While it hasn't been officially announced yet, there's wide speculation that BioWare, the famed developer of many single-player role-playing games, is working on a massively multiplayer online role-playing game based on the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic universe. EA CEO John Riccitello confirmed as much at E3, but there have also been no shortage of whispers and rumors prior to that.
If you're not familiar with the KOTOR universe, it's set thousands of years before the events seen in the Star Wars movies. This is basically the ancient history of Star Wars, but it still features Jedi Knights, Sith Lords, and lightsabers.
IGN is huge fans of the first two KOTOR games, which were single-player role-playing games. So they decided to put together a list of the 10 things that they would like to see in a KOTOR MMO.
Bit Cultures writes: The upcoming DICE game Star Wars Battlefront has gamers and fans alike excited that this could be one of the best Star Wars games to date. Much remains to be seen pending our first beta impression, however, it undeniably and faithfully replicates the universe to a key. Let’s not also forget that Episode VII: The Force Awakens is a little more than a month away. To celebrate our personal excitement and over-the-top Star Wars fandom, we bring to you our Top 10 favorite Star Wars video games.
IMO KOTOR is the best. But I also enjoyed the Force Unleashed very much, because this game allowed me to do all the force-stuff I always thought about and wondered why the movie characters never used the force like that, lol :)
This trailer shows pretty much what I mean:
https://www.youtube.com/wat...
Not that it bothers me but any list like this usually has a SNES game in it. Nice surprise.
I always liked the Star Wars game on the Master System 2. It wasn't great but for a 8bit game it was ok. The Phantom Menace on PS1 was really good too. Despite the movie...
I mentioned the Phantom Menace game for the list, but it didn't make the cut. I really had a fun with that one, especially the Mos Eisley level. My friend and I would just turn on invincibility and start attacking everyone in the markets haha
KOTOR is still one of my favourite games of all time. So much happiness came from that game :)
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The possibility of some these RPGs being remade is actually higher on the PS4.
Just saying.
Ni no Kuni ? LOL seriously ?
x1 will have no RPG i can promise you that. with PS4 taking the lead and releasing way before RPG on x1 will be irrelevant to consider, even if they're exclusive.
Just look at all the love PS3 is getting from Japan in terms of exclusive content.
And notice that except Blue Dragon, The Last Remnant and Lost Odyssey, all other JRPGs that released first on 360 came out to PS3 with more content and better quality. Also, notice SquareEnix everytime they comment on KHIII it's in regards to PS4 architecture and what extra RAM allows them to achieve.
And to comment the article, this is one retard list from a pro xbox website. Ni no Kuni, Crono Cross, Dragon Questm FF7 on xbox?
It's a list of games readers of the site want. I'm not sure why you feel so threatened by it, abzdine.
80% of level-5 fan base are in JP ..
the day xbone sells more then PS4 in JP -ROFL- we may see level-5 titles coming to the xbone
BTW M$ already had a whole year there and bought a lot of JRPGs and it didnt help the x360 at all so i can't see M$ investing the same amount of money in JP this round
"The possibility of some these RPGs being remade is actually higher on the PS4. "
Pedro, I totally was not expecting you to say something like that.
Oh wait... I mean, the opposite. Yeah... that.
@j-blaze
''i really hope SE make FF7 remake and exclusive FF15 and KH3 contents for XB1 :D''
Thats worst fanboy nightmare Ive ever heard of.
@j-blaze
"at least MS invested in JRPGs and provided us with great games like Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, Tales of Vesperia, Infinite Undiscovery, but what did sony do for JRPG fans?? what games they spent money on to make? all i remember is Demon's Souls and umm freaking uncharted? Killzone? GoW?? oh sorry these are not JRPGs!"
Hey kid, FYI, JRPG's like Wild Arms series, Legend of Legaia, Legend of Dragoon, Popolocrois series, Arc the Lad series, Dark Cloud series, Soul Sacrifice series, and Rogue Galaxy are JRPG that made (or co-developed), published, and owned by Sony.
And in this gen, besides the amazing Demon's Souls, Sony supported Level 5 by develope & published White Knight Chronicles trilogy and Jeanne D'Arc.
There's also the possibility that Sony help Nippon Ichi Software. Because most of their titles are exclusive for Sony platform.
Not to mention, years ago Sony gave a big help for Squaresoft by promoting (and publishing) FF VII EVERYWHERE. From Pepsi, Rolling Stone, even Playboy had FF VII ads:
http://www.ign.com/blogs/le...
Some info said that Sony even toss 100 mill USD just to promote FF VII.
And not just FF VII, Sony also help Squaresoft by publishing some of their titles like FF Tactics (one of the best FF i ever play), Saga Frontier, Tobal no 1, Bushido Blade, Einhander, and The Bouncer in the west.
Sony already gave a lot to JRPG fans. That's why i'm asking back to you:
Beside Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey, and Infinite Undiscovery, what other thing that MS do in this gen to satisfy JRPG fans?????
No You dont want JRPG's on Xbox, it has already been proven in current gen, even such great game as Last Odyssey sold very poor (less than 1 million units).
"Ni no Kuni Quite possibly the PS3's last great JRPG."
Hey, Tales of Xillia came out a little after that and was fantastic too.
Either way though, some good choices for sure. I refuse to give up hope on seeing an updated FFVII... D:
It didn't really suit my tastes, so I only played about 10-15 hours before stopping. Though I recognize that it was a very beautiful game, and had some good moments. I certainly wouldn't call it anything less than a decent game.
Even if it wasn't up my alley, I know it was a wonderful game to others.
That game needs a remake the graphics look awful when you play it now even in HD. Amazing game though.
Ni No Kuni doesn't need a graphics upgrade.
As for KoTOR, I rather have a new one instead of replaying a previous game.
Where is Persona?
So what games have fans of the great series missed out on? What game could a Star Wars fan like yourself be playing that has magically eluded you during your gaming lifetime? With an arsenal of over 100 games spread throughout arcade, console, and mobile systems, here are 10 of the most entertaining games (in no particular order) that the Star Wars franchise has given fans over the years.
No Battlefront, and Soul Calibur IV as the #2 Star Wars game??? This has to be a joke. Even if it is in "no particular order", it's still a horrible list.
I disagree with this list too.
KOTOR @ 5 behind Lego and Unleashed?
Academy instead of the amazing Outcast
No Battlefront
No Rogue Squadron
No Republic Commando
Completely agree. 100%. And the article says that if you only have time for one game make it SWTOR? Just sad, really. Personally, I'd put Outcast in its place.
Star Wars Dark Forces II Jedi Knight > Everything on the list.
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
Whoever wrote this list is obviously on crack.
Neither of the battlefront games.
Soul Calibur? What? Seriously?
Tbh, KOTOR deserves to be higher than TOR.
Where is super starwars 1,2,3? The old republic should never be number 1 should always be behind galaxies.
Sad list. For one Force Unleashed is at number 4? WTF?
Jedi Academy/Jedi Outcast despite age is still superior to Force Unleashed. JA for MP and JO for SP = perfect combination. Its sad they have not capitalized on the Jedi Knight formula.
One thing I want for sure is to make sure that if you have jedi, that lightsabers only become available at about 10 lvls from cap, and are hard to come by.
And since I hope the game holds somewhat true to the other kotor games, I think that only at the level cap can you find crystals for your lightsabre that actually makes it play to your clases, like a specific crystal is better at reflecting damage for tanks, another for dealing damage, bolstering your jedi powers etc.
I still play KOTOR 2 at times. Great game, hoping this one delivers
I actually hope they don't make a KOTOR MMORPG, at least not instead of a real KOTOR sequel/prequel. It really would have to be a single player game, with possibly some multi player elements like coop, to be KOTOR.
MMORPGs can be good games (if one looks beyond the many wasted hours on grinding and other pointless stuff), but they don't exactly do wonders storyline wise. If you look at World of Warcraft, the Warcraft lore is there and everything, but it doesn't really tell a good story, at least not compared to Warcraft 3's much more epic feel, even if that is a strategy game. Trying to match a Bioware quality RPG's story won't exactly be easier, and frankly, with EA pulling some strings now... I'm a bit scared.
The Kotor games were very story heavey and looked ok, but they never had a good cinematic quality and were not very exciting. I love Star Wars, but Kotor, for me, is kind of boring. I still consider the Dark Forces series to be the best Star Wars games franchise.
I'd like to see a more up to date Star Wars MMO, but I'm almost certain it will fail in the end. Star Wars MMO's don't work for one reason. Every one wants to be a Jedi, but everyone shouldn't be a Jedi.