Star Wars: The Old Republic – Rise of the Hutt Cartel
2013 expansion pack
Star Wars: The Old Republic – Rise of the Hutt Cartel is an expansion pack developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts for Star Wars: The Old Republic, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) set in the distant past of the Star Wars universe. It was released for Microsoft Windows on April 14, 2013. The expansion concerns the planet Makeb, a resource-rich world which is embroiled in civil war and on the brink of environmental catastrophe, and features two distinct overarching plots depending on whether the player character is affiliated with the Sith Empire or the Galactic Republic.
Rise of the Hutt Cartel is the first expansion pack for The Old Republic. It received average reviews from video game publications. The various new gameplay elements introduced in the pack have been praised, whereas the implementation of same-sex romance content has been widely criticized by both supporters and detractors.
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Rise of the Hutt Cartel is an expansion pack for Star Wars: The Old Republic, a BioWare-developed MMORPG set in the Star Wars Legends canon from April 2014 onwards. The pack's narrative takes place 300 years after the events of the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic games, and more than 3,600 years before the events in the Star Wars films.
Rise of the Hutt Cartel adds a new world for player characters who have attained level 50, and extends the cap to 55. Player characters, depending on their chosen faction, are placed in a particular role within an unfolding narrative on the world of Makeb, which is divided into a series of rocky, temperate islands, with a panoramic view of palaces built by the Hutt species jutting out of distant cliffsides.
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