Jumping - Page 2

Ataris · 03-14-2009, 04:54 PM

I always felt that jumping was a serious lack of interactivity in a game. Even if it's useless, I think it should be there. Characters need motion. I think the entire world should be interactive with jumping. In Kotor, for example, running into an object made you become stuck, and movement was not easily done. In this game I think you should be able to jump onto any object you'd like, within reason, of course.

Feagildin · 03-14-2009, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Bob Lion54

Jumping is one of those odd things that just feels missing when it's not there.

There doesn't have to be a need for it in TOR, as our skills could have the jump involved such as the different Power Attacks in KotOR. That said, just a regular "space-bar" jump needs to be included.

QFT

Couldn't have said it better, so I won't try.

TSR · 03-15-2009, 11:44 AM

As long as they don't do a SWG style of jumping that has absoultely no use. Like not being able to jump over small pebbles due to their infinitly high invisible walls.

I like the WoW jumping. gives you something to do at summoning stones, and also expressing yourself in the form of interpretive dance.

Ataris · 03-15-2009, 03:01 PM

^ Yeah, that's what I mean. In KOTOR you can't walk over a pile of pebbles, you have to go around them. FAIL.

**Jan Gaarni** · 03-25-2009, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by TSR

As long as they don't do a SWG style of jumping that has absoultely no use. Like not being able to jump over small pebbles due to their infinitly high invisible walls.

Actually, unless they changed it after I left, the reason you couldn't jump over, as I explaind earlier, was because you weren't actually jumping. It was just an animation making it look like you were jumping, but in "reality" you never left the ground.

Nedak · 03-25-2009, 08:47 PM

Yeah, from the looks of some screenies there will be jumping.

glovemaster · 03-30-2009, 12:30 PM

If the bounty hunter's can fly then I think its more than likely jump will be in there.

Bioware has been talking a lot of how they want the player to be as involved as possible, without jumping I'd feel quite separated from the environment - and exploration is one of the things I personally enjoy about MMO's, and any other game for that matter.

Fredi · 03-30-2009, 01:38 PM

Of course we should, Being a Jedi or a Sith without being able to force jump would suck.

**ChAiNz.2da** · 04-07-2009, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by The Padawan

Of course we should, Being a Jedi or a Sith without being able to force jump would suck.

Indeed. In fact, I can't imagine a Jedi/Sith not being able to jump.. would seem rather.. lacking imo considering all the flips and such you see in the movies.

Darca Lar · 04-07-2009, 02:57 PM

It really depends on the control scheme, but I'd say know mostly because it wouldn't be extremely necessary. Though I'm assuming so based on the point-click scheme being used in the KotOR series and WoW.

Web Rider · 04-07-2009, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by The Padawan

Of course we should, Being a Jedi or a Sith without being able to force jump would suck.

Well, remember Kotor 2 had force jump, but it was just an animation that only triggered as a way to "charge" your enemy from a distance.

Mandalore_ · 08-25-2009, 08:36 AM

No jumping, it's unnecesary and might ruin the combat gameplay if everyone jumps around. .

The smuggler can already perform a sort of "jump" while his taking cover his making a "roll" and Jedi/Sith make's a force jump charge

decalibron · 01-25-2011, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Hallucination

^I'm not a cartographer, but I think you can jump using just your legs.

@Topic: I would seriously consider not playing the game if I couldn't jump, even if it had no purpose in gameplay.

uh...isn't a cartographer a map maker?
but anyway, definitely yes on the jumping!

Ctrl Alt Del · 01-25-2011, 09:11 PM

^ And isn't this you just did a necro?

But anyway, jumping would be, excuse me, retarded. Jumping to practical ends, as a mean of accessing certain areas, can be easily replaced by a "climbing" animation. After all, you don't jump on stuff in real life if you want to get on top of it. Well, mostly.

Hallucination · 01-26-2011, 12:37 AM

^You guys must be doing something wrong in Rio.

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Originally Posted by decalibron

uh...isn't a cartographer a map maker?

Yes.

Ctrl Alt Del · 01-26-2011, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Hallucination

^You guys must be doing something wrong in Rio.

This game never needed jumps to be awesome.

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Adavardes · 02-06-2011, 09:22 PM

It should have jumping, and from what I've seen in the footage of the game, I believe there is jumping, along with jetpacks and force jumping.

Darth Avlectus · 02-06-2011, 11:07 PM

If it's going to be an action oriented RPG, sure, why not?

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Originally Posted by Ctrl Alt Del

^ And isn't this you just did a necro?

Mmmmm. Necrophelia.

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But anyway, jumping would be, excuse me, retarded. Jumping to practical ends, as a mean of accessing certain areas, can be easily replaced by a "climbing" animation. After all, you don't jump on stuff in real life if you want to get on top of it. Well, mostly.

Oh yeah brah. Totally seriously man. Good jawb.

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Originally Posted by Hallucination

^You guys must be doing something wrong in Rio.

what r u talkin about there bucko hes just getting ready 4 the mardigras party yo

Adavardes · 02-07-2011, 12:13 PM

The argument that we don't jump to get to things in real life is kinda moot. This isn't real life, this is the Star Wars Universe. And if people want to get on top of something in the Star Wars universe, especially if they're Jedi, there's a long history of jumping. A lot.

decalibron · 02-12-2011, 12:50 AM

Go jumping!

Ctrl Alt Del · 02-22-2011, 03:52 PM

Well, Kingdom Hearts is such a RPG that wouldn't be the same without jumping. It has deep influence in combat, the unrealistic 10 meters high jumps allow for some platforming elements and item collection, and even some backtracking when you get to jump higher than before in latter levels.

But I never felt that KotOR needed jumping of any kind. Nor that the game would be better if it had. That's just me, really.

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what r u talkin about there bucko hes just getting ready 4 the mardigras party yo

yo

Sp!ker · 04-07-2011, 12:00 PM

Star Wars without yoda-jump is not star wars!!!!!!!

Liverandbacon · 04-07-2011, 06:10 PM

While people bunny-hopping around will be a bit of an immersion killer (though seriously, if you want immersion, don't play MMOs. It's worked for me so far), there is a pretty long history of people jumping on/to things in Star Wars, and it wouldn't make much sense to have none. Perhaps context-sensitive jumping ability would be the way to go, though that might just waste dev time on a pretty minor issue.

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Originally Posted by Sp!ker

Star Wars without yoda-jump is not star wars!!!!!!!

so everything made before AOTC isn't Star Wars?

**RoxStar** · 04-07-2011, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Liverandbacon

so everything made before AOTC isn't Star Wars?

That is a serious implication.

Master Finch · 08-23-2011, 10:39 PM

I think it should, when I was playing the KotORs I felt annoyed that instead of my A button jumping, it made an annoying boop noise.

But, if they do implement jumping, then the enemy should have to turn around to fight you. In World of Warcraft when you jump over someone's head they can still hit you whilst you're jumping due to the piss-poor combat system.