Comments on: PC Gamer Voyages Into Star Wars: The Old Republic

By: Half “amen,” half “lol wut?” « /gab

Half “amen,” half “lol wut?” « /gab — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:52:45 +0000

[...] under Uncategorized Leave a Comment Syp over at Bio Break (as well as several other folks) have lighted on this PC Gamer quote from the venerable Gordon Walton, currently studio director of [...]

By: Star Wars: FFOTM (future flavor of the month) « Bio Break

Star Wars: FFOTM (future flavor of the month) « Bio Break — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:40:17 +0000

[...] 6, 2009 by Syp As Moon Over Endor and Overly Positive have dissected and spilled out their thoughts on the Star Wars: The Old Republic article in the [...]

By: Firstto

Firstto — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:29:27 +0000

Let's sincerely hope that you are correct Slurm. I still retain my utmost confidence in Bioware. They wouldn't be as successful as they are if they didn't please all gamers, whether they be hardcore or casual.

"he’s probably only refering to those people who just play to min/max, bypass the story in an effort to get to the end asap (like those who got to 40 in WAR after a week), and gloat to the lowbies about their eliteness."

This is (hopefully) what he was referring to.

By: Slurm

Slurm — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:21:12 +0000

bah, comments updated so know I have to get in on the conversation.

I have to be captain neutral again; I agree with the media goddess, It's not something I would ever say in such a position as his because its going to make people who plan on going nuts about the game kindof say "uh oh". But I agree with Frank as well, he's probably only refering to those people who just play to min/max, bypass the story in an effort to get to the end asap (like those who got to 40 in WAR after a week), and gloat to the lowbies about their eliteness.

By: Slurm

Slurm — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:13:36 +0000

"to set expectations as high as bringing down WoW is a bit misguided"

Expectations, yes. But I think this is the one game that could really cut into WoW and make people start questioning its future much like whats already happening in WAR. But Blizzard already knows WoW wont last forever, hence the new IP/MMO.

By: Frank

Frank — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:12:33 +0000

@Helvetica

It's a big point of contention in many discussion circles. The key words are "top of" the hardcore. I'm not sure he's referring to all hardcore players, only the ones who play insane amounts of hours a day and rush to end-game.

It's still a controversial statement to make.

By: Helvetica

Helvetica — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:49:20 +0000

“”We have to ignore the top of the hardcore,” says Walton, talking about those players who will simply ignore the story and min-max their way to the top end of the game. “We need to make a game that is accessible to the Star Wars fan, and the BioWare fan. Because really BioWare is a company that is about making a great RPG experience, not about making games for a hardcore MMO audience.”

That really pisses me off, mainly because they have the balls to say that all hardcore people do is minmaxing and not give a crap about the story. I may have a wicked hardcore mindset in any game I play, but I don't ignore the story or lore at all. That's such a horrible thing to say. Might as well say that casual players are retarded because they're not minmaxing and only care about get an hour of game time in before they get wife aggro.

Seriously now? That's completely ignorant. If they keep up with a mindset like that it's going to be a shit game.

By: Glasgow

Glasgow — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:26:04 +0000

Good on Bioware.