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Star Wars Galaxies - Jedi, Vehicles, Speeder Bike Racing

Posted by simoniker on from the bantha-fodder dept.

Thanks to GameSpy for their interview with Lucasarts staff about playing as a Jedi in Star Wars Galaxies. The article discusses the powers granted to the newly-unlocked Jedi in this PC MMORPG ("There are over fifty Force powers, ranging from Force Lightning, Force Weaken, and Force Throw, to Jedi Mind Trick, and a variety of lightsaber moves"), and the possibility your Jedi character could be lost forever ("We have partial permadeath for a Jedi. Basically, a Jedi is allotted a certain number of deaths before they lose all progress that character has made.") Elsewhere, player-owned vehicles were enabled in the game earlier this week, and the official SWG page has information on the types, including the X34 Landspeeder, Swoop bike, and Speeder bike, and even documents player-hosted races that are being attempted, showcasing an in-game reproduction of the Mos Espa Circuit from Star Wars: Episode 1.

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  1. Maybe someday there will be... by cgenman · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Interestingly enough, with the ever-expanding star wars featurelist, it could someday achieve that beautiful glory of the original design doc.

    With staying power and adequate funding, who knows how far it could go. If Episode 3 doesn't incinerate the heart of the series that Episode 1 ripped out and Episode 2 stomped on, this MMPORPG could be in development for many, many years.

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  2. Re:Jedi crap by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The system for getting a Jedi slot now isn't what it used to be originally. It used to take into account hundreds if not thousands of different character metrics ( numbers just about everything you do) to decide. Unfortunately this system just required way too many resources for today's technology, so they replaced it with the crap system we have today.

    However I must admit that the player cities and vehicles are cool. My swoop bike is very fast :)