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Friday Update: Final HoloNet Tab Revealed – The Galaxy Map!
In the earliest Friday Update I can recall, and this one is a doozy – the final, fabled HoloNet tab as been revealed – The Galaxy Map! How didn’t we see this coming?
The Star Wars™ galaxy is massive and you will be able to visit numerous worlds during your travels in the The Old Republic™. To give you an early taste of what the experience will be, we’ve added a new feature to the website, allowing you to explore the Galaxy Map for yourself. You’ll get to see the five major sectors of the Known Galaxy, check out profiles of the planets, and even examine interactive models of the player Starships.
And it’s not just a flat 2-dimensional map… no sir. It’s explorable in a 3D multimedia format, and doesn’t just include details on all of the planets, put also a section on the starships we’ll all be using to travel to them!
Head on over and check out this awesome feature, and we’ll update this post with more as we dissect it!
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You know this seems awesome at first, but… it doesn’t really do anything or give us info we didn’t have before.
But it sure is purrty.
Although the information isn’t new I did find it helpful in getting a feel of how the game might look and operate on my computer. Never getting my hands on any aspect of the game it was nice putting that 3D holonet on full screen with the music going and feeling as if I were in game.
@Rebel … you are dead on. The mechanics are nice but it gives us access to text we already had in various locations.
True, but I did very much appreciate being able to look at the various starships from all angles, some of the pictures were quite misleading.
Nerdgasm!
But I repeat myself (if not in the same place, ha ha!).
I love the potential that something like this map has. Remains to be seen whether they realize it or if this remains a gimmick. If they tie this in with world maps, travel routes, etc., it would turn into a very handy tool.