http://www.swtor.com/
After the disapointment of the Star Trek MMO, I'm really hoping that this one gets it right.
After the disapointment of the Star Trek MMO, I'm really hoping that this one gets it right.
So who else is looking forward to TOR?
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Ironically, I just got back into the Star Trek Online MMO after playing the Beta and judging it to be horrible.
I'm having fun so far!
I'm having fun so far!
Rett Mikhal
Captain
I want my KOTOR III... how could they have left us on a cliff hanger?
You know I didn't like games that you have to pay to play back when arcades were big and I like them even less now. At least back then the games were fun and quick to learn, but these days MMO's look less like entertainment and more like a lifestyle choice bordering on a substance abuse habit.
Since BioWare is making it, I'm not worried.
I have a feeling it's going to be a lot more like Diablo or a multi-player KOTOR than WoW. I like my MMOs to feel like sandboxes, and I think TOR is going to be a lot more linear than I'd prefer, like STO is.
Also, I can't see it bringing in a player base outside "the Star Wars crowd". I don't know anyone in my circle of online or RL friends who plan on picking it up. To do any better than the original SW MMO it's going to have to be spectacular in every way at launch, which is a pretty tall order.
I wonder what BioWare is going to do in order to prevent everyone from rolling a bounty hunter or Jedi. There are apparently a lot of classes, but who is going to want to play a medic in the SW universe?
Also, I can't see it bringing in a player base outside "the Star Wars crowd". I don't know anyone in my circle of online or RL friends who plan on picking it up. To do any better than the original SW MMO it's going to have to be spectacular in every way at launch, which is a pretty tall order.
I wonder what BioWare is going to do in order to prevent everyone from rolling a bounty hunter or Jedi. There are apparently a lot of classes, but who is going to want to play a medic in the SW universe?
that is what i thought at first too, just a multi-player KOTOR, but from what i've heard it's actually a lot like WoW.
i'm curious about it, but am probably going to pass on it.
I didn't get into Galaxies either. I ended up playing it a long time only because of the guild I was in. We had our own town not too far behind Bestine. Crafting,selling and resource gathering was cool, but the rest of the game was just one big sloppy mess. Once the NGE hit my guild left and so did I.
Bioware's good, but MMO's are a fundamentally flawed genre.
Let's rephrase that to exclude your personal tastes and just say MMOs are MMOs are MMOs (as in: timesinks) - and not everybody enjoys a timesink in their free time.
That said, SWTOR will be worth checking out if you're a fan of the KOTOR games - especially KOTOR I.
Pretty sure on the Republic side the two classes that have healing specialization are the smuggler and the Jedi consular (which is 2 out of the 4 classes). I'm not going to bother looking up the Sith classes right now, but it seems like the solution to to get people to play healers is to make healer Jedi
But really, I don't see how it's an issue at all. People who like to play support roles in MMOs will continue to do so as long as the classes that can be played that way are as cool looking as the rest of the classes. And as long as the mechanics are well implemented, that seems to be the case. Of course the mechanics are the real important bit but that's the case with every MMO, TOR isn't any different.
A former EA/Bioware Mythic employee let out some steam:
http://ealouse.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/hello-world/
I dunno. I was mostly lukewarm about the game given my "they killed KoTOR3 for this?!" stance, but yick. I hope this thing isn't as dysfunctional as the guy makes it sound.
http://ealouse.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/hello-world/
I dunno. I was mostly lukewarm about the game given my "they killed KoTOR3 for this?!" stance, but yick. I hope this thing isn't as dysfunctional as the guy makes it sound.
^I was just about to post this. You can't believe everything you here, but there is some outside evidence to support much of what he said, and all of the Warhammer stuff is certainly more true than not.
If half of what he says about STO and their entire process is true, that game is doomed. I'm betting a million or less hard-core Wars-fan subscribers in the first year and then it peters out, just like the first SW MMO.
If half of what he says about STO and their entire process is true, that game is doomed. I'm betting a million or less hard-core Wars-fan subscribers in the first year and then it peters out, just like the first SW MMO.
Well, as interesting as it may be, that statement should be taken with more than a little grain of salt - coming from an employee who recently heard he was going to be let go. He is (understandably) venting.
I would be very careful to base my opinion on that blog post. I won't argue it's an entertaining read for those who like a look behind the scenes.
I would be very careful to base my opinion on that blog post. I won't argue it's an entertaining read for those who like a look behind the scenes.
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Stone_Cold_Sisko
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It sounds amazing when described in generalities.
I've found myself continually less than impressed when seeing or hearing gameplay details.
I'm not surprised though, this is EA... between Medal of Honor... NBA Elite 11... the MMOs described in the above post (I did notice he really didn't elaborate why KOTOR is going to flop at all. What, does the gameplay suck? the world? no elaboration)...
I've found myself continually less than impressed when seeing or hearing gameplay details.
I'm not surprised though, this is EA... between Medal of Honor... NBA Elite 11... the MMOs described in the above post (I did notice he really didn't elaborate why KOTOR is going to flop at all. What, does the gameplay suck? the world? no elaboration)...
interesting read... some of what he says, i've heard from other people in the industry. sucks to be him.
