Rumor: The Old Republic space combat on rails?

Pretty disappointing but after reading that link and thinking for a bit it doesn't seem as bad as I first thought. I had Rebel Assault as a kid and if that's the style then I understand what they're going for. Basically it's Lylat Wars/Starfox 64.

If you think about it this means that there could be some pretty cool scripted storyline based stuff happening in space for missions. So at the very least this means it's easier for Bioware to create more plot focused space missions as they can control where we fly and what we see.

At the end of the day this is Bioware we're talking about so even though it is kind of a bummer I bet it's still fun once we all get our hands on it.

That said I wouldn't be surprised if we see bigger more open space related content down the line in a patch or expansion.

I have to agree, they would be way better off to simply not include space than such an obviously poor excuse for space.

Exactly! The Old Republic has never been about space combat. Even in the original game space combat was just shooting from a turret and the space ship moved on its own.

I know I was very interested in hearing they were doing space combat. It might actually have been something different, but starfox style? I can play that on the gamecube.

Space combat well integrated with the MMO aspect would have been cool.

Yes, because when I watch the Star Wars space combat scenes what I'm really thinking is: "this seems good, but damn, I wish they showed more Imperial/Sith troops with snipers."

So why include it?

It's not a little detail.
It's the biggest detail. It's a game about planets, space and the spacefaring races that inhabit them.

It's an incredibly important aspect of the game if it's to be included at all.

Are you kidding? JTL tripled SWG's subscribers at the time with people actually coming back to the game for it's release, it was also the highest population of players in the game since its botched launch sent thousands running.

JTL was a great addition to the game and the best part about it was players like yourself who weren't into space sims, weren't forced to buy or play that part of the game either.