I love Star Wars, you know, those 3 movies with Han Solo, Luke, Leia, and a straight Darth Vader... anything after the original trilogy isn't Star Wars, if you disagree then you're probably 9 years old I don't care because you don't know anything. I also love(d) many a Star Wars game although once again there haven't been many of late.
With that said, I am increasingly lowering my expectations for the new Bioware Star Wars MMO, The Old Republic. I enjoyed the original KOTOR (never got around to the sequel), but every time I see another trailer for this new MMO it only looks worse than the last.
Take the latest one showing off the "space combat"... OK, I know it was too much to hope for anything approaching Tie Fighter or any of the better space sims that seem to no longer be made, but a fucking shitty version of Star Fox? Really?! I know it's only a minute's worth of footage to go off of, but if it's just going to be a tunnel shooter, why even bother?!
I could go on about the terrible looking art direction (a matter of taste I know, but all the characters look like dipshit versions of some failed cartoon series that never saw the light of day), and how most of the combat videos look like they came from some sort of tactical level turn based game, but I'm most concerned that the number one "feature" they keep talking about, the fact that just about all the dialogue is voice acted, is actually what they are focusing on in the first place. Why?! Whenever I see an annoying looking cartoon with awful lip synching utter some BS lines, I know I'm just going to want to skip every scene as fast as I can, if that's even possible. Please god let that be an option!
I want to like this game and hope that it succeeds, but every time I get another glimpse of it... well, I've got a bad feeling about this one... anyone else?
With that said, I am increasingly lowering my expectations for the new Bioware Star Wars MMO, The Old Republic. I enjoyed the original KOTOR (never got around to the sequel), but every time I see another trailer for this new MMO it only looks worse than the last.
Take the latest one showing off the "space combat"... OK, I know it was too much to hope for anything approaching Tie Fighter or any of the better space sims that seem to no longer be made, but a fucking shitty version of Star Fox? Really?! I know it's only a minute's worth of footage to go off of, but if it's just going to be a tunnel shooter, why even bother?!
I could go on about the terrible looking art direction (a matter of taste I know, but all the characters look like dipshit versions of some failed cartoon series that never saw the light of day), and how most of the combat videos look like they came from some sort of tactical level turn based game, but I'm most concerned that the number one "feature" they keep talking about, the fact that just about all the dialogue is voice acted, is actually what they are focusing on in the first place. Why?! Whenever I see an annoying looking cartoon with awful lip synching utter some BS lines, I know I'm just going to want to skip every scene as fast as I can, if that's even possible. Please god let that be an option!
I want to like this game and hope that it succeeds, but every time I get another glimpse of it... well, I've got a bad feeling about this one... anyone else?