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Old Republic: Jedi Planet Development Vid

Posted: February 2nd, 2009, 12:00
by News Reader
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The Jedi planet of Tython will apparently feature rather heavily in Bioware's Star Wars MMO, The Old Republic. The developers have talked in some detail about the development of this region in a new video, which I've posted after the jump. The brief segment on "reveals" in level design, is lovely indeed. And is it [...]

Author: Jim Rossignol
Category: RockPaperShotgun Bioware star wars: the old republic
Publish Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:29:24 +0000

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The Jedi planet of Tython will apparently feature rather heavily in Bioware's Star Wars MMO, The Old Republic. The developers have talked in some detail about the development of this region in a new video, which I've posted after the jump. The brief segment on "reveals" in level design, is lovely indeed. And is it me, or is that game looking rather far along, considering how recently it was announced?

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Posted: February 2nd, 2009, 13:59
by HereComesPete
Well, looks like it'll be jedi from level 1 on a single player starting planet. I think maybe buzz's nightmare of lots of sabre wielding types will be the reality. I do hope they release a vid of a bounty hunter starter planet.

Posted: February 2nd, 2009, 14:28
by buzzmong
Here, have a cdc instead:

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Posted: February 2nd, 2009, 14:30
by buzzmong
I haven't watched the video, I'll do it later, but.....told you so :(

Even if you can be different classes, it'll mean that either Jedi are underpowered (or everything else will be overpowered), and regardless of that, you know just about 95% of the players will choose to be Jedi to satisfy their lightsaber fetishes. Shame really, as it's a vast universe of content.

Posted: February 2nd, 2009, 14:43
by HereComesPete
Echo!

Posted: February 2nd, 2009, 14:56
by buzzmong
Yes, the lack of edit function got me, I clicked stop part way through to add more words, looks like I didn't do it fast enough to stop the original post. Bah.

Posted: February 2nd, 2009, 14:59
by HereComesPete
Unfortunately it's not in the news forum any more. I was going to make it disappear for you, because I'm nice like that. Now I can't so instead I'll chuckle gently at you. :lol:

Posted: February 2nd, 2009, 15:10
by buzzmong
That's fine, I can edit it now to make it presentable.

Posted: February 2nd, 2009, 15:53
by HereComesPete
Hehe, it's all soft focus around the shaft and balls.

Good god did I just type that?

Posted: February 2nd, 2009, 16:03
by Baliame
You made it sound so natural I'd believe you say that quite often.

Posted: February 2nd, 2009, 16:06
by HereComesPete
It's a shaven cock and balls that ruins porn for me most of the time, the rest of the time it's the dude making as much noise as the chick getting one (or more). There's nothing like a hairless man ass bobbing up and down in hd to de-wood you faster than a mental image of Margaret Thatcher naked on a cold day.*







*Amblin might like this actually.

Posted: February 2nd, 2009, 16:13
by Baliame
Indeed, if I'd like to see a hairless arse with a cock I'd watch shemale porn.

Posted: February 2nd, 2009, 18:01
by Dog Pants
This disappoints me also. Playing an MMO that has hundreds of Jedi running around it sounds horrible. Still, if the other classes are appealing then it might even out. Hell, if that's the case I might even enjoy it*.



*I was going to say I might play it, but who am I kidding? I know I'll probably give it a go regardless.

Posted: February 2nd, 2009, 18:05
by FatherJack
:above:
I too was going to say "learned nothing from Star Wars Galaxies" etc, but I'll probably try it. Probably as a Jedi. The most ridiculous Jedi the game will allow me, a Wookie, Ewok or Mynock.

Posted: February 2nd, 2009, 18:15
by Baliame
Unfortunately, the franchise doesn't seem fit for an MMO. If it's about Jedi/Sith, it's pretty much going in the SWG direction otherwise if it's about being a random trade federation droid or republic soldier.. well first I can't really imagine an MMO about that, and even if it would be developed it'd be exactly like Tabula Rasa.

Now on the other hand if I could run around like a killer Ewok, THAT would be awesome.

Posted: February 2nd, 2009, 18:19
by Dog Pants
There's some brilliant races in Star Wars. I want to play the one that's a big blob of goo in a spacesuit.

Posted: February 2nd, 2009, 18:26
by deject
I'd like to be an Iridorian.

or it would be really fucking hilarious to RP a colony of gizka.

Posted: February 2nd, 2009, 18:39
by Baliame
Colony? 'scuse me, that would be the fastest server crash in MMO history.

Anyway, my point is not that the lore isn't rich enough (though an MMO would probably have a good chance of ruining it), it's that I don't quite see how you could implement it other than gazillions of Jedi.

Posted: February 2nd, 2009, 18:58
by Killavodka
The lore is pretty rich, but unfortunately it revolves around the whole Jedi thing which is pretty crap setting for a massively multiplayer game. My bet is it will be a one month "Oh look I have a lightsaber, but now I'm bored as fuck" type thing.

Posted: February 2nd, 2009, 19:04
by amblin
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