New Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO Screenshots

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  I predict epic money hats for bioware. : jad3d
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    You mean EA and you'd be wrong. : Fred Garvin
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      I don't see how it couldn't make sick money. Warhammer online made a good chunk of EA's profits this last... : jad3d
      • It will be like the vast majority of MMOs. It will spike for maybe a year then it will drop fast. : Fred Garvin
• Yep, i think it will fail too. : [7]kami
• 3 words: 1. Bioware 2. Star 3. Wars can't miss. this is gonna be HUGE : ShackFool
• Don't bash it 'till you try it. Every WoW fanboi needs to get a clue, people said the exact same things a... : VictoriouSecret

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  These look pretty boring and basic to me. 1st area in kotor1 was a toilet , Taris. A crashing economy and... : BorenKets123
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    It was one of the first games released on Xbox tool, what exactly did you expect for graphics?? : VictoriouSecret
    • Is English your 2nd language? Reread what I wrote. If it takes you a few passes, thats ok, there is time ... : BorenKets123

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• SW pr0n. : pillzer
• ya i thought that too. looks like lego star wars lightsabers. : senor135
• Probably filler models while they finalize all the content. : OhMyHip

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• warrior jedi, rogue jedi, druid jedi, warlock jedi, shaman jedi, priest jedi, mage jedi, paladin jedi, hu... : CyCo_PL
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  they mentioned a shitload of other archetypes in the pc gamer article about it, and said something to the... : xsoulbrothax
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    Somehow I think itll end up as a jedifest anyway. : bolneze
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      oh hell yeah, if i played this i'd be a jedi too. whatever the equivalent of a night elf rogue was on WoW... : xsoulbrothax
      • no way, i'd rather play a Mandelorian or HK droid : caddytwix
  • Bring back the Teras Kasi Artist with the defensive modifiers so freakin stacked you can't hit it. *DO... : crimrOw
• They should introduce jedi as death knight esque characters you can start once you hit the end game. : deathofrats
• I predict an early drop if they don't get another class besides jedi...I want rocket launchers not glowst... : DaCommando332

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• I think a good number of people are still on Warhammer, no? : TheMongbat
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  I doubt many people left WAR because they preferred WoW PvP. And Galaxies wasnt a PvP game. I don't re... : Tommy Toolbag
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    The Shack guild is but one example. Out of the 300+ players it started with, two people are left. It's... : d3pr1ved
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      And the vast majority of those people never got to endgame RvR/PvP. I realize you werent focusing sole... : Tommy Toolbag
      • The combat, netcode, and execution are just better. Everyone I see go back to WoW knows this. Having so... : d3pr1ved
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    It wasn't a comparison. People don't care about the trappings half as much as the gameplay and execut... : d3pr1ved
    • I suspect bioware has some ideas about gameplay. : blindgeek
  • Galaxies wasn't a PvP game? I beg to differ. They certainly did present it as a Rebels vs Empire game. ... : crimrOw
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  Yes because SW fans care about PvP in their game that the only reason they base their decision on it is h... : bored
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    You're on crack if you think shitty PvP won't turn this game into another SWG. : d3pr1ved
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      Shitty PvP hasnt hurt WoW : Tommy Toolbag
      • People would rather play a shitty RNG with humans, than wait an entire night to queue for a scenario fill... : d3pr1ved
• Right you are. People like to explain the success of WoW compared to other MMOs on many things, including... : ramshot

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• I'll take larger environments over smaller environments with nicer looking textures. : Link.
• it's still at least two years out, im sure the'll add lighting and shadows later. : deathofrats
• Looks better than most MMORPG's. Looks better then NWN's 2 at least. : st4rdog
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  it's still ridiculously early. This is Alpha-level stuff you're seeing. : vertdang
  • WAY pre-alpha. : gnoleb
• Have you played warhammer? : dysfunctional
• Looks way better than those first screens they released. : bolneze
• even with the added textures its always going to have that glossy 'mattel' look. hero engine blows for mo... : Ios2

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  I dunno....a Star Wars "wow clone" wouldn't be that bad. Sure as hell would be better than Galaxies. : jimvolk
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    Yeah, why fuck with the formula if its working so well for WOW? : bolneze
    • Because hating WoW is the new forum meme. : [7]kami
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      because not everyone wants to play WoW, even if it gets the SW theme slapped on? oh wait, it sells so ... : yuried
      • I agree. The main reason I quit so many of the recently released MMO's is because it feels exactly the s... : CyCo_PL
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        the thing is, not many mmos are copying wow's formula, so there a huge void out there where if someone we... : deathofrats
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          I'm struggling to think of a game since wow that hasnt tried to mimic WoW's formula, sure they have added... : tidic
          • conan is like wow? Tabula Rasa is like wow? LOTRO is like wow? Warhammer is the only one that is remot... : deathofrats
  • Ummm.... Star Wars Galaxies transformed from one of the most Unique MMOs out there into an attempt to mim... : tidic

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  WotLK beat them to the punch with phasing technology. : disposition
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    huh? what is that? : coyoterys
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      a sort of half instance system. for example, with the deathknight intro, you visit the same area 3 times... : JuffoWup
      • It's pretty awesome, especially in the Wrathgate questline. : [7]kami
  • Thats 1 part of the game for 1 class, and it is limited. : BorenKets123
• I'll be sold if they can demonstrate a story like in KOTOR 1 or 2 in an MMO setting. It'll be interestin... : duffman03
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  The 3 other pillars being?.. Ginrd, farming, and cybersex ? : pillzer
  • There are actually 27 pillars, story just happens to be the fourth. : CyCo_PL

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• That's a good thing to me. I never really liked the gritty look Warhammer or even Everquest tried to pul... : ImageOmega
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  I think because low rez land textures = a larger world without loading screens. Pretty much any really op... : BorenKets123
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    I'd say if they want to compete with wow, they have to go the no-load route. Immersion is what has sucke... : deathofrats
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      not a chance.. there'll have to be some kind of transition between space and planet or Planet>Planet. ... : vertdang
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        It's not like WoW is seamless. You load between continents, you load for instances, etc. : Vincent Grayson
        • true. : vertdang
        • true...it's not something I am expecting, but something that would be fun to see : deathofrats
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  It's sad because Ridley Scott mentioned how he thought future machines looked dirty and used in Star Wars... : spyrext
  • I do agree with you somewhat. I'm considered a bit of a Star Wars geek myself, and this is how I explain ... : vertdang
• It's a necessary evil for the genre if you want to have nice artistic visuals & good performance when you... : Wombat Woo

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• There will be 1000000000 Jedi and 2 of any other class : fatalsync

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• This is bad. It might be interesting enough to be my first MMO. : billy_zelsnack

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  If you call yourself a MMO that's the first comparison that is drawn up post-WoW. You're an MMO you get ... : ImageOmega
  • They'll be compared, and probably compare to WoW. But that doesn't mean they should focus on playing catc... : Marrbe