E3 2011: New Daniel Erickson interview on Star Wars: The Old Republic

E3 is already bringing out the goodies for fans anticipating the launch of Star Wars: The Old Republic, with the trailer earlier today putting the game fresh into everyone's mind. But the trailer was all about the atmosphere and visuals, while a new video interview with Daniel Erickson is focused instead on the content of the game. The interview starts off with a brief discussion of the game's raid content, which Erickson is quick to stress is just one of the game's offerings for endgame.

Moving along, Erickson talks about the difficulties involved in creating a fully voiced game and how Mass Effect's success was a big part of what led to the full voice for player characters as well as NPCs. While not everything in the interview will be revolutionary new information for longtime Star Wars: The Old Republic fans, it's still worth a watch to learn more about the upcoming game.

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Reader Comments (8)

All the hype is getting old.......Bio has been blah blah blahing for 3 years now...

time to announce a date...Open your forums 3 years before the launch, IF it launches this year?!

Enoughs enough. Announce a date allready. This is getting rediculous.....

Just not interested in this game until I see working IN GAME videos. We keep getting in and out of game cinematic after scripted cinematic by Bioware. Until I see real videos of real people playing a real game, it's all just more irrelevant hype.

@Nucleon

Try YouTube, there are plenty of gameplay videos knocking about for it.

@bobfish Exactly, I don't get all of this "there's no gameplay videos for this game".

Hell there's one video out there (it's likely a beta leak) from 2 months ago that is, no exaggeration, 91 minutes long and pretty much watches the character go from level 5 through 10.

@CCon99 That video has been removed, I believe, but you're right, there are some decent gameplay vids...but the quality and player ability really blows for a lot of those.

@(Unverified) I second this. The people playing look like they are over psyched that they're actually playing the game that it affects their performance.

If there's anything worthwhile in the interview, couldn't this be put in the Massively blurb?

I don't want to have to watch yet another interview with a Bioware staffer: "It's gonna be cool. We're working hard. Just you wait and see. You folks are going to love it."

I guess I am just weary of interviews like this, and I no longer have the patience to sit through them.

@Tom in VA
Yeah, feel the exact same way. Done with the marketing crap, let's get a beta or some release info.

E3 2011: New Daniel Erickson interview on Star Wars: The Old Republic

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