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• • George Lucas backs Old Republic MMO

  • I used to be a huge Star Wars fan. . . so. . .

    First of all, the first ( 4,5,6) three movies weren't ground breaking or visionary in terms of story telling.  In fact, it has been proven beyond argument, that George Lucus was just as much a "cloner" as SWG/NGE is in regards to WoW.  All of his story writing is completely and totally by the book Myth.

    Which is why it was so popular; that "story" has worked FOREVER.

    Secondly: The last three movies (1, 2, 3) were arguably horrendous (this of course is just a widely held opinion), which is what we should have expected with Georgie flexing his creative muscle.

    Thirdly:  George Lucas DID NOT create "the Star Wars Universe".  He created a canvas.  So many other brilliant minds and creative people have fleshed out that universe.  All he did was create a "Mad Libs" with mythical concepts stuck in the appropriate places.  Saying that George Lucas is a Creative Genius or a great story-teller is synomous with trying to claim he INVENTED modern story-telling.  Which he did not.  He just ripped it off.  Everything he has every produced, or had his hands in, is

    A: a faliure.  (episodes 1, 2, 3 and some would argue 6; SWG/NGE)

    B: if not a failure, a success, only because more creative people who were in the back ground, some how managed to create a successful product, despite George Lucas' involvement.  (Clone Wars cartoon, KotOR; Episode 5; SWG-PRECU)

    C: a complete rip-off of an already successful formula.  (Stars Wars Battle Front, episode 1;)

    And I am not, and I would argue that there isn't, a contigent of people who are bandwagonning, or dislikineg him because it is fashionable.  I, like many other, realize as we mature, that not all of our favorite things are actually good, and that not all of our Idols (childhood or otherwise) are still worthy of our idolization.

  • Posted: 11/25/08 5:20 PM
    Star Wars: The Old Republic
• • 7.43 rating and 8 people left playing

  • So they let PVP whiners ruin the lore of this game too, eh? 

    I dislike pvp'ers. . . they ruin everything.

     

    T

  • Posted: 11/07/08 6:44 PM
    Tabula Rasa
• • What I find funny is how more advanced mmorpgs were in 2003/04

  • Try Vanguard.

     

     

    T

  • Posted: 10/18/08 9:10 PM
    General Discussion
• • Lock Me

  • Try Vangaurd

    T.

  • Posted: 10/13/08 5:23 PM
    Age of Conan
• • Vanguard: Saga of Heroes: Taking a Look at the Diplomacy System

  • Amazing aspect of the game that ties in interestingly very well with the other spheres, IF one pays attention to why they're doing the adventure quests or the crafting work orders.

     

    T.

  • Posted: 10/13/08 5:14 PM
    General Discussion