Sebaya Keto posted Sep 24, 11
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Author: Sebaya Keto, BioWare, Bliz, Companion Customization, Companions, E3, EA, Electronic Arts, LucasArts, Mako, role-play, Roleplay, RP, Star Wars, Star Wars The Old Republic, SWTOR, SWTOR-RP, The Old Republic, TOR, William Wallace
This week, BioWare's Senior Game Designer William Wallace gives us a tour of companion characters appearances and classes. For all of you hoping to be able to use your companion in roleplay, this is big news. The Old Republic intends to feature a wide variety of companion customization. The last time we heard about this at E3, many were disappointed that the non-humanoid companions such as the Jawa Bliz would only feature very limited choices, or none at all. BioWare has made good on their promise to increase customization and the results look quite stunning.
In addition to a wide selection of special armors and colors for our non-human companions, we will be able to change the very appearance of our humanoid companions as well. Skin and hair choices on the fly are a huge part of making our companions unique, so not everyone has the same person following them around. The ability to change our companion's appearance also bodes well for the inclusion of a barber-like service to change our own character, something that has not yet been confirmed by BioWare.
In addition, there are also a few videos in the article, as well as a discussion of companion classes and combat abilities. With two companion updates in one week, it seems like they want to really get us excited about our new friends, and I for one am looking forward to it. We're going to have to revisit the entire companions in RP discussion!
Tziena posted Aug 17, 11
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Author: Tziena, BioWare, convention, E3, EA, Electronic Arts, Eternity Vault, Force Reflection, gamescom, gamescom 2011, hopes, LucasArts, pax, PvP, raids, Star Wars, Star Wars The Old Republic, SWTOR, The Old Republic, TOR
Hopefully, you know by now that Gamescom in Cologne, Germany distinguishes itself as the largest single fan-centered gaming convention in the world. There is every indication that this notion is correct. Sure, E3 and PAX are the biggest gaming conventions in the United States, but the numbers at the Koelnmesse surpass both of those conventions. Of course, our favorite game, Star Wars: The Old Republic would not pass up the chance to be displayed for these masses. However, not everyone can make it to Cologne by Thursday. What do we have to look forward to?
We know that visitors to the EA booth will receive hands-on time with the Alderaan PvP zone or the origin worlds. BioWare has also promised to show off TOR's 8-to-16-player raid, the Eternity Vault. Yet, somehow, that still doesn't tell us exactly what we, the outside spectator, will witness from our homes. What do you hope it will be? Are you looking for new gameplay footage? Maybe it's more roleplay related information, like emotes or chat bubbles. What do you want to hear from Gamescom?
Sebaya Keto posted Aug 4, 11
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Author: Sebaya Keto, BioWare, Bounty Hunter, Companions, E3, Han Solo, Jedi Knight, Knights of The Old Republic, Mako, Nar Shaddaa, Roleplay, Smuggler, Star Wars, Star Wars Galaxies, Star Wars The Old Republic, SWTOR, SWTOR-RP, The Darker Side of Life, The Old Republic, TOR
Hello again everyone and welcome back for the second edition of The Darker Side of Life. In this week's feature, I'll be delving into the world of The Old Republic, and how much of it will really be conducive to roleplay. One of the biggest elements of this that keeps coming up is the companions. After several threads worth of debates I'm going to tackle it head on, and showcase your comments so we can finally bury the issue, or at least try. Read on and we'll start our walk through The Old Republic.
Ganden posted Jul 23, 11
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Author: Ganden, BioWare, Comic Con, Comic-Con , E3, EA, Electronic Arts, Imperial Agent, Jedi Knight, Join the Fight, LucasArts, Roleplay, Star Wars, Star Wars The Old Republic, SWTOR, SWTOR-RP, The Old Republic, TOR
The San Diego Comic-Con 2011 convention has kicked off with a hitch, shedding new light on a number of goodies for The Old Republic. One of those goodies is a new trailer by BioWare which takes us through each of the eight classes available to us in the game. From the Jedi Knight to the Imperial Agent, each class gets their own exclusive scene where they slash and dash their way through their enemies, showing off some unique abilities. The trailer is called Join the Fight, and you can view it in BioWare's Friday Update.
As previously mentioned, there have been some new updates from BioWare at Comic-Con 2011. Unless you've been burrowed underground for the last three days, you've probably come across some of the bigger changes that BioWare have made to the game, such as that of the speeder bikes and the respec system. Rather than hosting an article for each day of the convention, or cluttering our forums here at SWTOR-RP, keep your eyes peeled for a Comic-Con 2011 wrap-up, just like the one we did on E3.
In the meantime, you can view the new Join the Fight trailer below.
Tziena posted Jun 13, 11
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Author: Tziena, BioWare, e3, e3 2011, EA, Electronic Arts, electronic entertainment expo, Force Reflection, LucasArts, Star Wars, Star Wars The Old Republic, SWTOR, The Old Republic, TOR
The Electronic Entertainment Expo flooded the gaming world with information from every game genre. Game developers and publishers vied for media attention to ultimately gain your personal love. Every game device you can think of made a showing: 3DS, PS3, Xbox, PC, and even a new Wii product. Oh! And the games, the games, the games. Of course, this reporter only paid attention to the BioWare games and ignored the Insomniac, Bungie, 2K, SOE, and Rockstar games. Even so, Mass Effect 3 looked breathtaking.
We all know the game everyone on this site was looking for to Star Wars: The Old Republic did win the show in my opinion, but it wasn't just because it's the game I'm most looking forward to. I believe out of all the games, SWTOR put a lot of emphasis on making sure that the fans who were not in California felt as if they were a part of what was happening by giving them the same information sometimes before the showroom floor did.
After all that, today's question is simple: What was you favorite SWTOR announcement or demonstration or whatever to come out of E3? If you need some hints as to what came out of E3, Ganden did an amazing wrap-up that you should definitely check out.
Ganden posted Jun 11, 11
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Alderaan, Author: Ganden, BioWare, Blur, Damion Schubert, Daniel Erickson, Darth Malgus, Deceived, Dune Sea, E3, EA, Electronic Arts, Electronic Entertainment Expo, Gabe Amantangelo, Gamespot, GameTrailers, Hope, Jedi Consular, Jedi Knight, Korriban, LucasArts, Malgus, Operations, Republic, Return, Roleplay, Satele Shan, Sith Empire, Smuggler, Star Wars, Star Wars Galaxies, Star Wars The Old Republic, SWG, SWTOR, SWTOR-RP, Tatooine, The Old Republic, TOR, Trooper
Another year of anticipation and excitement -- perhaps disappointment for some -- has passed, with the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) 2011 now behind us. BioWare exhibited The Old Republic during the three day event, announcing some never-before-seen features, such as raids, vehicles, and their final cinematic trailer by Blur Studios. With events such as these, sometimes it can be a little hard to keep track of all the updates being thrown at us from different sources. So, here at SWTOR-RP, we're doing an E3 wrap up, compiling the latest announcements, features and trailers, as well as developer clarification on some of the questions that arose during the event, and we're bringing all that information together into one, massive update.
Tziena posted Jun 7, 11
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Author: Tziena, BioWare, Blur Studio, Deceived, E3, EA, Electronic Arts, Electronic Entertainment Expo, Force Reflection, Hope, Jedi, LucasArts, Malgus, Master, Republic, Return, Satele Shan, Sith, Smuggler, Star Wars, Star Wars The Old Republic, SWTOR, The Old Republic, TOR, Trooper, Ven Zallow, Zabrak
The trailers from Blur Studio have astounded us for the last three Electronic Entertainment Expos with epic trailers from the history of Star Wars: The Old Republic. Deceived introduced us to the fall of the Jedi temple on Coruscant and the infamous character of Darth Malgus. Hope was all about the freedom fighters of the Republic and the amazing Force prowess of Satele Shan. This year, we experience the attack of Korriban from the perspective of a young Satele Shan in Return.
Which of these characters are your favorite? Do you like the sly, cocky smuggler, or does the war-hardened trooper strike you? Maybe you're more interested in the Force users like Satele or Malgus. Their masters are pretty interesting, too. Maybe you like one of them. Tell me which is your favorite, and what appeals to you about him or her. Inquiring minds want to know.
Tziena posted Jun 6, 11
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Author: Tziena, BioWare, E3, EA, Electronic Arts, Electronic Entertainment Expo, Force Reflection, LucasArts, Star Wars, Star Wars The Old Republic, SWTOR, The Old Republic, TOR
If you haven't heard because you've been trapped on a deserted island for the last few years, the Electronic Entertainment Expo is a pretty big event. All the big and small game development companies converge on Los Angeles, California, to show off their latest games and gaming products. Electronic Arts has its own gigantic booth to show off its latest creations, including a demo of the third-person shooter RPG Mass Effect 3, but of course, that's not the game most of us are interested in. We want to know about Star Wars: The Old Republic.
With the interview and trailer released last Friday, we have been teased to explosion. We know there will be mounts, social hubs, and raids in the game, thanks to the trailer. The question for today's Force Reflection is a general question about the E3 event itself. What do you hope to gain from E3? Do you hope SWTOR shows itself to be the MMO that it claims to be? Do you hope to solidify the class you want to play? Or are your hopes more specific, like you hope to learn the names of raids, how many players are involved, and what the rewards are? What are your E3 hopes from TOR?
Ganden posted Jun 4, 11
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Author: Ganden, BioWare, Blur, Damion Schubert, Daniel Erickson, E3, EA, Electronic Arts, Electronic Entertainment Expo, Gabe Amantangelo, GameSpot, LucasArts, Roleplay, Star Wars, Star Wars The Old Republic, SWTOR, SWTOR-RP, The Old Republic, TOR
The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) is only a few days from launch, and previews have already started pouring in for The Old Republic. Daniel Erickson, Gabe Amantangelo, and Damion Schubert -- developers from BioWare -- have participated in an interview with GameSpot about some of the details BioWare will be revealing this year at E3. Raiding, Tatooine, and mounts are some of the focuses in the interview. We learn that Blur will be unveiling the grand finale to their cinematic trailer trilogy for The Old Republic, and GameSpot and Daniel Erickson have both stated that this year's E3 will be BioWare's biggest yet, with the most amount of information revealed than ever before at the show.
Raiding is making a debut at this year's show, however the end-game feature has been called "operations." They've been described as multi-group, epic events that'll become available to players once they reach level 50. There will be different difficulties with different rewards, appealing to all gamers from the casual kind, to the most hardcore keyboard bashers out there. Daniel Erickson continues on to explain that mounts will only be in the form of vehicles at launch, however there are hopes that animal mounts make it to the game post-launch.
Crafting and the economy are briefly discussed, as well as the hint that spaceship customisation -- both interior and exterior -- will make it to the game, though BioWare are not discussing the details as yet. There are two videos in GameSpot's preview. We have another epic trailer, showing off some of the upcoming content reveals for E3, as well as an interview with Daniel Erickson, where he states that there are still a number of game mechanics and content yet to be revealed. Check them out after the break.
Ganden posted Jun 4, 11
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Advanced Class, Author: Ganden, BioWare, Dark Horse, Dark Horse Comics, E3, EA, Electronic Arts, Jedi, lightsaber, LucasArts, Republic, Roleplay, Satele Shan, Sith, Sith Empire, Star Wars, Star Wars The Old Republic, SWTOR, SWTOR-RP, The Galactic Republic, The Lost Suns, The Old Republic, Theron Shan, TOR
As the kick off for E3 draws closer, fans of The Old Republic scream out for what they want to see most. Release date? Another cinematic trailer? Whatever it is you crave for, BioWare do not usually disappoint. It is less than four days away, and the last Friday Update before the event has arrived with a bunch of goodies for fans to pick apart with until E3. Speaking of the event, the times and dates for the press conferences have been posted in an E3 update, as well as some of the sites that'll be broadcasting live footage of the event. The Old Republic's Twitter and Facebook pages will post updates, for those who are connected to the social networks.
The Advanced Classes page has received a complete revamp, now allowing us to select a class and advanced class, which then displays a sneak peak at some of the abilities we'll be able to play with. The starter planet for your selected class appears at the bottom of the page, and as you select your advanced class, you can view the descriptions and cooldowns of it's abilities. Jedi and Sith roleplayers will notice that lightsaber stances have been added to the game. Though we're still unsure as to whether the abilities are purely a "buff" without any visual stance, the mere fact that they've been added may sway some roleplayers to a particular advanced class with the appropriate lightsaber stance for their characters.
The final update from BioWare is the announcement of a new comic series by Dark Horse Comics. The Lost Suns is a series which follows the story of Theron Shan -- a Republic spy with an ample supply of tricks of his sleeves as he infiltrates the Sith Empire. He is the son of Satele Shan, Grand Master of the Jedi Order, though he does not sport a lightsaber, nor does he have much to do with his mother. You can read more about it when the comic hits shelves on June 8.
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