Over-hyped, generic, cliche, boring, etc.
Discuss.
Ill wait for it to go f2p :DYou'll be waiting until the next Star Wars saga comes out mate
Not every generic mmo has full voice acting
Who said it was supposed to be original? I like it, if you don't that's fine.
seriously I'm getting sick of developers re-selling other peoples game design and being sucessful. they need to get patenting on game designs or something, all dota genre games are just reskins and its the same for most mmos. it just feels so unacceptable to me even tho I am not paying for it.
It's like watching an anime except you have to grind for new episodes.
While I agree that a meaningful story sure brings something else to MMO scene I have high doubts how this will work. Story is not endless, thus it will run out sooner or later. Someone who grinds 24/7 (and there's many of those in MMO scene) will go over it in under a month if you ask me. What then, back to same old gear grind?
An MMO needs continuity and if an MMO uses the same mechanic like every other MMO (gear grind) then sorry, I'm gonna call it a WoW clone.
yay storyline, nothing you do influences anything because of the game's MMO nature. At most it's "grind until X, then you unlock the next piece of the story." It's like watching an anime except you have to grind for new episodes.
I think most wish we could have another Galaxies. I love sandbox so much more than WoW clone.
Filthy cat lovah?
....I want Battlefront 3. And we won't need more games from then on as long as updates, DLC, you name it will still be there. And professional texture/map packs from developers and not from derp indie guys and/or modders.
Galaxies was almost just that, Digglez. Before the dark times. Before the NGE.*drops a single tear
Battlefront games all died within months of release.
Are you retarded?
1and a half Year ago The battlefront (The first one at least) Population was at about 500 still...And I bet i would astill find 1 or two servers with a few players If I´d bother to install and boot it up again.
Are you retarded?
1and a half Year ago The battlefront (The first one at least) Population was at about 500 still...And I bet i would astill find 1 or two servers with a few players If I´d bother to install and boot it up again.
Characters can erect, own and decorate a variety of buildings, including houses, cantinas, theaters, hospitals, guild halls and city halls. These buildings, when grouped, can be organized into cities. Players hold elections via ballot box for Mayor. Elected mayors grant city members certain rights to place structures within the city and disallow the use of various civic structures by individual players as needed. Elections are held every three weeks. If another player wishes to run for mayor they can add their name at any time to the ballot box to run against the incumbent. As cities grow in population, they become eligible to add services and facilities such as vehicle repair garages, shuttleports, cloning facilities, hospitals, cantinas and garden displays. They can show up on the planet maps alongside canonical cities such as Theed and Mos Eisley.
The gameplay design encourages realistic social institutions such as a dynamic player economy and other real-life social phenomena like a complicated division of labor. According to Star Wars Galaxies and the Division of Labor, the division of labor in Star Wars Galaxies around April 2005 produced in-game results similar to those in real life. Galaxies' original game design socialized players to specialize their characters by mastering one or two professions, and to join guilds, in which players relate to one another primarily in terms of their professions (e.g.: "I am the weaponsmith, so I make weapons for the guild") just as in real life, people are tied to one another by organic solidarity.
of which 475 of those are bots
compared to other older games like TF2, CS, DoD, L4D that are more like 5k - 25k players during peak.
Sounds great.
There's so little games of SW:Galaxies caliber, it's a shame to watch a game being ruined by their companies.. freaking impossible to find a good sandbox MMORPG these days.
Well I tried a lot (if not all) so called sandbox MMORPGs, there just isn't a worthy one out yet. I was most impressed by Haven and Hearth though (if you don't mind the graphics).Dunno about Dwarf Fortress, but I find the multiplayer the best part of Minecraft and Terraria.
I tried:
- Haven&Hearth
- Ultima Online
- Wurm
- A Tale in the Desert
- Dawntide
- Galaxies
- Mortal Online
- EVE online
- Darkfall
- Fallen Earth
- Face of Mankind
- Saga of Ryzom
and a ton of others I forgot about. For now it's safe to say that singleplayer sandbox games are the only sandboxes worth playing (Dwarf Fortress, Minecraft, Terraria).
Dunno about Dwarf Fortress, but I find the multiplayer the best part of Minecraft and Terraria.
Well the game was dieing and also they have a new Star Wars MMORPG coming out so that's probably why. Also I'm not sure if it's true since I haven't really played it myself, but I hear the game became broken as fuck which made players quit Galaxies. So I assume they are trying to star fresh with Old Republic.
I am somewhat excited for SW:TOR, I've played WoW 2004-2011 and quit this year around January, and I have to say ever since I quit I have yet to find one damn MMORPG that stuck on. I am hoping that this could be a good one as I am a fan of Biowares games and a SW fan. From what I have seen it does look pretty good, it was in the beta so can't give a final verdict yet but I am excited for it.
Going to play this and GW2!
Should really give the game a try before really saying anything about it. I mean if I didn't try a game and just based it on what I've "seen" I probably wouldn't have gotten Warband!
Well I tried a lot (if not all) so called sandbox MMORPGs, there just isn't a worthy one out yet. I was most impressed by Haven and Hearth though (if you don't mind the graphics).
I tried:
- Haven&Hearth
- Ultima Online
- Wurm
- A Tale in the Desert
- Dawntide
- Galaxies
- Mortal Online
- EVE online
- Darkfall
- Fallen Earth
- Face of Mankind
- Saga of Ryzom
and a ton of others I forgot about. For now it's safe to say that singleplayer sandbox games are the only sandboxes worth playing (Dwarf Fortress, Minecraft, Terraria).
The problem with DCUO is that open world PVP has no consequences. After level 9 you can get back to where you died in less than 30 seconds, you spawn with full health/mana, and you don't lose exp or money for dying. Still, I've been playing casually with a friend, and we enjoy the challenge of ganking people 10 levels above us. It's very easy in that game for 2 level 4s to beat a level 14. It's all about the CC.CC is pretty cool. I'm still trying to find identity in a niche character combination. I rolled a 2h nature (plant) dude who flys around smashing shit and tanking with healing, but it's pretty common. I keep finding myself drawn to gadgets when I make a new character.
Gadgets has a lot of CC and the ability to stealth. Pretty good for world PVP. Another strong combo is Fire and Ice. My friend and I were beating level 20 people when we were level 6 with that combo. It's just silly. I have not tried 2H or nature yet, but 2H seems slow.2h is slow, but pretty damn powerful. Nature is fun, but I haven't tried the beasty side, only the plants.
The problem with DCUO is that open world PVP has no consequences. After level 9 you can get back to where you died in less than 30 seconds, you spawn with full health/mana, and you don't lose exp or money for dying. Still, I've been playing casually with a friend, and we enjoy the challenge of ganking people 10 levels above us. It's very easy in that game for 2 level 4s to beat a level 14. It's all about the CC.
Welcome to the MMO Industry. I.. guess.Probably been playing mmo's longer and morererer than you :P I just dont play themeparks of course.
I am going into this game viewing it as KotOR 3.
Do you necessarily have to be "the chosen one" and the center of the entire universe for a game to be immersive though? I pretty much agree with you as far as this MMO goes, I'll prob give it a chance once a free trial comes along, but I don't see why they didn't just build on what the franchise is known for instead of yet another attempt to cash in on that giant revenue renewable market that WoW dominates.]
I've just finished up the second planet (first 2 planets are your faction only), so I haven't seen any world pvp yet, but I think I'll be seeing it soon. I do know it's already possible. People were doing world pvp in beta.
I respecced to the Madness tree when I realized it was similar to an Affliction Warlock (one of my favorite WoW specs), with a focus on periodic damage and a bit of self healing. Also, Force Lightning with no cooldown!
Got the game but never played an MMO in my life so im pretty damn confused right now. I have a basic hang of combat but a lot of the MMO terms are lots on me lol.
So far my general opinion is just slightly above meh.
I'm usually the first one to complain about grind. I can say for myself that as far as the leveling process goes, this is the most fun I ever had in an MMO. The story really spices things up, even though a lot of quests are kill x, collect y, it doesn't feel anything like grind. And the space combat is a fun thing to do if you're fed up with ground combat :)Am glad you could finally see the truth, brother, that is what I've been trying to tell those ignorant people, WoW is far from accomplishing anything TOR has ever done so far!
The class storyline (singleplayer in a way) is great, I did Sith Inquisitor (only to lvl 13) and now doing Bounty Hunter (lvl 18 atm) and both stories are great. Each class has it's own story up to level cap. Side quests are shared with all classes within your faction.
As for PvP, I only did one Warzone (instanced pvp area) and it seemed fine and balanced. There isn't really an overpowered class that dominates everyone. I can't wait to try out the PvP planet (Ilum), looks great and large scale from videos.
Also stuff like crafting and companions make the game a bit more special than your standard generic hotkey MMO.
Am glad you could finally see the truth, brother, that is what I've been trying to tell those ignorant people, WoW is far from accomplishing anything TOR has ever done so far!
Do not worry, you do not sound like a fanboy and it is a pleasure replying to your posts. I just expressed my concerns of the game being generic. Does not mean I gave up on it. When I get to test it (some friends already preordered, I will get access sooner or later) and if I deem it worthy, they can have all my euros.
Tell more :)
Btw has anyone tried slicing after today's nerf? I'm thinking of taking it when I hit 10 on my JK/JG.Nerf? I was just about to try it out too! :((
Nerf? I was just about to try it out too! :((
I just read two threads on how awesome Imperial Agent story is, without a single negative feedback (on the internet man, I mean wtf impossible).
Anyone playing IA can share their impressions, actually thinking of rolling an IA Operative alt. :mrgreen:
I started one. On level 5 atm so obviously havent gotten too far but its a lot more interesting than the jedi consular story so far.
I know what you mean Kenji... I'm trying to develop a character with complex emotions but the gear limitations prevent that :( You can go either full saint or full evil.
Right now it only gives you a last name (or a title, or you can turn it off). They haven't implemented its features yet. All I know is it's supposed to give you more character options and abilities. Every little thing you do in the game gives you legacy experience once you actually get your legacy. I imagine it will be a skill tree that applies to all of your characters on that specific server.
Any alts you had before you unlocked your legacy will not benefit from its features, so don't get too attached to them. Get a character to 30-33ish and finish your class' first act!
WoT is an MMO, of sorts, with micro transactions, it's hardly destroyed by it. There are other examples too.
Ah I see. Haven't tried it yet.
I personally extremely dislike micro transactions. Would probably be one of the few things that would make me immediately quit swtor. p2p model is much better imo, simply because everyone invests pretty much the same amount of money into the game and plays it on equal conditions with everyone else. With micro transactions, no matter how well they are done and subtle they are it's still if you put more money into the game you get an advantage. Even if it's a small one it's an immediate turn off for me.Micro advertisement not trasnactions. IE Ingame Billboards or somewhat out of character uses of brand named items. (A ford Star cruiser) Not that BS Micro transactions
The starwars MMO plays like a clunky terribly skinned version of WOW.WOW Clones are getting Old.... Every game is derived from the RuneScape/Darkfall lines that turned into WOW and now most MMO's are bad knockoffs hate it.... Get unique guys!
Leave it to them to fail on the fact that it SHOULD BE AN ACTION MMORPG and not another wow clone.
Micro advertisement not trasnactions. IE Ingame Billboards or somewhat out of character uses of brand named items. (A ford Star cruiser) Not that BS Micro transactions
WOW Clones are getting Old.... Every game is derived from the RuneScape/Darkfall lines that turned into WOW and now most MMO's are bad knockoffs hate it.... Get unique guys!
WAR was a huge disappointment for me since Dark Age of Camelot was such a vastly different game compared to wow.Part of the issue is the nerds playing WOW don't want change. They don't wana lose there shit. There in there comfort zone. So they won't see shit outside their specific game.
(Made by the same company)
WAR was WOW.
I played DAOC for like 6 years. WAR I played for 3 months.
Part of the issue is the nerds playing WOW don't want change. They don't wana lose there shit. There in there comfort zone. So they won't see shit outside their specific game.
Just like I dont want M&B 2 because that means cRPG does what?
Going F2P as expected, you will be able to play for free if you were interested in the game.
http://www.swtor.com/FREE/features
LOLOLOLOLOL. Worst 50$ ever spent, that includes Slovenian hooker Tjaša.
I guess I kind of felt bad for the money spent on SWTOR as well, I mean the story was OK but everything else was meh at best