E3's latest "The Old Republic" trailer has me worried

Written by Matt on Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at 2:24 PM


Maybe it's just because I am obsessing way too hard over this game's release since I love Star Wars so much, but am I the only one who is worried about the the latest Star Wars: The Old Republic trailer that was released today at E3? Don't get me wrong, it looks AMAZING, but the amount of detail and the high-quality graphics was what really started to make me think.

Normally, yes, for any current generation PC or console game I really enjoy stunning visuals, but this is an MMO--not something I'm gonna run solely off my computer.

I'm no genius, but I'm also not a dumb ass. I realize that this was a pre-rendered sequence, not actual gameplay footage, but still I started to worry. I am very excited about this game's release and the fact that Bioware is incorporating story into an MMO, but with the downfall of Star Wars: Galaxies, I want this game to have a high population of players and if there is too much stress on graphics then it limits the number of consumers who can successfully play the game. This isn't Crysis, it's an MMO. While I'm sure I could run it fine, I'm not so certain about my friends.

Whether you love it or hate it, you have to admit that World of Warcraft has done a great job with keeping the visuals pretty low-key so that anyone with a credit card and Internet access can play, which is part of the reason it is so successful. Again, don't get me wrong, I hope the visuals of The Old Republic are way better than WoW, but at the same time I don't want anything overdone where server speeds drag so low that I can't slay a Dewback for entertainment.

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