tobolds.blogspot.com - 6/5/2009
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I've been blasted by other bloggers for my blasphemy of expressing the opinion that SWTOR might possibly be not the second coming of Christ. People pointed out Bioware's good track record with RPGs, as well as promised features like complete voice-over and better storytelling. I am totally ...
tobolds.blogspot.com - 6/2/2009
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tobolds.blogspot.com —
I am looking forward to one day playing
Star Wars: The Old Republic. But I think the...
hype machine for that game is running hot far too early in the development cycle. And that is going to bite Bioware in the ass, excuse my French. Just have a look at ...
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SWTOR hype
rockpapershotgun.com - 6/2/2009
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rockpapershotgun.com —
I adore the sheer arrogance of this video.
The Old Republic setting requires leaving familiar Star Wars...
characters behind, right? Well, seems Bioware have said “fuggit - let’s just put Darth Vader in there anyway.” Clearly ...
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The Old Republic - “This Changes Everything”
walloftext.info - 5/29/2009
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When I first saw the announcement of the
trooper class on the official SWTOR site I thought...
it was going to be an interesting class. Think about it, in a land full if Sith and Jedi, the Trooper class is going to need to have some serious appeal to get most players to pick this class over one of ...
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Star Wars, The Old Republic: The Trooper is the Bomb
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Van Hemlock —
... , Bioware's first foray into the MMO space. Quite the hype building for it at the moment, and features Star Wars and Bioware, both names that have a specific draw all on their own, MMO or not. Promising new paradigms in MMO Storytelling, it'll certainly be interesting to see, but I'm a little skeptical, much like Tobold. Can good stories only be told about one person at a time, i.e. an instanced single-player experience? ...
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