Star Wars: The Old Republic trailer shows the evolution of a Jedi

@Dhexodus
What kind of bullshit web browser doesn't have flash?

@Dhexodus

Lucky for you-- YouTube is here to save the day.

@Dhexodus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ckj6CnUXelk&feature=player_embedded

@nikescar
Safari on any of apples i devices.

@nikescar
ask apple ;)

@antv
Thanks everyone for playing along. Good Job!

@Dhexodus
Yah. cant view it on the iphone.

@nikescar

iOS. yeah, it's stupid. and yet Jobs called the iPad the "best browsing experience." a measly 1024x768 screen and no flash is so far from the "best" it's not even funny.

@umainebearman If you're using an iDevice to read Joystiq, why aren't you using the Joystiq app?

@Dhexodus
If you're using Safari, install the Youtube5 extension. This video played without problems for me. I've uninstalled my flash plugin since it's mainly a battery hog used to display dumb, animated ads.

@Ducarta I meant "correct me if I'm wrong ". I blame years of mindless violent video games for my typos

IPhones/iTouches

@Schlecht iPod Touches*

*cough*Steve*cough*Jobs*cough*is*cough*watching*cough*

@Shadowbender

I would assume it would probably control/play similar to the Knights of the Old Republic games. Refined, I'm sure. So, if you really loathed those games I would probably steer clear. Personally, I loved those game so I'll be all over this!

@kgoo867

AoC had it so you hit a combo you wanted to do, but you had to key in the pattern to pull it off, its actually alot of fun.
(Shame they messed up the gear/ grinding so badly)

But yeah, controls are a MAJOR factor. Then comes gear attainment speed.

@Shadowbender

KOTOR was based on d20, and everything happened on a turn based style system. The game play will be dramatically different between this and KOTOR based on that fact alone. However, I'm still buying it day one.

@BoBsS

HA! HA!

Nope. No way in hell. Holiday season is a reasonable bet. No way can this thing get pushed out earlier than late summer.

@milliniar Nah, money says that it's going to be a 50/50 split between Sith and dudes called 'Foba B3tt'

@milliniar
Noooo :D, people wanting to throw lightsabers at people n being bored shitless with Jedi will choose Sith... Like I will :) muahahaha

@milliniar

In all honesty the other classes look like a lot of fun.

@Rocket Raccoon My SWTOR buddy is dead set on playing Trooper. A *lot* of people like to play soldier classes in every game that offers more than soldier classes.

I am. It's not a perfect app. Its prone to timing out and having a white screen everytime but a working video would be nice.

@Naru now in 3D

A couple of reasons, none of which am I sure of. Probably A) the more abstract and simplified, the more identifiable characters are from a distance or pvp perspective. B) with it being simpler, its probably easier for computers to handle, which means doing all the cut scenes isn't so stressfull (like why wow didn't do it when it came out), C) to set itself apart from other SW titles, and D) perhaps to lure in some of the kids from clone wars show. They already have the old school fans foaming at the mouth, but they need to hook in the kids that would look at a realistic version and think that it wasn't like the cartoon they like.

at least, IMO

@Naru now in 3D
Quick answer: yep.
Longer answer (fiction): Our game is designed to run on a wide range of hardware, and support a large number of concurrent players. To that end, there are some things that do get scaled back when going from a single player experience to a massive multiplayer experience. Of course, many things are scaled up, as well. The environments are larger, there are far more items and quests, and naturally there are more players interacting with each other, creating a far richer game world. Since we had to deal with lower polygon counts and less texture space, we decided a simpler art style combined with more equipment diversity would ultimately be more compelling for players. If every Jedi wore simple brown robes, there would be no indication of accomplishment or rank. Nobody would be able to say "u r teh sukzor, be hold me sparkling gear!" or "Should I get the assassin's creed cloak or the black one with the praying mantis emblem on the back? I like the Ezio looking cloak, but since my Jedi survival exo-suit armor is a dark red, the black one would give me a cool Darth Maul look. But I don't know if I could handle having a praying mantis on my back."

Our main goal is to provide the experience players want, so that's the primary motivator behind all of our creative decisions. Naturally, this will share some common ground, both with our own games, and with some things from competitors' games, but I think in the end, players are really going to enjoy what we've put together for them.