The Escapist Presents: Star Wars: The Old Republic

[Team Hollywood]

Star Wars: The Old Republic

The Escapist interviews Jake Neri, Producer at LucasArts, about Star Wars: The Old Republic.

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[VulakAerr]

Thanks for the video. Just gets me more and more hyped though unfortunately. Curses!

 

[Zing]

No new information, pretty much just rehashed everything that's been covered. Still, it was a well-edited video and I watched till the end.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

Despite all their claims of making visceral combat similar to the movies, I'm just not seeing it.

Something seems "off" from the lightsaber fights, and turn based blaster combat never looks good.

I'm still gonna get this though.

 

[MellowFellow]

I am really looking forward to this game, it looks good. I am also glad that they are not trying to be a wow-killer, making that your number one goal has shown to be a bad choice.

 

[The Austin]

....Was that a mon calamari in trooper armor?

AWESOME.

 

[JediDisciple]

I am so pumped for this game. The video really just got me more excited than anything. I am glad that Bioware is so humble about their games.

 

[Kristoffer Sivertsen]

I am so excited! I just hope I don't drop out of university because of this.

 

[JaredXE]

Wow, that was a perfectly derivative and lackluster speech(interview?) from a talking head at Lucasarts. We learned NOTHING new, and it had pretty much no point.

Sigh, I'm going to get SWtOR, hell I will get into the beta even if I have to break into someone's house and steal their beta key, so I am majorly excited about any new information. I just wish they gave us new information instead of rehashing shit that anybody with a net connection and a passing interest in the game already knew.

 

[Zhukov]

Wahey! Gameplay footage!

...

That looks horrible. It looks like... well... like an MMO. Which I guess should come as no surprise. But is still disappointing. Oh well.

 

[Delock]

Still wish that this was KoTOR 3, but it's looking rather good none the less. Might be the first MMO I've gotten into since CoH/CoV.

Also want to say that the "cool subplot" he mentioned in the video about killing WoW would be a hilarious event. Think about it: PVP across games. I know this will never happen, but the possibilities are amazing: Transformers vs Gears, Half-life vs Halo, Assassin's Creed vs. Uncharted, Prototype vs inFAMOUS, etc.

 

[Zing]

Despite all their claims of making visceral combat similar to the movies, I'm just not seeing it.

Something seems "off" from the lightsaber fights, and turn based blaster combat never looks good.

I'm still gonna get this though.

The videos featured are still the same videos that are now two years old.

 

[Arkhangelsk]

The one thing that I'm wondering that is really important, what will the combat be like? Will it be the same principle that WoW has, "press A to attack"? If they made more variety, hell, if they could make it fully on like The Force Unleashed, I'd be all over it like a box of Belgian chocolate.

 

[Danpascooch]

I know the escapist isn't high profile enough to get the big interviews, but it would have been nice to have an interview with a DEVELOPER from BIOWARE than a PRODUCER from LUCASARTS

 

[The Amazing Tea Alligator]

Does anybody else feel like TOR is cheating with it's setting? I mean, it's taking all the badass parts of Star Wars (clone troopers, jedi, sith, etc.) and just making up a setting that. From what I've seen ISN'T the Old Republic ala KOTOR, nor is it obviously not the clone wars. The setting seem badassly surreal, and I don't like it.

 

[Danpascooch]

I love how the PRODUCER AT LUCASARTS says "the two factions are...." and then visibly hesitates before he says "imperial and republic"

That was pretty bad thing to forget, lol.

 

[Rubashov]

Wow. Those caped-and-hooded Sith mooks look a lot like Darth Revan...to the point that they even seem to be wearing masks like his. I wonder what the explanation for that will be.

 

[restoshammyman]

i have a very important question. both sides have 4 classes each the last time i was on that site. the good guys have jedi and 3 other stuff. the bad guys have sith and 3 other guys.

why would anyone wanna play anything other then jedi/sith?

 

[LogicNProportion]

Looking tops! I can't wait to see this stuff in action!

 

[Adventurer2626]

Does anybody else feel like TOR is cheating with it's setting? I mean, it's taking all the badass parts of Star Wars (clone troopers, jedi, sith, etc.) and just making up a setting that. From what I've seen ISN'T the Old Republic ala KOTOR, nor is it obviously not the clone wars. The setting seem badassly surreal, and I don't like it.

Yea uh that Empire vs. Republic thing threw me off. It was one of those, "Wait. What?" moments. Maybe they meant the Sith "empire." Actually, know what: I'll just purge all my knowledge of the lore. Then maybe I won't care as much. Even then it'll still be a nagging thought in the back of my head.