Star Wars The Old Republic

[FU2Max]

lew all

I have been beta testing SWTOR (due out on the 22nd of dec) Have to say if MMO's are your thing and you are a fan of Star Wars you will love this game nearly as much as me!. I cant say much atm, but has a much better story/quest lines than wow and rift. Graphics are awesome and gives you a real feeling you are in the SW universe. its awesome!


May the force be with you!

[Thaldarin]

I had a beta invite but never actually got round to downloading let alone even playing it. Hows it compare to SWG? It's not got the same crappy interface, right?

[Nagash]

The Old Repubilic is based on the KOTOR games as is made by the same guys, which isn't the same guys who did SWG so shouldn't be confused with it.

[FU2Max]

I had a beta invite but never actually got round to downloading let alone even playing it. Hows it compare to SWG? It's not got the same crappy interface, right?

I never played SWG. As for the interface, well basically if you are used to wow then you you'll have no problems navigting around the interface. even the keybinds are the simular.

[Nagash]

bah another wow HUD clone i guess.

[Thaldarin]

If it's not broke don't fix it.


Remember every FPS game is essentially a Quake hud clone. Health/ammo same place etc.

[Nagash]

i don't mean just sticking numbers in an area of the screen, or a radar in the corner, i mean blatently copying it. Compare WoW and WAR huds and you'll know what i mean. Look also at what GW is doing. They are doing their own thing for the next gen MMORPG. TOR is supposed to be of similar vien in that it's a next gen MMORPG. Would be disappointed if they just try to copy off whats popular to make a bit of money from the launch of the game instead of trying to make their own game

[Thaldarin]

Gamers don't like change. They don't adapt well unless they understand that it NEEDS to be done, that's why the WoW style hud is so popular. Although an MMO did that HUd before hand, forget which one it was as blizzard more or less stole that because it was so familiar to players, that's why it worked.

[Nagash]

i heard it was everquest, though never played it so dunno for sure.

i don't mind things being inspired by other things. thats how everything in the wrld develops into something better, even if it ends up being worse, it paves the way for something else to be better... but when it's a direct clone and rip off that hasn't even tried to do anything new or developed apart from maybe an increased colour palette to get better gfx, then that's just shit. I used to like WAR's hud, but then i played wow and discovered the layout of everything hud-wise is exactly the same as each other. EA made WAR release way to early and so i don't blame the developers for it, it's just EA who made them copy WoW in order to release.

TOR should use elements from KOTOR hud... minus the whole 3 characters and pausing gameplay type thing

[Thaldarin]

Yeah but then people try new things, like the Skyrim stuff. And that's poo.