[Ace]

Mass Effect makes me wish that Lucasarts as opposed to forcing a KOTOR sequel on a small timescale waited for the XBOX2 and let Obsidian use a new engine. (make it a 3 year dev cycle like KOTOR1 instead of 9 months)

Hell, the same game script (with more time to flesh out the ending as intended) would be awesome in a new engine. Seeing a completely decrepid Ebon Hawk, Onderon's sprawling city, etc.

*cries*

[Deepblue]

Laptop guns sure are not generic, neither are psychosis guns. Let's not forget the x-ray gun while we are at it. Those seem pretty original to me.

[Grey Wolf]

Originally posted by Ace
Mass Effect makes me wish that Lucasarts as opposed to forcing a KOTOR sequel on a small timescale waited for the XBOX2 and let Obsidian use a new engine. (make it a 3 year dev cycle like KOTOR1 instead of 9 months)

Hell, the same game script (with more time to flesh out the ending as intended) would be awesome in a new engine. Seeing a completely decrepid Ebon Hawk, Onderon's sprawling city, etc.

*cries*

There's always the entirely theoretical KOTOR3...

[Deepblue]

Mass Effect is a trilogy. Which means if KotOR 3 happens, it's going to be a long ways away.

[Grey Wolf]

OK, things you must understand:
1. Bioware is a good-sized company. As we speak, they have two games in development: Dragon Age and Mass Effect. This means, if they do KOTOR3 in-house, they could start it when either project goes gold.

2. They can let someone else do it, as they let Obsidian do with KOTOR2 and are doing with NWN2.

They could have KOTOR3 done with either of their newer engines (Dragon Age or Mass Effect), as well, meaning that Bioware would just have to do some light tweaking and send it to Obsidian.

[Deepblue]

Meh. It would be awesome to see KotOR 3 though...

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Deepblue
Laptop guns sure are not generic, neither are psychosis guns. Let's not forget the x-ray gun while we are at it. Those seem pretty original to me.

Prettied up graphic effects and different colours of bullet do not an original game make.

I mean, you've listed some perfectly dull things and cited them as 'original'.  Laptop gun; placeable sentry gun / or normal gun.  X-ray gun; gun with a different zoom sight.  

I don't know what the psychosis guns are, but I'll guess they turn the AI either off or upon each other.  How predictable.

It's the same boring set of features, over and over and over and over again.  sure, you jazz up the visuals, maybe shove in a bit of ragdoll, but it's the same boring concept.  Point...and....shoot.

Let me guess; they'll have a level in a city, and a level in some form of high tech installation.  Oooh, and hovercars.  And exploding barrels!

[Flipside]

And it'll all boil down to something with a rolling UV texture.