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Star Wars: The Old Republic Gameplay Demo

Check out the multiplayer gameplay session shown off at E3 2010.

Jul. 7 2010

Posted by: Matt

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Star Wars: The Old Republic

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Edited By Astras

HAHAHA this is hilarious... where have I seen this gameplay before.... not in KOTOR that's for sure maybe a certain MMO called... WOW... omg, i'll deffo avoid this now shame because I loved KOTOR 1 and 2

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Edited By Evaporated

I've looking forward to this game for a while, but the more I see of it, and other new MMO's, the more I look forward to Guild Wars 2. From what I've seen and read, it looks to be the one that is actually changing things up in terms of what to expect out of an MMO.

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Edited By penguindust

Looks good, but even though I know this is very early on and the game is a year away, the lack of shadows cast by the characters pulled me out of the situation.  I assume they'll fix that by release, but for now it just disturbed me.

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Edited By Inquisitor

I'm one of those nazi old school tanks that would want EVERYTHING aggroed on him, 
turning the poor healer into a bot, or a very happy lazy person :z 
 
Ps: and treating the DPS like bitches <3 
Pps: needless to say, i'm done with MMOs =p
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Edited By Rocospi

I'm quite excited for this game, but is anyone else annoyed or kind of disappointed that the characters look like something that fell out of cartoon network?

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Edited By Teaspoon83

Wish the Trooper did more than just stand there, shoot and be shot at. Played a tank in WoW and loved the need to constantly move and use different abilities but watching this.... looks bad. I know it is Alpha but really, I want more than stand there.

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Woohoo it's another MMO, hip hip horray.

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Edited By cornbredx

I cant wait for this game. I will be playing this from day one. Will be my new full time MMO. So excited for this, looks great! I just hope its a game world and not just lobbies. We'll see, anyway, looking forward to this still.
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Edited By ribeye

seems like some of you are being extra harsh on this game and all touchy about it.  i know it's already been said but this game is still a year or so from being finished, they won't put the final shine on the graphics until later 
 
personally i trust bioware and cannot wait for this game 
 
and to whoever bitched about having healers....are you serious?  would you rather they not have healers at all?
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Edited By slyely

KB NINJA! lol Can't wait to try this out, err...must...not...be...sucked...into...another...MMO. ahhhh

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Edited By haggis
@Lenzz: Which is funny, since Mass Effect was KOTOR without the Star Wars trappings. :) Still, I know what you mean. I'd absolutely love them to do a Star Wars game that incorporates all the new innovations they've developed for Mass Effect. It's time for Bioware to come full circle and give us the KOTOR sequel us single-player gamers want.
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Edited By KillerFly

Yep, this is an MMO ass MMO game.  What I really wanna see is the story stuff, the part where Bioware is actually trying to innovate.

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Edited By selbie

Star Wars is dead to me.

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Edited By MysteriousFawx

Still really worried that this game is going to be too heavily multiplayer focused...I usually prefer to solo up to max level to have a more personal and unique experience that also allows me to learn my class at my own pace. Not to mention I still hate the idea of other people getting to make dialogue choices and effect the mission outcome.

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@Skytylz said:
" @Besetment said:
" @Skytylz said:
" @Mikemcn said:
" @Lenzz said:
" dont want an mmo. I want mass effect with lightsaber's "
KOTOR 3 please. "
If you want Mass Effect with lightsabers, play one of the first two games.  KOTOR 1 is my favorite game ever. "
We already played the first two games. Hence the want for a sequel. That's like saying "if you want Mass Effect 3, play Mass Effect 1." "
I know, but maybe Lenzz hadn't.   That's not the same either.  KOTOR 3 isn't being made. "
Oh I'm sure someone in the game industry is pushing for it to be made, if it isn't already. You're right though, my analogy was bad. It's more like saying "if you want [game you really want to see], play [game that already exists.]" I want a new Oddworld game, but I'm not going to reinstall Abe's Oddysee and if they made an Oddworld mmo that plays like WoW I wouldn't care.
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Edited By LeonsHell

I was going to call bullshit on this game, if for nothing else for being a real-time RPG and they have a tendency to be very static and look turn-based, but it looks smoother than all of the other real-time RPGs I've seen.

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Edited By Nupraptor

Breach Droid was a lvl 9 Elite.... Can anyone else say Hogger? :P

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@luce said:
" :(  I want a console Old Republic game.. "
what he said
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@MAST said:
" That's looks decidedly underwhelming. Especially considering I could get the same type of gameplay, and similar graphics by going and playing any of the dozen other MMO's that are out right now. "
But those games don't have jedis nor the great stories that Bioware are known for. 
 
This game is for fans of Star Wars and/or of Bioware's heavy focus on story if you are neither then I guess any other MMORPG will do. Personally I loved KotOR 1&2 so I'm really looking forward to this.
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@RsistncE said:
" Looks just like an MMO. In other words it looks like complete shit. "
I like you. Honest opinion that has had thought behind it. You do not like MMO's, Not your thing and a proper comment. 
 
As to the comments about it seeming funny he talks about multiplayer in an MMO... 
 
Again - Full story = More Information: 
You can do hell of a lot of the game solo here, You can almost have an RPG experience. Not as fun and a lot harder but Bioware say you can if you want to. 
In any MMO you got your RPG time. Star wars Galaxies as a Jedi to avoid being gang raped id solo it in the depths of no where at odd times to level up. 
Lots of aspects of an MMO is single player and more if you choose to play that way.
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Edited By thenexus

I do not get some people here. 
 
You got some who do not actually watch the video in question properly and listen to what is being said. You got people moaning about calibre of this and seemingly ignorant to the fact the guy said its an early mission in the game. 
 
You got some people who seem to forget what the hell Alpha is. 
Any of you done a school project, designed or built anything? Have you gone straight to make it look pretty before you get the thing working first? 
If your answer is yes then your CRAP at what you do. The answer is NO. Again... Did wow look good in Alpha? Heck no, the faces were CRAP!, Really bad, the animation was messed up and hunters and druids were quite different compared to even the beta and lots different to live. 
 
EVERYTHING you see here can change to beta and live. EVERYTHING. There will be videos you have watched about this game where things have already changed. Stop reading into this as gospel and final. 
 
 
Finally you have people who comment and not made any attempt to look at other information or videos for games, making a judgement about a game, any game based on one single bit of footage which is also alpha is just really stupid. 
 
A bit of thought into your posts folks.

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Edited By RsistncE

Looks just like an MMO. In other words it looks like complete shit.

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Edited By zityz

I love Bioware, I love Star Wars.I used to be really looking forward to it. Unfortunatly I think Guild Wars 2 is going to be my preferred MMO addiction of choice when it comes out. From what they've showed of it so far it's looking great. Even what they're adding to it. Besides a game that has BAR fights in it can't be that bad.
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Edited By MAST

That's looks decidedly underwhelming. Especially considering I could get the same type of gameplay, and similar graphics by going and playing any of the dozen other MMO's that are out right now.

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Edited By Hef

So healer, tank, off-tank and dps/cc.  Man i've never played anything like that before.  But it is star wars...so people will probably buy it.  The fully voiced part is pretty nice though.

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@Besetment said:
" @Skytylz said:
" @Mikemcn said:
" @Lenzz said:
" dont want an mmo. I want mass effect with lightsaber's "
KOTOR 3 please. "
If you want Mass Effect with lightsabers, play one of the first two games.  KOTOR 1 is my favorite game ever. "
We already played the first two games. Hence the want for a sequel. That's like saying "if you want Mass Effect 3, play Mass Effect 1." "
I know, but maybe Lenzz hadn't.   That's not the same either.  KOTOR 3 isn't being made.
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Edited By lacke

It looked better than I expected but not as good as I hoped. Maybe it's just how I feel now but I'm tired of the Sith-Jedi conflict.. I'm a huge PvP player but I don' t have any hopes that the PvP mechanics will be any good or fleshed out. Can't see myself playing this for more than 3 months if they don't bring anything more interesting PvE lore (or PvP) wise. 
 
I like MMOs but if they can't add anything new to the genre other than dialogue options for boring SW banter, I'll join the choir and say give me KOTOR3 instead.

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Edited By uberexplodey

mehmehzela.
 
I'd rather play KOTOR again

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Edited By Levio

As always, I recommend not judging the MMO till beta.  There's simply no way they can convey the game's quality in 20 minutes worth of trailers.
 
Also, don't forget to remind Jeff he paid 200 bucks for that junky ST mmo  : )

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Star WoW...meh.

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Edited By SoothsayerGB

Looks like another MMO-RPG ready to fall flat on its face. 
 
The only upcoming MMO that looks even slightly interesting is the new Final Fantasy.  Mostly because of the killer graphics and job system.  This Star wars game looks 5 years old.  The graphics look like crap.
 
I don't want to explore this Star wars game.  It wont look any good at all.  But the new Final Fantasy will look fucking amazing.   Like a next gen MMO should!  
 
PC only MMOs are dead.
 
 

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gameplay looks unimpressive, but I support this game for the bitchin trailers. 
 
Delay it 3 more years so we get like 15 more, plz.

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did the trooper teabag the last breach droid?

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If you wanna have a good laugh, compare this snoozefest to the short film they showed at E3 and tried to pass off as a trailer. Bioware can never be honest about their shit huh. Sad.

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This game continues to look boring to me. Hey look, an MMO. Whoopie.

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Edited By Hashbrowns

Odd that the lightsabers in KotOR I & II looked more accurate than in this game.  Not even a hint of blur when the sabers are swung in this video.  If the Xbox could do it in 2003, I'm pretty sure a PC MMO in 2010 should be able to pull it off.
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@Besetment said:

" Tank, healer, dps, offtank. No thanks, I've played enough WoW to go through this generic mmo shit again. Show me some platforming, some cover based shooting, some unique objectives, pvp, anything but this. I love KOTOR to death but I'm not interested in this. "

I don't know - if the whole story aspect of it is on par or better than KOTOR, it will rock my world immensely.
 
MMO combat mechanics and the original KOTORs combat mechanics don't seem too different to me. Except for the inability to pause the action and queue up abilities for each character.
 
There will be companion characters though. Wonder what their deal will be... Gambits like FF12? Or more like a pet in WoW?
 
Wait and see. That's all I'm saying. There might be a lot more to it than just combat.
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@Skytylz said:
" @Mikemcn said:
" @Lenzz said:
" dont want an mmo. I want mass effect with lightsaber's "
KOTOR 3 please. "
If you want Mass Effect with lightsabers, play one of the first two games.  KOTOR 1 is my favorite game ever. "
We already played the first two games. Hence the want for a sequel. That's like saying "if you want Mass Effect 3, play Mass Effect 1."
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"Let's get to defensive positions, men."
 
--disregard--
 
--stand in middle of room--

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Dejavu. Still watched it again. Not as impressive the second time around... I still have great expectations for the game, though.

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That was amazing. Can't wait. A quality MMO right there.

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I'M LOVING IT!

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Site doesn't show Videos with Firefox 4 beta 1... :-(

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@Mikemcn said:
" @Lenzz said:
" dont want an mmo. I want mass effect with lightsaber's "
KOTOR 3 please. "
If you want Mass Effect with lightsabers, play one of the first two games.  KOTOR 1 is my favorite game ever.
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@dancinginfernal said:
" @Quacktastic said:
" How many people who play a Star Wars game, given the option of Jedi or Dude with gun, will pick Dude with gun? "
I intend to be a Smuggler. "
Same, smuggler is way more better than playing a boring Jedi. Han solo was the best character in the movies and being able to take cover sounds fun.
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Combat has yet to impress me unfortunately :/  I was really hoping this would be something I would want to play (although it very well could be still with the great story stuff BioWare does)

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Edited By OddyKnocky

Looks like even the power of the Bioware magic can't:
 
i) Make Star Wars seem cool
 
ii) Make a great MMO that doesn't give me that same sickening feeling that I get when I think of WoW - other former WoWers, you know what I mean. As soon as I saw that UI, the health bars, the spell icons, the crappy graphics.... ugghh...
 
I'm sure it'll be good, and I'll play with my friends for a while at least, but I guess I was naively hoping for some genre-changing innovations that make it, well, less like WoW. Maybe they shall surprise me yet.
 
Also I better be able to do some fucking HERBALISM BABY,  even if I have to pick them from the SHIP'S HULL! MMO - herbalism = ¬MMO

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Edited By baggykins

Taking...lesser enemies... in the rear? WHAT IS THIS GAME TEACHING ME 
Also WH40K here I come