Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[More about The Old Republic's Trooper class revealed]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/27/more-about-the-old-republics-trooper-class-revealed/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/27/more-about-the-old-republics-trooper-class-revealed/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/27/more-about-the-old-republics-trooper-class-revealed/#comments Bioware has posted new information about Star Wars: The Old Republic's Trooper class, including a writeup of the melty-faced Weequay demolitions expert named Tanno Vik (a companion character in the game), some details on the BT-7 Thunderclap assault ship for Troopers, and a new video promoting the duties and sacrifices that a Trooper must-- look, you get to kill Sith with big guns! Want in?

Bioware has also revealed that Zabrak players will be able to choose the Trooper class, which means we might see horned, Darth Maul-style characters running around in Stormtrooper suits. Such is the fate of the galaxy ... in an MMO.

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LucasArts and BioWare have thus far released information for their upcoming MMO, Star Wars: The Old Republic, at a painfully slow pace -- the same goes for the hands-on opportunities they've offered us over the past year. When we finished our demo of the game at GDC, we were still left with a number of the same questions we had when we checked out the game back in December: Will there be space combat? What community features will be available? Can we build our own sentient, wise-cracking droids which secretly possess hearts of gold (and tin)?

Alas, these questions remain unanswered. However, our GDC demo did clarify one hang-up we've been concerned about since the game was announced: Why would anyone play as a non-Force user? The answer is now clear. It's because the Galactic Republic's Trooper class is awesome.

Gallery: Star Wars: The Old Republic (Trooper)

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We've seen Mario in the Matrix, Luigi as a Braveheart, and what we thought was everything in between. Well, hold up, 'cuz now we've seen everything: classic game icons have been mashed up with Star Wars.

Super Console Wars: The Gamepire Strikes Gold is that hybrid that with good and evil roles spread out onto each platform and various gaming mascots, ranging from Mario clone troopers vs. Princess Zelda to a VMU droid and GPU-enabled android (erm, peripheral).

About two-thirds of the way through the 20-minute video, you're gently encouraged to wear 3D glasses to enhance your video viewing, but even without glasses, the parody stands as an amusing take-off of gaming standards, pop culture, and retro reminiscing. Obi-Wan Shinobi, indeed.

[Thanks, Cradrock]

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JoystiqSuper Console Wars puts spin on mascot Gamepires originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 05 Apr 2006 19:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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