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    News - EA to give Star Wars games the Batman Arkham treatment

    The games won't be based on any of the films.
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    Re: News - EA to give Star Wars games the Batman Arkham treatment

    This sounds interesting. An open world Star Wars game from BioWare could be good if its in the vein of Mass Effect.

    Glad that it would not be based on any of the films either.

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    Re: News - EA to give Star Wars games the Batman Arkham treatment

    Quote Originally Posted by slipthemonkey View Post
    This sounds interesting. An open world Star Wars game from BioWare could be good if its in the vein of Mass Effect.

    Glad that it would not be based on any of the films either.
    you're joking right? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wa...e_Old_Republic

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    Re: News - EA to give Star Wars games the Batman Arkham treatment

    If they can get a game as good as arkham city/asylum but in the starwars universe then it'd definitely be on my wish list !

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    Re: News - EA to give Star Wars games the Batman Arkham treatment

    Quote Originally Posted by herulach View Post
    Glad someone picked up on it.

    I actually hope something good is done here though as Star Wars games aren't really doing it for me any more.

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    Re: News - EA to give Star Wars games the Batman Arkham treatment

    given the aweful star wars recently is this


    A NEW HOPE?

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    Re: News - EA to give Star Wars games the Batman Arkham treatment

    I guess it's better than EA giving it the Battlefield treatment...

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    Re: News - EA to give Star Wars games the Batman Arkham treatment

    Quote Originally Posted by Ketias View Post
    I guess it's better than EA giving it the Battlefield treatment...
    They are, DICE are presently working on a reboot of battlefront (which was awesome) built off frostbite 3, which is the only thing that has any concrete details about it.

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    Re: News - EA to give Star Wars games the Batman Arkham treatment

    However EA is very clear that any new Star Wars game won't be based upon any of the films.
    Best news about this news as far as I'm concerned - I guess most folks have seen the films, bought the DVD, rebought it as BlueRay, etc. On the other hand if you're just going to use the Star Wars universe then there's (cinema)scope for telling of a whole load of new stories. Definitely preferable to just doing "Battlefield:Alliance v's Empire" or "Simcity:Alliance Commander" or some such nonsense. And if "Need For Speed: Podracing Edition" comes out then I'm going to boycott EA.
    Quote Originally Posted by Ketias View Post
    I guess it's better than EA giving it the Battlefield treatment...
    That's got to be a worry ... that with a franchise that they've (probably?) paid a lot for there will be a strong temptation to get a sausage factory of "product" - quantity at the expense of quality. I hope this doesn't happen.

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    Re: News - EA to give Star Wars games the Batman Arkham treatment

    Well DICE, BioWare, and Visceral are all great studios.

    Maybe we'd get a Star Wars a la Dead Space sort of thing.

    But most of all, PLEASE! EA! LET BIOWARE REMAKE THE KOTOR I AND II!!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!

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    Re: News - EA to give Star Wars games the Batman Arkham treatment

    I would love another KOTOR type game.

    Not being based on the films just gives the writers/designers more freedom, I look forward to seeing what they can come up with

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    Re: News - EA to give Star Wars games the Batman Arkham treatment

    Quote Originally Posted by HalloweenJack View Post
    given the aweful star wars recently is this


    A NEW HOPE?
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    Re: News - EA to give Star Wars games the Batman Arkham treatment

    Jedi Knight 3 and x-wing/tie fighter would be nice. About time we had a Star Wars flight sim.
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    Re: News - EA to give Star Wars games the Batman Arkham treatment

    Quote Originally Posted by iranu View Post
    x-wing/tie fighter would be nice
    The original x-wing and tie fighter games were awesome. Broke many a mouse playing those!

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    Re: News - EA to give Star Wars games the Batman Arkham treatment

    The batman treatment?
    Bad optimization with horrible ports and update support? Gee, thank-you EA!

    Mod edit: Please watch your language on the boards - if you need asterisks, you probably shouldn't be saying it!
    Last edited by jim; 01-04-2014 at 01:45 PM.

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    Re: News - EA to give Star Wars games the Batman Arkham treatment

    Quote Originally Posted by Hardware_Elite View Post
    The batman treatment?
    Bad optimization with horrible ports and update support? Gee, thank-you EA!
    Warner Bros. Studios isn't really a great example for customer support. They tryin' to get mow dolla dolla.

    Prior Batman Games of the series, AA and AC which were made by Rocksteady, were really great. I find them highly innovative the way Rocksteady made those. There might have been problems but this Arkham Origins problem is just insane, they'd rather make more DLCs than fix the issues first.

    In other news, Rocksteady IS making the final Batman Arkham game of the series, which is all in all good for all
    Last edited by jim; 01-04-2014 at 01:46 PM. Reason: Carrying through changes to quote

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