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Star Wars: The Old Republic Trailer Shows Space Combat

by Alice O'Connor, Aug 18, 2010 8:40am PDT

Related Topics – Star Wars: The Old Republic, Trailer, PC, Gamescom 2010

The 'tunnel shooter' space combat in BioWare's MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic is given its grand unveiling in a new trailer released to celebrate Gamescom 2010.

Spaceships will also serve as player housing of sorts, letting you and your chums stroll around your vessel, though BioWare has yet to reveal exactly how it will all work.

Currently in testing, Star Wars: The Old Republic is due out on PC in 2011.

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New SWOTR media do more harm then good to the game. It looks really lame both visually and gameplay wise. Last year I was really looking forward to this game. Now I am not sure what to think.

Aug 19, 2010 3:16am PDT

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New SWOTR media do more harm then good to the game. It looks really lame both visually and gameplay wise.... : shdwzor
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How exactly does this playstyle (Rebel Assault/Fire Fox) fit into the MMO mold? Certainly there's no way to PvP if you can't turn, and how do you co-op when there's barely enough room for your ship let alone 10 others on the screen?

Seems lame. Even if it's a fun little arcade distraction, why would you want to pay a monthly fee for what amounts to a PSN or XBLA game?

Perhaps this is their version of fishing from WoW? I guess that would make sense...

Aug 19, 2010 8:32am PDT

How exactly does this playstyle (Rebel Assault/Fire Fox) fit into the MMO mold? Certainly there's no way... : NotVeryOriginal

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Freespace style would have made me consider a pre-order

Aug 18, 2010 9:58pm PDT

Freespace style would have made me consider a pre-order : Xencer

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I like when my spaceship can turn around.

Aug 18, 2010 7:48pm PDT

I like when my spaceship can turn around. : TheMongbat

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Predictably terrible. As soon as my eyes came across the relevant description in PC Gamer - "you will only be able to zip along the X and Y axes within a predetermined view" or something to that effect - my hopes deflated completely.

I can get that kind of stupid arcade game experience from a $5 Xbox Live Arcade title, for Christ's sake.

I wasn't expecting a full-blown Freespace 2, but having no freedom of movement in outer space is beyond fucking lame. It's like giving someone 99 flavors of ice cream and them telling them that they'll all be delivered simultaneously through a straw.

Aug 18, 2010 6:01pm PDT

Predictably terrible. As soon as my eyes came across the relevant description in PC Gamer - "you will onl... : matrices

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That looked pretty lame to me. Not sure what the rest of you were watching.

Aug 18, 2010 5:34pm PDT

That looked pretty lame to me. Not sure what the rest of you were watching. : PizaZ

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Kind of curious what the incentive will be to keep playing Star Fox Wars. Upgrades to your ship? Some kind of currency? Bragging rights?

Aug 18, 2010 4:42pm PDT

Kind of curious what the incentive will be to keep playing Star Fox Wars. Upgrades to your ship? Some kin... : mkdirbob

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Looks beautiful but it's certainly no xwing. More like Rebel Assault or Starfox.

Aug 18, 2010 4:03pm PDT

Looks beautiful but it's certainly no xwing. More like Rebel Assault or Starfox. : zehh

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I'm curious what the end game will be to keep people paying a monthly subscription for this game.

Aug 18, 2010 12:37pm PDT

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I'm curious what the end game will be to keep people paying a monthly subscription for this game. : dastly75
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- Well im guessing there will be pvp. Im really surprised they have said something about the end game. ... : TheGamer11

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I'm pretty impressed w/ this design direction. They could have tried to do a full on X-Wing or EVE lite and it probably would have been terrible. Time and time again MMOs or games in general try to do two games in one (ground combat + vehicle/etc combat) and it's really hard to do both.

I'm glad they took this admittedly smaller approach for the launch. It should be good variety. if the game takes off hopefully they can deepen the experience, which is the hope for all features in MMOs. Find what works, iterate.

Aug 18, 2010 1:21pm PDT

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I'm pretty impressed w/ this design direction. They could have tried to do a full on X-Wing or EVE lite a... : Sturm08
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- I look forward to playing Tie Fighter with my custom house/spaceship. : RSFlux

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They announce ships as a form of player housing. Everyone immediately says "well can we fly them?" To which developers respond "uh...."

A couple months later they put this video out. What do they throw together? a rail shooter...

Aug 18, 2010 1:39pm PDT

They announce ships as a form of player housing. Everyone immediately says "well can we fly them?" To whi... : Sir Saltie

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man this game looks so fun. it looks like it will be infinitely less slow and boring compared to star trek online

Aug 18, 2010 8:46am PDT

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man this game looks so fun. it looks like it will be infinitely less slow and boring compared to star tr... : dantastic
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As much as I love Bioware, the more I see of this game the more I think its going to fail. It just doesn't look that good.

Aug 18, 2010 10:04am PDT

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As much as I love Bioware, the more I see of this game the more I think its going to fail. It just doesn... : EconomicCollapse
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was that on rails? doesnt bioware aware there is no air in space.... ships dont need to bank and tilt like that to turn. ug, that looked like you dont get freedom

Aug 18, 2010 11:15am PDT

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was that on rails? doesnt bioware aware there is no air in space.... ships dont need to bank and tilt lik... : sanewave
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I think it looks like Rebel Assault. I could have done with some X-Wing in my MMO instead.

Aug 18, 2010 9:13am PDT

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I think it looks like Rebel Assault. I could have done with some X-Wing in my MMO instead. : yobock
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They should just call it a Massive Multiplayer Instance RPG.

Still insanely excited for this though. Really hope it's good.

Aug 18, 2010 10:40am PDT

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- Totally -- I really am hoping that's what it is! : Jaradakar
- I think I would have a problem with an MMIRPG, especially in the mad rush during launch. Never enough mo... : daggot

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I had absolutely no interest in this game until now... will have to buy it unless they release a new TIE FIGHTER !!! (come on lazy lucasart)

Aug 18, 2010 11:44am PDT

I had absolutely no interest in this game until now... will have to buy it unless they release a new TIE ... : Frush81

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That looks awesome! Finally something other then grind fest mmo!

Aug 18, 2010 11:22am PDT

That looks awesome! Finally something other then grind fest mmo! : alllivestaken

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well, i think that video doesn't show much except for it looking like an arcade shooter.

would like to see: 1) HUD 2) What happens when you run straight into an asteroid?

seriously, i'm half expecting that the HUD will have 3 little ships on the bottom corner showing me how many lives i have left and when i run into an asteroid my ship will flash or blink like i took some damage but just keep flying.

Aug 18, 2010 9:55am PDT

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well, i think that video doesn't show much except for it looking like an arcade shooter. would like to... : greydog
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Ehhhh. Not gonna judge it quite yet, but I was rather hoping for a smaller free-space box rather than on-rails shooting.

Aug 18, 2010 9:08am PDT

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  - Ever played Star Fox? Panzer Dragoon? It's that. : carbontree

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This could work well for an MMO.
Free roam would be much harder to do. This way players are put through a "tunnel" when thy space travel with a limited number of other players , which (i assume) makes it easier server-side and keeps things a little simpler player-side.
At least thats how I am guessing it works.

Aug 18, 2010 10:04am PDT

This could work well for an MMO. Free roam would be much harder to do. This way players are put through ... : SirX

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PEW PEW PEW! (Glad they keep dusting off that old star wars music for each game. I like it!)

Aug 18, 2010 9:42am PDT

PEW PEW PEW! (Glad they keep dusting off that old star wars music for each game. I like it!) : JPMcWhiskers

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Kind of looks like Star Fox or Panzer Dragoon. Color me pleasantly surprised.

Aug 18, 2010 9:20am PDT

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Kind of looks like Star Fox or Panzer Dragoon. Color me pleasantly surprised. : carbontree
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- That's what I said, now if I can just get someone to yell at me telling me to do a barrel roll... : anbilow

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PvP space combat for "endgame" please.

Aug 18, 2010 9:10am PDT

PvP space combat for "endgame" please. : coyoterys

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Well that looked a lot better then I thought it would!

Aug 18, 2010 8:52am PDT

Well that looked a lot better then I thought it would! : adhy

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