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    Star Wars The Old Republic Ingame Gameplay Footage + what we know so far

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AevmEGsZH7E"]YouTube - Star Wars The Old Republic Ingame Gameplay - early alpha by xxHIMxx[/ame]

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    General:

    * Only being released for PC, no consoles
    * Seems that the Game has PvE Mode and a PvP Mode - SifiWire
    * Graphics are great and smooth - Mentioned in Multiple Reviews
    * The interface seems standardised. Hot keys on a UI Bar. - 1UP
    * The Majority of the Game can be done without Any help from anyone else - StarWarsMMO Demo
    * Space Experience will be in game, its still being worked on - Machinima
    * Subtitles for alien speech. - EuroGamer
    * BioWare is currently indicating that it will be unwilling to let players skip or read dialogue scenes- EuroGamer
    * The UI Can be customised!- StarWarsMMO
    * Naming Filters include not being able to have numbers, special characters or Star Wars names - StarWarsMMO Demo
    * Full Voice overs for all NPC, Companions and some extent our characters (There is a mention in one of the reviews about some text, maybe just during the selection, it was not too clear.)
    * Some voice overs being done by cast members of Battlestar Galatica - Kokaku
    * The voiceovers seem to be done by good actors not Fred the Cleaner (If anyone has played Culling of Strath in WoW 3rd boss, you will know what I mean)
    * There is mention of a Player Driven Economy in the review from Joystiq.
    * No grinding - Destructoid review.
    * 8 Classes confirmed (During Gamespot Interview)
    * They are looking into seperate servers for PvP, RP etc as an option. - StarWarsMMO
    * They are trying to make TOR available to People with a mix of PC quality Old and New- StarWarsMMO
    * PvP, Auction House, Raiding and an Economy all confirmed on video by a Dev: ZAM
    * The Game is fully operational now Gophn.com
    * Localised instancing - When getting/handing in a quest you are the only one at NPC - MMOGAMER


    Characters:

    * Characters maybe planet locked for a period based on gameplay mechanics (BH needs to get a Hutts help to get off the planet, Smuggler has no ship (Its been stolen)
    * Still no mention of non-human playable races.
    * Bounty Hunters start on Hutta - Mentioned in Multiple Reviews
    * Bounty Hunters Story Arc is called 'The Great Hunt' - SifiWire
    * Bounty Hunters as well as ranged can do hand to hand combat plus dirty tricks - SifiWire
    * Smuggler starts on Ord Mantell - Mentioned in Multiple Reviews
    * Characters can Jump!- StarwarsMMO
    * Multiple Voices for Player Characters so that when we respond they do not all sound the same - StarwarsMMO Demo
    * Full Body and Facial expressions while speaking - StarWarsMMO Demo
    * Information on races other than Human coming soon - StarWarsMMO
    * Character customization
    * Other classes will get the Cover ability, but maybe not as effective.
    * Player Characters have some intresting moves.. Smuggler (knee NPC in nuts and shoot them in the head)
    * Mixed Party Quests, If a Smuggler and Jedi group to go do the Smuggler quest line there will be quests for the Jedi to do while helping Smuggler - MMOGAmer
    * Dialog selection via a Mass Effect Style Dialog wheel - GameSutra
    * There is an END to each classes Story with new content to extend each story- MMOGamer
    * The more Dark/Light Side you go you gain access to more abilities that lean towards that calling that going the other way denies you. - GameSutra


    Combat:

    * No Auto Attack - Mentioned in Multiple Reviews
    * Combat is fast paced (Almost Console Speed) - TenTonHammer
    * Enemies fall fast and come quick, and the pace of action is consistent.- EuroGamer
    * Cooldowns on the skills were very short, and the skills themselves were swift, immediate- EuroGamer
    * TOR is NOT going for normal MMO Combat but Star Wars Combat (2.43 on vid)- Gamespot 17th June
    * Special moves seem to require points similar to Rogue in WoW. (If you are not sure what I mean read further in this post, its explained)
    * Players seem to be able to take on 1 to 4 NPCs at the same time. - Destructoid StarWarsMMO
    * Combat seems to be more fluid and dynamic (not too sure what they were refering to by maybe queuing moves?)
    * Duel use of Lightsabers shown. - Mentioned in Multiple Reviews
    * There is mention of the Sith soaking up damage and causing agro. Possible hint to a Tanking class?
    * While seeing the Combat in the Flaspoint its seemed very like Battlefront with 10 vs 2 combat - StarWarsMMO Demo
    * When engaging NPCs the NPC switched from Ranged to Melee as the Players got closer - StarWarsMMO Demo
    * Combat was more fluid not stiff like KOTRO - StarWarsMMO Demo
    * The Sith was Auto deflecting Blaster Bolts during the Flaspoint - StarWarsMMO Demo


    Flashpoints/Loot:


    * Loot seems to be based on Light/Darkside as well as class.
    * End Game Content like Raiding is available if players do not want to re roll- MMOGamer
    * Looting is the standard Loot types in other MMOs - StarWarsMMO
    * Choices in Flashpoints can change the course of the instance. Kill a NPC and 'A' happens.. do not kill and 'B' happens. - Mentioned in Multiple Reviews
    * Flashpoints can be done solo or grouped.
    * Group decisions in Flashpoints (Its mentioned that BW are still working on how to apply LS/DS points depending on outcome).
    * PvP loot mentioned as loot in the gamespot Smuggler interview.
    * Loot sets also seem to be in game, possible mutliple PvP sets mentioned - Gamespot Smuggler
    * The Group decisions seem to work like the LOTRO Combo Combat function, you get little time to decide what you want to do. A selection of outcomes appear and you have to decide fast.
    * Multiple different outfits per class- TenTonHammer (watch vid)
    Last edited by MigIdiot; 06-24-2009 at 12:54 PM.
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    Star Wars The Old Republic Ingame Gameplay Footage + what we know so far
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    Nice compilation but video not working.

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    Your points made me wanna play the game even more than after the trailer, but after watching your movie I must say I think Aion is better.

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