Alot of MMORPG have bombed lately....Will SWG live up to the hype?
 

Ive been waiting for Swg for ages and im sick of all the other MMORPG atm. I have my sites on Swg and Im hopeing its not all fluff and is actully fun to play.......

Will SWG live up to the hype?

Why are all the recent MMORPG been Sub-Par?

Lark

My friend had a beta of it at my LAN. He was showing it off to us and it looked fun. Being an FPS person myself, I'd have to say it looked a lot more interesting than Everquest. It looked like it had active battles.

hopefully it won't suck, and with all the addons they have planned..they might as well call it Matrix v.1 for Star Wars people

I have some serious worries about it not being near ready to be put out, but of course I will still buy it and hope for the best. I have not yet tried any MMOGs yet, so this will be my first step into it. The only other one that peaks my interest is WOW, and I will definately try it when it is released.

Well it doesn't get released to the world market until 12 months from the US release date so that's quite a bummer.

Everything I've seen has me feeling pretty excited about the game. Not a big fan of MMORPGs in general, but if the Star Wars atmosphere is done well I'll probably get sucked into playing it.

Back off, folks. My roomies have it, it's not looking all that appealing to me personally right now. You may also want to consider that at it's initial launch, you can expect some fairly heavy bugs as well as some SERIOUSLY swamped servers. Your best bet is to wait at least a month for the hype to die down, check the reviews, hit some forums, and see what the players think (keeping in mind that an MMORPG players favorite thing to do is to bitch about their MMORPG). Also, keep in mind that it's hitting the shelves in a matter of weeks and they still haven't lifted the NDA. Whaddup wit dat?

Could you be a little more specific? Does the game seem totally hopeless or can you see it getting better with expansions?

What species did you play as?
What planets did you go to?
What was your profession?
What were the graphics like?
What were the bugs you experienced?

You'd think that if someone were to post a thread about why they disliked a game they'd actually give clear reasons why.

*sniff*

Please, no...

Wow, thats another person I've heard say this game sucks. The offical boards are split right now on this. Half the board seems to hate the game with a passion and the other half loves it. Unlike other games, I see no middle ground here...

I was in the beta as well and I didn't give it much time. I never played EQ but I played AO and E&B. I was quite bored with it after 4-5 hours of play. The graphics are amazing but I agree with Forks when he says it is like a huge chatroom. I thought AO, for all it's faults, did a better job of creating a sense of atmosphere. I didn't like the combat system very much and stopped playing pretty quickly. I'm certainly not an expert on this game, but I play a lot of games and this one didn't hold me.

I heard that It takes forever to actually even Reach Jedi.. and once you do, You obtain the Perma-Death ability... Which sucks cause EVERYONE is out to kill.. NPCs and PC alike.. as PCs get great bonuses for killing a Jedi...

Yeah From what I heard, I lost any interest.. now it complete rubble (disentigrated Rubble even..)

check out Penny Arcade (http://www.penny-arcade.com) for some of a beta testers thoughts about SWG. His bottom line, and he's a big Star Wars fan, was "it's like any other MMORPG, just with different creatures." He also said he might try it again when they have vehicles in it since running for an hour wasn't his idea of fun.

I also liked his comment about watching the 7 foot Wookie running from the rat, sad.

Far be it from me to violate an NDA or anything, but the only way I'd play this game as it is right now, was if someone else bought it, paid for it, and gave me at least 10,00 an hour to play it.

LOLOLOLOLOL - predictable.
/sorry...

I'm glad I'll never buy a game I have to pay to play. Besides, there're plenty of other great Star Wars games coming out very soon.

I watched a friend "play" this game for a few hours a few weeks back and really does suck. Graphics are okay, nothing that outstanding from my POV. She played a artisien and spent hours running around a empty field kneeling down (a piller of light shot up into the sky there) and this was "mining". You could then take the minerals to a replicator machine to make stuff that you then just sold off.

I couldn't believe how bad it was. I really don't expect it to live long, but on the other hand there are plenty of star wars nuts who will stick it out I guess....

Thanks for the information everyone, I think it helps out considerably with people trying to make a decision on whether or not to buy this game when it comes out

I made the mistake of blowing $50 on Sims Online. I will not make that mistake again. Thanks for all the opinions.

The game is not bad. And yes, a wookie has to run from a white con rat. Sad as it may be. I like others have waited a long time for star wars galaxies. It will be the first mmo game I have ever owned. I am in the beta and as to Kec's comment the NDA has been lifted. I just can't put down the idea of having a rancor follow me around and beat stuff up. Not to count a dewback or any other tatoonie animal. =)

I got to play SWG at my friends house and to be honest I was Disappointed! Everything seemed really kool..But it just wasnt fun for me. "Shrug"
Back to Daoc I spose
LArk

they took out basically everything i thought would be cool about it, so maybe after a few expansions it'll be good, but then i'm gonna have to shell out quite a bit to get the game it should have been in the first place

I definately waiting on this one. Back around June of last year my friend and I were totally stoked about it. EVERYTHING sounded like it was going to be golden. But now it seems like the game has been chopped to death and is being rushed out because of all the delays it has suffered through.

My prediction is that SWG will be just like The Sims was. Not fun at first, but after about 2-3 expansion paks, it'll be one hell of a ride.

It's going to be dissapointing. Nothing can match all this hype. I've been let down by recent MMORPG releases. I think it's the focus on graphics and "atmosphere" over gameplay.

I, too, was in the beta. Seems like I spent more time downloading patches than actually playing - but when I did play, it was mainly a lot of running from city to city and errand to errand. Where are the TIE fighters? Where are the X-Wings?

What? I have to wait an indeterminite amount of time for them - and likely pay more for the expansion pack?

Well, suffice it to say that even being allowed to play this for free wasn't worth my time. I pulled out of the beta and didn't regret it at all.

SW:G's launch will be roughly as smooth as AO's launch, with half the fun! Long, boring runs, a very poorly done melee system plus a not really entertaining ranged fighting system, forced use of classes that normally wouldn't be used (After fighting, you get "battle fatigue", and then have to go sit in a cantina and watch some entertainer dance with canned emotes. Woohoo.), no Jedis at launch because they can't figure out how to get them to work, no vehicles, no space. I'd call it EverQuest in space if the gameplay mechanics were half as good and if the gameplay itself was half as fun. Good eye candy though *shrugs* but like Kec said, I'm not touching it unless someone else buys it, gets me an advance of that first expansion, pays for the account, and pays me per hour to play it.

Yes, I was in the beta, so I'm not going by hearsay.

im in beta, and am having a good time.

hmm maybe because you are playing beta, there arn't enough people to create a community where there are crafters that you know. The atmosphere is pretty empty due to the fact that server population isn't that high.

Congo, have you ever done a MMO beta? Not to be insulting, so don't take me wrong please. Typically they start with small beta groups, gradually growing largely. Often the final phase is completely open to anyone (Examples: Anarchy Online, PlanetSide, etc), used for stress-testing as well as sheer numbers of people out there who might find bugs. SW:G skipped their final beta phase entirely to do a "Limited release"... nifty way of saying the few who get the game will be paying for the "final" beta phase.

I'm gonna back up all the claims - It's boring. There's little interaction. Looks pretty, plays bad. If you're a StarWars fan, the game quite possibly will put you in tears. If you're looking for a SciFi MMO I heartily suggest Anarchy Online, that game has come a long, long, long ways from it's initial release. As for SW:G.... No Jedis -at all- upon release, not just that it'll take you a long time to open up the option. Single-character-servers take a lot of the fun out for people like me who enjoy playing more than one character type. The lack of vehicles with the ungodly travel time is really not a smooth move. Forced downtime and complexity to a game is not a good thing. Making classes that weren't attractive to players because they weren't considered a lot of fun crucial to gameplay by forced interaction rather than making the classes enjoyable is a bad, bad idea. The game's not finished, and it's not fun.

Congo to address one last thing: If the game's not fun with a low population, it most likely won't be fun with a high population either. If the Beta testers don't like the game (And I'd be willing to say the majority don't) because of the gameplay and not the bugs that will happen in beta, then something is very wrong.

So much potential... so much wasted. I so much wanted to like SW:G and enjoy it, but I couldn't. Guess I'll just stick to EQ for my MMO fix till something better finally comes along.

Is it repeditive? yes and so is every other mmo game.
As to the comment about low ammout of people being fun compared to high ammout of people, I think that misses the point. SWG requires a large number of people for the economy to not be at a griding pace. I find the limited release distrubing. Getting your battle fitige healed takes a really short amount of time if you do whenever you get back into town. So, not much to complain about there. As to the errors, it is a friggin beta. Yes it is VERY close to release but it is still in beta form and any errors that are in the beta are (not) likely to be there in the final game. I don't understand some of the comments about the fighting system. To me it seems the same as every other mmo game's fighting system (not including planetside) needless to say it is, for the most part, boring.

For both sides of the debate........

nuff said'

I hope its good. I've been waiting awhile...

A friend of mine who was in both the original EQ beta and the Star Wars beta told me that he's going back to playing EQ now that the SWG beta is over. I think I'll hold off.

Dang, i wasn't planning on buying this game but was sorta interested on how it would turn out. It is really disappointing when such great possibilities are squandered. By the way, when does it come out?

I do beleive it comes out tomorrow June 26th. From what I read and heard from friends in Beta the game has lot of potenial. One friend said it was a combination of SB DaoC and AO all wrapped in one. Hopefully its taking the best from all those games. Best to wait till the general public and gaming websites have done reveiws before deciding if its good or bad. Might save you a few bucks too, but I mean its Star Wars who doesn't want to atleast check it out somehow.

That said I will still be waiting a month before I try it out I do not want to go through another period like I did with SB.

I have been hearing a lot of negative things about this game. With Shadowlands coming out for AO I might just play that.

I too have been a tester since Beta 2...and boy, am I disappointed.

Even as an insanely hardcore Star Wars nerd, I found it impossible to keep an interest in the game... it's boring, even by mmo standards. I mean, it just seems like EQ in space - but without the captivating stuff EQ had.

The graphics are great for an mmo and the crafting system seems to be pretty nice (I've never been much for crafting though, so my opinion is limited to what little I have done in the past). Even with some of the little touches (everything from notable NPCs to monuments and such) it still does not feel like Star Wars, though.

Combat is lackluster, even more so than the standard "autoattack" systems of today. The special attacks lack even the flair and reactiveness of DAoC's combat styles. The fact that 99% of the camps are randomly generated also is a huge irritant to me - if SoE is gonna make me run across long stretches of land, they'd better freaking allow me to memorize mob camps so I can autorun around them while I get a soda / write a 50 page long paper...because I can tell you, for some of the mission's you'll get you WILL have time to do the latter. Running across the Juntland Wastes was really neat the first time, for the first 5 minutes...but after that, it steadily dropped in appeal - especially after some womp rats ganged up on me and killed me, stranding my body in the middle of nowhere.

That being said, I am definitely going to wait a few months to see what some of my friends in current mmorpgs say about the evolution of the game before I even consider buying it. There's obviously a ton of stuff I could say about the game, but these are just the things that popped to the top. I'm just gonna hold out for EQ2 and WoW, even though I am kind of disappointed in the current revalation that pvp will be a small part of the latter.

My recommendation to all of you is to wait - be it a month or 6 months. See what gets fixed, what gets changed and what gets completely ignored. I have no doubts that the game is quality (I mean, I am impressed with some of the content and depth of some features), but being a quality game does not increase how enjoyable playing it is.

I didn't really like it.. I've played quite a few MMORPGs and this one isn't really appealing unless you're really into the Star Wars universe

$50 for the game...and then $144 to play it over a year...yep...George Lucas can get back to making Star Wars 3:I Still Need More Money...

j/k...i actually love all the star wars movies...

But nearly 200 bucks to play over a year...right...i'll buy an xbox and halo for that...

TBH, the 2 dollar hike in the monthly fee is annoying...but nothing major in my justification of whether to buy the game or not. I would gladly pay 14 dollars a month if the game came even CLOSE to delivering the immersive Star Wars environment that we were led to believe existed.

As it stands now, I get more of that feeling from playing Rebellion.

I was very dissapointed with the beta test. I found that the game was just not something I'd put time/energy into. I play games to have fun, not to take on a 2nd job. :)

I might give it a go in about 6-7 months after it's a bit more stable, bit more contect and a bit more fun. Assuming that last one actually happens. ;)

Swg prolly gonna bomb :(

Dear GOD! Whatever compelled you to do that?

I have heard a lot of bad things about this game. I think i will avoid it.

My roommate was in the beta as well.

He agrees with what the others have said.

I watched him play a lot, and my most common question was, "So do you do anything in this game?" I don't think I could possibly imagine a more boring game.

Well I for one will wait about 6 mos to a year before i pick this title up.. I didnt try EQ till it was over a year old and even then it was about what 2 years before i bought it with no expansions.. Just didnt have the time to play it for the money I would be shelling out for it per month.

Every game no matter if its a 1st person shooter, rpg, MMORPG, or tactical.. they all have bugs.. why you always see patches come out..

I wont even get into the lol game Daggerfall. (anyone remember that bugged out game?)

As more money comes in for swg they might begin to patch things out.. heck from what I saw on their forums.. it was nasty.. even to the point of cdkeys already reg.. ouch..

also.. from what ive seen on fan sites.. the day it went live the game was already hacked... peps had access to all skills .. sigh.. they got a long way to go..

although I will say they could pull it off if they are on the ball. The perma-death for a jedi.. I agree.. what? how many jedi's were running around during the empire era? what .. lets see offically in the movies ..

obi, yoda, quazi-luke, sleeper-leia, emperor(sith but still a jedi) and darthvader(sith kickin jedi)

the point is during this era.. the empire was out to snuff any and every jedi they found.. and not just jedi's.. those that were force sensitive.

90% of all peps that think of SW, they think Darth Vader, space battles and JEDI.. most the peps ive seen are/were psyiced about being a jedi.. there should be some danger of being one.. seeing how dangerous/deadly it was to be one in the movies..

Thanks for the heads up. Once again, Mister Lucas just doesn't care. Oh well.

I was in beta 3. I had never played a MMOG before. To me the learning curve was pretty steep. A lot to learn and then nothing gained by it. By the time my marksman was fairly proficient they wiped all characters. <sigh>

I never even got to run around on all of the planets. But that is exactly what you'd have to do is run. Lots of time spent running and trying to play in a large enough group to get larger sums of XP was only so-so. Half the time you'd be moving in a large group to a target the servers would crash and by the time you got back into the game the group was gone and you're stuck out in the middle of nowhere.

I'd be tempted to try the game out down the road but not right now, not for the money they are asking for.

Just my 2 cents worth.

Say it isn't so

what fun to be jedi if everyone is trying to kill you all the time? screw that.

Wow, if it's worse than EQ...that's just a shame.

i bought it.. and i like it... just as mch if not more then eq.

my buddy and his brother both got it and they love it. i played it for a little while and it was alright but i didnt take the time to really figure it out. there was drinking to be done. I was thinking of getting it but he failed to mention the monthly charge to play the thing. Im not paying by the month for any game.

Hey Forks, I love the game and I was in beta. I played eq and I like this game more. Just because you didn't like it doesn't mean that all of the people who liked it are plants. The professions are not meaningless. The game allows you to become whatever you want even if you change your mind after you made your initial selection. Therefore, one of the reasons you hate the game is because you hate to have options in your life? Well have fun not playing SWG. I for one will be enjoying my time in the game.

I was in beta and play now. I have to say this is the best online game out right now and probably will stay number 1 for a while.

I bought SWG, its no where near as good as i thought'd it be and theres lots of bugs. But there fixing most of the bugs extremly fast and i still think its the funnest game out right now.

What do you like about it?

The people who don't like it, give reasons, but I have yet to hear someone who likes it give a reason.

So ya mind telling me?

I'll expand a little more on my thoughts. The game truly has some serious potential. On Tattooine you have the factions of Rebel or Imperial but you also have factions to think about like Jawa and Sandpeople and townspeople and then of course Jabba vs Lady Valerian.

Since I started playing the game as a Marksman it was hell of a lotta fun to go around wasting Jabba's arch enemies knowing that I was gaining faction points to let me go see the main slug himself. (but then they wiped my character and I never got to see him but I degress)

If you choose to play as an Imperial and you make it higher into the ranks you can get Stormtroopers as your "pets" and they will follow you around and do what you tell them to do. That is freakin' awesome. Plus as you gain faction points with the Imp's you can get Stormtrooper armor. That right there is bad ass in my book.

The only problem that I truly had with the beta was how little information was available unless you wanted to spend all of your time reading through hundreds if not thousands of posts to get the information your looking for (the search engine didn't work half the time I tried looking for anything specific).

There is a lot of good stuff going on with SWG but the price is what is keeping me away from it right now. Monthly fee after 50.00 to buy the game just doesn't sit right with me.

another 2 cents worth :)

My friend was accepted as a beta tester but was going on a long vacation and offered his account to me... I accepted but when I saw they wanted to charge me for the discs and wouldn't just let me download them i said forget it. I'm not paying them so i can help debug their stupid game.

bought the game... waiting for my new comp, but so far all i hear is good things about the final version... i'll let you know my take after tuesdat (that is... if i ever come back!!!)

Well, I'm having tons of fun in the game. I was in beta as well, and yes there are tons of bugs still. The downtime isn't there anymore, and it's fun to advance through the skills. I've never played any MMORPG before, except PSO for Dreamcast (not really MMO).

I've checked the stores and every where that I went that carried was sold out. That's a good sign for the future of the game.

hmmm
 

i guess i'll just stick to Dark Age of Camelot

Disclaimer, I haven't played Galaxies yet, but likely will soon but I have a fair bit of experience with software development and alpha/beta testing...

Some of the comments have bugged me, feel I should say something. Several people have mentioned that the beta was very buggy and had to download tons of patches. That's what a beta is, there is no way to seriously test a complex bit of software without actually using the thing. And in order to find some/most of the serious bugs, you have to use the software a lot. Hence the pseudo-open beta tests of games like Galaxies.

Most companies have to hire people to do thier beta testing for them. But, when there is a lot of hype for a new game, some recent game development houses have harnessed (tricked/enslaved) the pre-fans to use for these betas. This is far cheaper and due to the larger numbers of people, more serious bugs get flagged for repair. Basically the point is, beta tests are not fun. The game in question is not finished, it has bugs, that's why you are testing.

Anyhow, if the version of the game that is currently sitting on store shelves is ass, tell everyone not to spend money on it. I bought Daggerfall, never again will I pay money for a buggy game. But the beta is not the version on the shelves. Probably not even all that close, we're talking 2-3 weeks of crunch time bug fixing by several talented programmers.

Yeah, that was a bit off topic, but still, I feel better, all that 'don't judge a book by it's cover/1st draft/10th draft' crap. :)

STARWARS GALAXIES do you play
 

Hey, I play SWG and i hope you do too :) i love this game.

anyway if you do play please post you server, char. name, race, Planet and proffecion. If you think it sucks please keep it to your self. i dont want to sound like an ass but i know alot of ppl dont like it and thats fine but honestly i dont care :)

Server : starsider
Planet: curtrently tattoine
Name Norman Alata
Race. Twi' Lek
Proffecion: artisan(with hope to become an armorsmith) marksman(on my way to pistolier)


if your on starsider send me add me to your freinds list and send me a tell i can hook you up with good equipment . Mabey we can make a TFP PA that would rock. I would realy like to see some one who is a good surveyer (matirals are WAY to expencive)

I'm desperate to buy the game, only problem is i dunno is my SiS 740 onboard graphics will cut it so i havent ordered the game...i meet all the other requirements so easily too. also i dont have an AGP slot on my damn comp so its useless to upgrade


pity me :(

I just got it this weekend. My first MMORPG. Here are my current stats.

Race: boring human
Profession: Marksman
Location: currently tattoine
Server: Ahazi
Name: Steho
Playing times: 11:00pm-01:00am CST

If you play around that time, let me know and I'll try to start a character on your server. If so, what else is needed badly besides surveryors?

Bought the game couple days ago, certanly worth the $15 a month.

Human
Marksmen
Interiped
Tattonie (guess we all love this place)
Stegier Meister

But, SOE needs to get on dem' patches der. Me no like getting stuck in the world for two hours at a time :(.

Server: Corbantis and Ahazi
Race: Zabrak and a lizard dude
Proffesion: Marksman/scout on both guys if i remember correctly...
Planet: Tatooine, and Corellia
Name: Dark'Lotus and Ogre Pavey

*note* the first listed on each item relates to the first related on the others... and same for the second... save for class which im multi on both... */end note*

I haven't been able to to even play the freakin game yet! Every time they try to give me the updates they say there is a download error and I have to try it again. Any one have any ideas how to fix that or to overide it so I can just play the damn game

poit77: have you tried a reinstall?

Spent some time in the beta and wasn't too impressed. I'll pop in, though, when there's space flight. Unfortunately, that'll be about 18 months. :(

got 6 of my old diablo 2 crew playing it.. gonna get it next month i hope..

gonna end up playing a bounty hunter.. the lure of money and hunting down jedi is the ultimate challenge

Drider..good luck on that bounty hunter thing that takes ALOT of time to get...

I heard the SWG combat system was pretty crappy actually. But then i dont find MMORPG's that appealing.

My feelings can be summed up here
http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2003-07-16

http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php...03-06-23&res=l

Im gonna get it as soon as they iron out the majority of the bugs. I don't want to bust my butt playing to log on and find that my inventory is gone or encounter one of the hundreds of bugs other players complain about on the SWG forums.

Server: Bria
Race: Trandoshan
Proffession: master scout/ teras kasi novice/ novice ranger/ novice creature handler
Planet: mostly Tatooine, sometimes naboo, sometimes corellia, Lok when i feel adventerous
Name: chauncho

played in beta, beta was more fun to be honest, alot less n00bs.

:D

server: Corbantis
race: Human
Profession: Marksman/Scout
Planet: I haven't left Tatoonie yet
name: Diergray

I love the game but hate the huge time commitment!

This is my first MMORPG experience and i love it ... myself and a bunch of coworkers currently reside here

Location: Corellia, Tatooine, Naboo
Server: Sunrunner

All my buddies from Asheron's Call are playing SWG now on Lowcal or something. Doing well as they always do with these games, they keep god damn talking about it around me and now I want to play.

woohoo ordered a vid card and just installed, now its only a matter of time before im up and running (depending on the speed of ebgames)

Just giving them a month or two to iron out the bugs then will prolly get it

i will prolly play it....but not for quite a few patches.....i dont like paying to beta test

is a nvid geforce 2 mx440 good enouhg 2 run starwars galaxy?

Your system should have the following minimum specifications:

100% DirectX 9.0 compatible computer
Windows 98 SE, Millennium, 2000, and XP
CPU
Minimum: Intel PIII 933 MHz or AMD Athlon 900 MHz
Recommended: Intel P4 1.5+ GHz or AMD Athlon XP 1500+
Memory
Minimum: 256 MB RAM
Recommended: 512 MB RAM
Video Card
Required: 32 MB 3D Graphics card with Hardware Transform and Lighting (T&L) Capability
Recommended: 64 MB 3D Graphics card with Vertex Shader and Pixel Shader (VS/PS) Capability
Sound Card: PCI, USB or Onboard Audio Device
CD-ROM: Quad Speed CD-ROM drive or better
Keyboard and mouse
56K modem or faster Internet connection
1024x768 capable monitor
Microsoft DirectX 9.0 is included on the CD. NOTE: DirectX may require the latest updates for your operating system. This may also include the latest drivers for your particular motherboard, sound and video hardware. 2.0 GB of free hard drive space. It is recommended that you have at least an additional 500 MB of free space available after installing the game for the Windows swap/page file and additional patch downloads.

With the latest patch they are saying the more memory the better. I would go for 1 gig!

smakre thats what i have with an aMD 750 and 128 of ram...needless to say i use my roomates computer

Skinned Mink
Ahazi
Naboo, used to be tat but I needed some grass

Novice Musician.

Server : valcyn
Planet: Talus
Name: Trozix
Race: Trandoshan
Profession: marksman/brawler

I looked into it, but I'm afraid of getting addicted and sinking all of my money and time into it, especially when school starts again

things could get ugly

I'm seriously thinking about getting SWG. I don't know what's holding me back. Probably the fact that I will enjoy it too much and become a bum.

I was in Beta 2, and the game was horribly buggy for me all the way up until release.

I hated the thing by the time it was over, and went back to playing Dark Age instead.

So there's absolutely NO Single Player right? And NO story?

i was in beta and quit after day 1, was too boring to me. I think i will just stick with KOTOR.

MMORPGs suck in general. In this case, they were just banking on the license for the draw.

In the lower level game, it might be viable to play solo as a crafting, rather than combat, oriented class. Because of my brief tenure in the beta, I can't assure this, but it's likely that higher level items will require groups to gather materials as in EverQuest.

I bought SWG the day after release and I am having a ball with it.

My opinions on the game:

1. Buggy? yes but they are patching it almost EVERY DAY, they have squashed most major bugs and are working on the rest.

2. No fun? Well... the game is what you make of it. If you sit in one spot sulking because you dont see anyone then that is your own fault. I have met some of the coolest people WAY out in the middle of no where just running around.

3. No story? Well again, the story is what you make of it. It IS a role playing game hence the rpg in mmorpg, so if you get into your character and feel like he is his own being on his own quests then there, in fact, is a story. Also tell me that DAoC has more of a story than SWG, remember that SW itself is about good vs. evil/ rebels vs. Empire. They are making efforts of having player created storylines with special monthly goals and all that... you have to check out the site for more specifics.


Just remember... there will be transportation vehicles within a few months and that will make the game even more fun, and not to mention in approx. a years time there will be the space expansion. I myself will be crusing around the galaxy in an X-wing :cool:

ok lets take this a bit farther... now that the beta is gone.. the game is live..

is it still buggy?
is the game fun?
or do you run around killing stuff.. seems the marksman class is weird.. you shoot things but what happens when you get too close..

i want this game.. just so i can let it sit on a shelf with all the others i got..

My comments were meaning after the beta... yes at times it is still buggy but they are fixing it... yes it is fun... and just like in real life if you attack something you better damn well expect them to attack you back