May The Force Be With You.... ~ GEEKALOGY

Introducing the game of the year, StarWars: The Old Republic (a.k.a SWTOR). The most anticipated game for all StarWars fans and MMO's fans alike.

Well it's one of the first StarWars game created in a MMO roleplaing environment. The best part is that it combine the ability to fight on land as well as take the battle to space. Now how many MMO have you seen could do that with such incredible graphics? It's a game one should not miss. If you did, you are missing out a lot.

So drop those W.O.W-ing for a while and pick this up for a change. you will be greeted with familiar W.O.W style game play with graphic that would put others MMOs to shame. An addition to this intense gameplay is the choice of choosing your path in the game. The story of each classes is not a fixed one but have a wide range of possibility depending on the choices you make along the way. Would you turn bad and backstab the Republic for personal gain? or would you become an angel and turn against the Empire's teaching? Is for you to decide. (Scroll down for system requirements).

Choosing your side...

Entering the world of SWTOR starts with you being able to choose which sides of the force you would want be in with the classic Empire or Republic sides to choose from. After which you will be led into the next part which is to choose the classes you are interested to be in.

For the Republic side, one have 4 classes to choose from,

Jedi Knight

1) The Jedi Knight, Leaders of the troopers and warriors of the republic. They are the tankers for the republic unleashing devastating attacks on foes with the aid of the force. These are the guys keeping the Republic safe.

Force Consular

2) The Force Consular, Master of the force and warriors of the saber, but unlike the Jedi Knight, they focus mostly on the use of the force to heal, attack and buff players around them. The support of the Republic. But they are not as weak as you thought. They deal damage that will make even a wookiee shed it's fur

Smuggler

3)The Smuggler, Just like Han Solo in Star Wars, the smuggler's main weapon of choice is the blaster/s. They have the ability to escape from the sneakiest situation & attack with stealth and surprise. During space battle, they could fly under rader undetected. But Smugglers are crooks, why would they aid the republic which are enforcers or justice? Well, according to the story, the smugglers believe that fighting along side the republic is at the same time fighting for freedom against the empire.

Troopers

4) The Trooper , Equiped with heavy armor and range of weapons, the troopers are the republic's special forces, armed with different range of heavy weapons, the troopers charges into all battle situations, unleashing tremendous firepower against foes. With such powers, the only obstacle which stands in their way and the enemy's is their gun.

(picture for the empire's classes will be up as soon as it's ready.)
For the Empire's side, one too have 4 classes to choose from,

1) Sith Warrior, Warriors, Champions, the one in the front fight for the Empire. The Sith Warrior, with their gruesome and dark armor, foes will tremble in fear as they lay eyes on them. Equip with signature red sabers of the empire, these warriors will not let any foes off easily, with each swing of the saber and by taping into the power of the dark force, chaos sure to follow when this warriors are in town.
2) Sith Inquisitor, Masters of the dark art. If manipulating the force into a killing energy is hard or almost impossible, the Sith inquisitor made it looked too easy. These warriors bends the force to their liking. drawing life forces away from their enemy well healing themselves and buffing their teammates. and if at a sticky situation, there skills with the saber is not to be taken lightly either. with quick agility and lethal attacks, you will be in much pain dealing with these guys.
3) Bounty Hunter, Known as the mercenary for hire and part of a Legendary ancient brotherhood. Equipped with armor with etpacks which still allows flexibility and versatility and weapons of mass destruction, they are the troopers of the Empire. A valuable source. Run and pray they are not looking for you when you saw them flying pass, as you will never know your head might be on their list.
4) Imperial Agent, Well in times like this, a quiet way of attack might actually cripple the enemy. hence comes in the Imperial Agent, they are the spy and assassins of the Empire. Equiped with intelligence and gadget, they are like futuristic ninjas or super spies. relying on range weapons and surprise attacks with hidden blades, the Imperial Agent will be in and out even before you could say "Noooooooo".

Severs page

Charecter customisation

on a speeder

On a Taxi

Our Trusty Droid

Space Combat

Battles

In the Hanger.

So guys, what are you waiting for? Get online or to your nearest retail outlet and get your copy of SWTOR. Trust me, once you log in, logging out is another challenge. The world of StarWars have not been so greatly illustrated and mapped out in a game until now. Kudos to Bioware for making it all happen months of planning and working worth while.

Do go to http://www.swtor.com/ to create an account or to get more insights and news about SWTOR.

For Singaporeans who have just started out in SWTOR or wanting to finding local friends in SWTOR, a group known as Star Wars: The Old Republic [Singapore] are there for you on Facebook. Do visit them at https://www.facebook.com/groups/108857412557760/ should you require help on any topics, members there will be more than happy to help you out.

System Requirement:

Processor:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 4000+ or better
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor 2.0GHz or better

Operating System:

Windows XP or later

RAM:

Windows XP: 1.5GB RAM
Windows Vista and Windows 7: 2GB RAM
Note: PCs using a built-in graphical chipset are recommended to have 2GB of RAM.

Video Card:
Star Wars: The Old Republic requires a video card that has a minimum of 256MB of on-board RAM as well as support for Shader 3.0 or better. Examples include: