Space combat has been confirmed for SWTOR! [Updated]
by Larry Everett 
Jul 23rd 2010 at 5:15PM
Filed under: Sci-fi, Game mechanics, New titles, Rumors, Star Wars: The Old Republic
Not moments later, this rumor was completely confirmed by SWTOR's community manager, Sean Dahlberg, on the official forum. He confesses in his announcement, "While we didn't quite make the numbers [of Facebook and Twitter followers], we definitely saw how excited the community is about this and how everyone came together. After all of that, there's no way we could hold back with our special reveal at Comic-Con!" So it seems the devs did not punish the fans for not reaching the social media goal after all. He reveals that further details will be available in the October edition of PC Gamer.
[Thank you, Mos Eisley Radio, for keeping your ears open!]
[Editor's Note: Brooks from Mos Eisley Radio just mailed us to say that all of his information is coming from Darth Hater's liveblog, so props to Darth Hater, and thanks for letting us know, Brooks! ~Sera]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
BubleFett said on 5:18PM 7-23-2010
Its about time. Woot Woot!
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Brooks said on 5:25PM 7-23-2010
Woohoo! But, is it twitch or RPG skill-based like ground combat? Such great info but so little of it!
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Tempes Magus said on 11:10PM 7-25-2010
It's a bit of both. It still has auto-targeting.
It's like an action game somewhat, but with auto-targeting and numbers you can modify behind the scenes for your attacks and such.
Tempes Magus said on 11:11PM 7-25-2010
Disregard my comments, wrong article. :(
Starman said on 5:29PM 7-23-2010
Ok now we are talking Bioware. I'm in!
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LaughingTarget said on 5:28PM 7-23-2010
It isn't a proper Star Wars title without blowing away Republic scum.
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MCRaider said on 5:29PM 7-23-2010
Read what Sean said carefully, no where did he mention enemy player ships, or that we will be fighting each other in space. He just says enemy ships, frigates, and asteroids.
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kevin said on 5:30PM 7-23-2010
for the first time i am actually looking forward to this game
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bhima said on 5:32PM 7-23-2010
This game gets better and better. Sure it isn't totally original, but to be honest... polishing what already works and adding a few new twists seems to be a good way to make a great game. I can't wait.
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Excelsior said on 12:14AM 7-24-2010
@etheral.wolf How do you even know what the finished game is going to be like, it's still almost a year out. You shouldn't make assumptions until it at least goes into beta.
CCon99 said on 6:35AM 7-24-2010
While I do love all BioWare games, including ME2. The original Mass Effect was definitely superior to Mass Effect 2's 10-12 hours worth of shooter gameplay.
CCon99 said on 6:40AM 7-24-2010
Oops! The above comment was meant as a reply to a different comment below.
ethereal.wolf said on 5:42PM 7-23-2010
ok bioware, just make it twitch based now and all will be forgiven.
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Excelsior said on 5:47PM 7-23-2010
Forgiven? What have they ever done but make great games?
Joker said on 5:53PM 7-23-2010
@Excelsior They did dumb down Mass Effect 2 into a simplistic shooter.
That's almost unforgivable.
Chris said on 9:17PM 7-23-2010
Except that ME2 was a much more polished and overall better game than the first one.. if it wasn't, you'd have a point. But no.
ethereal.wolf said on 9:53PM 7-23-2010
@excelsior: forgiven for making TOR a reskinned EQ-clone with some added story. if they make the space combat twitch based i will overlook their transgressions.
Joker said on 6:03AM 7-24-2010
@Chris So you would rather sacrifice the RPG part of the game so it can be a polished shooter? Are you stupid? Mass Effect is a masterpiece.
ME2 is a dumbed down short bus shooter made so children and the very stupid Halo / CoD fans could play it.
I'm sure EA is mostly to blame, but Bioware is too.
Even the sex scenes are dumbed down, lol.
I'm sure The Old Republic is going to suck for people that like good games but since EA is part of it then it will be a good enough WoW clone to make some profit.
All they really need to do is pull an Avatar and put tons of commercials everywhere and the weak minded will come running saying how great of a game it is and how original it is, lol.
CCon99 said on 6:39AM 7-24-2010
While I do love all BioWare games, including ME2. The original Mass Effect was definitely superior to Mass Effect 2's 10-12 hours worth of shooter gameplay.
Sneaky said on 10:58AM 7-24-2010
I'm sure Bioware is relieved to know you guys may possibly find a way to forgive them. And what western MMO couldn't in some way, shape or form be called an EQ/WoW clone? Nothing revolutionary was ever promised, just a better Star Wars MMO than we currently have.
If it needs to break the mold for some to be happy, then we'll just have a miserable minority for a long, long time.