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LucasArts hasn't released a memorable Star Wars video game inyears, but Star Wars 1313 has given fans a new hope. The game seems to be getting lots ofbuzz around the show floor here at E3 , even though LucasArts has barely shown any of the game or saidmuch at all about it. We don't even know what platforms it'll be available onor when, leading to speculation that Star Wars 1313 is actually a game for the next generation of consoles. (The demowas built on Unreal Engine 3 , which is used for current-generation games but may power thefirst wave of games on future consoles as well.) So why is Star Wars 1313 noteworthy? For one, it's Star Wars. But it's also aneffort by LucasArts to bring some of its Hollywood know-how tovideo games. LucasFilm's Industrial Light & Magic, Skywalker Sound andLucasFilm Animation are all contributing to the game, and thoughit's too early to judge whether their efforts will pay off,the brief demo I saw had some gorgeous visuals (see the abovevideo). I was less impressed with the demo's facialanimations, which capture even the tiniest of muscle movements fromlive actors, but also occasionally crossed into the uncanny valley.(I can't put my finger on it, but I think the characters haveweird teeth.) LucasArts hasn't said who the characters in Star Wars 1313 will be, but players will control a bounty hunter as he exploreslevel 1313 on the planet Coruscant–a foul criminalunderbelly, from what we're told. The idea behind this localeis to allow for some dark plotlines and morally grey areas, but atthis point we don't know much else about the plot. The game itself cribs liberally from Naughty Dog's Uncharted series, with a mix of cover-based shooting and climbing acrossplatforms. That's not necessarily a bad thing. It just meansthat LucasArts will have to add more to the experience if it wantsits action to stand out. The game's developers hinted athigh-tech gadgetry to play with, but we only saw basic gunplay inthe hands-off demo at E3. The limited information available about Star Wars 1313 makes getting excited difficult, and this wouldn't be thefirst time LucasArts has made grand promises about far-off games(see: Kinect Star Wars ). But at least there's a sense that LucasArts wants to puttogether a finely polished Star Wars game, and not another cheapcash-in. MORE: Check out Techland's E3 coverage. I am an expert from precisioninjectionmould.com, while we provides the quality product, such as Precision Machined Parts Manufacturer , China Plastic Overmoulding, Injection Mold Parts,and more.
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