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Can you enjoy this game without knowing much about Star wars.
donkeys
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So I've seen parts of some of the movies, but not enough to know much about Star Wars.
Since the game is so "story" involved, do I need to go see them or will the game be enough to understand what's going on?
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That's an advantage to the time period BioWare has chosen. It has little to do with the movies (since it's set thousands of years before The Phantom Menace took place), so if you don't know much about them, you won't be at a huge disadvantage. The best thing you can do now is look at all of the lore info BioWare has given us so far: Comics, Timeline videos, articles, etc. Then go to a site like Wookieepedia and search some of the repeated names (Exar Kun, Darth Malek/Revan, etc.) to find detailed info.
If you have Knights of the Old Republic, I'd play it. I haven't, but I'm not worried about missing lore info. I want to learn about it in-game, perhaps through some sort of Holonet acting as a Tome... of Information, or maybe... Knowledge...
Don't worry. You'll know what's going on because this is BioWare's own story, and they're not going to drown people in nerdy floods of lore correctness.
I would say absolutely not. This doesn't have really anything to do with the movie storyline. This follows moreso the popular game series Knights of the Old Republic 1 and 2, and most references you will see will be to those games.
I'm not much of a star wars fan -- as far as the movies go, but I am a fan of many star wars games. The KOTOR series were some of my favorite titles, and eventhough you may miss out on some of the story and character elements if you haven't played those before, I think the majority of the content you will still enjoy.
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I don't know much about KOTOR and I plan to enjoy the game. I guess it is a whole new story since it takes place in a period that nobody has touched on yet.
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I am most sure, if the game is fun, it is fun for everyone and does not need Star Wars knowledge. Bioware never made RPGs so you need some pre-knowledge.
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There are also a bunch of YouTube videos that will give you a quick overview of the story from the KOTOR games if you don't want to play them. That will tell you a lot about the background story for the MMO.
EDIT: I do recommend playing them though. The first one is one of my very favorite games. Even though it is a bit dated now, I still give it a play through from time to time.
Hard to say for sure since the game isn't out yet.
With that disclaimer aside, I'd say that you can absolutely enjoy the game without knowing much of the background. After all, many/most MMORPG's are based in worlds without an existing background (i.e. not based upon a pre-existing movie or book) and they do just fine.
I would also suspect that the more you know, the more "at home" you might feel with the surroundings, so to speak. When I first played LotRO, I'm sure I appreciated certain areas (like weathertop) so much more than non-indoctrinated player, simply because I remember reading about the locales/characters/etc. in the books and seeing them in the movies...
But another point to be made is that by NOT knowing the backstory, you might appreciate it more than others in an important way - you won't be "let down" by areas or characters not matching your own mind's visualization of them... If Darth <XYZ> doesn't look like you expected Darth <XYZ> to look, well, that might bum some people out!
Indeed. Play KOTOR. Tho personally I liked Kotor 2 a bit more yet, because Kreia was such an impressive character.
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The majority of the setting and storyline is being made up by BioWare for the purpose of this game, so you can expect it to be totally friendly to new people. The game is set in a time and during a conflict that is not well documented, so the only advantantage anyone's going to have over you is knowing that Tattooine has two suns. All the stuff in the movies happened thousands of years later, so even if BioWare decides that the Sith are really an offshoot of Christianity and worship Darth Jesus, it'll still be totally in-tune with the rest of the universe.
Aside from physical features of places, everything in this game is as new to Star Wars fans as to non-fans. Even the Jedi & Sith ideas and ideals that are known to people from modern day star wars are being changed to suit the purpose of the game, so you'll probably have an easier time with it as you don't bring any preconceived baggage.
What I'm saying is - fear not - you don't need to know anything about star wars. This game can be called "Space Wars" and other than the words "Jedi", "Force", "Lightsaber" and names of places, no one would even notice it's actually Star Wars.
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This game is set atleast 1000 (I believe) years before any of the films released so no, but even if it was set in the films timelines I would still say it isn't that crucial I mean LOTRO is firmly intwined with what happened in the films but it doesn't in any way hinder you from being able to play and enjoy the game.
but yeah, to call this game Fantastic is like calling Twilight the Godfather of vampire movies....
I kind of wish I had no experiences with Star Wars previous to this game. It would make the universe seem that much more impressive.
this game is geared towards people who have heard of the word lightsaber, jedi and perhaps even sith.
any logical or meaningful relation to the star wars lore is purely coincidental and and a non-factor in terms of gaming experience.
Not like anyone could ever possibly add to this thing called "lore".
If the game required you to be a hardcore SW fan to get into it, that would a terrible design choice by Bioware.
I don't think they would make that mistake.
Doubt that but you might miss the references and jokes and may be even some iconic items that would mean more to a fan. You will miss out on the feeling of being a fan and existing in the Star Wars world but I doubt it will have any impact on playing.
You could just watch the movies the first three and then read the novel like the ones by Timothy Zahn. It will deepen your appreciation of the game and understanding of the various factions and why they are in conflict.
oh but they do!
in books, comics, games etc!
more often than not though, they make sense as far as continuity is concerned!
go figure...
I have to co sign this statement if anyone wanted to delve more into the lore of Star Wars take a read of the Timothy Zahn novels, I thought many of his books were as good if not better than the films.
but yeah, to call this game Fantastic is like calling Twilight the Godfather of vampire movies....
If you want to brush up on your Star Wars lore, the original 3 films are a given. I would also suggest playing Knights of the Old Republic, which is just a damn amazing game on it's own.
There are a ton of references to actual lore other then then the word lighsaber, jedi, or sith so your continued troll attempt is an utter fail. To help the OP if he is interested in the lore, see this thread which provides valuable links to other references stating a ton of good info regarding the lore. Regardless, yes, a game should be enjoyable if you know Zero lore and I think we may get that enjoyable experience with this game, we will have to wait until open beta time to find out.
http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=215946
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There is a test when you first log on. You are asked questions about Star Wars. If you don't know the answers, you can't log on.
LOL, Ok, after responding to another post I needed a laugh and this actually did that which isn't easy to do so thank you lol.
There Is Always Hope!
Guess I was wrong when I thought there's not a person out there that doesn't know about Star Wars.
Laugh if you want to, but you better start studying your Star Wars lore if you want to play this game.
Do you know what the home planet of Wookies is? Do you know how to spell it properly?
No? No game for you!
I think a lack of knowledge of the lore could actually make the world that much more enjoyable, may not be as meaningful at first, but that overwhelming sense of something being new and fresh could only be that much stronger.
I'd see it more as a postive than anything else, just look at other games you've played with no known lore to back them up, just experiencing that world and learning about it should have been atleast half the fun.
Though one question stands, how much is bioware depending on a person knowing certain aspects to make something meaningful.
Anyone who is a fan of Star Wars (films) or reads the expanded universe books, won't really have any advantage at all, as their almost totally unrelated, going into this game not expecting anything related to star wars or the expanded universe books would actually be an advantage imo, as you'd have no expectations to colour your perception of it. Personally i don't like it.. but there will be people who do. but it would be best if you went into the game not expecting Star Wars (films)