Are you buying Star Wars the Old Republic?

[Vrach]

Already pre-ordered it and playing Early Access, loving it so far. Story's fantastic, voice acting's way above what I expected and really good, combat's really fun and engaging and there's plenty of content, with quite a decent challenge for group stuff as well.

The game's only just started so there are some things missing (personally for me, UI control, the sooner they allow add ons the better) and in need of improvement, but the base is there and it's more than solid.

 

[2xDouble]

Nope. I might have picked it up for a few months, but the beta was pretty "meh".

 

[Funkysandwich]

No servers here in Australia, so no. Probably won't play it even if it does come out here anyway. I would've put down a pre order for it ages ago if it had launched here on the same day as everywhere else. Now I just don't have the interest anymore.

 

[Denariax]

No.

Bioware makes stories. Their games are generally littered with bugs. They're going to hype story over gameplay, when in terms of an MMORPG, is not humanely possible. I give it a year before people realize they're playing Galaxies all over again.

 

[kortin]

Nope, its terrible. It makes me puke. They should have just made kotor 3 and kept it fucking single player.

And yes, I am mad about that god damn mmo.

 

[Jadak]

No.

Bioware makes stories. Their games are generally littered with bugs. They're going to hype story over gameplay, when in terms of an MMORPG, is not humanely possible. I give it a year before people realize they're playing Galaxies all over again.

I don't know about you, but I'm quite happy if I can enjoy the game for a year before getting to that stage.

So far, it's holding up just fine as a quality, story driven experience. Well enough so that it just annoys me that it is an mmo, as it would be just fine if I could play it alone and offline just like it is, without having to deal with my problematic internet and crowded to full servers.

 

[babinro]

Yes. I gave in to my hatred of subscription models and bought the game.

It's fantastic so far and plays much like WoW with far better story in my opinion. I wish I could eliminate the MMO aspects of the game and simply play it as KOTOR 3, but this is as close as I'm ever going to get.

If the game can keep up the quality of the first 8 levels without slowing to a grinding halt, it'll be my new 2011 GOTY. Although right now it's simply too early to tell.

 

[sumanoskae]

I'll give it a chance, but I suspect that I'll cancel my subscription when I've beaten the story on both sides. Honestly, what I want is KOTOR III, but since that's not happening, I'll give this a chance, but I'm still not totally convinced that anyone wanted this more than KOTOR III, including Bioware.

Honestly, that's my biggest concern, that even if it turns out well, even if it's paced better than KOTOR I and carries more philosophical depth than KOTOR II, that it will collapse under it's own weight, because everyone will stop playing after the main story, and the game they really wanted, is complete. Not only would that mean that future gamers won't get to finish the trilogy, but it could mean that Bioware loses a devastating amount of money, all because of some idiotic big wigs marketing decision, made in arrogance, to attempt to seize the Warcraft throne, only to be punished for his hubris and greed, cast out in the cold, and dragging our beloved Bioware in with him(Or her).

There is a silver lining, I doubt Bioware would agree to a risk this big unless they were confidant in their ability and passionate about their cause, that would just be stupid.

I hope their hearts are in it, or this might be it for them.

 

[Mugen]

heeels yes i will. KOTOR 2 sucked, they seem like they have really made a lot of advancements since then.

im just so glad they didnt make KOTOR 3, as nice as that would have been, how much better is it to have a new KOTOR game that is constantly expanding, and i can play with friends?

the downside? i live in Australia, the land of the deprived. although i am thinking of importing it.

 

[Magnicon]

You couldn't pay me to play this game.

I followed it from from the first second they started talking about it. Got 4 weekend beta invites. Watched every video. Read every article. Read the endless feedback from showcases/beta.

SWTOR is a generic run of the mill MMO that adds nothing new of value the majority of the MMO community wants.
It was created by a single player rpg developer who simply doesn't understand the MMO genre.

Even if friends were begging me to play, I couldn't justify paying for another subscription based MMO when it doesn't add anything new and Guild Wars 2 will be out in 2012. A game that appears to be pushing boundaries and innovating the genre.(no sub required)

I believe SWTOR will be considered a massive failure within 1 year if release, just in time for Guild Wars 2.

 

[Mugen]

I'll wait for Kotor 3.

hahah you will be waiting for.....well the day that both hell freezes over and pigs learn to fly. i believe its next Tuesday, 30 years from now.

they (Bioware) have officially stated that The Old Republic will be Kotor's 3-9.

 

[Jedoro]

I'm waiting until I have some spare cash, since lately I've been finding myself penny pinching much more often than usual. Even though that's not stopping me from buying the dinner of a lady friend I'm finding myself attracted to. I need to get my priorities str...

...shit. I seriously just thought that paying for video games is more important than working on a relationship.

 

[Craorach]

Considering they are not, as far as I can tell, offering a local release here in AU anytime soon.. my friend works for Game and they don't even have a release date, despite the fact it is blatantly out on the 20th and people are already playing.... I'll be holding back until I see how they treat their non core audience.

I want to play, it looks interesting, but I'll have to jump through some hoops to buy it and that's unacceptable.. an MMO has zero valid reason to limit or restrict release dates by region.

 

[Joccaren]

Would if it weren't sub based, but I cannot and will not pay continuously for a game that will on-off take my time as other titles are released. If it were one up front payment, I would, but sub based games I will not play.

 

[The Pinray]

I would, but MMOs with subscriptions are gross wastes of money. In a year of playing one game I've bought it three times over.

Then they make me pay for expansions.

Yeah, no thanks.

Sucks because it looks pretty good, but no game is worth over a hundred dollars a year.

I'll use WoW as an example since you generalised it to MMOs and WoW is the easiest example.

Yes in the space of a year you've bought it 3 times or whatever. But in that year it will go through multiple huge patches adding a tonne of new content, it's a persistent world, there's no end to the game. There are no 3 games that you could buy (unless you bought Skyrim 3 times....maybe) that can provide as much content and things to do than a MMO can.

I'll give you that, definitely. But I personally dislike grinding, repetition, and numbers numbers numbers. Because that "content" you speak of really is just that, more often than not. A new raid. New dungeons. New quests. New classes. It's generally the same kinds of things, just more of them.

But hey, different strokes for different folks and all that.

I'd rather pay for three different games than persist in the same game for that much, but again, that just boils down to my personal taste.

Also, I generalized it to subscription-based MMOs. Not just MMOs. MMOs are great, just not worth it to me when it comes to subscription costs.

 

[isometry]

It's like the people who say "KotOR 3 will never happen" have forgotten about the console market. Bioware is probably making KoTOR 3 for next-gen consoles right now, combining some of the material they've written for the flop WoW clone with an upgraded version of the engine used in Mass Effect.

 

[Volucer]

I wasn't going to. Whenever I've played a subscription based MMORPG I've played for a month or two forgot to cancel the subscription three months later gone back to it again, played for a week, cancelled, then two months later decided to go back and repeat the cycle. Plus I've got a tonne of games unfinished, Christmas games to play, games from the Christmas before lasts Steam Sale (and last Christmas's and Easter...)

So with all of that I was going to give it a miss and wait for Guild Wars 2...but...It's Bioware, and they've never disappointed me, they've drawn me in, spun me around and stopped me sleeping because I've genuinely regretted actions I had taken while playing and their results, and I've only heard good things about the game, so maybe.