This is quite simply one of the best Star Wars trailers I’ve seen.
The problem is that it’s the cinematics associated with the game, and no in-game footage, so the actual game experience will be much different. But that’s also the cool thing about this… it’s high-resolution and looks awesome, because they aren’t dropping down to game-play resolution.
I don’t know a whole lot about the Old Republic time period, other than what I know from playing Knights of the Old Republic and some references in a few novels. This trailer brings it to life for me in a new way.
I love the idea of having a female Mandalorian (I assume that’s what she is) as an infiltrator, and assisting in the battle. I love the massive battle raging and then focusing down onto two powerful combatants. And I love the moves. The good guy avoids the thrown lightsaber and then gets thrown himself, through rubble, and still recovers to continue the fight. So perfect.
There were parts of the Obi-Wan/Vader battle in Revenge of the Sith that I loved. But it still seemed like it didn’t quite get where it should have gone. It didn’t get here. This is what I wanted to see in the movie. It’s a shame this is only a trailer.
It does the job of a trailer, though. It makes me want to go investigate more about the game.
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Neat. It was interesting to see the influence of the Matrix films in this trailer, which was itself influenced by the original Star Wars trilogy (albeit perhaps in different ways).
I played KOTOR a while back on Xbox…might have to pick up this game as well, when it comes out. Like I said on Facebook today: how the heck am I supposed to outgrow video games when they keep creating games like this?
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Jeff says:
June 4th, 2009 at 10:22 am
Yeah, the slow motion work was cool in this, and was helpful in such a densly packed action sequence. Seriously, once the fighting started, it was constant motion in this thing. It. Was. Awesome.
I’ve still got to play KOTOR 2. To echo my response to your question on Facebook: Kids. That’ll break the video game habit, at least for a few years.
My brother pointed me to the Xbox presentation at E3, btw. Very cool stuff. Did you see it? I’m getting closer to thinking it’s a worthwhile investment for me.
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