Of course this meant a mission where I had to steal the clothes of those I was imitating. But in order to do this I was going to have to go undercover. It changed how I play the game.įor instance, my character’s opening story was about trying to get information from a local Hutt. And perhaps what most surprised me was that this isn’t just what defines my skill tree. This is a Sith character, focusing on stealth, subterfuge and sabotage. With a huge range of classes to choose from, on two opposite sides of the ongoing conflict (and as everyone has already heard, either side will have a completely distinct game with no shared missions whatsoever – it’s essentially two MMOs in one), and a world in which you can see everyone else running around, it’s also clearly not KotOR 3.Īt the most recent event demonstrating the game I spent two days playing as an Imperial Agent. This is unquestionably in the KotOR universe, and while it doesn’t obviously pick up any narrative from the previous single player games, so much will be familiar to anyone who’s experienced BioWare’s take on the Star Wars universe.īut there’s also no doubt it’s an MMO. Previously described by BioWare as Knights Of The Old Republic 3, 4 and 5 in one game, there’s no question of TOR’s origins. There’s also the slightly more meta battle between a clear desire to offer a single player RPG and the efforts to be a multiplayer MMO. Certainly there’s the overarching story of Sith vs. The Old Republic is a game existing in conflict. How does the game balance RPG and MMO? Is this really KotORs 3, 4 and 5? I have some thoughts to share.

There's also some brand new screens, that you can click on for larger versions. News about the PvP side of things will be with you in just over a week, but below are my impressions of a big chunk of time with the Imperial Agent's PvE. I had the chance to sit down to play The Old Republic for a couple of days.

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