard drive or it's not.
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Riggswolfe
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I think the first step, if they do a fantasy MMO, will be not to copy Diku but go with a more City of Heroes approach, including no loot, power lists, and armor and such being designed at character creation. But faster XP.
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Yegolev
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Maybe. I envision a D20 system, just like KotOR, including the ability to pause the game. That would be a hoot.
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Bunk
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Obvious or not, I do believe I just gooed upon reading this. This is not good, as I am still at work.
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Salamok
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Obvious or not, I do believe I just gooed upon reading this. This is not good, as I am still at work.
lol I hope your Globally Unique Identifier didn't messup your keyboard or anything. |
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Drogo
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KOTOR MMO sounds promising, but with EA running the show it's still an even bet this will get canceled before it launches.
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I refuse to get excited about any games until I get into the beta, and not a moment before (and almost assuredly not even then...  ). |
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waylander
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As I have said before, I'm a huge fan of Bioware and if anyone can get Star Wars right its them.
I hope like hell I get in the beta!
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Salamok
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As I have said before, I'm a huge fan of Bioware and if anyone can get Star Wars right its them.
I hope like hell I get in the beta!
I don't have a ton of faith in the Bioware + SW MMOG + EA = teh win but I would love to beta this just for the opportunity of being able to waltz down the street and park my ass in front of the bioware austin offices with a big ass picket sign if the occassion calls for it. |
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schild
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Guys.
Bioware Austin isn't Bioware.
It's a rogue gallery of MMORPG developers.
They're lucky to even have the name Bioware attached to it. No offense to them, but the tiers just don't match up. It's the reality of it. It's like comparing UFO and Namco. It's just a silly thing to expect top quality.
But hey, maybe they can prove me wrong (this is not likely, at all).
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Velorath
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Guys.
Bioware Austin isn't Bioware.
It's a rogue gallery of MMORPG developers.
They're lucky to even have the name Bioware attached to it. No offense to them, but the tiers just don't match up. It's the reality of it. It's like comparing UFO and Namco. It's just a silly thing to expect top quality.
But hey, maybe they can prove me wrong (this is not likely, at all).
They still have James Ohlen down there don't they? |
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Endie
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At least they can fall back on EA's long track record of success in the genre.
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Hoax
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You know, everyone says this now but when you stupid SW fanfucks are spewing out 90 page threads about how you were azzraped by some PR guy who promised you this that and the other 4 years from now I'm going to be pretty pissed off that nobody remembers how obviously bad this whole thing was going to be.
I hope they get Madden and the dude who does the great Jim Rome impression to do voiceovers for the game.
That'd be phe -- nomenal.
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Triforcer
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Dammit, I was burnt out from pre-beta SWG and vowed NEVER to get excited by a Star Wars game again. Why, the instant I saw this thread today, did I have an overwhelming urge to camp their forums and enter the beta? I now have much more sympathy for recovering crack addicts.
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UnSub
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Sorry to state the obvious, but a KOTOR MMO isn't the KOTOR single player game. There will be no plot twists, because there will be no plot.
But anyway: yeah, a CoH/V-style game would work much better than a SWG-style game set 4000 years earlier. Oh, and any bet for which console it will appear on? I'd have to say the Xbox 360 at this point.
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Velorath
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Sorry to state the obvious, but a KOTOR MMO isn't the KOTOR single player game. There will be no plot twists, because there will be no plot.
On the plus side, at least lore-wise it will be reasonable when everyone rolls a jedi. |
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Teleku
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Eh, I could see them doing this well. They would have a pretty free reign with the IP. They could have the way you run through quests in game effect your dark side/light side points, which in turn controls your character abilities. So they could actually make the quests themsevles have an impact on how your character advances and what skills/weapons/powers he can use. This, with a ton of well written quests, with multiple ways to complete, which effect other quests you get down the road, I could see making questing/story telling interesting in an MMO.
Or they could fuck it up. But hey, the idea of what I just mentioned actually intrigues me, if they go that route.
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Trippy
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This, with a ton of well written quests, with multiple ways to complete, which effect other quests you get down the road, I could see making questing/story telling interesting in an MMO.
Not going to happen. |
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Triforcer
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RESKIN PLANETSIDE. MAKE THIS A BETTER PLANETSIDE. THIS IS WHAT JESUS WANTS.
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WindupAtheist
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The timing is indeed delicious.
If it's set in the KOTOR timeline and I can be a Sith, I will play this for at least three months no matter what else is wrong with it. I will sit around thinking up cool-sounding Sith names for entirely too long, and write up long rambling RP backstories to go with them. I won't be able to help myself.
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Trouble
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This game will suck. Just repeat it over and over if you start getting excited. This game will suck. This game will suck.
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Morat20
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Faction wars. And you can change faction from Light to Dark.
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Stormwaltz
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They still have James Ohlen down there don't they?
Yes. Also, Damion Schubert is combat systems lead, which gives me complete confidence that the bread and butter, moment-to-moment gameplay Will Not Suck. He's always been the "build the foundation properly" guy. If you don't grok why, you haven't been reading his blog. Obligatory Disclaimer: I can't comment on any rumors. Sorry. |
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Righ
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They did this just to screw over schild's no SWG discussion idea . Now SWG can be validly brought up in dozens of threads that will be created from now until well after launch KotORO. Actually this just validated his decision. Now SW:G really is the old Star Wars MMOG. Isn't Gordon Walton at Bioware Austin too? |
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Velorath
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They did this just to screw over schild's no SWG discussion idea . Now SWG can be validly brought up in dozens of threads that will be created from now until well after launch KotORO. Actually this just validated his decision. Now SW:G really is the old Star Wars MMOG. Isn't Gordon Walton at Bioware Austin too? I seem to recall from the press releases when Bioware Austin was first announced that both he and Richard Vogel ended up there. |
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stu
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I'm not going to cream my jeans yet but this exciting news. Just because some all of you have had your dicks stepped on in the past doesn't mean this game won't be three layer cake.
I'm just kinda relieved that the specualtion is finally over.
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UnSub
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They did this just to screw over schild's no SWG discussion idea . Now SWG can be validly brought up in dozens of threads that will be created from now until well after launch KotORO. ... and if KotoRO turns out to be a Wii-exclusive, we'll have the amusing site of schild ejaculating blood all over the forums. Seriously though, I hearby nominate that the new BioWare MMO be called KotoRO, regardless of what it actually turns out to me. That name is awesome. "Kotoro angry! Kotoro SMASH!" |
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Yoru
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Just because some all of you have had your dicks stepped on in the past doesn't mean this game won't be three layer cake. I think we all know the real story behind the cake's factuality around here, mister. |
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WindupAtheist
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I just hope Kotoro isn't mediocre. I hope it's either awesome or a total fucking trainwreck. If it's awesome, then I get a Star Wars MMO which is awesome. Win. If it's a total fucking trainwreck, we can go for a thousand-page thread this time. Also win.
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Velorath
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Putting assassin droids in would be a good step in the direction of awesome.
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Simond
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Putting assassin droids in would be a good step in the direction of awesome.
Concurrance: That would certainly improve matters, meatbag. |
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DraconianOne
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"Kotoro angry! Kotoro SMASH!"
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WindupAtheist
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I must strive to remain rational. I must remember that even though KOTOR was awesome, any hypothetical BioWare MMO would be a completely different project. I must remember how much I hate most MMO games. I must remember how much I generally dislike the Star Wars EU material. I must remember that this all could very well be nothing but hype and rumor. I must...
FUCK JUST LET ME BE A SITH AND HAVE A RED LIGHTSABER AND LIGHTING AND PWN PLZ PLZ PLZ PLZ!!!1!!
...I must strive to remain rational.
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