Star Wars: The Old Republic drops a surprise video documentary

by Eliot Lefebvre on Apr 22nd 2010 8:30PM

Sci-fi, Video, Game mechanics, Previews, News items, Star Wars: The Old Republic

It seemed like just another day for the legion of fans rabidly awaiting more information on Star Wars: The Old Republic, or more specifically another Thursday. After all, the site updates with content on such a regular schedule on Fridays that you could set your watch by it, assuming that your watch only measures what day it is. But we were surprised by the tease that the game would be posting an update via its social media sites on Twitter and Facebook. Lo and behold, it's a new developer video on one of the most central activities in the game: combat.

Currently exclusive to Gametrailers, the movie highlights the speed and fluidity of the game's combat animations as well as the overall design philosophy. One of the points the developers choose to point out is that most MMO combat is focused on several players versus a single boss enemy, which feels much less heroic and epic than a lone warrior struggling against unbeatable odds. Mobility, style, and more than a few interesting powers are on display in the six-minute video, which should give Star Wars: The Old Republic fans plenty to look forward to.

[ Thanks to Tziena for the tip! ]

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Reader Comments (43)

Really interesting to see Bioware involved in a MMO with a so rich environment that Star Wars it is, and I am glad to see how they imagine it.
Bioware is known for its quality. I think we won't be disappointed about this game.

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Its funny but the video didn't impress me. I watched it twice, accept for Charge (close the gap) moves, combat was static with the player standing still cycling through abilities. You take the auto attack function out of a handful of other MMOs and you have the same combat system. Conditional ability use is also nothing new. So what I see is them talking about fun combat that mirror's 90% of the other MMOs on the market.

I'm not saying that KotoR will be a bad game or fail. What I am saying is that so far they haven't really shown us anything new or innovative, yet the hype machine is telling folks this game is like no other. Well with over 100+ mil in development currently and a need 1 mil subs expected, I guess I would try to grab as much hype as possible too.

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