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General: Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures MMO Announced [UPDATED]
MikeB
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Sony Online Entertainment and LucasArts have announced today a new Star Wars MMO based on the Clone Wars animated television series dubbed Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures.
The new MMO is a free-to-play action-oriented game that is aimed at the younger targeted audience, and is set to launch at retail and online this Fall. Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures will feature minigames, social events, tons of customization options, as well as "dynamic activities". Players will even get to team up with their friends and fight alongside familiar Star Wars characters such as Anakin Skywalker, Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and even Anakin's Togruta apprentice Ahsoka Tano.
Read below for an expanded feature list:
With Clone Wars Adventures a new generation of Star Wars fans can become the next great hero of the Republic and take their rightful place alongside the Jedi, Padawan and Clone Troopers. Players can speed through space in a starfighter, take out waves of battle droids in Tower Defense or test their brains with challenging Droid Programming puzzles. Players can also purchase legendary Star Wars outfits, items and accessories through micro-transactions using Station Cash, SOE’s virtual currency.Features:
Extend the Fantasy: Kids no longer have to wait until the next exciting episode ofStar Wars: The Clone Wars animated TV series to continue exploring and enjoying the Star Wars universe. With Clone Wars Adventures, kids can go online to experience exciting thrills as you duel iconic adversaries with your own custom lightsaber, speed through the galaxy in your starfighter, defeat enemies and take down starships. Adventure online to discover your destiny!
Play Free or Upgrade: Clone Wars Adventures is a free-to-play game, but players who want to take the galactic action to the next level can purchase a monthly membership. Players can also buy cool Star Wars universe items from within the game through micro-transactions using Station Cash.
Minigames & More: From Droid Programming to Speeder Bike Racing, Clone Wars Adventures puts you in the driver seat to experience epic action in immersive minigames that take you to your favorite locations in the galaxy. Become the proud owner of a tricked out Droid pet or throw a party in your player house - the fun is endless!
Fun With Friends: Whether you are on adventures with old friends or competing for leaderboard status with new ones, Clone Wars Adventures is a lively virtual world that connects players in fun and safe ways. Show off your achievements in your Trophy Room, use safe chat and emoticons to express yourself and celebrate in-world events with the entire galaxy!
Embedded Card Game: Clone Wars Adventures card battles lets players pit a variety of fun characters, creatures and vehicles from The Clone Wars television show against one another in a unique, fast-paced combat similar to the gameplay styles of traditional games such as War and Concentration.
Kid-Friendly: Parental controls allow for the customization of safety options, including pre-canned chat and playtime settings for younger players.
I guess the earlier rumors were true!
UPDATE: Check out the official debut trailer for Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventure here, and be sure to check out the game's official website for additional information.
Comments
Interesting, it will probably work, may even serve as a filter for ToR.
Interesting but the info released seems very basic for a game. Mostly mini-games not much in the way of depth. But we never know... has to be better then SWG
since its free to play (and probably even more cartoony than ToR) I bet it will filter out some of the riff-raff. Like my 13 year old nephew for instance :P
SOE won't even have to do any work. Lucas Arts can just have Bioware share their cartoon graphics with SOE.
And those playing SWG can now say goodbye.
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Here comes "Free" Realms 2, money-grabbing wise.
Sounds more interesting than SWTOR.... and they both will have the same cartoony graphics.
If WoW = The Beatles
and WAR = Led Zeppelin
Then LotrO = Pink Floyd
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Anyways....
This gives me hope.
Hope that Lucasarts is allowing this new Clone Wars game to be their kid friendly f2p cash cow and allowing Bioware to make ToR into the more 'adult' themed Star Wars MMO it should be.
Just simply based on demographics, most kids will better associate with the Clone Wars series and their parents will love the F2P option.
Where as the more adult/experienced MMO crowd will favor ToR and their financial model (likely subscription only)
I think they are just reskinning Free Realms with Star Wars graphics.
You really think they can scrap and rebuild ToR in less than 12 months?
-Letting Derek Smart work on your game is like letting Osama bin Laden work in the White House. Something will burn.-
-And on the 8th day, man created God.-
Sadly from the very little we know so far you are true
Same here.
It has a price tag that many parents can easily understand and get behind. So while I doubt very much any true competition to The Old Republic I doubt it will help any.
That's exactly what it sounds like. Great idea though.
Droid programming as a skill ?
The ability to "throw a party in your player house" ?
Almost sounds like they are turning SWG into a F2P for kiddies. Perhaps they can just re-use the codebase, and re-skin the character models in a cartoony style...
And with the cash shop and "embedded" cardgame, they can get the kids to nag their parents to death for the latest shiny trinkets or card sets. Brilliant !
Well this is for kiddies. It's target audience is kids, not adults. I for one think it's great. My daughter will love it and i'll probably enjoy it too.
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Well, speculation on this project can stop because there it is... I hope its a good venture for both companies.
Really?
This sounds like a really intelligent deal/choice for both LA and SOE. It will probably borrow heavily from SOE's Free Realms, which is a quality kids mmo. I am not sure how successful Free Realms has been, but I have tried it and it looks like a gem to me, as far as free to play western kids mmos go. Having a IP like Clone Wars is just what SOE needs to push a game like Free Realms.
I hope they do a good job. Somehow I feel like this is much less of a slap in the face to SWG fans than KOTOR was, probably because in my opinion (and others looking for a sandbox mmo like pre-CU SWG) KOTOR is low quality mindless gaming geared towards me, where as this game is more of an introduction to gaming in general for young adults and just meant to be silly casual fun.
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Oh just what we needed another animated MMO. Well since SOE is doing it, you can pretty much expect to be far less than expectations.
This certainly creates mixed feelings. I have always loved star wars and like seeing the franchise do well, but with SOE at the helm it could end badly for LA and the SW franchise itself.
"This certainly creates mixed feelings. I have always loved star wars and like seeing the franchise do well, but with SOE at the helm it could end badly for LA and the SW franchise itself."
Hogswallow.
Free Realms is a massive success. This will be too.
Clone Wars Advetures for the pre-teens.
TOR for the teens.
I wish they'd release a Star Wars MMO for adults now.
/AGREE !!
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No, it's not.
They keep spouting all these millions of players, but the servers never grow.
And ToR barely qualifies as being aimed at teens, I'd consider it on equal footing in the childrens demographic with Clone Wars.
There was a Star Wars mmo for adults, but it failed. It's final incarnation's death looms even closer now.
-Letting Derek Smart work on your game is like letting Osama bin Laden work in the White House. Something will burn.-
-And on the 8th day, man created God.-
They had it and flushed it down the toilet. I have little hope for anything from LA/SOE being aimed at the adult crowd. Guess we just don't bring up images of $$$ in their minds.
Why they couldn't have just done this 5 years ago and left me my SWG.
Recently I was experiencing a moment of weakness and I almost, almost starting giving Sony money again by subscribing to Vanguard. Man I'm glad I didn't give in. Picking at this scab just reminds me why I do not do business with this company.
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Ya'll need to look at this as the Star Wars MMO for the 8-12 year olds. It's not a replacement for SWG or TOR. It's for little kids. I showed this to my daughter (who is 9) and she is excited because there will be 0 real depth. Just a fun game to play for 30-45 minutes when she is bored of other things.