Star Wars: The Old Republic Fully Voice-acted

by Nick Breckon, Jun 01, 2009 3:12pm PDT

Related Topics – Star Wars: The Old Republic, PC

Developer BioWare today announced that Star Wars: The Old Republic will become the first fully-voiced MMO.

"As you can tell, story means a lot to us," said BioWare co-founder Ray Muzyka, who emphasized the importance of real voice acting in the typically text-dominated genre.

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By: freakynipples69 x Show Full Post

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I fucking adore Bioware. They are going to do so much to progress the importance of a real strong, meanigful narrative in games.

I pray one day I get the honor to call myself an employee of Bioware.

Jun 01, 2009 4:23pm PDT

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I fucking adore Bioware. They are going to do so much to progress the importance of a real strong, meanig... : freakynipples69
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  They must have a lot of work ahead of them because I've yet to play a BioWare game with a strong, meaning... : IndigoAK
  - You speak the truth. bioware's games are hugely over-rated. : bung-foo

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Unless every *single* character is voiced than eq2 already beat them to it along time ago.

Jun 01, 2009 5:38pm PDT

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Unless every *single* character is voiced than eq2 already beat them to it along time ago. : Visceral Monkey
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- the claim is yes, every single character has a voice but: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20057033#it... : Klebold
- http://grammartips.homestead.com/than.html : Apathy Curve

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The force is with you TOR but you are not and MMO yet.

Jun 02, 2009 6:41am PDT

The force is with you TOR but you are not and MMO yet. : Matt3471

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By: Vincent Grayson x Show Full Post

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Oh good, an awesome cinematic that in no way resembles the kinds of things you can do in-game!

Jun 01, 2009 3:15pm PDT

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Oh good, an awesome cinematic that in no way resembles the kinds of things you can do in-game! : Vincent Grayson
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By: Porkasaurus x Show Full Post

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Patches and content updates are going to be fun with this game if everything is voiced.

Jun 01, 2009 3:19pm PDT

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Patches and content updates are going to be fun with this game if everything is voiced. : Porkasaurus
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  yeah, wasn't eq2 fully voiced at launch? And then the content updates outpaced the recording studio's ab... : JuffoWup
  - It had a good number of voices, with the option to download several hundred megabytes of secondary voice ... : Altanar

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By: jason bergman x Show Full Post

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It'll be "fully voiced" in the same way that KOTOR was "fully voiced".

Yes, all the wookies had a "voice" but it was subtitled, so it didn't matter that they only had three lines.

Jun 01, 2009 3:18pm PDT

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It'll be "fully voiced" in the same way that KOTOR was "fully voiced". Yes, all the wookies had a "vo... : jason bergman
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- Ah, played a lot of the game already, have you? : Altanar

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MOOOKA SHAAKA PAAKA!

Jun 01, 2009 3:14pm PDT

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MOOOKA SHAAKA PAAKA! : Prozium
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  Jedoowana needie bobo. Kaaaaah dee donga! : felicia
  - Et tu taka boo Jabba nao : chrisschutz

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If only Lucas could have made a prequel this good.

Jun 01, 2009 4:28pm PDT

If only Lucas could have made a prequel this good. : jonrc

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Impressive. Most impressive.

Jun 01, 2009 4:08pm PDT

Impressive. Most impressive. : jabuck

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let me guess.......click-based combat?

Jun 01, 2009 3:18pm PDT

let me guess.......click-based combat? : cell9song

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