E3 2011: Star Wars: The Old Republic - Exclusive Details on Raiding, Tatooine, Mounts and More

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@BornGamer We shall see, they might add it. They changed more things cause people complained about it. Time will tell.

@dutchgamer83 Yes, you will be able to skip dialog, but you can't choose which parts you skip. If you skip at a certain point you will miss everything that's said until your next "dialog wheel" choice. And the point still stands that the quest will be read to you at their pace, not your pace. I do believe though that full voiceovers could work well in an MMO, just not the way Bioware is implementing them.

@BornGamer Im pretty sure you can skip the reading/listening part just like you could in any other Bioware game. Like pressing spacebar or mousebutton. @Udzija Totally agree

It's real shame that players think about comparing games, game overall success and how will other people like it instead of just thinking if the game have what they need or not. Don't care if it will be better than WoW because it's all about FUN. Stop comparing and ask yourself will i have fun playing this game or not. If yes then go get it when it's out and if not then why bother looking at it

@dutchgamer83 "Just because you skip the reading doesn't mean everyone does" I didn't say everyone does. I said most people do. And you make a good point that some people do like to read WoW's quest text, at their own pace, and skimming bits that don't interest them at their leisure. A stark contrast to what SW:TOR will offer: Sit there and wait until the questgiver is done going "blah blah blah blah blah" at THEIR own pace or skip the whole thing. The voiceover/cutscene overload is little more than a gimmick that won't work well in an MMO but will definitely appeal to a niche audience. Again, I'm not saying it will be a bad game. I'm just saying it won't be very successful. If you like it, great.

@BornGamer talk for yourself please. Me and my friends enjoy reading stuff in MMO's. Sure not everything is great or make much sense. But you had some great story lines to read in WoW. Beside if you read the forums a bit of WoW you seen how many people actually care for the lore and all in that game. When they anounced the Dreanei and adjusted the lore for that allot of gamers where angry at blizzard. Just because you skip the reading doesn't mean everyone does, allot enjoy the stories and take the time to absorb the entire game instead. I don't know if SW will be a succes, but people need to stop comparing every freaking MMORPG with WoW. Not one MMORPG has came close to the ammount of players WoW has and to be as succesfull you have to have the same amount of players after as many years as WoW. SW focuses on another audience anyway and it has the SW and Bioware fanbase who probally will have a look what it is all about. Time will tell if its gonna be a succes. I will have a look, im intrested in the whole story driven part of it. But the gameplay will make or break the game.

It's great, but not for me~

@Anatomimesteren And i certainly hope so sir. Would be a total waste if this game fails.

And the continuation above.*

The conversation below is a representation of the immense stupidity that is the massively multiplayer online role-playing game.

@WelBluVid Comparing the text of your post to mine, you have a lot of nerve to call me illiterate. LOL. I love story and voiceovers in single player RPGs. MMOs are a different kettle of fish altogether. Most MMO players don't want to sit staring blankly at their monitor while an NPC explains why it's so important that you go and kill twelve whomp rats to save Yoda's farm, or gaze motionless while NPCs dance around their screen acting out a cutscene. They want to get out there, kick ass, level their chars and get the next cool gear upgrade. Besides the voiceovers and cutscenes, this game doesn't do enough different to WoW to ever be a real success.

& I don't agree at all w/BornGamer down below I think everyone will agree that you need a new gamer tag cuz I've played MMO's & got so sick of illiterate noobs like you that skip the voice over/bubble over the NPC's head that clearing tells you hey! The item you need is the trinket in your bag asking me over & over again HELP! HOW! WHAT! LOL

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@borngamer "I'm sure it will have a strong core audience like Star Wars Galaxies... I'm just saying that after a year or two, that audience won't be very big." thank you for stating the obvious, thats what happens to most mmorpg's. They made the game with low computer specs so most computers are able to play on it. which will gain a higher audience

Personal Vehicles? HELL YEAH!

Looking good!

Storytelling is nothing new. Yes, there's never been a fully voiced MMO before, but that's because most people skip through the questgiving section anyway so it would be a waste of resources (as it is here). Story is very important in single player RPGs, and only vaguely important in MMOs. Certainly not important enough to warrant blowing a big chunk of the dev budget on full (very average-sounding) voice acting.... Money that could have gone into making this game look like it wasn't made five years ago. As I said, I'm not saying it will be a bad game at all. I'm sure it will have a strong core audience like Star Wars Galaxies... I'm just saying that after a year or two, that audience won't be very big. I understand that a lot of people are experiencing the usual irrational hysteria that goes hand in hand with the release of a new AAA MMO, but sorry guys... This is just gonna be the same old same old with a few gimmicky bells and whistles that might stave off boredom for a few weeks, but this one clearly won't have strong subscriber retention.

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@BornGamer I don't think you have followed this game at all. Did you by chance notice how Bioware is inputting their signature story telling / dialogue sequences into an MMO. I don't think i've seen a good RPG that can be played like an MMO in the market before.

This will have less than 200K subs after a year and less than 50K after two years. Eventually it will go Free2Play with an item shop. I'm not saying it'll be a bad game. I'm saying it does nothing new or interesting and won't appeal to a wide audience. It should have released five years ago to have a reasonable shot at success. EA and MMOs don't mix.

graphic look crap and when some one shooting there is square in the middle

Looks way better than that Kinect crap.

Game is looking better and better.

Release it, release it, release it!!! Can't freaking wait, it has been years waiting for it now....

this game is gonna rock becouse i liek WoW but the story was nothing that i cared for expect when lich king did his speach, so i can say the TOR will be an epic MMO game. the one thing i want to know the most is when teh game is coming out and when the beta is gonna start. but the CGI traile is gonna be sick as always.

@artic1982 One thing is for sure; this ain't gonna be a WoW clone with lasers..

Where are the Timeline trailers update Bioware? There aren't any updates since March right?

I really hope they don't use ''free to play'' model (which i know they won't). With that you usually have micro-transactions that enable people who have more money to buy stuff lot better then those playing ''free'' can get thus making them better no matter what skill they have. In ''pay to play'' all have same chance of gettin good and you won't have any rich people killing you in PvP just couse they can buy better gear

I'd like to try a trial version first, the story and mechanics looks interesting but i don't wanna pay for another wow clone with lasers

Hope they use the so called "free to play" business model. I wont pay another mandatory monthly fee.

graphics dont look dated but you cannot expect a fps graphics here. there are many many moving objects in a mmorpg, its impossible to make so detailed graphics or the game will be slideshow... this one looks fine but just like someone said, I hope its something original not WoW clone.

They are trying to make the combat look as good as possible, but I'm not yet convinced. How many times can/should you shoot someone with a blaster or chop them with a lightsaber before they are utterly demolished? I've seen the videos, I understand balance, I even played both kotor games, but here's hoping they make combat truly dynamic, not press 1,1,1,3,3,2,5,4 repeat, but like I said, I doubt it, it is, after all, just another MMO, and I'm just about worn out on them.

lol @ the part where he says" mmos early on make u feel lost and weak, if you're wandering around trying to figure out why you're getting your butt kicked by a snake." lol so true!!! stopped playing MMOs for nonsense like that, hope SWOR MMO will be different! Oh and i LOVE story, so will be checking out this MMO for that reason alone. If its anything like the original SWKOR by bioware ill defintely be buying it. But i gotta agree, the graphics are kinda weak, what's up w/ that? THis game is being released in 2012 and graphics look like something from 2009.:p

The graphics aren't dated just because they aren't to your liking.

don't care about the graphics. I just DON'T want a WoW clone. ill have to play a trail first.

@sTyLnK Well, to be honest the classes are all here. We have tanks, healers, melee and ranged DPS. Heavy melee has charge, nimble melee has stealth, ranged DPS can also spec as healers, etc. But yeah, I'm also very tired of medieval MMOs. I really hope they can make this game feel different enought. I'm really not into medieval fantasy for another 6 years, but I need a good game with a solid fanbase to start anew and not miss the old habits.

@Aymanstile. Dude, stop whining about graphics. A great game is a great game. Sheesh, I still play some of the old 80's games and I still enjoy them. Also, if the graphics aren't suicidally top-notch, it means that PC's made before last year will be able to run it. You see, better graphics, means expensive hardware. However, good graphics with great gameplay means everyone can play and have fun. However, great graphics with a sucky game (I cite CoD Black Ops, and the last three Halo games) So, Whine about the game sucking, not the graphics, which are ireelevant.

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raids are meh

Sorry but this looks that it should only be released on smartphones, like the android market or something like that lol. sorry i had to say it. Visuals look really dated. Is that the case with all mmorpgs?

Ive been waitin a good 5 years so everyone else so if this game doesnt have a release date soon ima say screw it and play something diffrent the hype started way to damn early imo.

All I'm happy about is no fantasy style MMO. Every single MMO that does come out seems to be fantasy and has the same classes and races. At least with TOR the classes are different and it's sci fi. A breath of fresh air.

i really credit the interviewer in this article, he asks really good questions, i'm mainly scared about the way that BioWare doesn't answer the full questions and says things like "you'll never have a point where you're standing in the same place as your friend but can't see each other or discover you're seeing the world two radically different ways," but doesn't explain how that will work at all, which was really the question. I'm really excited for this but it just sounds too good to be true; I've never understood how BioWare can make the game decision based but keep it a continous world. I see that instances would work to an extent but what if someone directly in your party made a different decision? To me this seems like the one critical issue with combining a BioWare game and an MMO, and all BioWare has said is "Trust us, it will work," when frankly, i'd rather know how, and dont see why they can't explain, except for what i fear might be the answer, which is that really there is no good solution.

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Goodbye social life.

this will never make 2011