astr0man posted:As long as it's not a giant Boba Fett/Mandalorian circle jerk it might be OK. It's not like star wars video games can get any worse after TFU. Considering the amount of minor factions, races and professions as well as two completely different major factions (Mighty but awkward Imperials, weak but stealthy Rebels) it has been killing me for years that we haven't had a Star Wars open world RPG set between the first two or last two movies of the original trilogy. You can even have Jedi. Of course they wouldn't have the bullshit trappings of the prequals but who cares. Jedi were always better when nobody knew much about them.
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astr0man posted:It's not like star wars video games can get any worse after TFU. Famous last words.
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Jun 4, 2012 18:43
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SeanBeansShako posted:Anyone else hoping this 1313 may be that original trilogy open world RPG some of us have been pining for?
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Jun 4, 2012 21:48
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Flagrant Abuse posted:Hoping? Yes. Expecting? No. Why? Lucas. You don't have George to kick around anymore.
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Jun 4, 2012 22:37
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So, wondering what 1313 is? Star Wars 1313 Gameplay Video Still watching, so I don't know what the game really is yet, but it's described as gritty, hardcore, and mature rated. And apparently takes place in the darker parts of Coruscant. edit: Well, just finished it. Still don't really know what kind of game it is, but it seems to be 3rd person action adventure. Like Mass Effect. And it looks amazing. And so far, no main characters in sight. I'm actually excited about a Star Wars game, for the time being. *fingers crossed* thrawn527 fucked around with this message at 19:47 on Jun 5, 2012 |
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Jun 5, 2012 19:45
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Sounds like a gritty Star Wars meets space Lethal Weapon in the city underworld with RPG light shooty bits. Looks kind of appealing really. I'm okay with this.
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Jun 5, 2012 19:59
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thrawn527 posted:Still watching, so I don't know what the game really is yet, but it's described as gritty, hardcore, and mature rated. And apparently takes place in the darker parts of Coruscant. So what you're saying is, it's an entire game based around the Nar Shaddaa level of Jedi Knight 2? I think I can deal with this.
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Jun 5, 2012 20:04
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OriginalPseudonym posted:So what you're saying is, it's an entire game based around the Nar Shaddaa level of Jedi Knight 2? You mean balancing on ledges, trying to see your way through black on slightly less black maps, and gameplay that was Doom 3-esque looking back on it now?
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Jun 5, 2012 20:55
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thrawn527 posted:So, wondering what 1313 is? Had to watch that without sound cause I'm at work but it looks pretty cool. Did they give any info about who the protagonist is or when this game is set?
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Jun 5, 2012 21:03
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Whoever he is, fingers crossed he isn't force sensitive.
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Jun 5, 2012 21:05
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Lightsaber > Flashlight I say this from a gameplay perspective, as well as someone who had bought the JK2 Collectors Edition with strobing lightsaber keychain.
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Jun 5, 2012 21:05
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SeanBeansShako posted:Whoever he is, fingers crossed he isn't force sensitive. If he isn't Force sensitive in this one, he will be in the hypothetical sequel.
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Jun 5, 2012 21:31
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Thwomp posted:You mean balancing on ledges, trying to see your way through black on slightly less black maps, and gameplay that was Doom 3-esque looking back on it now? I was never sure how much of that was the game and how much of that was my buggy graphics card, tbh. I do like the idea of having a vertical level that shows off the "height" of Coruscant, though, especially if they give you a jetpack and a sniper rifle. 
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Jun 5, 2012 22:05
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Speaking of Star Wars games, did anybody ever play the Jango Fett game, Bounty Hunter? I was clearing out some stuff earlier and I found the old Prima strategy guide for it. While it's been years since I played it (or any other computer game, for that matter) I seem to recall it was reasonably good.
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Jun 5, 2012 22:40
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I personally love what the Star wars IP does with it's audio books. I love how it is actually DIFFERENT from reading the standard book with all the things they add like sound effects and music, and the voice actors they use are often really talented at replicating movie character voices and create voices for their expanded universe characters that are actually plausible instead of reading everything in a dispassionate voice. Most recently I listened to the entire Fate of the Jedi series and I really enjoyed it. Marc Thompson narrates all of them and it makes a great series because this guy is loving talented. His Han Solo is ridiculously accurate. He does a great job and the series, as a whole is really enjoyable to listen too. Anybody else have good experience with the audio books in the EU?
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Jun 5, 2012 22:57
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Metal Loaf posted:Speaking of Star Wars games, did anybody ever play the Jango Fett game, Bounty Hunter? I was clearing out some stuff earlier and I found the old Prima strategy guide for it. While it's been years since I played it (or any other computer game, for that matter) I seem to recall it was reasonably good. AcidRonin posted:Anybody else have good experience with the audio books in the EU? *except for the opening crawl and occasionally an epilogue
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Jun 5, 2012 23:20
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thrawn527 posted:So, wondering what 1313 is? What little gameplay was shown gave me a definite Uncharted feel, which to me at least is fantastic. I love the Uncharted games and if this game can play and look as good as those while still being Star Wars it will be a definite day one purchase for me. Stoked for Uncharted 4: Greedo's Fortune.
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Jun 5, 2012 23:44
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I hope Lucasarts has taken notice of how much everyone hates Bioware right now, and develops accordingly. AcidRonin posted:I personally love what the Star wars IP does with it's audio books. I love how it is actually DIFFERENT from reading the standard book with all the things they add like sound effects and music, and the voice actors they use are often really talented at replicating movie character voices and create voices for their expanded universe characters that are actually plausible instead of reading everything in a dispassionate voice.
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Jun 6, 2012 00:09
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Metal Loaf posted:Speaking of Star Wars games, did anybody ever play the Jango Fett game, Bounty Hunter? I was clearing out some stuff earlier and I found the old Prima strategy guide for it. While it's been years since I played it (or any other computer game, for that matter) I seem to recall it was reasonably good. I liked Bounty Hunter a lot but I was terrible at it and could never get very far into the game. From what I remember I might have gotten like a third of the way through but after that I would just die and die and die.
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I'm thinking of trying audiobooks sometime. Is there one for Shatterpoint?
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Crimson Dragoon posted:I'm thinking of trying audiobooks sometime. Is there one for Shatterpoint? There is. It seemed to end very very abruptly and left me with a real "What? That's it?" feeling. A few years later I had a chance to browse through the actual novel and found the audio version had cut the last chapter, which resolved things a lot more meaningfully. Since then I try not to listen to abridged SW audiobooks anymore. For those who have the book, the audiobook ends after the huge grueling duel between Mace Windu and Kar Vastor simply with Mace saying "Kar Vastor, you are under arrest", followed by the credits. Dave Syndrome fucked around with this message at 00:36 on Jun 6, 2012 |
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Jun 6, 2012 00:31
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Dave Syndrome posted:There is. It seemed to end very very abruptly and left me with a real "What? That's it?" feeling. The Star by Star audiobook cut out the entire Battle of Coruscant...which was the main focus of the book.
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Do the audiobooks just read the books, or have they been rescripted to allow it to be "radio drama"? I only ask because the NPR radio drama versions of Episodes 4-6 spoiled me in the extreme. Anything else like that but based off an EU book would be tits.
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OriginalPseudonym posted:Do the audiobooks just read the books, or have they been rescripted to allow it to be "radio drama"?
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Jun 6, 2012 02:14
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thrawn527 posted:So, wondering what 1313 is? I know I previously swore off ever buying anything Star Wars related again if only to protect my own sanity... But damnit if Al Pacino wasn't on the ball in Godfather III: "As soon as you try to get out, they pull you back in!"
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Jun 6, 2012 05:30
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AcidRonin posted:I personally love what the Star wars IP does with it's audio books. I love how it is actually DIFFERENT from reading the standard book with all the things they add like sound effects and music, and the voice actors they use are often really talented at replicating movie character voices and create voices for their expanded universe characters that are actually plausible instead of reading everything in a dispassionate voice. I've read no books, only listened to audiobooks, and I agree that it adds a lot. The Star Wars sounds really keep you involved. And yes, they have some fantastic narrators. I posted a couple of pages back, but Darth Plagueis was fantastic, and narrated by the most authentic posh smart voice. From reading the wookieepedia summary, it does seem like they cut a lot out of the older works, which sucks, but Outbound Flight was quite tidily done.
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SirPhoebos posted:I know I previously swore off ever buying anything Star Wars related again if only to protect my own sanity... All they need now is a Wookiee partner who wisecracks are translated via subtitles and an impressive looking blaster pistol and they already have my money.
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Here, have a bunch of famous voice actors (Billy West, Tara Strong, Maurice LaMarche, John DiMaggio, Kevin Conroy, Jess Harnell and Rob Paulsen) doing a radio play of ANH. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBzRmWeC6Ds I'm geninely excited for 1313, though I would prefer a PC Jedi Knight sequeal we know the odds of that happening...
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I keep seeing posts about how "it's just Uncharted: Stat Wars" and my only response is "That's everything I could have wanted!"
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Kirtan posted:I keep seeing posts about how "it's just Uncharted: Stat Wars" and my only response is "That's everything I could have wanted!" Exactly, when the last time we got a (non-Jedi) Third person SW game; Bounty Hunter, parts of Jedi Academy?
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Jun 7, 2012 17:25
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Nckdictator posted:Exactly, when the last time we got a (non-Jedi) Third person SW game; Bounty Hunter, parts of Jedi Academy?
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Jun 7, 2012 17:32
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Nckdictator posted:Exactly, when the last time we got a (non-Jedi) Third person SW game; Bounty Hunter, parts of Jedi Academy? Probably Bounty Hunter; when you didn't have the lightsabre in Jedi Academy I'm pretty sure it was first-person.
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Metal Loaf posted:Probably Bounty Hunter; when you didn't have the lightsabre in Jedi Academy I'm pretty sure it was first-person.
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Toplowtech posted:I will be really surprised if the hero of 1313 doesn't discover is a force user during the game. I'l be supised too , but at this point I'l take what I can get. I think it's been said before here but I'd much rather hear about a (non-Boba Fett) bounty hunter in the OT era then hear about the most "epic" Jedi-Sith battle in the Old Republic era. Metal Loaf posted:Probably Bounty Hunter; when you didn't have the lightsabre in Jedi Academy I'm pretty sure it was first-person. You could swich between first and third person with blasters in JKA.
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Jun 7, 2012 19:24
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Casimir Radon posted:You had the saber all the way through Jedi Academy. The beginning levels of Jedi Outcast you don't. I think there's one level in Jedi Academy where you get captured by Imperials who take your weapons from you, and the challenge of the mission is to escape without your lightsabre. Of course, I could easily be confusing it with a different game, I'm not entirely sure. Nckdictator posted:You could swich between first and third person with blasters in JKA. Well, how about that. I quite honestly didn't know that, just as I didn't know until fairly recently (many years since I played the game) that you could switch between first and third person in Jedi Starfighter.
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Metal Loaf posted:I think there's one level in Jedi Academy where you get captured by Imperials who take your weapons from you, and the challenge of the mission is to escape without your lightsabre. Of course, I could easily be confusing it with a different game, I'm not entirely sure. Yep, that's in JA. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Mission_to_Dosuun
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Metal Loaf posted:I think there's one level in Jedi Academy where you get captured by Imperials who take your weapons from you, and the challenge of the mission is to escape without your lightsabre. Of course, I could easily be confusing it with a different game, I'm not entirely sure. Yeah, that happens. I think it's pretty late in the game, though, so Force Powers make everything better.
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So 1313 is a Lucasarts made Star Wars Mass Effect game and Mass Effect was Bioware's Star Wars game they couldn't do at the time because it would do several things 1313 is now doing that Lucasarts wouldn't allow previously.  Could be good. Graphics look very good but I was cautious the moment he said "platforming". Thwomp fucked around with this message at 21:10 on Jun 7, 2012 |
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So, I've been thinking: I know that Karen Traviss gets a lot of hate on this thread, and from what evidence I've seen it seems to be justified. However, one point that I think was attributed to her unfairly is the whole "3 Million Clonetroopers." The reason that I say it's not fair is that number is reasonable given what we are told by the G-canon. In Ep.2 when Obi-wan meets the Kamino-ese (sp?) they tell him that 200,000 troops are ready and a million will soon be ready. At the end, whatshername tells Obi-wan that if he needs more troops, it will take more time to create them. So assuming Kamino took a year for development, that's 9 years to create 1.2 million troops. The Clone Wars lasted 3 years. So to even just hit the 3-million mark, Kamino would need to simultaneously increase production output by 50% AND cut production time by 200%. TL;DR: 3 million troops is a way-too-low figure, but that's more George's fault than Karen. Also, 
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SirPhoebos posted:So, I've been thinking: I know that Karen Traviss gets a lot of hate on this thread, and from what evidence I've seen it seems to be justified. However, one point that I think was attributed to her unfairly is the whole "3 Million Clonetroopers." (  )
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