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Sprawl-zero1eye-  Title: IGN Vault Staff
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Registered: 2002-6-28 03:39:29
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Trigeminal posted:
I'm not interested in the story. It seems that those who enjoyed the beta were enthralled with the voice-overs and story. I'd just read a book or watch a movie if I want a good story. I was looking at gameplay and the mechanics of things. I think that is why I couldn't log out fast enough while others enjoyed it.
Books and movies are good, but a good game story that you are engaged in is great. The voice-overs help to bridge the gap that makes them engaging. It works for some, and not for others. I like it sometimes, yet other times, I'd turn on subtitles and some music to jam while hunting.
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croaks35 Posts: 45
Registered: 2009-7-20 22:26:57
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It's a buy for me.60 bucks for a months play that to me is worth it to do the storyline and such then will see how end game is considering I can buy alot of console games that cost me 60 and I don't get a months play out of I feel okay spending 60 on it.
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Trigeminal  Title: Drill, Fill, Bill
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Registered: 2002-3-17 20:10:56
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croaks35 posted:
It's a buy for me.60 bucks for a months play that to me is worth it to do the storyline and such then will see how end game is considering I can buy alot of console games that cost me 60 and I don't get a months play out of I feel okay spending 60 on it.
Nothing wrong with that. I've bought games that got tossed into the corner the same day I bought them. Pretty much any new MMO would offer more life than that. 10 bucks says I'll play this game at some point mostly due to RL friends playing it. Unlike past MMO releases, I'm not hyped into thinking this is my future MMO home.
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Conceited posted:
Errtuu posted:
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Nah. I tried a Consular or whatever it is with my friend, where we only made it to 6 or 7 
Can solo the groups of 3+ pretty easy. With 2 people it's like a race to get there before your partner kills the whole group before you can even do anything. Ridiculous.
Yeah, I know...Ridiculous that level 5 quest mobs aren't more challenging. New players just starting the game should have to solo elites by then...I'm appalled. If only they'd offer some group quests with elites by level 6..instead of making you wait all the way until 7. /facepalm.
Exactly, minus the sarcasm. If I wanna faceroll a game again I'll go play WoW.
There should be some challenge, even at low levels. At least some threat of dying.
The group quests weren't even hard either ><
It just feels to me like I'm more watching a movie than actually playing a game. It almost plays itself.
Hopefully I will be able to break 15-20 during release and experience more of the game, then decide whether or not I can continue to play it
Level 6 or 7?
You didn't spend 3 hours in game... multiplayer quests? You had one heroic at most....
Also, honestly the Consular has the worst story of all. Would not judge a game on the one experience.
Conceited posted:
Yeah, it's just not as smooth as it should be.
Sadly, WoW is still one of the only MMO's out there with really good character control.
SWTOR is basically WoW in the future, without the polish. The questing is exactly the same.
I got to level 10 and went to the Imperial Fleet, did my first and only Warzone a little bit ago. Topped the chart in kills/damage(Sniper), and then realized I was already getting bored 
It has a few cool things though. Like your companions able to go sell your loot for you, or gather crafting materials, and help you quest. The whole premise is awesome, just needs to be implemented better. Having Jedi leap at you from 100 ft away is cool, and it's not at the same time, lol.
The game is super smooth... get a real computer.
WoW is the only MMO with good character control? WTF is that?
Questing is exactly the same?... SWTOR has less polish?
No.
No.
No.
No.
It's as if you haven't even tried the game or seen a recent video.
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Conceited  Posts: 182
Registered: 2002-1-29 07:38:03
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Double post apparently, deleted.
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Registered: 2002-1-29 07:38:03
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RoamsBlues posted:
Conceited posted:
Errtuu posted:
Conceited posted:
Nah. I tried a Consular or whatever it is with my friend, where we only made it to 6 or 7
Can solo the groups of 3+ pretty easy. With 2 people it's like a race to get there before your partner kills the whole group before you can even do anything. Ridiculous.
Yeah, I know...Ridiculous that level 5 quest mobs aren't more challenging. New players just starting the game should have to solo elites by then...I'm appalled. If only they'd offer some group quests with elites by level 6..instead of making you wait all the way until 7. /facepalm.
Exactly, minus the sarcasm. If I wanna faceroll a game again I'll go play WoW.
There should be some challenge, even at low levels. At least some threat of dying.
The group quests weren't even hard either ><
It just feels to me like I'm more watching a movie than actually playing a game. It almost plays itself.
Hopefully I will be able to break 15-20 during release and experience more of the game, then decide whether or not I can continue to play it
Level 6 or 7?
You didn't spend 3 hours in game... multiplayer quests? You had one heroic at most....
Also, honestly the Consular has the worst story of all. Would not judge a game on the one experience.
Conceited posted:
Yeah, it's just not as smooth as it should be.
Sadly, WoW is still one of the only MMO's out there with really good character control.
SWTOR is basically WoW in the future, without the polish. The questing is exactly the same.
I got to level 10 and went to the Imperial Fleet, did my first and only Warzone a little bit ago. Topped the chart in kills/damage(Sniper), and then realized I was already getting bored
It has a few cool things though. Like your companions able to go sell your loot for you, or gather crafting materials, and help you quest. The whole premise is awesome, just needs to be implemented better. Having Jedi leap at you from 100 ft away is cool, and it's not at the same time, lol.
RoamsBlues posted:
The game is super smooth... get a real computer.
WoW is the only MMO with good character control? WTF is that?
Questing is exactly the same?... SWTOR has less polish?
No.
No.
No.
No.
It's as if you haven't even tried the game or seen a recent video.
And as you can see in the quote I played more than just that one character.
As for the smoothness, I wasn't talking about framerates. My gaming computer is probably better than most everyone's here
I was talking about control, combat. The character control isn't terrible, but it's not great.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Your return points are quite compelling! You've got me convinced.
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-Peo- Title: Caveat Lector
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Registered: 2005-2-2 08:38:42
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So if you don't like it, don't flippin play it.
Good grief what is so hard about that. I enjoyed the beta, all 2 days of it, I got 4 guys to 12-14. I will be buying and playing it when retail hits. The story is the best part and being able to affect your world with your choices is pretty cool. Except for a few problems with my mouse and a couple glitches, I thought the game was quite polished and the classes fun to play. I honestly didn't dislike anything about the game. Voice-overs and immersion was extraordinary. This game won't be for the B-net kiddy crowd, something that works in its favor. As long as they don't make it f2p, it will be a fantastic game with a good community becuz it does not cater to a certain player type that tends to ruin communities.
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Taloquin Posts: 141
Registered: 2003-11-20 18:12:14
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Trigeminal posted:
I won't re-link this post a month after release when everyone cancels. It really is boring. There must be some of that honeymoon-pre-release-new-mmo thing going on but that doesn't change much. If the game wasn't something as american as star wars, it would be shrugged off... especially by anyone who played the beta. I won't rub it in any faces down the road though 
Ok, I tried to read through this thread without responding, but seriously... this is IGN... is there such a thing?
In response to Trigeminal... If you find all of this boring, you should seriously consider leaving the MMO genre. And if you don't, I seriously invite you to develop a more interesting quest template than what is displayed in SW:TOR. Sure, there are plenty of "gather X insert-random-items" quests, just as every other MMO has ever had. It's not something that will ever change. How could it possibly ever change? What kind of static combat oriented quest can you come up with? Something where you have to go collect X number of X item, only to have the scenerio change mid-way through? Well guess what? SW:TOR does that. The only problems they have in that regard are the UI and (I hate to say it) visual representation to that so as to not confuse the mindless MMO players that don't expect it to happen. I know that having a huge flashing icon in the middle of the screen is easy to miss for the average MMO'er (considering they have some kind of mental or visual deficiency).
But seriously, I invite you, or anyone on this board, that could come up with STATIC quest line to appease the masses. SW:TOR is a STATIC MMO after all. To my knowledge, there has NEVER been a DYNAMIC MMO. Ever. Where a GM will show up and give you random choices to some random problem given random circumstances in a random world. I'm not including MUDs or MUXs of course. If you want more than that, then I invite you do drop the mouse on your desk and pick up your D20's, because what you want can never be fully realized in a current MMO.
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The_Korrigan  Title: Scrub Buster
Posts: 955
Registered: 2001-7-17 03:51:32
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Taloquin posted:
If you want more than that, then I invite you do drop the mouse on your desk and pick up your D20's, because what you want can never be fully realized in a current MMO.
Or buy Neverwinter Nights (or better, NWN2) and play with friends. The experience is really close to a pen and paper with DM experience... because you actually have a DM. There are tons of modules (campains) available on the Neverwinter Nights vault.
PS: my "review" of SW:TOR beta:
http://vnboards.ign.com/sw_the_old_republic_general_board/b23436/115829083/p1/?0
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Zero_Washu Posts: 290
Registered: 2001-9-28 05:17:03
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If it were not for the voice acting and Star Wars IP SWTOR would be dead on delivery. It has a feature set that would have been great for a new MMORPG, TEN YEARS AGO.
The worst part is their class/talent system which is like taking the worst WOW ever offered and doubling down. Back again with the +1 crap. Worse, I have three trees to do it with. Only three warzones for PvP, slow spawning quest mobs, and you can't start off with a friend unless you both play the same archetype.
The voice acting will save it for a while, but the light/dark choices look like a six year old or Dr. Evil concocted them
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