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Posted on Thursday, December 29 @ 15:24:00 Eastern by
MMOs are typically large and dense. You might not see everything it has to offer for hours and hours. That's why GameRevolution's review of Bioware's massive MMO is a little later than you might like. Regardless, I thought'd I'd use this unbearably slow news day to update you on how things are going.


I'm currently playing as a light side Imperial Bounty Hunter in Star Wars: The Old Republic. I just completed my first Flashpoint, Bioware's instance system that requires parties of two or more to participate in. It's true, you've got AI companions by your side for most of the game, but without another human by your side, things can get a little dull.

In fact, the Flashpoint, even with a handful of random players, has been the high point of my entire SWTOR experience. The high level enemies, the splendor of multiple effects and classes clashing against, the... good... versus evil... stuff.

All that's fun, as is rolling for loot and dialog tree options. It can be a little disappointing when you make the choice to spare an NPC's life while the successful roll actually ends it. It's not as though you're punished or receive dark side points when your light side choice doesn't win out. It's just... I feel like I've missed something.


In the end, I'm left with a search. How is this not a Mass Effect MMO? What really makes this Star Wars anyways? If that Sith warrior had an omnitool instead of a lightsaber, what difference would it make?
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  • Guernica
    Guernica

    Joined: Mar 2009
    Posted: Dec 29th, 2011 at 3:38 pm
    The difference is the amount of players/money that the name brings in imo.
  • Daddio
    Daddio

    Joined: Nov 2008
    Posted: Dec 29th, 2011 at 7:19 pm
    I'm still sad they nerfed the credit gain in lockboxes by 40% from slicing =(
  • Rinnon
    Rinnon

    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Jan 2nd, 2012 at 4:14 pm
    It's not sad, it was needed. Slicing was really ridiculous, it was just a credit generating machine.
  • Ashalar
    Ashalar

    Joined: Jan 2008
    Posted: Dec 29th, 2011 at 11:06 pm
    Good god man! Slicing was overpowered. YOu'd be running around with level 10 character earning hundreds of thousands if enough time was spent on it!

    Why did I pick Scavenging/Investigation/Armstech while the real money is somewhere else?

    BECAUSE I CAN MAKE MYSELF UBERPOWERED BLASTERS! DUAL WIELD BITCHES! MWUHAHAHAHAHA.

    Daniel, glad to see you rolled a Bounty-Hunter too, I'm loving every minute of it! Currently level 28, Dark lvl II, and Mercenary/Pyrotech specced.

    Also, Mass Effect MMO? Bitch please! Mass Effect is nice and all, but KotOR was much better, glad to see that BioWare decided to continue that franchise with this MMO.
  • 213EDD
    213EDD

    Joined: Sep 2007
    Posted: Dec 30th, 2011 at 4:17 am
    Lvl 50. Get at me.
  • Squiggy
    Squiggy

    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Dec 30th, 2011 at 4:57 am
    This game looks and sounds pretty great so far. I'd look into getting it, but I'm still too engrossed with my three characters in Grand Theft Equine: Yelling at Dragons.
  • whytenoiz
    whytenoiz

    Joined: Feb 2011
    Posted: Dec 30th, 2011 at 7:50 am
    I love this play on Skyrim btw haha
  • TurinAlexander
    TurinAlexander

    Joined: Sep 2006
    Posted: Dec 30th, 2011 at 3:08 pm
    This right here (Squiggy's comment, not the one above me that I'm going to get stuck under do the the format of the forum system on this site) is getting nommed for the people speak.
  • tinymhg
    tinymhg

    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Dec 31st, 2011 at 7:23 am
    I Second That!
  • xxlordskullxx
    xxlordskullxx

    Joined: Nov 2007
    Posted: Dec 31st, 2011 at 9:13 pm
    I too nom nom squiggys comment.
  • whytenoiz
    whytenoiz

    Joined: Feb 2011
    Posted: Dec 30th, 2011 at 7:46 am
    I wouldnt go so far as to say one is better than the other. Mass Effect is an original universe, and cheers to Bioware for making one with so much depth that in my opinion stands up nicely to the 40+ year old Star Wars Universe. Bioware makes solid games, just ask any Dragon Age fan and you will know. Is anyone as excited about C&C Generals 2 Bioware picked up as I am? That was my favorite C&C by far. Look out Blizzard, Bioware is going to make sure this decade isn't as easy for you as the last one on the strategy/MMO/RPG market.
  • cyberjim2000
    cyberjim2000

    Joined: Feb 2010
    Posted: Dec 30th, 2011 at 1:53 pm
    It's not Bioware itself that's developing Generals 2 but a studio called Victory Games which EA renamed Bioware Victory.
  • Ananymous
    Ananymous

    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Dec 30th, 2011 at 3:41 pm
    Another C&C?! Is it going back to the good ole RTS setup of before...
  • Ananymous
    Ananymous

    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Dec 30th, 2011 at 3:42 pm
    My previous comment got nerfed! Ahhh, I had a whole nice paragraph about wanting SWTOR but not having a good enough machine and how a lot of my friends migrated over to it!
  • drathbone
    drathbone

    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Dec 30th, 2011 at 6:12 pm
    Does SWTOR manage to run on any rig like WoW does (dunno how the engine manages this). That's the only reason I was ever even able to play MMO's after WoW came out cuz you can play it with a 20yr old computer. EQ1 didn't take much of a machine to run, same as UO.
  • drathbone
    drathbone

    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Dec 30th, 2011 at 6:13 pm
    Also is the combat anything like Mass Effect? For some reason I pictured more of a KOTOR type game.
  • Rinnon
    Rinnon

    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Dec 31st, 2011 at 2:49 am
    It's more like KOTOR than mass effect. But probably more like WoW than Kotor. Combat wise, it's nothing like Mass Effect, and I don't know what Anthony is Talking about.
  • Rinnon
    Rinnon

    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Dec 31st, 2011 at 2:49 am
    Err, I mean Daniel, not Anthony. My bad.
  • jleack
    jleack

    Joined: Mar 2011
    Posted: Dec 30th, 2011 at 7:42 pm
    Hey Daniel, JLeack from PSLS here.

    I've been playing the game for a few months now (I was in four beta waves and began on the second day of the head start program) and now I'm level 33. I'm really interested in seeing how you feel about the game. It's been getting a lot of attention, one because it's a game by BioWare and LucasArts, and two because people have been waiting for a World of Warcraft replacement for years now.

    I'd love to talk to you about my experiences and hear more about yours. Hit me up!

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