Comments on: Unforced: The Old Republic Timeline Trailer

By: AidenJerrod

AidenJerrod — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:30:13 +0000

So, there IS still a chance fo KotOR 3! Revan alone went to Unknown Region, then The Exile came along. If Revan was male and the Exile was female, then they were having a good time in the Unknown. Yaaay! KotOR 3, “The Tales of Revan’s Offspring”, LoL!

By: Rath

Rath — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:26:07 +0000

According to Wookiepedia, the ‘canon’ version of the story for KOTOR was that Revan was male and chose the light side before disappearing off into the unknown, and the ‘canon’ story for KOTOR 2 was that the Jedi Exile was female, and after the light side ending at Malachor V, she returned to Dantooine to complete her training as a Jedi, then she ventured in the Unknown Regions in search of the Jedi Knight Revan, and was never seen again, leaving her apprentices behind to resurrect the fallen Jedi Order.

By: DildoBaggins

DildoBaggins — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:04:50 +0000

Great. Now it will truly be a decade before KOTOR 3 comes out. If SWTOR is successful, Bioware will want to maintain it and continually add content, and if it fails they’ll be sick of the universe and take a break. All for another one of these games that charges you cash every month….

By: Pantsman

Pantsman — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:05:46 +0000

By the Sith, that is. Cursed lack of an edit function.

By: Pantsman

Pantsman — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:05:14 +0000

Oh, and of course now, three hundred years later, the republic gets its collective ass handed to it again, despite a revived Jedi order.

By: Mad Doc MacRae

Mad Doc MacRae — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:04:15 +0000

The trailer reminds me of the old TIE fighter/X-wing cutscenes (just higher resolution and a lot less interesting)

By: DMJ

DMJ — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:01:36 +0000

They might’ve been keeping them around as some sort of early-warning system.

Are your Jedi extinct? Then you may have a Sith problem.

By: Pantsman

Pantsman — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:18:48 +0000

I suppose the dark side is easier, but the Jedi still seem spectacularly inept. In the original timeline, two Sith Lords all but wipe out the entire Jedi order. Ok, so one of them was very clever and the other was the most powerful Force-user ever, so it’s still plausible.

Three thousand years previously, two Jedi fall to the Dark Side and bring the Republic to its knees. Well, ok, the Republic had been recovering from a big war with the Mandalorians, so that’s not too bad.

But then (in one version anyway) the Jedi, having defeated the new Sith empire, are immediately wiped out by them. Because apparently three new Sith Lords, working almost alone, without the help of an empire, ran around the galaxy killing Jedi left and right, entirely unopposed.

Sure, maybe it’s faster to be on the Dark Side, but one would think at least many of these Jedi were experienced and capable. The Republic had to have been keeping them around for some reason.

By: PC Monster

PC Monster — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:36:25 +0000

Incidentally, the Dark Horse comics series that kicked off the whole KOTOR thing was bloody brilliant. Being given the latitude to side-step the revered continuity like that was an opportunity they grabbed with both hands.

By: PC Monster

PC Monster — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:35:05 +0000

@You shameless bastards: Oh, you can’t have seen the Clone Wars film yet then. Quite how Lucas can have so much money and hire people with so little talent is utterly beyond me. I swear it’s like he’s actively TRYING to kill his own baby.

By: Wouldzey

Wouldzey — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:50:47 +0000

A Star Wars MMO is always going to cause a lot of controversy no matter what direction it goes in and whilst there are some things im disappointed about, there are others that im really excited to here more about.

The setting is great in my eyes. Its in the old republic era so gives incredible backstory and story possibilities whilst still being relevant to star wars. SWTOR WILL be cannon and wont be messing with continuity like galaxies did with almost every update and feature.

Im still not happy about the visual style. Whilst ill admit seeing it in action does look great, im a fan of realism over stylized everytime. Star Wars to me is supposed to be realistic visuals to a degree. I dont like WoW’s visual style, tolerate WAR’s and whilst TOR looks alot more sharp and fluent, it still makes me care less about the setting as more ‘cartoony’.

The biggest things im looking forward to hearing about are squad gameplay (companions and how they work in groups), PvP (massive opportunities here so please not just scenarios) and the players personal light/dark/republic/sith/good/bad mechanics. This game has a lot of potential and i cant wait to hear more about it.

By: TooNu

TooNu — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:31:12 +0000

I want this game.