SWTOR: Fans Make Quest Content Available

Online, April 25, 2011 (Newswire.com) - With the release of Star Wars: the Old Republic (SWTOR) just around the corner in 2011, fans and gamers keep the information highway buzzing with news and updates about the game. The rate at which new fan sites, forums and blogs are appearing is a good measure of the games growing popularity. Like most MMORPGs, the game's storyline is the main key in providing an engaging entertainment outlet for gamers. The storyline is of course told through a series of mandatory quests that gamers will have to work through in order to progress in the game.

Gamers who are familiar with the big screen film, Star Wars and characters such as Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker and the Sith Emperor will have absolutely no trouble is understanding the entire concept that the game is built on. SWTOR is largely based on LucasFilm's movie. The game features two main allegiance that are at war with each other, the Sith Empire and the Galactic Republic. The characters within the game are molded from those in the movie as well which is clearly seen in the available classes such as Jedi Knights, Sith Warriors, Troopers and Imperial Agents.

Each class and race comes from a different background and different originating planet. While keeping that in mind, the development team, LucasArts and Bioware have created a strong storyline that is slowly revealed in the series of quests gamers are appointed to by NPCs. A site that has recently be launched by MMORPG gamers who are also fans of Star Wars, http://www.swtorquestguide.com, has been created with questing and game progression as its main focus. Visitors of the site get to read through useful quest information. The more general game information such as the races and classes are among the other type of details that are featured at the site.

The entire storytelling in SWTOR is made up of quests that could be completed solo as well as quests that could only be completed in groups, also known as multi-player quests. Short chains of quests are also other variations that could be found when questing in SWTOR. Depending on the outcomes of quests and choice selections, dialogues within the game and the next steps in the storyline may change as well. As such, the game developers provide gamers with a more dynamic and volatile storyline for each gamer. It would be very interesting to see how questing in SWTOR finally evolves when the game is officially released.