When I worked on SWTOR, the running joke was that we knew the game would be ready to ship when we had water physics and swimming animations.
Its shipping next month and there is still no water physics or swimming animations, even though there is a least one quest in which the NPCs SPECIFICALLY MENTION SWIMMING!
For me, that was a portent of what to expect from the game.
When I worked on SWTOR, the running joke was that we knew the game would be ready to ship when we had water physics and swimming animations.
It’s shipping next month and there is still no water physics or swimming animations, even though there is a least one quest in which the NPCs SPECIFICALLY MENTION SWIMMING!
For me, that was a portent of what to expect from the game.
Swimming is so minor to me. I don't understand why people care so much about it.
First of all, a trooper in full heavy armor or a bounty hunter swimming? Yeah right, they'd sink like a rock. Second...lightsabers don't work in water.
lets put aside you WoW fanatic and make a constructive opnion plz...
People coplain bout
Companions, racials.. all this things....
Man this all in the Star Wars Lore
what would the obi wan without R2 or han without cheweie!!
is only seeks to inform a little about the Star Wars lore that you will see
how bout the graphics...in the forum they said they would limit the resolution to see how the servers behaved with greatplayers, to test lag, bugs, that sort of thing pro beta flow better and look for errors.
and macros......again this isnt WoW guys.......here hs not the thing one button do all......you have to do....
Not at all. Best mmo i ever saw. And i play for long time this kind of games. I am wow and eve online fan for years and can say just one--it will not disappoint youi like GW did
I went in to the beta with low expections, and man, what am I happy I didn't pre order this game. Don't get me wrong, it's a BioWare game, good 'nd all, but as a mmorpg? Terrible. It's really a "been there, done that" game. Just as I had with Rift.
There is no creativity in this game at all. Clearly they looked at popular theme park mmorpgs, and thought, well.. lets copy the shite out of this!
Most disappointing so far:
Character creation, WHAT the F?
Races are very generic.
Quests are still the same. BORING.
Actually having to wait for things to respawn. Such a flawed mechanic.
Graphics. Environment looks very outdated (not talking about art direction, that's personal).
Combat feels.. copied. Like I have played it before IN EVERY OTHER THEME PARK. They could've made it a bit more interesting.
Not at all. Best mmo i ever saw. And i play for long time this kind of games. I am wow and eve online fan for years and can say just one--it will not disappoint youi like GW did
I'm very disappointed in TOR. Some people want to know well WHY! are you disappointed?! Well, for me, here's why....
1. Character creation - (lack of options in key areas like body and face type)
Espescially the body types/size could/should be improved
2. No completed quest log - (If we are playing many alts, would like to refresh on a toon's story by looking at recent completed quests.)
Valid point, tough only a minor inconcenience for most
3. Social hubs / cities feel lifeless - (no npc interaction except with quest givers, very quiet, almost no ambient npc conversation or sound. Most npc's are just locked in one spot / position for infinity. Try walking through the Jedi Temple or Coruscant, feels like a graveyard or library)
Valid point, tough only a minor inconvenience for most
4. World is lifeless - (no critters, birds, nothing. There are a few non aggro mobs or beasts, but they just stay locked in 1 spot pretty much)
Valid point, tough only a minor inconvenience for most
5. No day / night cycle.
Valid point, tough only a minor inconvenience for most
6. No swimming
Valid point, tough only a minor inconvenience for most
7. Space combat
I happen to like the space minigame for what it is, a min game
8. Races available to choose from - (all human races disappointing - was hoping to play a Rodian or Ithorian)
Not a point of my concern
9. Very slow travel speed.
Which is good as it makes the world feel bigger, and when i was in the millitary i could not run that fast with all my gear on my back.
10. Racial abilities are not only worthless, but just plain dumb (most of them anyway)
Not a point of my concern
11. Graphics, especially in environments.
I like their graphics style, its build to last.
12. Cannot custom UI
This really is a major Issue, they are going to improve that after release.
13. Extremely primitive guild features.
Not a point of my concern, as these are things that can and will be easilly improved after release
14. No chat bubbles (to help with cross-faction chat)
Valid point, tough only a minor inconvenience for most
15. Water is terrible, pan the camera from underneath and you can see it's just a blue texture placed on top of an empty hole that you run through
Valid point, but who cares if its not possible to swim.
That's what I can think of for right now. I will say I love the story and voice acting - but it seems they pumped 80% of their money into that and the GAME is somewhat of an afterthought. It's not bad, but for the money and hype put into it - for me it falls pretty flat.
After actually trying the beta, my already low opinion of the game has skyrocketed.. downwards.
It is unbelievable that an AAA MMO with one if not the biggest budget of any games ever released, can be so amateurish so close to release.
Character creation is a joke for a 2011 game. Ken & Barbie doll inspired, the plastic hair makes you want to cry.
Graphics are.. well a screen is worth a thousand words:
Yes.. this is on maximum detail setting.. I couldn't believe it either. When was this game made, 2002? This level of detail would pass as lowest setting for a 2011 MMO, and considering how much was spent on this game, this is unnaceptable.
The character control animation is awful. Think something between Oblivion and Skyrim in 3rd person, and as you know none of these games put much effort into the 3PP mode. In other words its as basic as you get and little blending inbetween.
Shadows are a joke. The shadow map resolution is wayy too low (yes this is the highest shadow detail..) just look at the glaring pixels, I feel like the shadows come straight from minecraft considering how blocky they are lol.
Also consider the startling and immersion breaking contrast between decent quality and bad textures as seen on the top right pic. The stones and sand shore layer screams for paralax maping, like in Crysis, and the huge rocks really need a lot more detail.
Combat is standard to a fault. When you charge a group of enemies as a jedi, it cries for freehand swinging, but you have to often stop and retarget because you can't hit the guy in front couse your target is the guy behind him.. seriously, I'm sick of this 10 year old system.
The so often praised cinematics are choppy, editing is abrupt, and textures tend to load for a few secs after the conversation has already started, this is unnaceptable for a game of this caliber.
I'll have to give a few positives though. The mid-field reporting after a quest is neat, but already done in other games. They got decent water, and they used SpeedTree properly for a nice vegetation effect, I'll give them that. The so called story is decent, a promising addition, too bad it all boils down to the same old tasks in the end, and the individual characters have little to no personality.
All in all I'm glad I tried the beta, SWTOR has lost the race for me completely now. GW2, Archeage and TSW remain. This is not meant to be a review btw so take this as you will as a beta opinion from a disappointed SW fan. The game does not only copy WoW in everything gameplay wise, seems like it also copies its graphics, that was my initial impression upon entering the game. It will get a lot of early attention to be sure, but it's not a game worth my time.
What saddens me most is the fact that the only one other sci-fi IP worth getting a MMO treatment is also owned by Bioware.. it being Mass Effect.
What bad reviews ? theres very few of them .
On the subject of the graphics its what I expect from an mmo thats trying to have mass appeal . It has to be playable by not only people with a high end machine .
Also the guy whos posed these screen shots has done so in a way to to make the graphics seem a lot blander than they actually are .
Why didn't you post a screen shot of a city or coming down the hill as you first see the jedi accademy ?
Instead you chose the most boring screens at the most boring angles you can possibly get .
Not at all. Best mmo i ever saw. And i play for long time this kind of games. I am wow and eve online fan for years and can say just one--it will not disappoint youi like GW did
How did Guild Wars disappoint?
I hated guild wars. Thought it was terrible. You know what I don't do when I think a game sucks? Buy the sequel.
For me it just feels like they first made the cutscenes and then they put together some basic 2002'ish gameplay. If someone would ask me "what do you hate about swtor?", well, i don't hate anything. Graphics, yes i kinda feel in Anarchy Online again (loved that game), expected much more, but it's not game breaking for me. Combat, yes it's not as fun as i expected it, but again not game breaking for me (except the cover mechanics, don't like them at all, and the fact that they forced that into the classes which looked the most appealing to me is a huge let down). Most aspects i can think of are worse than i expected, but not "that bad" to make the game unplayable. Unfortunately, all of them put together, add to that the lack of "this is going to keep me here for 2 years" aspect (nothing hooked me so far) makes me to not consider this game as an option for now.
I like to have access to character customisation, and i don't mean the character creation thingy, how do i look what social clothes do i wear etc. I mean spending attribute points, things like talent points, builds etc, does that happen at any time at higher levels, or every class naked is just a carbon copy of each other at max level, with no option to change that? (i'm just asking, as i dont know). Are there any char development rpg elements other than be nice=light points, be mean=dark points?
The only thing i feel they really did good are the cutscenes, but i also feel i would be bored to death with them in one month or so. Also the game runs great, i've experienced no lag, no bugs, never been stuck or anything like that.
People here told me to reroll, try all the classes and then choose the one which suits me - yea it worked, totally hated that smuggler, sith was way better for me. Other people who tested it for a longer time told me that at higher levels, the game opens up, you don't feel like you're running along corridors anymore, the story gets better, you feel like you "matter", that you can influence important things which happen. That's good news for me, therefore my final decision is wait 2-3 months, see what experienced players say and then give it a shot if it's worth it.
On the subject of the graphics its what I expect from an mmo thats trying to have mass appeal . It has to be playable by not only people with a high end machine .
Also the guy whos posed these screen shots has done so in a way to to make the graphics seem a lot blander than they actually are .
Why didn't you post a screen shot of a city or coming down the hill as you first see the jedi accademy ?
Instead you chose the most boring screens at the most boring angles you can possibly get .
Originally posted by simmihi For me it just feels like they first made the cutscenes and then they put together some basic 2002'ish gameplay. If someone would ask me "what do you hate about swtor?", well, i don't hate anything. Graphics, yes i kinda feel in Anarchy Online again (loved that game), expected much more, but it's not game breaking for me. Combat, yes it's not as fun as i expected it, but again not game breaking for me (except the cover mechanics, don't like them at all, and the fact that they forced that into the classes which looked the most appealing to me is a huge let down). Most aspects i can think of are worse than i expected, but not "that bad" to make the game unplayable. Unfortunately, all of them put together, add to that the lack of "this is going to keep me here for 2 years" aspect (nothing hooked me so far) makes me to not consider this game as an option for now. I like to have access to character customisation, and i don't mean the character creation thingy, how do i look what social clothes do i wear etc. I mean spending attribute points, things like talent points, builds etc, does that happen at any time at higher levels, or every class naked is just a carbon copy of each other at max level, with no option to change that? (i'm just asking, as i dont know). Are there any char development rpg elements other than be nice=light points, be mean=dark points? The only thing i feel they really did good are the cutscenes, but i also feel i would be bored to death with them in one month or so. Also the game runs great, i've experienced no lag, no bugs, never been stuck or anything like that. People here told me to reroll, try all the classes and then choose the one which suits me - yea it worked, totally hated that smuggler, sith was way better for me. Other people who tested it for a longer time told me that at higher levels, the game opens up, you don't feel like you're running along corridors anymore, the story gets better, you feel like you "matter", that you can influence important things which happen. That's good news for me, therefore my final decision is wait 2-3 months, see what experienced players say and then give it a shot if it's worth it.
Best thing you can do. Most reviews and videos that I have watched are from the lower level aspect. While there are some promising aspects to it, the niggling design issues of combat and the linearity of the game makes me hesitant to try it. Once people start to hit level 50 and their views plus what BioWare does after release will affect if I buy it or not.
Not at all. Best mmo i ever saw. And i play for long time this kind of games. I am wow and eve online fan for years and can say just one--it will not disappoint youi like GW did
How did Guild Wars disappoint?
This is the second or maybe third time I've seen random references to Guild Wars in this part of the forum. Interesting. Guild Wars 2 will probably be SWTOR's main competition, with TSW a close second, so it will be enlightening to see how often GW gets bashed here as an indirect way of bashing GW2.
Not to say there isn't plenty of SWTOR bashing on the GW2 forum, mind you. Because there is.
I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy, accompanied by an educational system which would be oriented toward social goals.
- Character creation. In fact there isn't any, it's rather just a "character's head creation". All humanoids, all sharing the same animations and bodies as far as the classes and races i've played. You only play different heads.
-Animations are a very bad joke. It is unbelieveable to me how a multimillion dollar product gets released with this placeholder animations allover.
-UI in my face. If i could at least pick my own ui color and tone it down to some light grey. Frames and blocks are clunky as if i play on 800x600. It needs at least some HUD scaling, as on 1920 the UI takes too much space on my screen.
-Textures are terrible to a point that i wanted to scream at them. I'm playing on max settings incl. AA on 1920. Some textures are so blurry that i had to wipe blood out of my eyes every few minutes.
-Shadows haven't left alpha status i see.
-Lighting. Jedi Knight 2 in 1998 had lightsaber, blasters and particle effects casting glow and enlighten the environment. SWTOR should be a firework of lights and colors, yet my saber doesn't even cast a glow on myself.
-Lifeless environment. I haven't seen ANY ambiente stuff, not even a critter somewhere or a banner waving. Instead of NPCs they could as well have placed terminals everywhere, would be as dead.
I can only imagine this game to appeal to children, first time mmorpg'ers and complete SW-geeks only. Every adult mmorpg'er with some halfway decent standards and expectations to a 2012 title should boycott this (moreso considering the horrendous price of this piece)
A big budget and voiceovers obviously doesn't make an AAA title, as SWTOR with absolute basic stuff missing (day/night cycle) and blatant low quality points is clearly not.
It's so funny to watch people defend the game and say "Those are minor and insignificant".
All I have to say to you people is Bull****. There is nothing minor or insignificant about a supposed triple A title that feels like swtor.
If you plan on playing swtor for any other reason than the story... well then, in my opinion, you're doing it wrong!
And before one of you goes off the friggin deep end.... how about we get a list of what swtor is offering to the genre!!!
What are they bringing to the table that other mmos don't?
After playing the only thing I saw was the story. Obviously, this is enough for most. Hell, I would like to enjoy the storyline they invested all their time into as well. Not enough to warrant a purchase though.
I thought it was almost impossible for me to cancel a pre-order. Everyone I know was going to pick this game up and we were going to have an epic star wars adventure in a massively awesome world. Only a few of us are left standing, holding onto hope, as the beta dust settled. What is their reasoning? They are die hard star wars fans and have to follow the story.
Also, the reason there isn't "non-humanlike" races is because Bioware wanted playable characters that are relatable. And if you look at the Star Wars universe there aren't many main characters who are non-human.
What the hell? Thats the stupidest comment ever? Chewbacca, Yoda, Max Relo, Wicket, C3PO, R2D2, Jabba, Crumb and they are just the well known non human races in the SW universe, have you seen the films?
Anyway, i think this game is lame. If you take away the cinematics all you are left with is a fetch carry, copy cat, linear MMO, just another on the market with a new skin.
Compared to SWG it feels like there isn’t a story you can create for yourself, you are just spoon fed a story line. Also i found grouping an issue even though Bioware has made an effort to give rewards for grouping. Communicating with people is useless because there are no chat bubbles, and when you receive a message there’s no notification sound. I play MMOs to play with others, so if the social aspects aren’t there this inst the game for me.
Also the game doesn’t feel like starwars for me, the graphics are horrid.
To put in mildly this game doesn’t have a patch on the fun i had in SWG at launch and thats saying a lot, because we all know SWG was buggy and unfinished.
Saying that i have only played the game till level 10, but it doesn’t look promising so far. I'm a massive Starwars fan and i will only play a starward title if it’s good, that’s why i stopped playing swg after the NGE.
Swg is still the best game i have ever played, startwars title or not, the game mechanics are still unrivalled. I just wish Bioware had taken over SWG reskinned and turned back to pre cu, or Cu!
However, im glad that some of you are having fun in there and thats what matters.
It's so funny to watch people defend the game and say "Those are minor and insignificant".
All I have to say to you people is Bull****. There is nothing minor or insignificant about a supposed triple A title that feels like swtor.
If you plan on playing swtor for any other reason than the story... well then, in my opinion, you're doing it wrong!
And before one of you goes off the friggin deep end.... how about we get a list of what swtor is offering to the genre!!!
What are they bringing to the table that other mmos don't?
After playing the only thing I saw was the story. Obviously, this is enough for most. Hell, I would like to enjoy the storyline they invested all their time into as well. Not enough to warrant a purchase though.
I thought it was almost impossible for me to cancel a pre-order. Everyone I know was going to pick this game up and we were going to have an epic star wars adventure in a massively awesome world. Only a few of us are left standing, holding onto hope, as the beta dust settled. What is their reasoning? They are die hard star wars fans and have to follow the story.
It's actually pretty sad how right I always was with my expectation of the game ... Since I saw the first screenshot and the "stylized" graphics a grim thought crawled in the back of my head fearing me that they really are going to build upon WoW suck-the-money-outta-sheep formula...
And how was I bashed with my blasphemical posts warning people to not get overhyped over a WoW with VO in space
I still didnt give up and tried the beta to be proved wrong..I wasnt
Sad really...
I think I actually spent way more time reading and theorycrafting about MMOs than playing them
I keep reading "I don't mind that", "that's ok with me, even if it's not THE best of the rest", "that's standard practice in big-mmo's so at appeal to everyone" etc etc as so-called answers to the critics, from the part of the SWTOR fanatics.
I wonder, would the same people say they wouldn't mind this and that, in any other new mmo, apart from SWTOR?
Nope. They would bring it down to its knees, being 10 times more harsh on their comments.
And I still wonder. What's the point here: To defend SWTOR no matter what, or to defend our right to a better bigger and more exciting player experience (in all aspects)?
Here is a sum up of what SWTOR really is....just another mmorpg clone, it doesn't feel any different from anything else. Boring game play, lack of customization, icons in HUD, inventory items are way too small, lack of imersion, and the most important feature NO ADDICTIVE GAMEPLAY.
It's a bland title made for bland people, I hate to say it but SWG when it first release was so much more than what SWTOR is offering. Never thought I would ever say or even think that but it's true. SWTOR has too much cinematics with too much talking and less play time.
Look people.....you are going to have people on both sides of the fence on this title. Get into the beta and experience it yourself or try it when it releases. Most of you will probably play for a month or two then move on to something else after becoming bored with it.
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Swimming is so minor to me. I don't understand why people care so much about it.
First of all, a trooper in full heavy armor or a bounty hunter swimming? Yeah right, they'd sink like a rock. Second...lightsabers don't work in water.
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Lots of people are comparing SWTOR to WoW.....
This isnt WoW guys......
lets put aside you WoW fanatic and make a constructive opnion plz...
People coplain bout
Companions, racials.. all this things....
Man this all in the Star Wars Lore
what would the obi wan without R2 or han without cheweie!!
is only seeks to inform a little about the Star Wars lore that you will see
how bout the graphics...in the forum they said they would limit the resolution to see how the servers behaved with greatplayers, to test lag, bugs, that sort of thing pro beta flow better and look for errors.
and macros......again this isnt WoW guys.......here hs not the thing one button do all......you have to do....
The other thing about graphics that should be noted is that Anti-aliasing isn't even turned on yet. There is still room for some improvement.
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Not at all. Best mmo i ever saw. And i play for long time this kind of games. I am wow and eve online fan for years and can say just one--it will not disappoint youi like GW did
I went in to the beta with low expections, and man, what am I happy I didn't pre order this game. Don't get me wrong, it's a BioWare game, good 'nd all, but as a mmorpg? Terrible. It's really a "been there, done that" game. Just as I had with Rift.
There is no creativity in this game at all. Clearly they looked at popular theme park mmorpgs, and thought, well.. lets copy the shite out of this!
Most disappointing so far:
Character creation, WHAT the F?
Races are very generic.
Quests are still the same. BORING.
Actually having to wait for things to respawn. Such a flawed mechanic.
Graphics. Environment looks very outdated (not talking about art direction, that's personal).
Combat feels.. copied. Like I have played it before IN EVERY OTHER THEME PARK. They could've made it a bit more interesting.
after all the negative reviews by critics and sites during beta, if it wasnt a Star Wars title will be already DEAD.
This is a <before 5 years game> folks and not a 2012 one.
...but it will live thanks to Star Wars fans and not the MMO genre ones
How did Guild Wars disappoint?
I pretty much agree with this +1
I self identify as a monkey.
What bad reviews ? theres very few of them .
On the subject of the graphics its what I expect from an mmo thats trying to have mass appeal . It has to be playable by not only people with a high end machine .
Also the guy whos posed these screen shots has done so in a way to to make the graphics seem a lot blander than they actually are .
Why didn't you post a screen shot of a city or coming down the hill as you first see the jedi accademy ?
Instead you chose the most boring screens at the most boring angles you can possibly get .
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I hated guild wars. Thought it was terrible. You know what I don't do when I think a game sucks? Buy the sequel.
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For me it just feels like they first made the cutscenes and then they put together some basic 2002'ish gameplay. If someone would ask me "what do you hate about swtor?", well, i don't hate anything. Graphics, yes i kinda feel in Anarchy Online again (loved that game), expected much more, but it's not game breaking for me. Combat, yes it's not as fun as i expected it, but again not game breaking for me (except the cover mechanics, don't like them at all, and the fact that they forced that into the classes which looked the most appealing to me is a huge let down). Most aspects i can think of are worse than i expected, but not "that bad" to make the game unplayable. Unfortunately, all of them put together, add to that the lack of "this is going to keep me here for 2 years" aspect (nothing hooked me so far) makes me to not consider this game as an option for now.
I like to have access to character customisation, and i don't mean the character creation thingy, how do i look what social clothes do i wear etc. I mean spending attribute points, things like talent points, builds etc, does that happen at any time at higher levels, or every class naked is just a carbon copy of each other at max level, with no option to change that? (i'm just asking, as i dont know). Are there any char development rpg elements other than be nice=light points, be mean=dark points?
The only thing i feel they really did good are the cutscenes, but i also feel i would be bored to death with them in one month or so. Also the game runs great, i've experienced no lag, no bugs, never been stuck or anything like that.
People here told me to reroll, try all the classes and then choose the one which suits me - yea it worked, totally hated that smuggler, sith was way better for me. Other people who tested it for a longer time told me that at higher levels, the game opens up, you don't feel like you're running along corridors anymore, the story gets better, you feel like you "matter", that you can influence important things which happen. That's good news for me, therefore my final decision is wait 2-3 months, see what experienced players say and then give it a shot if it's worth it.
http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=14239
just one of them...and believe me there are many more like this one
Best thing you can do. Most reviews and videos that I have watched are from the lower level aspect. While there are some promising aspects to it, the niggling design issues of combat and the linearity of the game makes me hesitant to try it. Once people start to hit level 50 and their views plus what BioWare does after release will affect if I buy it or not.
This is the second or maybe third time I've seen random references to Guild Wars in this part of the forum. Interesting. Guild Wars 2 will probably be SWTOR's main competition, with TSW a close second, so it will be enlightening to see how often GW gets bashed here as an indirect way of bashing GW2.
Not to say there isn't plenty of SWTOR bashing on the GW2 forum, mind you. Because there is.
I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy, accompanied by an educational system which would be oriented toward social goals.
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"There is another".
An honest review of SW:TOR 6/10 (Danny Wojcicki)
- Character creation. In fact there isn't any, it's rather just a "character's head creation". All humanoids, all sharing the same animations and bodies as far as the classes and races i've played. You only play different heads.
-Animations are a very bad joke. It is unbelieveable to me how a multimillion dollar product gets released with this placeholder animations allover.
-UI in my face. If i could at least pick my own ui color and tone it down to some light grey. Frames and blocks are clunky as if i play on 800x600. It needs at least some HUD scaling, as on 1920 the UI takes too much space on my screen.
-Textures are terrible to a point that i wanted to scream at them. I'm playing on max settings incl. AA on 1920. Some textures are so blurry that i had to wipe blood out of my eyes every few minutes.
-Shadows haven't left alpha status i see.
-Lighting. Jedi Knight 2 in 1998 had lightsaber, blasters and particle effects casting glow and enlighten the environment. SWTOR should be a firework of lights and colors, yet my saber doesn't even cast a glow on myself.
-Lifeless environment. I haven't seen ANY ambiente stuff, not even a critter somewhere or a banner waving. Instead of NPCs they could as well have placed terminals everywhere, would be as dead.
I can only imagine this game to appeal to children, first time mmorpg'ers and complete SW-geeks only. Every adult mmorpg'er with some halfway decent standards and expectations to a 2012 title should boycott this (moreso considering the horrendous price of this piece)
A big budget and voiceovers obviously doesn't make an AAA title, as SWTOR with absolute basic stuff missing (day/night cycle) and blatant low quality points is clearly not.
To get discussion doing on 2 different forums, 1 fanboi infested and the other not so much. Pretty simple really.
To be fair now, JKII is from 2002.
You are right, 1998 was Mysteries of the Sith.
It's so funny to watch people defend the game and say "Those are minor and insignificant".
All I have to say to you people is Bull****. There is nothing minor or insignificant about a supposed triple A title that feels like swtor.
If you plan on playing swtor for any other reason than the story... well then, in my opinion, you're doing it wrong!
And before one of you goes off the friggin deep end.... how about we get a list of what swtor is offering to the genre!!!
What are they bringing to the table that other mmos don't?
After playing the only thing I saw was the story. Obviously, this is enough for most. Hell, I would like to enjoy the storyline they invested all their time into as well. Not enough to warrant a purchase though.
I thought it was almost impossible for me to cancel a pre-order. Everyone I know was going to pick this game up and we were going to have an epic star wars adventure in a massively awesome world. Only a few of us are left standing, holding onto hope, as the beta dust settled. What is their reasoning? They are die hard star wars fans and have to follow the story.
What the hell? Thats the stupidest comment ever? Chewbacca, Yoda, Max Relo, Wicket, C3PO, R2D2, Jabba, Crumb and they are just the well known non human races in the SW universe, have you seen the films?
Anyway, i think this game is lame. If you take away the cinematics all you are left with is a fetch carry, copy cat, linear MMO, just another on the market with a new skin.
Compared to SWG it feels like there isn’t a story you can create for yourself, you are just spoon fed a story line. Also i found grouping an issue even though Bioware has made an effort to give rewards for grouping. Communicating with people is useless because there are no chat bubbles, and when you receive a message there’s no notification sound. I play MMOs to play with others, so if the social aspects aren’t there this inst the game for me.
Also the game doesn’t feel like starwars for me, the graphics are horrid.
To put in mildly this game doesn’t have a patch on the fun i had in SWG at launch and thats saying a lot, because we all know SWG was buggy and unfinished.
Saying that i have only played the game till level 10, but it doesn’t look promising so far. I'm a massive Starwars fan and i will only play a starward title if it’s good, that’s why i stopped playing swg after the NGE.
Swg is still the best game i have ever played, startwars title or not, the game mechanics are still unrivalled. I just wish Bioware had taken over SWG reskinned and turned back to pre cu, or Cu!
However, im glad that some of you are having fun in there and thats what matters.
It's actually pretty sad how right I always was with my expectation of the game ... Since I saw the first screenshot and the "stylized" graphics a grim thought crawled in the back of my head fearing me that they really are going to build upon WoW suck-the-money-outta-sheep formula...
And how was I bashed with my blasphemical posts warning people to not get overhyped over a WoW with VO in space
I still didnt give up and tried the beta to be proved wrong..I wasnt
Sad really...
I think I actually spent way more time reading and theorycrafting about MMOs than playing them
I keep reading "I don't mind that", "that's ok with me, even if it's not THE best of the rest", "that's standard practice in big-mmo's so at appeal to everyone" etc etc as so-called answers to the critics, from the part of the SWTOR fanatics.
I wonder, would the same people say they wouldn't mind this and that, in any other new mmo, apart from SWTOR?
Nope. They would bring it down to its knees, being 10 times more harsh on their comments.
And I still wonder. What's the point here: To defend SWTOR no matter what, or to defend our right to a better bigger and more exciting player experience (in all aspects)?
Here is a sum up of what SWTOR really is....just another mmorpg clone, it doesn't feel any different from anything else. Boring game play, lack of customization, icons in HUD, inventory items are way too small, lack of imersion, and the most important feature NO ADDICTIVE GAMEPLAY.
It's a bland title made for bland people, I hate to say it but SWG when it first release was so much more than what SWTOR is offering. Never thought I would ever say or even think that but it's true. SWTOR has too much cinematics with too much talking and less play time.
Look people.....you are going to have people on both sides of the fence on this title. Get into the beta and experience it yourself or try it when it releases. Most of you will probably play for a month or two then move on to something else after becoming bored with it.