According to Gamestar, LucasArts will show first movies of the game at E3...
Why should it be an expansion?
Especially after Activision revealed that a JK III would be released between now and april 2004...
ARGH! AND I CANT GO TO E3 THIS YEAR! GOT AN EXAM! AHHHHHHH!
And i was going to go too :( My oldies were gonna pay for my flight.
BAH!
Lol, yeah, it's also in the middle of my finals :)
I eagerly await! I want to know more!
No, I haven't left yet. ; )
And I can't go to E3 either.. so I'll miss all the JK3 goodness.
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On closer inspection that looks like a Rodian you're playing as in a few of those shots.
I'm going to have a go at roughly translating the review. It may take some time, but it should help with details. ;)
Hi, I'm German, and maybe I can tell you what the article says.
But my English is not the best one ;)
So
- free character choice: Race, appearance, clothes, skin color
- free mission choice: you can freely travel through the star Wars Galaxy . Whether Tatooine, Hoth (!) or another well-known location, everything will be possible!
- free power development: you can develop more to the dark or light side
- Means of transport! Whether in a "Flitzer" (means the glider, which Luke used in Episode 4 in Mos Eisley) or ride on Hoth on one the "good-smelling" Things (you know Han Solo loved them) : everything planned!
- Film-similar fights: the developers set mainly on light sword fights, it give 3 styles (with only one sword, with double blade, or б la Anakin with 2 swords), there will be more combat animations, more moves, look simply great!
- Graphic looks already better around some than JK2: Better textures, by far more details (opponents, areas), larger areas, etc..
- Story: First you'll be an apprentice of the jedi-academy, then after some missions you will uncover a great conspiracy, which threats the whole galaxy...d h
I hope I could help you :)
3 words..... and a contraction.
It's not a hoax :)
Thanks Tremayne!
I would have had a crack at it, but I only did French and Spanish at school. :D
I can't wait to get the game. :)
You asked Raven or LucasArts ? :)
Me too!
Here is one quote from the interview with one of the developers:
[quote]"meanwhile we know the Quake-3-Engine in and by heart, so that we can employ things with it, those with Jedi Knight 2 seemed still impossible and those your readers so ever did not see!"[/qoute]
this is a "google" translation ;)
Best thing is, according to my opinion that we needn’t to play Kyle any time more!
Thanks Raven!:D
Ah yes, I got some information about multiplayer:
There will be new modes (gamestar guess that there will be duels with vehicles, but no cooperative:( )
The game is to 60 % finished.
If you have any questions, ask me, I'll try to answer.
3 styles? does that mean only 1 style for each lightsaber option? as in, no more red blue yellow for 1 saber, etc?
I hope not... I hope there's 3 styles for each saber option...
That's one of the things which are not really clear from the article...
I'm not so sure...
"Not only because of the three diffrent fighting styles..."
But this is only the GameStar ;)
This needn't to be right.
This is awesome news.
Now I hope Game arena will support this.
I seriously cannot wait. I hope they put the saga gametype into play.
Oh man i really hope there's a return to Dromuund Kaas! I loved that map in MOTS. So eery and atmospheric.
And i hope that a co-op mode for the single player levels is introduced.
Threads merged....
You're welcome :)
I wish they had screenshots with HUDs, since that would give away the stances available. They'll probably be 5 stances. The 5 available with JediMod. Just improved on.
The review said more emphasis on lightsaber combat, aswell as creating your own character. Definetly worth waiting for. ;)
co-op? if this thing works like theyu say it does, i'll never get to MP or give a flip about co-op!
I'm thinking 3 (or 5) stances with 1 saber, same as JK2, with new moves...
2 Stances for 2 sabers (maybe offensive and defensive)
2 Stances for double bladed (proper ones so the 2nd blades not going through you when you swing :))
I hope they will include a physic engine, like karma, or havoc (if that's possible). No more clipping ;)
You can be sure that this is no april joke!
I found the real one and it hasn't got anything to do with jk3, don't worry.
It seems that you can visit a lot of diffrent planets, maybe even Ruusan (there is the vally) and coruscant.
Sorry, but there will be NO co-op! :(
There will be 5 races you can play, Twi'lek, Rodian, and 3 more...
and ummm Human and Bothan(look at one of the screenshots)! 1 more... my guess is Wookiee
Gamestar only spoke of 2 cxonfirmed races, with around 3 more...
Also, sorry, no co-op...
And a good physics engine doesn't automartically mean no clipping bugs :)
How come people are saying the same things?
Ah! Someone merged the threads ;)
Anyway, I'm off to update the Dark Forces MOD website :p
I think they should add more playable races. What do they think this is SWG 0.5? :p
I think most of the species of the Old Republic Jedi Order should work well.
Hopefully they'll be expansions. :D
Yes, but would look very cool @Com Raven ;)
@Monkey Mania: we are so happy about the news, so we switched off our brains :D ;)
@The_one: I really look forward to your Mod. The demo was great, real DF-Feeling
Originally posted by boinga1
hmmm...sounds a lot like KOTOR, looks a lot like a jk2 mod. very intriguing.
Thats exactly what I'm thinking. Complete character customization, free roaming around the galaxy? Even when I saw the screens I thought it was KOTOR. But, I don't thin it is because the views look too different
KotoR comes from BioWare, it's more RPG and it's 5000 years before.
I'm really happy about this development. As much freedom as possible and even a lot of action and star wars atmosphere.
Well on that Gamestar secret link (
http://www.gamestar.de/reklawyks/secret-jk3/) , the writing with the Jawa says:
Quote Gamestar:
connection establishment starting from... 01. April 2003
But I have no idea what the other shot it changes to is, my first thoughts were that it looked like something off Doom 3, but it does look remotely like a Rancor... Or just some nasty evil thing, e.g. Another Barney :D
Just looks like some crazy Starship Troopers bug...
Okayyy....
I just left the window with
http://www.gamestar.de/reklawyks/secret-jk3/2.htm) running for a while, and then I heard like a 6 second burst of some kind of machinery noise and what sounded like a Rancor :eek:
Very suspicious, I'm not sure if it was that page that did it, I refreshed and I'm still waiting for it to do it again...
Hmm... doublebladed sabres for a Jedi? DUAL sabres would be much more appropriate for a Jedi, or at least doesn't violate any known facts about Jedi. Jedi only use (possible EU stuff.) double-bladed sabres for training purposes. I think double-bladed sabres should be reserved only for Sith Lords, since double-bladed sabres are Sith-only.
Better to have a cheat to enable the double-bladed sabres for a Jedi. BUT we'll get the RIGHT animations this time, instead of the db-sabre cheat in MP jk2, without any actual db-sabre anims.
WJTW
There are some screenshots where you can see the rancor.
gamestar writes under these:
"A typical Script sequence: The station on Tatooine seems as become extinct, but suddenly the ground vibrate and an enormous claw seize around the corner. Under strong roar an enormous Rancor approaches. The fight against the monster seems inevitable. Even ducked it's still double as large as we are - is there still another way out?"
Sorry for the bad translation ;)
@WJTW
You'll get the double-bladed or the second saber only later in the campaign.
Sorry to say this, but Knights looks a lot better than the JK III screens...
Which doesn't mean that my PC Most Awaited Top Three have a new entry since yesterday :)
You'll get the double-bladed or the second saber only later in the campaign.
Yes, I'm aware of this. Nice to know that was the way they've planned it.
However, what I'm saying is, Jedi aren't supposed to use double-bladed sabres for regular purposes. Only Sith can. And since the game is called Jedi Knight 3, your main character can't be a Sith.
Of course, since the Jedi Order is restarted by Luke Skywalker, he might've made a few changes. I'm sure with the recent Dark Jedi appearing (in JK2, JK1), Luke might've wanted his students to be more well-prepared.
WJTW
I am not sure that rule is true any longer, as your jedi can also get a db-ls in Knights...
Well on that Gamestar secret link (
http://www.gamestar.de/reklawyks/secret-jk3/) , the writing with the Jawa says:
Quote Gamestar:
connection establishment starting from... 01. April 2003
But I have no idea what the other shot it changes to is, my first thoughts were that it looked like something off Doom 3, but it does look remotely like a Rancor... Or just some nasty evil thing, e.g. Another Barney :D
Just looks like some crazy Starship Troopers bug...
It said on starwars.com that db-bladed are Sith lightsabres. Sith use them (well trained ones, that is.). This showed how unfair Sith are. Jedi don't.
(1) KotOR, IMO, must be trying to get more people to play it, so, added the db-sabre.
(2) Or it might be the SITH or bad guys holding it.
(3) OR, it might be a different case 4000 years ago. Maybe such a rule isn't established 4000 years ago. But isn't it a little... convenient that the timelines for both games have either unestablished rules or changed rules?
So, I'm siding with (1) and (2).
WJTW
I'd say it is a rancor...
The only thing I'd be sure about: the hype is huge.
As for this whole thing being real or an April fools joke - no comment yet. Could be either one.
Too bad there's no default co-op, but depending on how things progress within the next few months and when we have more concrete information on JKIII, there is a good chance that Rebel Operations will move over to JKIII :D. Long live the co-op!
This is probably true since rumors have been around for months and there have been conference calls for Raven and they talked about JKIII and on some sites they said that Raven was to work on a sequel to JKII to meet some 2004 quota or something. Anyways from what I've heard this game will be sweet.:spin:
double saber could be made available if you choose the dark side?
Seeing how BioWare produced 3 million-sellers without the SW license, I don't think they need to employ cheap tricks to sell their games...
uhm...
I just hope, if true, that it reveals itself as a better game than JO was. Dark Forces 2 was better. Many times better. Storylinewise, I mean.
Originally posted by happydan
double saber could be made available if you choose the dark side?
No. The db-sabre choice doesn't seem to be affected by which side you join.
But IF it was, you must be a Sith, not just a normal Dark Jedi, to get it. Of course, that's an 'if'.
Speaking of Dark Side, if my main character now is Kyle's Padawan learner, I'll make sure he gets to the Dark Side. I want to make Kyle a failed Master. :)
WJTW
^agreed.
Defend functioned still automatically, and the program selects the suitable attack depending upon opponent position as for instance a surprising sword impact to the rear
dunno if that sounds good. i want total control
All I can say is that if this is true, then this is the game I've been waiting for. A SW FPS where you are a female in the lead role, and a Twi'lek at that! This is like a dream come true for me and I can't wait!