N'Al Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astr0creep Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 I guess thats what I should've done... <_< http://entertainmentandbeyond.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judge Hades Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astr0creep Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Start this thread instead of posting the link in another before N'AI... http://entertainmentandbeyond.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darque Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 Sony LOST the Star Wars license? (w00t) (w00t) (w00t) (w00t) (w00t) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llyranor Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 Read the Bioware Austin job descriptions. It'll likely be a fantasy setting. (Approved by Fio, so feel free to use it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volourn Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 Llyr's right. For once. It's likely tol be fantasy so all those SW fanboys will start crying. I also noticed BIO is hiring writers for it so they're already a step up in the writing/story/dialogue/role-playing aspect than all other MMORPGS. HAHAHAHAHA!!! DWARVES IN PROJECT ETERNITY = VOLOURN HAS PLEDGED $250. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astr0creep Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 Read the Bioware Austin job descriptions. It'll likely be a fantasy setting. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Wow. I never knew Star Wars was not a fantasy setting... " (but I know what you mean) http://entertainmentandbeyond.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judge Hades Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 Read the Bioware Austin job descriptions. It'll likely be a fantasy setting. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Star Wars is fantasy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plano Skywalker Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 Wow. I never knew Star Wars was not a fantasy setting... " (but I know what you mean) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> absolutely....it is fantasy (more than sci-fi)...that is why it works so well in CRPGs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volourn Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 It may be 'fantasy'; but it's usually refered to as sci-fi or 'sci-fi soap opera'. When people think fantasy they tend to think dragons, elves, dwarves, and magic. Not the Force (though it can be argued it reseembles magic). So, it's likely actual fantasy though we shouldn't completely rule out a SW espicially since BIO has gone into their noncommittal mode over it... DWARVES IN PROJECT ETERNITY = VOLOURN HAS PLEDGED $250. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plano Skywalker Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 perhaps a better article on the same story: http://www.gamespot.com/news/show_blog_ent...pic_id=24466266 snippet: Given Galaxies' bumpy ride, and the fact that many game contracts expire after three years, it is not inconceivable that LucasArts, holder of all Star Wars rights, might want to shop around the license. According to informed sources in the industry, that's exactly what the company is doing. Two shops have been mentioned as talking with LucasArts--Cryptic Studios, home to MMORPG City of Heroes, and Canada-based BioWare, maker of the action RPG Jade Empire. Of the two, BioWare appears the more likely candidate. Besides the fact it developed the critically acclaimed and wildly popular Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, the developer just founded a new studio in Austin, Texas--home of SOE's Austin branch--which employs several ex-SOE staffers. The shop's sole project is an unidentified MMORPG set in a science fiction universe, just as Star Wars: Galaxies is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astr0creep Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 It may be 'fantasy'; but it's usually refered to as sci-fi or 'sci-fi soap opera'. When people think fantasy they tend to think dragons, elves, dwarves, and magic. Not the Force (though it can be argued it reseembles magic). So, it's likely actual fantasy though we shouldn't completely rule out a SW espicially since BIO has gone into their noncommittal mode over it... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The term you are thinking of is "Space Opera", mainly because of the importance and use of music in Star Wars(a theme for each character, one for good, one for evil, etc). http://entertainmentandbeyond.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plano Skywalker Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 based on what I have heard from SWG fans, one of the biggest problems with the game was the out-of-character (for that period) fact that it is easy to be a Jedi. they have tried at least 2 ways to deal with it but anything they do is fundamentally flawed since Luke, Ben, and Yoda are the only Jedi alive canonically. Hopefully, BioWare will have full artistic freedom and, hopefully, they will move the story forward and only allow Jedi once the story enters the New Republic era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llyranor Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 Full artistic freedom means not Star Wars. (Approved by Fio, so feel free to use it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plano Skywalker Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 Full artistic freedom means not Star Wars. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> they had an awful lot of freedom with KOTOR 1 even though there are certain parameters that have to be respected. those are obvious enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llyranor Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 An awful lot is not full. (Approved by Fio, so feel free to use it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plano Skywalker Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 An awful lot is not full. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> eh, OK Beavis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volourn Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 "The term you are thinking of is "Space Opera"," Ah. That's right. I had drawn a blank (hahah, jokes a comin', I'm sure) so I just made a nother name for it; but yeah that's my point. DWARVES IN PROJECT ETERNITY = VOLOURN HAS PLEDGED $250. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karka Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 Well it's not about MMO but interesting... http://revolution.ign.com/articles/699/699037p1.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilandra Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Interesting. Through inner peace leads to enlightenment. Baldur's Gate Modding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judge Hades Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 FANTASY! (w00t) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilandra Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 In the case of Star Wars, Science Fiction. Through inner peace leads to enlightenment. Baldur's Gate Modding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judge Hades Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 In the case of Star Wars, F.A.N.T.A.S.Y. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowPaladin V1.0 Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Calling Star Wars Sci Fi will get you laughed at by Sci Fi geeks. I have to agree with Volourn. Bioware is pretty much dead now. Deals like this kills development studios. 478327[/snapback] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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