Disney - Star Wars Galaxies Reboot

wyldmagik

I have not had time to verify this yet but apparently with the movies in the works, disney has commented on a full swg reboot.

 

Its ok you can pick your chins off the floor now

tawess

That would be a stunningly bad idea... Seeing the shape the game was in at the time it closed.

 

Give it a ARR treatment and it might be doable.... But as it where... Such... a... bad.... idea.

 

Edit: I have been asked by Konfess to note that this was most likley about H1Z1.. Not sure how it relates but i am a nice guy.

wyldmagik

It does say "reboot" one can only hope it would be looked at from when times people actually liked the game more.

DocBrody

huntersam

well rose tinted glasses any one . myself personally i do not have the time now to play a game like swg was  . however i might have a peek i it had all the good bits for me

Cant see it personally

 

tborggren

I hope u are right. 

The best ever mmorpg at release. 

tawess

Seeing there is no chance in seven of the nine hells that they will ever do the mistake of my favourite class "image designer" again i have no real interest in the game.

 

If i can multiclass Image designer and entertainer again.... We might be able to talk. But only if the devs actually give us content this time around.

kitarad

Prey on nostalgia and monetize it to hell and back.

Phry

It all depends on what they are 'rebooting' if its the original game then all well and good, but if its the NGE'd version, then not even slightly interested, though have to say, if they are considering this, why has it not been all over the games media, its such a hot topic that if it were even remotely true, we'd be hearing a lot more about it.

Malvious

source?

DocBrody

Originally posted by Phry
It all depends on what they are 'rebooting' if its the original game then all well and good, but if its the NGE'd version, then not even slightly interested, though have to say, if they are considering this, why has it not been all over the games media, its such a hot topic that if it were even remotely true, we'd be hearing a lot more about it.

Reboot says it all.

 

They'll go back to the game design on paper, fix and change some stuff and start from scratch, in SOEs newer engine Forgelight

goofy3k

Originally posted by Malvious
source?

+1

Come on people we live in a world where deceit runs rife! At all information presented to you, you should verify if it's even true before beginning to discuss as if it is fact.

DocBrody

I hope the new version launches with Jump To Lightspeed and atmospheric flight included.

Phry

Originally posted by DocBrody

I hope the new version launches with Jump To Lightspeed and atmospheric flight included.

Would be great to fly a Dunelizard again, JTLS was without doubt the best expansion of any game... EVER

 

unfortunately the lack of any evidence to back the OP up that there is even any willpower behind said reboot, is, in a word.. telling. i just don't think it is ever going to happen.

Thestrain

So everybody starts discussing the good and bad of reboot and no one asked for a source?

Nice troll OP.

tawess

All i can find is that they renewed the TM. And that is more a preventative action to make sure they keep control over it.

sumdumguy1

Well, I guess this could go a few ways.  I sure if they do it, they do it right.

gervaise1

I started to write "could Disney just reboot the SWG" thinking that SoE's involvement may give them problems with the deal they did with EA. The deal wasn't "EA exclusive" however since Disney retained "stuff" so sure they could work around that.

So I did some digging and discovered that LA (I.e. Disney) renewed the SWG IP last December. And then I found some comments that Smedley made at the time and then discovered discussions about a new SWG games .... last December....

 

 

doodphace

This is a troll thread plain and simple and should be locked.

:P

Malvious

Originally posted by gervaise1

I started to write "could Disney just reboot the SWG" thinking that SoE's involvement may give them problems with the deal they did with EA. The deal wasn't "EA exclusive" however since Disney retained "stuff" so sure they could work around that.

So I did some digging and discovered that LA (I.e. Disney) renewed the SWG IP last December. And then I found some comments that Smedley made at the time and then discovered discussions about a new SWG games .... last December....

 

 

That new game was H1Z1.

 

I am still waiting for a source like i asked on page 1.

DocBrody

SOE recently liscensed the Unreal engine, I wonder if the will use Unreal or Forgelight for SWG2.

 

Retired

Thread is fake, also a lot of Galaxies fans have already moved to The Repopulation.

GeezerGamer

Originally posted by kitarad
Prey on nostalgia and monetize it to hell and back.

I was just gonna say...

"SWG with a cash shop?"

No thanks.

Chirikiti

Buffing up to go Krayt-hunting with a friend right now.....just sayin'

AG-Vuk

Originally posted by wyldmagik

I have not had time to verify this yet but apparently with the movies in the works, disney has commented on a full swg reboot.

 

Its ok you can pick your chins off the floor now

Since there's no link, it's probably a troll thread. I just feel the need to say ; Lmao ! Seriously ? This is absolutely farcial. Just like EQN was going to be the spirital successor to SWG on console , lol. Wait , I have something even funnier to remind people of. EA is in charge of any Star Games for console and PC. SWG was a joke that would never fly today, for so many reasons. I played SWG up to and a week into NGE. On the bright side Sony won't have a hand in any game Star Wars games for a while/probably ever. (Competitiors with Disney in the movie realm, can't see them ever turning there most prized possession to the competition to profit from ever. ) Probably the best part of this theoretical statement. Food for thought. Lmao.

Incomparable

I think they can add it very simply to be a game that focuses on aspects that swtor does not have.

I would say gambling... but I doubt Disney would do that.

None the less -

1. swoop racing/pod racing

2. pazaak

3. Open world systems for pve and pvp

4. day/night cycle

5. Lots of races with varying looks

6. player made content - mini games/pvp maps etc

7. very little 'story'. Make for example becoming a jedi/sith an epic challenge. Does not have to be a grind

8. Raids galore. So the game has very little progression but a lot of horizontal progression

9. Bring in a skill system and not a class system. One character has all classes

10. NPC alignment. If there is a reason to alt, this can be it. Different actions have different results and are reflected on the world/galaxy.

I would take a page from EQN as other possible ideas for their open world systems.

Anyways... I seriously think, if they turned this swg reboot into a grind fest even its a sand box grind fest... it wont do well.

They should focus on quality and variety, accessibility and hopefully efficient production to scale large enough end game that 'grinds' don't need to exist since there would be enough content. To a certain degree grinds will exist... but when I say grind, I mean in a way that it does not make sense and its really just repetition.

 

And most importantly , fun ways to spend in game currency. play bounties, hiring npcs in open world, buying caravans/investment during war time or peace time (risk vs reward), huge player housing, forts/castles, funding archeological digs to find rares etc