Disney's New Stance on Star Wars Games Opens up a Galaxy of Possibilities | MMORPG.com

System · January 2021

Disney's New Stance on Star Wars Games Opens up a Galaxy of Possibilities | MMORPG.com

Earlier this month, we learned that EA will no longer keep its exclusivity on Star Wars games, with Disney's announcement of a long-term collaboration with Ubisoft. This shift away from EA exclusive Star Wars games blows the doors wide open with possibilities.

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Slapshot1188 · January 2021

I'd like to see some fleet level Starship combat games. Multiplayer, and a mix of small fighters and capital ships. Maybe even a persistent online campaign.

DrunkWolf · January 2021

Lets hope at least one turns out good, we dont need to get a bunch more crappy star wars games.

Wizardry · January 2021

This just looks like what is going on all over,a seemingly huge push for money by all businesses,way more than normal.
So in essence.let's just flood the market with the SW brand and see what sticks to the wall.

I very highly doubt there will be much quality control,instead a DATE,a time line to get a product out.Then when times coems you'll see the obvious,a direct date meaning it will be pushed out no matter what state the game is in.
I am not a fan of Blizzard but one thing they do right is business.They would keep a lid on the entire idea and first look at the product to see if they should even let it out into the public.They did it with Ghost and Titan until of course it got leaked.

I am not even a fan of Ubisoft,i have no faith in their ability to make the IP great.What is there even left to do for this type of game,it's already been done,you can only do the pew pew light saber so many times.
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IDK maybe they are smarter than i give them credit,maybe the yare just creating a competition,pitting one studio against the other to see who does the best work.

Viper482 · January 2021

Now if only we could pry the NFL license away from the EA bastards....

irnbru69 · January 2021

If its not like star wars Galaxies, with planets, moons, and proper space combat then seriously they just better not make the game at all....how hard can it be to create a better game than swg released in 2003. In 2 years from now it will be 20 years and still nothing really comes close to what swg gave us in terms of sanbox scifi. I would love to have seen it mature and stand along side other oldschool mmos such as osrs, wow classic and such but its a shame they had to shut it down. ~Can some one fix that problem please, because all the clones never make it past early access.~

rojoArcueid · January 2021

I'd like to see a Star Wars game be what Star Citizen is trying to be...
...without the scam part.

cameltosis · January 2021

I am still sooooo happy EA has lost their exclusive license, best gaming news I've heard in years. I've been boycotting EA since 2013, and missing out on the Star Wars games (well, just fallen order and squadrens really) hurt a bit.

What I want to see is....... RPGs!!

Preferably open world, sandboxy, and focused on gameplay and not a stupid story. But just about any RPG would be good as we've had so few Star Wars RPGs over the years, let alone good RPGs.

Would also love to see an MMORPG, but I don't think Disney have the capability. They'd want it big budget, which means choosing a "safe" developer, which means it'd be the same tired old design paradigms. Not what I'm interested in. I seriously doubt they'd take the risks to make something similar to the goals of SWG.

Beyond that, I'd like to see:

- A space combat game. Squadrons sounded cool, but it also sounded small. Very short campaign, small scale numbers, and not many maps for multiplayer. Typical of EA really. So, I'd love to see something larger scale.

- An RTS. I had a ton of fun with star wars battlegrounds back in the day (basically AoE 2 with a SW skin) so I'd love to see something similar.

- A "builder" (strat/sim). I absolutely love games like Cities: Skylines, Planet Zoo, Anno etc. I'd love to play a builder set in the star wars universe. It's a rich, sci-fi universe with a ton of possibility. Doesn't need to have combat, just a ton of creativity in what and how you can build.

On a final note, never heard of the genre "immersive sim" before, and can't see how it would relate to games like Dishonoured! What, exactly, are those games simulating?!?! And is being first person enough to be called immersive?! Surely being immersive is in the eye of the beholder, and not something that can be quantified?

Aeander · January 2021

I'd like a bounty hunting game where you play a Mandalorian and get to customize your own suit. Could even add co op for Warframe style missions.

Kovai · January 2021

SWG 2 or bust!!!

cmacq · January 2021

Kovai said:

SWG 2 or bust!!!

I'm with ya here! What was it about this game that made/makes it great? Would it work in a new version or is it nostalgia? Are modern developers missing the point?

kellian1 · January 2021

Here are some random ideas

1 - Defense tower game were you build and operate a new death star.

2 - galactic civ 3 with an official star wars version

3 - Arpg sent in the star wars universe. Classes can be like jedi, sith, bounty hunter, scoundrel.

4 - New rpg is obvious, but stay FAAAAR AWAY from the high republic nonsense. I gave it a try and its trash.

5 - I'd like a game that let's you play as vader. Taking over systems, force choking your own men. Seems like fun!!

mgilbrtsn · January 2021

Sadly, I'm kinda soured on the Star Wars IP after watching the modern movies. If they come with a good game I'll give it a try. However, if they don't, it wouldn't bother me

Scot · January 2021

Viper482 said:

Now if only we could pry the NFL license away from the EA bastards....

Don't the NFL have one of theirs on EA's board as a director, so that's not happening any time soon? I looked into this the other year, EA have only one director with any sort of gaming background, but that's likely the way all the AAA gaming studios directorships are now.

Spiider · January 2021

Its disney. It will be a relentless money grab with zero respect for the customer of quality. We all know it.

Star Wars will continue to live in the hearts of the fans. Not in the minds of those who just bought it to be able to milk it. As with any milking cow it will "die" fast.

dijou · January 2021

SWG 2 , as a start.

xpsync · January 2021

irnbru69 said:

If its not like star wars Galaxies, with planets, moons, and proper space combat then seriously they just better not make the game at all....how hard can it be to create a better game than swg released in 2003. In 2 years from now it will be 20 years and still nothing really comes close to what swg gave us in terms of sanbox scifi. I would love to have seen it mature and stand along side other oldschool mmos such as osrs, wow classic and such but its a shame they had to shut it down.

~Can some one fix that problem please, because all the clones never make it past early access.~

/bow

xpsync · January 2021

dijou said:

SWG 2 , as a start.

I'll stick with SWG:L, i'm confident if they made a SWG2 there wouldn't be cantinas there would only be cash shops on every corner.

Theocritus · January 2021

I know a couple of people that will play anything with Star Wars lore......It could be stick figures on a white background but if they call it Star Wars Stick Figures then they are there.

Scot · January 2021

Theocritus said:

I know a couple of people that will play anything with Star Wars lore......It could be stick figures on a white background but if they call it Star Wars Stick Figures then they are there.

Here is a design concept for you.

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achesoma · January 2021

Mars_OMG said:

I've cancelled everything Disney for the rest of my life.

I’m sure Disney is devastated.

kilun · January 2021

Rhoklaw said:

cmacq said:

Kovai said:

SWG 2 or bust!!!

I'm with ya here! What was it about this game that made/makes it great? Would it work in a new version or is it nostalgia? Are modern developers missing the point?

It wasn't just that SWG was about Star Wars. The game was masterfully designed in terms of class system, resource gathering and crafting complexity. Then with JTL expansion, you had one of the best space combat systems which is pretty good even in today's standards. It was just a buggy mess, poorly optimized and severely imbalanced.

It was alive. Everything was interconnected. Everyone helped the game be what it is. It had all the tools players needed to build it and keep it going. I want a game to just live in. You could totally ignore everyone, yet you still needed everyone. It had a lot of "time sinks" that were based around social aspects that games today lack and will forever lack until I see such a game come out.

Ratero · January 2021

I wish they would do a Remaster / Remake of SWG. If they do that then I'll be all over the game, otherwise meh....

Gorwe · January 2021

Please, no more the High Republic trash. Otherwise, I'm open to new Star Wars games, especially ones not published by EA. Not interested in their smart business moves unless I'm investing in them and purchasing a game is NOT investing into anything. So, thank you, but not thank you EA.

Theocritus · January 2021

The more the Disney's and Amazon's get involved in gaming, the more I look at Indies.

Slapshot1188 · January 2021

Jean-Luc_Picard said:

I'm not a big fan of Disney's Star Wars, or how they destroyed the expanded universe to make it "legends" (which remains the true Star Wars for me), but knowing that EA no longer has the exclusivity is greats, excellent news.

I must admit though that the latest games, Jedi: Fallen Order and Squadrons, are really good, specially Squadrons with a VR headset.

I thought it was quite telling that Disney announced 10 new Star Wars shows for Disney+ and they all seem to ignore the abominations that were the new trilogy. They are also going to to the "Legends" concepts and reviving them... Admiral Thrawn... rumor has it that we might see a Mara Jade...

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