great trailer, maybe one of the best for games… but where’s the game play? the last time i saw game play element of SW:tOR it wasn’t looking that good. Did that girl Jedi pull a Kamehameha on the Sith?
Looked more like a Had?ken (Street Fighter) to me.
Yes, the in-game action doesn’t look that impressive. The characters look plastic to me. But, Bioware’s story telling (as evident from the new trailer) may offset that.
Edit: I just watched the trailer again. Holy frak, she’s powerful! That thing (trying not to spoil) with the light saber!!
I heard they’re just putting new textures on the old X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter game from 1996 and updating the MIDI score.
As far as I know there are only the old gameplay videos, like
now the trailer is out on HD at
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2010-star-wars/101162?type=flv
Gameplay videos for MMOs are a bit of a wash. On the one hand, the game producer is going to put up a video with the game being played at the highest quality possible, but then on the other, the game’s quality is going to be hampered by default simply because it’s an MMO. The fact that the trailers they’re showing are so very story-driven is what I take away and what makes me excited. A lot of other MMOs have a very loose storyline (if one at all), and you can tell through the advertising. WoW just shows you Arthas, and the only story about Arthas is that you go kill him. STO shows you borg and Undine, and you get a little bit of story along the way to leveling about the Undine invasion of non-fluidic space. But this looks like it’s going to be so much more, and that’s what makes me psyched for it.
Plus, it’s Star Wars.
The trailer is awesome bioware makes great games and after seeing the actual gameplay footage at e3 i’m very impressed. this is now a must buy
I saw this yesterday - “Comic-Con 2010: Comic-Con 2010: Beyond Solo: Crafting the Multiplayer Story in Star Wars” (50 minutes):
http://comic-con.gamespot.com/video/6270912/
And, it got me so hyped and hopeful for the actual game. Then, I saw the newest game play videos and my hopes were subsequently dashed. However, the link above is still good. They even include an announcement at the very beginning.
…three of BioWare’s writing leads discussed just how they were cramming a story into the genre, in addition to announcing that starship-based space combat would be in the game.
Please forgive the necro post, but I thought I’d point people to an Old Republic thread with more recent trailers, news, info, etc.