Star Wars: Galaxies Preview

LukeG writes "Ferrago.co.uk has just gone live with a brand new preview of Lucas Arts' upcoming MMORPG, Star Wars: Galaxies. This game represents what could turn out to be the most popular online universe ever-created, especially if Everquest creators Verant can deliver the goods as fans hope. "

This is gonna be ugly . . .

[StefanJ]

Think of the viscious fights over who gets to be the first to kill Jar-Jar Binks.

I can see it now

[The Cat]

Screaming hordes of Jedi apprentices and Boba Fetts roaming from planet to planet. Storms of rocks and packing crates darkening the skies as thousands practice their telekinetic skills. Every conversation being conducted with constant frantic hand-waving. A light-sabre enhanced melee over the one Millenium Falcon ship that lasts 24-hours a day for months.

Oh, yay.

Re:This is gonna be ugly . . .

[Night Goat]

That whole race is going to be a race of marked men.

Re:This is gonna be ugly . . .

[The Cat]

Someone will probably record a demo of it too:

"Click here for a 3 minute third-person MPEG of Jar-Jar being chased across an open 400-acre field by 7,620 Galaxies players and a fleet of 281 ships"

Bounty Hunter Deflation effect

[StefanJ]

I predict that about one in three characters will look like Boba Fett, and a hell of a lot of others will be bounty hunters [geocities.com] of various sorts.

As a result, bounty hunting will be an incredibly low-wage job. The streets will be thicker with desperate BHs than San Francisco is with pinkslipped web designers . . . begging for a chance to work, perhaps even carrying around WILL KILL FOR FOOD or WILL CAPTURE FOE FOR ROCKET PACK FUEL signs.

-- Stefan Jones

A long time ago, on an internet far, far away...

[Adolatra]

It is a period of civil war. Rebel hackers, striking from a hidden base, have won their first victory against the evil Verant Empire and it's horrific Everquest. During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans to the Empire's ultimate weapon, the STAR WARS MMORPG, a new and more powerful form of digital crack with enough power to enslave an entire planet. Pursued by Verant's sinister agents across the EQ serves, Princess CowboyNeal races home aboard her...er...his avatar, custodian of the stolen beta that can save his nerds and restore freedom to the galaxy...

Complete with New Business Model!

[dbretton]

In an effort to curb the usage of LucasArts (tm) intellectual property, the following payment scheme will be enforced for Star Wars: Galaxies:

writing the word: lightsaber 0.10
writing the words: Use the Force 0.25
using the force: 2.00
acquiriing an At-At: 0.50
using the word: Lucas 0.05
using the words: Lucas sucks 15.95
creating a Character named -
Hans 5.95
Luke 10.95
Leia 11.95
Lei-me 25.95
Puke 25.95
LucasSucks 89.95
StarBalz 1,000,000.00
KillMeImJarJar 0.02

Re:Bounty Hunter Deflation effect

[Covant]

I wonder if the star wars universe has Patchouli.
Because that's what an unemployed beatnick bounty hunter might smell like.

They'll probably replace droids as the cheapest form of mercenary.

Besides, they won't have the dumb habit of falling over like dominoes.

Re:judging games before they come out

[Random Man]

Yeah, especially since Galaxies will suck compared to Duke Nuke'em Forever . . .

Re:judging games before they come out

[Dante333]

yeah but this is starwars!

So was The Phantom Menace

Re:This is gonna be ugly . . .

[RealTimeFreeAgent]

That probably won't be enough. You saw the havoc he unleashed on the poor unsuspecting Trade Federation droid army.

character classes

[brer_rabbit]

I wonder if they'll have character classes. It'd be great to be one of the contractors that's hired to build the Death Star.

obref Clerks [imdb.com]

What do you think the odds are

[joeblowme]

What do you think the odds are of being able to choose a name like Luke Skywalker or Han Solo in the game? They Probably are already taken before the game even starts. Now how many Luke Skywalker113978723 do you think there will be? Then if you were able to get the name Luke Skywalker and work him up to level 40 how much do you think you could get for him on Ebay. I think it would bring the auctions up to a whole new level for virtual world stuff. You probably won't even be able to be Luke Skywalker12148098432 you'll end up being jfdsalkj123342089787 because it will be so big that will be the only name left. Oh well, It will probably be a good game, Lucas will probably make a fortune, and I'll probably go blind playing it.

The TPM Video Game

[Wraithlyn]

This was the best part of The Phantom Menace 3rd person adventure game... in the Gungan city you could kill EVERY SINGLE GUNGAN.. well, except for Jar Jar :( Since the goal of the mission is to rescue him.

Still, it's great fun to watch a tiny Gungan child run away screaming about monsters right before you cut em to ribbons :)

Re:Complete with New Business Model!

[The Pi-Guy]

Actually being killed because you're named KillMeImJarJar: Priceless.

There are some things you can't pay George Lucas for. For everything else... oh wait yes you can never mind.

--pi

There is a disturbance in the web

[Anonymous Coward]

It feels as if a thousand routers all screamed at once then became silent. I fear luke that the "/. effect" is responsible.

Re:Bounty Hunter Deflation effect

[Kirruth]

Forget not Jedi masters. Speaking like yoda, become popular it will. Oh yesss, precioussss, is it juicy, is it tasty we wonders?

Sorry, Yoda became Gollum, just then.