Poll: Star wars the old republic
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Well It does somewhat when i did play WoW it was almost ritualistically but I never lied about it or tried to hide the fact that i played it by saying "Yea i got like 3 girls on me" or something like that.Don Savik said:
No harm to anyone, just venting I guess.
I think if it was any other MMO then it would be quite successful, though never coming remotely close to rivalling WoW. Sadly it's not any other MMO, it's TOR - the single most hyped new MMO since... well, since WoW, but that kind of lightning just doesn't strike twice.
I have no doubt that EA have VERY high expectations for their 200 million dollar mega project, though they certainly won't tempt fate by admitting it. Given their obsessive pursuit of CoD with Battlefield 3, EA simply must be eyeing up the 800lb gorilla of the MMO world. And that never ends well.
Too singleplayer focused to appeal to the MMO die hards, and too MMO to appeal to a big part of Bioware's fanbase. I expect it to have a huge launch, and six months from now I expect to read about server mergers, followed six months later by it being relaunched as a F2P title. Whether it's good, bad or indifferent is besides the point. At this stage TOR simply cannot live up to the hype that's built up around it.
I'm not saying it will be a bad game. I expect it to be slick and enjoyable, but once the hype wears off I expect it to be viewed as 'a good game', but that's all.
I have no doubt that EA have VERY high expectations for their 200 million dollar mega project, though they certainly won't tempt fate by admitting it. Given their obsessive pursuit of CoD with Battlefield 3, EA simply must be eyeing up the 800lb gorilla of the MMO world. And that never ends well.
Too singleplayer focused to appeal to the MMO die hards, and too MMO to appeal to a big part of Bioware's fanbase. I expect it to have a huge launch, and six months from now I expect to read about server mergers, followed six months later by it being relaunched as a F2P title. Whether it's good, bad or indifferent is besides the point. At this stage TOR simply cannot live up to the hype that's built up around it.
I'm not saying it will be a bad game. I expect it to be slick and enjoyable, but once the hype wears off I expect it to be viewed as 'a good game', but that's all.
Hmmm I see what you are saying but most people (and i have met a few) are just going to fly through the story just to get to the Raids and instances,etc others (like me) will mix it up try and keep it fresh a few story missions here some instances there never really focusing on one thing so much that its all you ever do.Plus they said they werent going to implement some features day one so that will keep people involved. Also, the actual games spans a good long time with alot of twists and turns adding a ton of options for expansions. Plus i'm also expecting alot of replay value with each character have their own unique story, traits, and abilitiesSixcess said:
Yeah, I don't care what University you attend or what course you are doing, that doesn't compare to a 9 to 5 job with a wife and two kids under the age of four. I get maybe a few hours a week to play games so all subscription based games offer me very little value.Capitano Segnaposto said:
Eh, it's been calculated that they need just 200k subscribers for it to be profitable in the long run, and considering there's over two million pre-orders they would have to make it a pretty damn poor game to lose 90% of their preorders in the first year or less. Which, judging from my experience at Gamescom, it isn't. So they'll be alright.
Fun fact, you can't skip dialogue in TOR so powerlevellers might be pretty sore pretty quick.Omari McCrary said:
People forget this this is a sequel and it plays like the original KOTOR. Bioware does game sthat plays like MMO's and I feel this was what they have always been building up towards. While I feel Bioware lacks experience in multi-player, I believe that with the resources this will become a very good game and in all honesty could be one of the best games ever made. While the above is a bold statement it is the most expensive and the years previous GOT winner so it is very possible, but being an MMO on PC it is limited to a certain demographic.
This is, in fact, completely false. Hit spacebar just like in KotOR and it skips the dialogue.Pedro The Hutt said:
OT: As a beta tester, I can tell you that there really is no comparison between WoW and SWTOR.
SWTOR is in a whole different league. Much, much more fun. I played wow for 7 years, so I feel like I'm qualified to make that judgement.
Funny that, I had someone in beta assure me it was not possible, which would only make sense as you'd desync group conversations in a hurry if you have to be an impatient prick and skip all the dialogue, and just end up waiting for everyone to stop listening to the NPC anyway, so you're doubly punishing yourself for skipping dialogue. And if you hate story you should by rights not be playing TOR to begin with. It's simply not the game for you.DRes82 said: