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13 minute The Old Republic 'The Esseles' flashpoint video
Posted: 31.07.2011 02:04 by JonahFalcon Comments: 16
Bioware has released a new, 13 and a half minute walkthrough of The Esseles flashpoint for Star Wars: The Old Republic. In the flashpoint, a Republic transport that carries some of the most high-profiled members of the Galactic Senate across the galaxy has come under siege from the opportunistic Grand Moff Kilran.

Bioware developer Dallas Dickinson guides the viewer along as a group of Republic heroes must band together to repel the Imperial boarding parties and retake their ship.

Check out the walkthrough in the video below.

Comments

By steven101x1 (SI Member) on Jul 31, 2011
steven101x1
Kinda expected more for graphics honestly.
By JonahFalcon (SI Elite) on Jul 31, 2011
JonahFalcon
Why? This is an MMO.
By unsilviu (SI Core) on Jul 31, 2011
unsilviu
Graphics are really OK for MMO's, it would be crazy if you had a populated center with thousands of players and Crysis-level graphics, it would put down any rig.
By JonahFalcon (SI Elite) on Jul 31, 2011
JonahFalcon
Also, you want people with low-end rigs to enjoy the game, too. You don't get subscriptions by catering to Alienware PCs.
By steven101x1 (SI Member) on Jul 31, 2011
steven101x1
Yeah i guess i didnt take into account what it takes to run an MMO.
By MindCoil (SI Veteran Member) on Jul 31, 2011
MindCoil
In the old main cities of WoW an average $500 PC would get at most 15fps on low settings. And WoW graphics are pretty close to these.


What I want to see is more skills. All I saw was, at most 3 different skills for each class. Granted this was at a low level. I believe he said right out of starter zone at character level 9. But seeing little actual character control doesn't make me want to buy it.
By unsilviu (SI Core) on Jul 31, 2011
unsilviu
Not really MindCoil, my old PC had an NVida 8600, garbage by today's standards, and I still had ~20-30 fps on medium-high settings, on what I think is one of the most populated servers in the game. WoW is designed with low-spec players in mind, and so will TOR i think.
But I agree, the skills seem somewhat..lackluster, they don't feel to have a resounding effect, like they do in other MMO's. Remember though, this is far from release.
By Xyfer117 (SI Core) on Jul 31, 2011
Xyfer117
Far from release and also low level, they will probably make people work hard for more skills as the characters are meant to be very customisable.
By Thibby (SI Core Veteran) on Jul 31, 2011
Thibby
Don't now about this game, I never liked MMO's but it looks cool :/
By JonahFalcon (SI Elite) on Aug 01, 2011
JonahFalcon
There are three skill trees, and they differ depending on the advanced class you choose.
By lichlord (SI Core) on Aug 01, 2011
lichlord
make it for singleplayer too come'on why does every game now try to go mmo i know it might earn a lot but a lot of people will be unable to play too because of that :/ :(
By Xyfer117 (SI Core) on Aug 01, 2011
Xyfer117
I've said before I would have loved a single player kotor 3 but mmo's can be a really good experience as well so I'm really looking forward to this.
By JonahFalcon (SI Elite) on Aug 02, 2011
JonahFalcon
Trust me, this is like playing a single player KOTOR.
By lichlord (SI Core) on Aug 02, 2011
lichlord
yes but monthly paying for something to play singleplayer :/
By Xyfer117 (SI Core) on Aug 02, 2011
Xyfer117
Monthly paying for something which has a story as good as singleplayer but all the advantages of being multiplayer!
By flortan (SI Newbie) on Aug 02, 2011
flortan
This should be the prize for the next contest. The collectors edition pre order.