Captain Obvious: the Top 5 dead certain SWTOR predictions for 2010
It’s that time of the year when dozens of bloggers sift through the remains of 2009 predictions and start making their 2010 ones. Given we’re a newish site, there’s not a lot for us to gloat or cringe over for 2009, but we’re more than happy to make some 100% accurate predictions for the coming [...]
Death of a galaxy?
Star Wars Galaxies – have you heard of it?
I’d be surprised if you haven’t, considering you’re here on this site reading material related to the forthcoming MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic.
Galaxies was the first attempt at an MMO based on the world of George Lucas’ Star Wars, originally developed by Sony Online Entertainment on [...]
SWTOR: the excluded
By now, thousands have signed up for the SWTOR beta, but I thought it was worth mentioning those who won’t be able to take part in the beta phase. Specfically, any person on a Mac running VMWare Fusion or Boot Camp may not be able able to take part, after I emailed support stating the [...]
SWTOR’s combat system: an initial review
Self-proclaimed SWTOR newcomer Phillip has a close look at SWTOR’s combat system:
Bounty Hunter Class
UI looks pretty straight forward. UI appears to be hidden during “cutscenes”. Dialog Interface during cutscenes to decide on conversation path seems intuitive, reminds me somewhat of the Sims dialogue widget. Action bar sitting along the bottom along with character hp [...]
View from the newcomer: what I want in Star Wars The Old Republic
I’m really pleased to introduce Phillip, who’s going to play a key role at TOROZ as a senior writer. As a veteran gamer who wasn’t born when the first Star Wars film was released, he’ll bring a different perspective to 2010’s biggest MMO launch. He’s also new to SWTOR, which provides some insights that may [...]
What will SWTOR do for your sex drive?
Ok, I was hoping to get at least a hundred stories published on TOROZ before the sex thing crept in. Here’s the latest atrocity World of Warcraft is responsible for:
Warcraft Reduces Sex Drive – Watch more Funny Videos
Based on this, I make the following appeal to BioWare and LucasArts: please explain how SWTOR is going [...]
Star Wars The Old Republic: it’s about class
I’m really thrilled to have a guest post from Xaelyn, whose post on hooks in gaming impressed me mightily. I asked him to write a piece of SWTOR’s proposed classes, and he’s delivered in spades:
One of the more popular topics for SWTOR theorists has been that of which classes remain to be revealed. Of [...]
The gaming challenge for SWTOR
This post by Xaelyn, originally written for the SWTOR discussion boards, is simply brilliant.
It’s a comprehensive, waffle-free thesis on how World of Warcraft has kept its hooks in players, and how SWTOR needs to do things a lot differently.
As a WoW player myself, there’s essentially nothing I disagree with, and like most I [...]
Star Wars The Old Republic: World of Warcraft Killer?
One of the most common stories you’ll see, as the anticipation builds to SWTOR launching, will revolve around one question: will it be a World of Warcraft killer? As the long-standing tall poppy, there’s plenty of people that want to see WoW knocked down a peg or two. I’m not one of them, but [...]
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