Star Wars: The Old Republic Random Question/Discussion thread - F2P

[Kyo]

Yeah was just coming to say, gaystop is still taking pre-orders for the collectors edition.

[Insanecyclone]

Vid breaks @19:00

[Natallon]

I have a question for anyone who has done Beta so far.

How do you think the game would play on a Bootcamp Windows on a Mac.
I guess it's kind of silly to ask this before release but I was just wondering how demanding the game was on CPU.

[vrumpt]

I have a question for anyone who has done Beta so far.

How do you think the game would play on a Bootcamp Windows on a Mac.
I guess it's kind of silly to ask this before release but I was just wondering how demanding the game was on CPU.

Bioware said yesterday or thursday during one of the Q&As that they have several people in the office running SWTOR fine on bootcamp Macs

[vrumpt]

Vid breaks @19:00

Pickup at 15:30 for where that vid left off, speeders shown shortly after that point; Q&A shortly afterwards
http://www.g4tv.com/videos/54371/sta...c-panel-video/

Can't find video for this one, sorry


Day 3 Q&A


tube edit

[Vagrant]

http://betacake.blogspot.com/2011/07...reenshots.html

Whole bunch of new screenshots.

[Natallon]

Bioware said yesterday or thursday during one of the Q&As that they have several people in the office running SWTOR fine on bootcamp Macs

oh that's good to know!
Thanks

[Isiolia]

oh that's good to know!
Thanks

Though it doesn't really say that much. Macs don't all have the same GPU.

[vrumpt]

Final Q&A for SDCC is up. Next event they'll be at is PAX Prime and Gamescom

http://www.livestream.com/biowaretv/...6-314440e0c66b

[Purrrfect]

http://betacake.blogspot.com/2011/07...reenshots.html

Whole bunch of new screenshots.

Do we know if these are after the "new build" that was mentioned last week or so?

[vrumpt]

Do we know if these are after the "new build" that was mentioned last week or so?

old build, apparently servers still haven't come back up yet for the new one.

[Insanecyclone]

I still wish this was just KOTOR3 and not a mmo

[Insanecyclone]

Hah aha hahaha yeah ok, Bioware.

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011...going-in-2025/


BioWare: SW:TOR Will Still Be Going In 2025

Every MMO developer likes to think that their game will last longer than the norm. That norm, for AAA Western MMOs, is growing increasingly brief. Which makes BioWare’s ambitions for Star Wars: The Old Republic, impressively bold. Discussing what their game will be doing in 2025 requires the sort of cajones that can only impress us into believing them. That’s what Eurogamer reported that Darth Hater reported.


The game plans to have 19 major worlds at launch, along with a bunch of minor worlds, and they plan to add to this as the game goes along. So claims senior creative director James Ohlen, who goes on to say,

“We want to add dozens of worlds. Hundreds of worlds eventually. In 2025, we’ll hopefully have 500 worlds.”

I’m just doing the maths here, hang on…

…carry the three…

…less the differential…

…adjusting for traffic…

Bollocks.

Brilliant as they may be, they’ve been making this game for at least five years and are 19 worlds in. If they maintain the dedication and narrative that defines the game, in another 14 years they’d have one hundred more at most. Unless he means the minor ones, in which case they could probably create 500 in a weekend.

Never mind that in 14 years I can’t imagine we’ll be playing games in any way that seems meaningful now. 14 years ago was 1997 – we barely had genuine 3D. On computers made of straw. By 2025 we’ll be playing games on the microprocessors in our brains, as we swoop home from spacework on our light-gliders. Should that include the same MMOs we’re playing now I’ll be extremely impressed.

So good luck to them, I say. I absolutely cannot wait to play SWTOR, craving a narrative-focused MMO as I am. I’m yet to be convinced I’ll still be playing it when I’m 47. But please get back to me then to call me an idiot.

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lol, given how often people take/took Blizzards words out of context, this doesn't surprise me in the slightest

EDIT: actually the more i think about it, that pretty much applies to all people everywhere regarding everything.

I love Olhen though, hes always the guy who leaks stuff they aren't allowed to say or isn't final


oh and some good looking Dromund Kaas pics
http://justswtor.blogspot.com/2011/0...pics.html#more

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New batch of official screens were released

Spoiler: show

[DeathbySnoosnoo]

looks as if the shading and environments look a bit better, too bad the people still look goofy

[Lucavi]

Looks like a mix of a cell-shaded Mass Effect and the Star Wars cartoon at this point.

[vrumpt]

The only thing that really bugs me at this point from the build we've been getting screens from is some of the armor textures close up, and they have plenty of time to improve on them. Environments are looking amazing, mechanical detail is great (droid, ship etc) and the scale of it all is unlike anything else in an MMO.


This video is from back in February, but I found it interesting to see how facial development has come over the past years SWTOR has been in development




finally, more pics!
http://justswtor.blogspot.com/2011/0...pace-pics.html

[Alderaan]

The face shadows still look horrible on humans.

[Elvis]

I wish it looked more mature, but to be honest, I think it's fine the way it is. It's compelling, and while it isn't my particular taste, it's certainly not ugly or badly rendered. The art style will grow on people I think.