Fan art and fan fiction are in full effect in this week's Fan Friday for Star Wars: The Old Republic. However, BioWare's added something new to the mix this week -- the Developer Corner. Before getting to that, we'd like to briefly mention that the above preview of scars for our potential characters is superb. We especially appreciate the wide range of options, some of which show of the ability of the game's graphics engine to render subtle details.
The new Developer Corner segment offers the briefest peek at in-progress game elements that are intended to be interesting and completely new. It may not always be a video, but as it happens we lucked out. This week features a short video clip that's void of sound yet full of grandiose level design strokes. Focus is on the Imperial military base of Sobrikill Valley on the planet of Balmorra, where the Republic is raining down laser bombs like nobody's business. Thankfully, the Imperials have setup a large force field overhead, which creates some significant visual oomph. We can only imagine what it must look like from the ground level!
Reader Comments (10)
Posted: Jan 15th 2010 8:08PM sandwiches said
I love the art style in TOR. I don't understand how to some people stylized = cartoony.
Posted: Jan 15th 2010 8:39PM RogueJedi86 said
"We can only imagine what it must look like from the ground level!"
Not even that, since halfway through the video they show the view from below the dome. :)
Not even that, since halfway through the video they show the view from below the dome. :)
Posted: Jan 15th 2010 9:05PM Miffy said
IT just doesn't look like Star Wars to me. I mean when I think of Star Wars then I think of the original trilogy and the Star Wars Galaxies Tatooine sort of look. I hate the whole cartoony look for Star Wars.
Posted: Jan 16th 2010 2:32PM nomoredroids said
I see only a victim of fanbois, here.
You see, Venekor, you're not allowed to have an opinion about SW:TOR that expresses concern for their art direction because you'll be destroyed. Obviously the commenter above me thought for some reason you didn't watch the video (or the numerous screen shots), because if you watched the video (or numerous screen shots), you've obviously seen something. Well, unless you're blind, of course.
Well! At least he rhymed.
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You see, Venekor, you're not allowed to have an opinion about SW:TOR that expresses concern for their art direction because you'll be destroyed. Obviously the commenter above me thought for some reason you didn't watch the video (or the numerous screen shots), because if you watched the video (or numerous screen shots), you've obviously seen something. Well, unless you're blind, of course.
Well! At least he rhymed.
Posted: Jan 15th 2010 9:28PM (Unverified) said
Unfortunate skin.
Posted: Jan 15th 2010 9:43PM (Unverified) said
Balmora is a Dunmer city, not an Imperial city.
Posted: Jan 15th 2010 9:57PM karnisov said
hrmm. so the republic only bombards the same 5 square kilometers of balmora.
Posted: Jan 15th 2010 10:34PM RogueJedi86 said
Who says they bombard just one spot? They probably bombard targets all over the planet, BioWare just showed one spot. But for that matter, why bombard an entire planet? The Sith are only in a few towns scattered across the world, so why waste resources burning random blades of grass from orbit? This planet is contested, there are Republic outposts too, why would they slag their own outposts too?
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