Summary: Well ladies and gents E3 is over and while we dug at all the articles around the internet, we are still a little ticked about not seeing the game play demo as promised. BioWare is still strong on this one no matter what happens though. Tune in and hear what we found out about the game after going through the 10 - 15 articles. Links http://www.starwarsmmo.net/news/star-wa ... o-preview/ http://e3.gamespot.com/story/6210951/st ... es;story;1 http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3 ... c=PREVIEWS http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/bioware-mmo-pr ... 327p1.html http://e3.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/69 ... eview.html http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/69111 http://www.shacknews.com/featuredarticle.x?id=1143 http://kotaku.com/5277689/star-wars-the ... here-it-is http://pc.ign.com/articles/989/989833p1.html http://scifiwire.com/2009/06/e3-we-prev ... wars-t.php http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/04/hands ... -republic/ http://www.destructoid.com/e3-09-star-w ... 744.phtml= Ventrilo - Show Intro Introduction This Week in SWOR HoloNet Threat of Peace 8 Trooper Blog - Happiness is a Warm Gun Discussion of the Week Demo Started out as a BH on Hutta Expansive, very large world, large draw space BH story is part of the Great Hunt, A Mandalorian hosted event to determine who is the best BH or who lands the best prize. Played as Smuggler, smuggling guns to the republic level 8 or 10 (differing reports) Sith with BH ally attacking capital Ship (flashpoint) 2 choices Dark/Light side will effect what abilities you have. Full dark will have different abilities from full light. kill captain - second in command takes over, have to protect engine room from surprise assault let him live - attack happens at the hangar bay with less troops ends fighting a padawan, then a jedi master as master dies you get another lightsaber for sith and armor for BH Observations Full voice acting Each Character has multiple choices for there own characters voice Mass-Effect style radial conversation Each player can choose different options, no set system on how this will work with different choices Bounty Hunter Flamethrower in melee BH flamethrower worked on a counter bar (limited use?) Including npcs trying to put themselves out Jet pack dive bomb ability Fly up with jetpack into blaster volley Rocket launcher Smuggler Uses cover system of showing light green outlines of cover Click green outline to move into cover Not in cover uses dirty tactics (ball kick to face shot) Sith Seems to use a buildup/combo system, such as a rogue might build combo points Abilities, force leap (same as KOTOR), force choke, impale, force lightning (aoe stun) Standard MMO HUD/UI, minimap, 10 hotbar buttons, smaller menu buttons CONFIRMED that the screenshot from the developer video with the game UI in it is in fact the Alphas Game UI/HUD Standard controls, WASD/Arrows with numbered hotbar for skills Solid smooth animation and combat. Deflecting blasters, smart AI, a lot going on at once that feels epic Combat felt KOTOR'ish with the freedom of Battlefront Said combat moves much faster than any other MMO The Sith player force choked the jedi while the BH used the flamethrower (group interaction) Co-op combo of force grip from sith and rocket from BH. Tons of damage and broke the force grip (read about this with flamethrower as well) ---- Told by BioWare that all MMO elements including pvp, crafting, guilds, raiding, AH's will all be a part of the game May be an MMO but they say it feels extremely single player (may not mean it as an insult, sounded complimentary) Console gamer struggled with the controls. Tab targetting was an issue for him as was the pace of combat Not a fan of the art style for characters, love the environment Hot Topics Last weeks topics: Da News E3 Diss
