2011-04-30, 02:15 | Link #221 |
~Official Slacker~
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Xanadu
Age: 29
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Ironic enough, GW2 has been going on for a long time as well that GW players just forget about checking for updates or anything. So it's just a daily game takes a long time which means it will be awesome type
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2011-05-09, 11:37 | Link #229 |
Adeptus Animus
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Age: 36
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Blagh, late update is late. Last friday's update introduced the codex and the datacrons.
The codex is something we're already familiar with from Mass Effect, an encyclopedia of the TOR universe. Handy, since most of this information usually remains on the drawing board and never reaches the player. Some of the knowledge is harder to unlock than others, requiring you to accomplish some objective before its secrets are revealed. You also get XP for unlocking entries. Datacrons are a reward for explorers. Items that are hidden throughout the world which, when picked up, give a one-time but permanent bonus to your stats. Granted, the locations of the datacrons will be on a wiki within the week, but screw that. I'm going to find every one of them by myself. |
2011-05-13, 12:06 | Link #235 |
Tastes Cloudy
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Snake Way
Age: 35
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eh.. this makes me wonna play a sith Inqiz that that video with the chick that gave little to no emotion(Evilness) in her VAing..
the other female trailers were pretty awesome, they did major lackstor on this one
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2011-05-21, 04:54 | Link #237 |
Adeptus Animus
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Age: 36
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This weeks update's are a summary of the fansite summit, a special meeting for the less-than-official press. A nice move to show that Bioware knows and cares about its community.
We also have a fan friday. As usual, the fan friday's are not really any content busters. Most interesting this week was a behind the scenes look at audio in The Old Republic. Maybe it's just my geekiness, but I always enjoy sneaking a peek at what studios do to make the games tick. |
2011-05-23, 12:10 | Link #238 |
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Join Date: Mar 2008
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So, I keep hearing this will be the next big thing in the MMO genre, but I can't pinpoint exactly why. While other upcoming MMOs like GW2 seem to actually have something going for them, all I hear about about SWTOR is that it will great because it's Star Wars and because it's Bioware.
Can someone that is actively following this game tell me what exactly makes this game something to look forward to? |
2011-05-23, 13:42 | Link #239 |
Adeptus Animus
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Age: 36
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Immersive questing. You know how you play single player RPG's for the story, actively paying attention and just enjoying getting to know more about the plot, characters and the world? That's a feeling that's been missing from... pretty much every MMO, who all give you text boxes that all but the most hardened player just ends up skipping eventually. Accept -> kill -> hand in -> repeat. TOR has that feeling. With all the NPC's being voiced and your character actually voicing him or herself as well, the enjoyment factor of simply questing increases dramatically.
Every MMO says "the game begins at level cap." TOR says "the game begins now." |
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bioware, lucasarts, mmorpg, star wars, windows |
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