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04-22-2011, 12:17 PM | #496 | |
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Thought you guys might be interested in this. It's a write-up of an upcoming PC Gamer article on the game, which includes the very first details of PvP that I've seen anywhere:
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04-22-2011, 12:27 PM | #497 |
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04-22-2011, 01:42 PM | #498 |
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Was that a "**** my life" or a "for the mother****ing loss"?
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04-22-2011, 01:48 PM | #499 |
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**** my soon to be nonexistent life.
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04-22-2011, 01:55 PM | #500 |
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I hear that, brother. This game's going to be like WoW was at it's worst for me I think. The real world will feel virtual and the game will be life.
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04-25-2011, 05:09 AM | #501 | |
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I'll buy it and try it out for sure, but it's going to have to show me something more than this, because that looked pretty much like the same things I've seen in WoW, TBH. |
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04-25-2011, 10:26 AM | #502 |
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I can't really speak to WoW since I haven't played it for 5 years. I will say that 15 minutes of a flashpoint walkthrough is probably not indicative of every aspect of gameplay, and for sure doesn't emphasize what they're pushing as the game's major asset, that being story.
But...I haven't played it, so I can't say for sure. |
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04-25-2011, 08:14 PM | #503 | |
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Outside of being based on Star Wars, lots of in-game voice/character acting, is it really going to do more? i am guessing, there will be questing/grinding, crafting of some sort, PVP and... It is going to be interesting to see. There is a ton of hype around this game. It wont meet all expectations, but I suspect it will be a pretty decent game. |
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04-25-2011, 08:23 PM | #504 | |
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The wild card, the 'and...' you mention is the story. They're designing the game differently from other MMOs in that leveling, under their design, is something to be savored rather than sped through so you can get to the end game. They want 0-49 to be just as important to the player as 50, basically. They don't want TOR to be yet another game where you burn your way as quickly as possible to the cap so you can start the real game. And I'd imagine some traditional MMO players will have difficulties with that. They're (we're...) conditioned to think about leveling as an annoyance to grind through so we can get to raiding. So cinematic sequences and storylines could be a barrier to those folks. Me, personally, that's what has me the most excited about the game. That's not to say that there won't be end-game. They just haven't released any information on it yet. At this point, I would say there's probably a lot more that we don't know about the game than we think. |
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04-25-2011, 09:32 PM | #505 |
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So what happens at end game? Anything?
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04-25-2011, 09:54 PM | #506 |
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They've talked about PvP, raiding and there've been whispers of some kind of legacy system (rumor is that it would allow you to play additional classes on some races) but they haven't talked in any detail about the endgame yet.
That's just the way they're handling PR: they are very tightlipped about releasing any information about any aspect of the game until it's set in stone. My assumption is that they will have the same kind of endgame options that people are used to, but with maybe a little more emphasis on alts (since story is such a big aspect of the game). But I honestly don't know for sure... |
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04-25-2011, 09:56 PM | #507 |
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MMO's are done, its been there done that. THey keep making them easier and easier to do.
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There is a ton of hype around this game and I wonder if that is going to impact what people are expecting. Stay tuned. As of now, I am planning on buying SWTOR and Guild Wars 2. Between those two, Rift and LoTRo, I should be good on MMO's for awhile. Quote:
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04-26-2011, 12:38 PM | #509 |
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Looks very cool. But some of that action seems very very dependent on your companion characters. It's starting to look like they're really forcing the teamwork aspect and it's going to be the only way to get through some points. I guess that's OK as long as it's done correctly. I just hate relying on others that I may or may not know, to get through a level...
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04-26-2011, 03:21 PM | #510 |
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I'm more interested in end game, because that's where the bulk of your time is spent. Not sure this game has it.
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