In what starts off as an interesting Friday update with the usual fair....
Hi, my name is Brian Arndt and I'm Senior Video Editor here at BioWare. I've been a huge fan ofStar Wars™ since I was a little kid...
Yeah Brian we know and we love you for it. But then you hit us with this...
No big. Figured it was going to show up sooner or later.
As a part of the BioWare Creative Services team, we get to spend all our time in The Old Republic filming and editing gameplay walkthroughs, character progression videos, taking screenshots and even creating the Timeline video series. We work around the clock to deliver these Friday updates for the community (and even read your forum posts to see what people are looking forward to seeing and try and get them in there!).
These guys have an insane but challenging job. And honestly you start to feel for them until they go and drop this in front of you:
It's that moment . . . wait for it . . . wait for it . . . BANG! Star Wars. It's intense, it's unreal, it's your childhood. And it's right there in front of you. The sound, the text, the drop down through the stars . . . Star Wars. All is good with the world for the next 2 minutes and 3 seconds.
Even though some of you might have no interest in playing a Sith, the intro is Star Wars. It's a universe a lot of us can't wait to explore again. And we're really happy BioWare is at the helm:
Even when something is “final” at BioWare, it’s often not—not if it can be improved. Once we dropped the opening cinematics into the game, we opened a thread on the Game Testing forums to get feedback and suggestions. While the feedback was really positive overall, the testers had some interesting suggestions.
The second half of the article is also a must read. Community Q&A:
Today, Senior Audio Artist Scott Morton answers a few of your questions about sound design in The Old Republic.
Thank you BioWare. Can't wait!!!
