The folks at GamesRadar were lucky enough to get hands-on with the upcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO. They present a nice 3 page article of their thoughts and include some detailed info about the game. The excerpt below highlights some similarities to other popular MMOs, but make sure to read the entire article to get the full picture.


"Secure a ZR-57 bomb that?s deep within a Separatist fortress on the planet of Ord Mantell, having taken down a force field at another point somewhere within said fortress? Well, that?s a little bit of a ?fight your way into a zombie castle and bring back some fairy dust? retrieval quest isn?t it? As a side-mission there?s also the option to obey the will of a snarky journalist called Lamalla Rann who has a colleague that?s gone walkabout on a nearby island, who wants him and his scattered recordings found for a handful of credits. This too is straight from the school of ?Brother Tooms was out collecting magical herbs on the Island of Death, where there happen to be werewolves, I hope he?s not dead? quest design.

This isn?t meant as criticism, as we?re certain the The Old Republic will sit comfortably within the realms of the badass (refer to image above), but with the expectations that come with the Knights of the Old Republic badge there are just things that need underlining. You can have all the voiced NPCs in the world, they can be as pleasant, funny or sarcastic as a writer can make them, but the next group of humans you come across are still going to be a bunch of ultra-dim cannon fodder mobs who stand next to a log until you cross the boundaries of their magic circle of aggro."


Source: SW.com