Star Wars: The Old Republic trailer requests your silence, meatbags
by Ben Gilbert 
on Sep 7th 2010 2:20PM
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Posted: Sep 7th 2010 8:44PM 2late2die said
@hesham8
I have to agree. Not that TOR looks bad, but it just doesn't look all that different from most other MMOs. The quests being given with full dialogue and a bit of a cutscene are nice but the gameplay looks pretty ho-hum (a mob standing in the middle of the room just taking laser shots?). The thing that really struck me was when around 1:34 they were showing Revan's lair (or whatever) and you see all these mobs standing there bunched up in groups just waiting for the players to come in. I mean come on, couldn't you at least give 'em small patrol routes or something. (and yeah, I know it's a trivial and tiny "issue" but it's just one of those things I was hoping we would not see in a BioWare MMO)
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I have to agree. Not that TOR looks bad, but it just doesn't look all that different from most other MMOs. The quests being given with full dialogue and a bit of a cutscene are nice but the gameplay looks pretty ho-hum (a mob standing in the middle of the room just taking laser shots?). The thing that really struck me was when around 1:34 they were showing Revan's lair (or whatever) and you see all these mobs standing there bunched up in groups just waiting for the players to come in. I mean come on, couldn't you at least give 'em small patrol routes or something. (and yeah, I know it's a trivial and tiny "issue" but it's just one of those things I was hoping we would not see in a BioWare MMO)
Posted: Sep 7th 2010 4:07PM Cypher FDP said
@Spartis718
Commentary: Ohh, I am so disappointed in you right now. No, don't look at me.
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Commentary: Ohh, I am so disappointed in you right now. No, don't look at me.
Posted: Sep 7th 2010 2:34PM ToolroomKnight said
Revan? Isn't this game years later? Past his lifespan I mean..
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Posted: Sep 7th 2010 2:53PM DevilSei said
@ToolroomKnight
Yeah, glancing through some stuff, apparently Darth Sidious (Emperor Palpatine if I remembered his Darth name right) survived his fall in the Death Star, not directly, but because he had a cloning station readied for himself.
So who knows, maybe he had something akin to that, or maybe he used the force, or god knows what else is possible with enough retcons...
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Yeah, glancing through some stuff, apparently Darth Sidious (Emperor Palpatine if I remembered his Darth name right) survived his fall in the Death Star, not directly, but because he had a cloning station readied for himself.
So who knows, maybe he had something akin to that, or maybe he used the force, or god knows what else is possible with enough retcons...
Posted: Sep 7th 2010 3:00PM ToolroomKnight said
@DevilSei I really hope they don't do that...not having a 'true' sequel is bad enough :/
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Posted: Sep 7th 2010 4:47PM commonperson said
@ToolroomKnight hence rebirth. We're just going to have to play the game to find out (or wait for the inevitable spoilers that will come out after the game is released.)
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Posted: Sep 7th 2010 5:03PM ToolroomKnight said
@commonperson This whole rebirth thing is irking me...it seems that's what Bioware is about now. Rebirth of characters (Shepard and supposedly Revan), cheap plot device IMO. Not saying I'm a better writer, I'll let the community judge my short stories when I get a CC license. Crap, I digressed...rebirth of Bioware...I mean...ME2 and now DA2 are waaay more streamlined and casual-ified...sigh
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Posted: Sep 7th 2010 5:51PM The Nth Doctor said
@MrAlex He never said that Palpatine was involved, just that Revan may have used a device similar to the one Palpatine later used.
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Posted: Sep 7th 2010 5:58PM TheDarkWayne said
@ToolroomKnight they kinda of left it ambiguous, so for all we know he could be referring to how the jedi mind wiped Revan like we discovered in KOTOR, only the guy asks what was Revan's final fate because it was not terribly common knowledge. On the other hand, he could have undergone some magical sith alchemy jazz in the unknown regions
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Posted: Sep 7th 2010 2:40PM ToolroomKnight said
@dogcow it was established canonically, that Revan is male and the Exile female. Like it better the other way round..but aw well..
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Posted: Sep 7th 2010 3:06PM ToolroomKnight said
@dogcow A couple years ago...used to be a KOTOR addict back then...
starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Revan
starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Jedi_Exile
Theres a cool restoration mod for KOTOR 2 (not the Team Gizka one), and an upcoming graphical overhaul one. Can't find the links, kinda limited from a phone...
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starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Revan
starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Jedi_Exile
Theres a cool restoration mod for KOTOR 2 (not the Team Gizka one), and an upcoming graphical overhaul one. Can't find the links, kinda limited from a phone...
Posted: Sep 7th 2010 5:26PM ToolroomKnight said
@Mazrael Is it Lucas that decided what's canon? Cause I want canon handmaiden too :(
And I've realized I've commented far too much D:
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And I've realized I've commented far too much D:
Posted: Sep 7th 2010 7:16PM TheDarkWayne said
@ToolroomKnight you MUST find links when you get to an accesible computer, MUST!
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Posted: Sep 7th 2010 4:08PM Cypher FDP said
@MrAlex
Observation: Yes, very efficient. It is what I would do.
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Observation: Yes, very efficient. It is what I would do.
Posted: Sep 7th 2010 5:59PM TheDarkWayne said
Well, guess this puts the quash on KOTOR 3 once and for all, at least a KOTOR 3 that follows Revan. Not sure what to think of this, I hope that shadow looming over his helmet was HK-47 and not Revan himself, don't think I really want to see Revan and have him contrast with how I played him. But i mean, holy shit HK-47!
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Posted: Sep 8th 2010 12:45AM ToolroomKnight said
@TheDarkWayne Even without a PC, i lurked through the internet good sir and found links to both:
Restoration Mod: www.deadlystream.com/forum/tslrcm/10-tslrcm-download.html
Improvement Mod: www.lucasforums.com/showthread.php?t=196622&page=7
When I get the chance I'll compile a list of other good singleplayer mods, such as the upcoming Snatcher one for Crysis.
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Restoration Mod: www.deadlystream.com/forum/tslrcm/10-tslrcm-download.html
Improvement Mod: www.lucasforums.com/showthread.php?t=196622&page=7
When I get the chance I'll compile a list of other good singleplayer mods, such as the upcoming Snatcher one for Crysis.
Posted: Sep 8th 2010 12:49AM ToolroomKnight said
@ToolroomKnight Argh the second link is full of fail. Here's a better one: drewton.wordpress.com/the-sith-lords-massive-improvement-mod/
Nowhere near completion though :(
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Nowhere near completion though :(
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