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Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Well, well, well...if it's not another impressive title from LucasArts
at E3.
May 22, 2001
E3 2001 
Well slap me silly...if LucasArts didn't just pull off one of the most
impressive showings at this year's E3. LucasArts had one of the best
line-ups that I've ever seen, and it's obvious that their decision to
go with the cream of the crop when it comes to developing the next
generation of Star Wars titles. Hot on the tails of the unveiling of
Star Wars Galaxies comes the joint RPG venture between LucasArts and
Bioware -- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. 
Bioware's James Ohlen opened the presentation with a slide show of
some of the concept art and a brief description of the background to
the game. Knights of the Old Republic is set some 4,000 years before
the movies. Although the Republic thought they had defeated the whole
of the Sith, the dark Jedis have returned in droves to enact revenge
on the Republic. As the game takes place so many centuries before the
movies, Jedis, both light and dark, are quite prevalent in the game
world, and it is your destiny to become a Jedi as well. Although the
game is set so far in the past, you can still expect plenty of space
travel and nifty gadgets, as we all know that the Star Wars past is
still much more advanced than the boring, boring streets of Los
Angeles...well, at least comparatively boring. 
After the backstory was in place, it was time to make a character.
Pick your race, sex, and class (including soldier, bounty hunter,
scout, scoundrel [aka Han Solo], and Jedi guardian) and you're off and
ready to explore the world. 
Although we didn't get to see an actual battle, they did tells us that
the combat will be real-time, but similar to Baldur's Gate in that you
can pause the action to give commands to any of your party members.
Speaking of your party, unlike many other computer RPGs, your party
will be limited to a maximum of three, so you'll have a much tighter
group to control. Like the movies, combat will be extremely cinematic,
and as you progress as a Jedi expect to throw a few Force powers,
super-jumps, and back flips in the mix. 
Although the game is being developed by Bioware, the combat system is
about the only similarity to Bioware's most-famous RPG. The game is
built on a completely new engine and is entirely 3D. Since there are
no screen shots being released at this time, I guess I should let you
know that the camera is set in an over the shoulder view and you can
adjust the pitch, tilt, and zoom level to some degree to get the angle
you're most comfortable with. The new engine looks incredible, with
high-detail textures, high-poly models, facial animation, blended
animations, and bump-mapped surfaces...you'll just have to wait and
see it. 
This is a hardcore RPG, so expect plenty of story and depth here.
Although there is a set path you can follow to get to the end of the
game, there are plenty of sub-missions for you to go on. However,
James did promise that we wouldn't see any "fetch and retrieve"
quests. Quests will have a purpose and there will be a number of ways
to solve each mission. 
Although Knights of the Old Republic is an RPG, there will be a few
arcade elements in the game as well. What's a Star Wars game without a
little bit of action? One that we heard about today was a space combat
sim where you control the action with the mouse. It's not going to be
extremely in-depth, but Bioware is trying to mix up the gameplay a bit
to fit into the Star Wars universe. 
All in all Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is looking pretty
damn nice at this point. It's still early in the project (LucasArts is
looking at a late 2002 release), but we've already seen the quality of
Bioware's work in their previous RPG titles, so we're expecting big
things from their foray into the Star Wars universe. 

 looking at a late 2002 release
:-(((((((((
Sonic.
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