Bioware+Lucasarts Announcement Today

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Bioware and Lucasarts are apprently making a formal announcement of a future title today.

It seems safe to assume that this event will finally and formally announce the Knights of the Old Republic MMO (or that it's named KOTOR III but takes the franchise in an MMO direction). But then again, there's enough time and ambiguity for LucasArts and BioWare to actually unveil, who knows, the newest Yoda Stories game. Or maybe the highly-demanded follow-up to Super Bombad Racing.
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I'm only posting this for hope against hope they turn round and surprise us with a proper KoTOR sequel rather than some wishy-washy MMO affair. A man can dream, a man can dream.

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3170784
 
I agree Cormeh, I dont want an MMO either. Stick to what you're renowned for, Bioware!
 
Star Wars Galaxies already failed. Stop this MMO madness.
 
if it's eve online meets Mass Effect then I'm sold ..even if it is an MMO
 
Agreeeeeed with everyone above. A Knights of the Old Republic MMO can **** right off, I want a proper sequel with Mass Effect's visuals.
 
I lost all interest as soon as I heard Lucasarts.
 
Darkside55 said:
Damn Stern you really are an old man if you can enjoy such a passive, boring timesink like EVE. Do you have a blanket over your legs at the computer?
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ok the old man jokes are tiresome because they're not at all original ..you dont see me making fun of your geekiness because that's just too obvious an insult


I've never played Eve Online ..you can take your foot out of your mouth now
 
I won't mind them making an MMO if they make a proper single player sequel too.
 
DEATHMASTER said:
rofl, you couldn't stay out depite how much you 'lost interest' which is obviously not much.
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This is a forum thread, I merely expressed my disinterest in another lucasarts product. Aren't we allowed to do that any more?
 
Eejit said:
I won't mind them making an MMO if they make a proper single player sequel too.
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Also my opinion, except I won't play the MMO. As long as the production of one isn't cannibalising the other, they can make Jar Jar's Magical Adventure to Ruin a Successful Franchise for all I care.
 
Yep.
I'd be perfectly happy if the MMO were set e.g. during the Mandalorian wars or whatever, while a KOTOR3 explored the storyline of the True Sith in the Unknown Regions.
 
Eejit said:
Yep.
I'd be perfectly happy if the MMO were set e.g. during the Mandalorian wars or whatever, while a KOTOR3 explored the storyline of the True Sith in the Unknown Regions.
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It would have to be a massive departure from the currently established MMO model for me to be interested. And seeing as they probably wanna compete with WoW, I doubt it will be.
 
I'm not saying I would play such an MMO, but I wouldn't rage about it's existence.
 
I wouldn't touch, or even look at, an MMO. A new KOTOR, well I might just have to check that out. Too bad there's about a zero percent chance of a new Jedi Knight game because that would be a must buy and/or PC purchase if it was PC only.
 
:rolleyes:
Why is having both so inconceivable?
 
Kyorisu said:
This is a forum thread, I merely expressed my disinterest in another lucasarts product. Aren't we allowed to do that any more?
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No, just seems contradictory. Disinterest to me would be not posting :| (different if you somehow hate it or something)
w/e though.

I have yet to really even play KOTOR, time is a bitch. Friends are in a cartwheel over it though.
 
Cormeh said:
....what? WHAT?!

I don't even know you anymore, Stern. ;(
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I dont like star wars ..there I said it ... /runs




but seriously, will you join my Kotor Online guild; "DEATHJEDININJAKNIGHT BANTAS FROM HELL"?
 
If he doesn't I'll join that guild in a heartbeat.

But yeah Im a fan of MMOs but KOTOR needs to stay singleplayer D:
 
Why does anything Star Wars that starts out good get completely *** raped?


Oh right money...
 
stuff from 1up live blog :) courtesy of Scooter

1UP LucasArts Reveal Liveblog Courtesy of Scooter :)

2:11 Scooter: Hey everyone, we are still waiting while people are checking in.

2:11 Scooter: Now the doors are opening.

2:12 Scooter: We just been told no photos or videos. USE IMAGination!

2:15 Scooter: THIS CONNECTION IS NOT VERY GOOD.

2:15 Scooter: Reception sucks here. I have no idea how well this will work.

2:18 Scooter: HOLY SMOKES

2:18 Scooter: I finally have internet!

2:18 Scooter: SW themeQ!

2:18 Scooter: Montage of movie clips

2:18 Scooter: DR Ray on screen talking about Star Wars RPG stuff

2:19 Scooter: all KOTOR footage on screen so far. nothing new

2:19 Scooter: So manu talking heads

2:19 Scooter: Now they're talking about KOTOR 2, wihch bioware didnt do, wheeee!

2:20 Scooter: Now they're babbling about the comics

2:20 Scooter: Dr Ray likes the toys, apparently.

2:20 Scooter: Some Lucasarts suit talks abougt "one of the worst kept secrets in the industry"

2:20 Scooter: Lucasrts suit = Gerry Rodriguez

2:21 Scooter: Darrell

2:21 Scooter: I totally got his name wrong.

2:21 Scooter: He finally called it the online KOTOR

2:21 Scooter: He's talkig about how awesome Buoiware is and how they're friends with EA

2:21 Scooter: Star Wars IP plus BioWare storytelling plus EA coolness

2:22 Scooter: Dr Ray and Greg are now here.

2:22 Scooter: Ray is still the Spock of hte gaming industry

2:22 Scooter: Ray is talking about the rumors, such as Howard the Duck the MMO

2:22 Scooter: I totally would play that.

2:22 Scooter: THX-1138 was another joke idea.

2:23 Scooter: MMO in the KOTOR universe, again, verified by Ray.

2:23 Scooter: "A dynamic period full of jedi and sith"

2:23 Scooter: Story-based MMO

2:23 Scooter: I hope it's like age of conan, but better.

2:23 Scooter: Ray wants to make something innovative and storybased

2:24 Scooter: Now he's talking about the KOTOR3 and going into KOTOR6, but decided to go MMO route

2:24 Scooter: listing the four pillars: exploration, customization, combat, and ...

2:24 Scooter: STORY

2:24 Scooter: story gives MEANING

2:25 Scooter: Ray is talking about living the archetypal moments of the SW universe

2:25 Scooter: Greg is talking about state of the game and how it's playable

2:25 Scooter: "We're not going to be playing it today"

2:25 Scooter: Doh

2:25 Scooter: Greg is dropping mad MMO acronyms like RVR PVP etc

2:26 Scooter: But he's talking about a game for KOTOR fans who don't play MMOs

2:26 Scooter: Companion characters are now the topic

2:26 Scooter: COMPANIONS ARE IN. HK-47 PET?!?!?!?

2:26 Scooter: You can't have Han Solo without Chewbacca is the analogy Greg uses.

2:27 Scooter: Companions will have own stories and quests, and you can manipulate them if you're an evil dark side duder

2:27 Scooter: BG2 is COMPLETELY DWARFED by this game (size-wise)

2:27 Scooter: TRAILER TIME

2:28 Scooter: still plying logos

2:28 Scooter: title scroll about imminent war between sith and old republic

2:28 Scooter: olde tyme space shio,and close up of a crystal thingy

2:28 Scooter: there's an assassin droid on screen

2:29 Scooter: some jedi dude is force choking some soldier fool

2:29 Scooter: DOORS ARE OPENING

2:29 Scooter: EPISODE 1 FIGHT MUSIC whike two jedi are dueling

2:29 Scooter: "your saga begins online"

2:29 Scooter: Star Wars: the Old republic = title

2:30 Scooter: Ray is introducing James Ohlen

2:30 Scooter: Lead designer on KOTOR and Baldur's Gate

2:30 Scooter: He's got street cred

2:30 Scooter: He's going to talk about high level design stuff

2:31 Scooter: KOTOR is the coolest game of my career, and SW: Old republic is even MORE exciting! compelling!

2:31 Scooter: "bringing story to the online space"

2:31 Scooter: takes place 3500 years before movies

2:31 Scooter: there's a haggard jedi looking guy plus some random monster art on screen while he talks

2:31 Scooter: 300 years after KOTOR 1 and 2

2:32 Scooter: New Sith Empire is THE MAN

2:32 Scooter: terentatex= ny Star wars nerd know what this is?it was just onscreen

2:32 Scooter: Faction: Galactic Republic or Sith Empire

2:32 Scooter: classes within each faction

2:33 Scooter: he's talking about individual stories of characters like han solo and luke

2:33 Scooter: that's the dynamic he wants; players with own stories who commune with others

2:33 Scooter: players will have to make hard choices

2:33 Scooter: "good, evil, pragmatic, or unpredictable"

2:34 Scooter: reiterates that companion characters are important to both bioware games and SW movies

2:34 Scooter: companions, player choice, unique classes, and players joining together are the key factors of the experience

2:34 Scooter: now here comes the art director

2:35 Scooter: Jeff Dobson, he's worked on other MMOs

2:35 Scooter: quick aside: no in game art has been shown so far

2:35 Scooter: I WILL DESCRIBE THE GAME LOOK WHEN I SEE IT

2:35 Scooter: all art is concept art so far

2:36 Scooter: Dobson is talking about making it Star Wars and recognizable

2:36 Scooter: oh wait, a kinda cool image of a olde tyme trooper just flashed by

2:36 Scooter: looks pretty KOTOR-ish

2:37 Scooter: it's a trooper design i haven't really seen

2:37 Scooter: NOT EVEN ANTHONY knows what the trooper was!

2:37 Scooter: he's a huge SW nerd

2:38 Scooter: he's talking about how they gotta get the character art right, since that's ALL YOU SEE IN AN MMO

2:38 Scooter: why is he talking about broad shoulders and square jaws if you're going to wear space armor? that's a mystery to me.

2:39 Scooter: AHA, he just talks about how the art is designed to run across ALL range of PCs

2:39 Scooter: he's talking about a video that's coming up

2:40 Scooter: pre-production footage marker just flashed by
 
2:23 Scooter: Ray wants to make something innovative and storybased

2:24 Scooter: Now he's talking about the KOTOR3 and going into KOTOR6, but decided to go MMO route
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Weak, I wanted a SP plus a MMO.


I just hope it's more like a persistent NWN module than a WoW clone.
 
I agree with you on that, however, they said in that video that the amoutn of content in this mmo will exceed that of all their games put together? That's insane if true...I'm all freaking nerd excited now.


2:40 Scooter: unoptimized framerate!

2:40 Scooter: just location shots so far

2:40 Scooter: now jedi and droids and combat sequences

2:40 Scooter: no UI, so i cant tell you how it's actually playing out.

2:41 Scooter: anythony said it reminded him of age of conan with a bit of WoW

2:41 Scooter: combat-aninmation wise

2:41 Scooter: choppy jedi swings

2:41 Scooter: back to the title card

2:42 Scooter: ray is talking about general overview stuff

2:42 Scooter: there will be PvP, raids, etc.

2:42 Scooter: still no specifics about classes or anything

2:43 Scooter: it's still early, and now they're done talking

2:43 Scooter: So really, all that's been said and shown is some choppy combat and talks about story stuff without specifics

2:43 Scooter: we'll have breakout sessions, and will try to get more info from them

2:43 Scooter: Q&A time!

2:44 Scooter: is the footage pre-alpha?

2:44 Scooter: YES

2:44 Scooter: howlong have you been working on this game?

2:44 Scooter: NO DETAILS ON SCHEDULE

2:44 Scooter: just that it's a typical bioware game

2:44 Scooter: CONSOLE PLATFORMS?

2:45 Scooter: goeff keighley asked that

2:45 Scooter: "we'r eonly talking about PC... TODAY"

2:45 Scooter: hmmmmmm

2:45 Scooter: someone just asked if there's a subscription

2:45 Scooter: "no details on business model just yet"

2:45 Scooter: someone just asked for release date

2:46 Scooter: "some point IN THE FUTURE"

2:46 Scooter: "why go faction and then side instead of organic 'make a new dude and just go'" begining

2:46 Scooter: there is a design reason for that

2:46 Scooter: "what about the future of SWG?"

2:46 Scooter: "today we're talking about old republic"

2:47 Scooter: open beta?

2:47 Scooter: "AT SOME POINT"

2:47 Scooter: anything about classes or races?

2:47 Scooter: "unique ones on each faction, and what are cool things you've seen in the movies, and we'll make classes out of that"

2:47 Scooter: capture the experience of the movies

2:47 Scooter: if it was in the movie, you should be able to do it in the game

2:48 Scooter: a lot of these questions are being ducked

2:48 Scooter: "that's for a breakout session"

2:48 Scooter: gameplay trailer redux

2:48 Scooter: still starts with location shots

2:49 Scooter: melee seems to be making some contact

2:49 Scooter: there's lots of shooting and force pushing

2:49 Scooter: some lightsaber just crossed with some gaffi stick like thigy

2:49 Scooter: so it looks liek there is contact in the battle animations. though he's hella choppy

2:50 Scooter: now it's breakout sessoin time

2:50 Scooter: should i try to liveblog the breakout session?

2:51 Scooter: okay, NOW WE WALK

2:52 Scooter: i just got a poster and some sweet miniatures
 
JonnyT said:
I agree with you on that, however, they said in that video that the amoutn of content in this mmo will exceed that of all their games put together? That's insane if true...I'm all freaking nerd excited now.
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Which translates to 100's of hours of grinding.
 
Cornerstone said:
Which translates to 100's of hours of grinding.
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Well they are Claiming...emphasis on claiming...that it will all be "story relevant content"...not the typical "Kill 10 wolves" mmo type content. I might be too optimistic about this though...
 
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