Star Wars: The Old Republic

They have succeeded far beyond my admittedly high expectations. As a KOTOR fan, I finally have my long-awaited sequel(s). As an MMO fan, I am hooked. As a Star Wars fan, I am enthralled.

While Bioware might be called out for playing it a bit safe and sticking to an already familiar MMO formula, the game still has plenty to keep both Star Wars and MMO fans engaged. If you're looking for a fleshed-out MMO that isn't as overcrowded as WoW, then this is the game for you.

The Old Republic is here to stay, and offers epic galactic adventures making the most of the Star Wars universe. Although it doesn't evolve the gameplay of the genre, with a very conservative style, it takes a leap in improving the narrative, successfully achieving to tell a great story. We are eagerly waiting for updates and improvements in the future.

Star Wars: The Old Republic is the fresh breeze the MMORPG genre so urgently needed.

Star Wars: The Old Republic is an MMO founded upon a conservative, yet improving mentality. It delievers a great amount of good content within the Star Wars universe, and is by far one of the best games this genre has seen the last ten years.

BioWare has done what many thought might be impossible, and delivered the world's second ever triple-A MMO. That is a mighty achievement and a huge relief. But it may yet turn out to be too little - or rather, too much - too late.

A MMORPG that doesn't differentiate itself very much from other popular MMORPG titles (like World of Warcraft), but with a greater focus on story, companions and of course the Star Wars setting, The Old Republic is still a solid game.

There are 3 ways to play this game. Totally F2P, subscribed, or preferred (have subscribed/did IAP but currently not), and I’ll say I’m comfortable enough with any of those three. I am now playing as a preferred player and I still enjoy this game as much. This is one of the best MMO to go back to, hands down.

I have big problem only with 1 thing ,Some things should be free (with in-game currency), but they are behind a paywall, which doesn't just make the game harder, but actually complicates or even ruins it.

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I am a founder for this game, which means I've played it since launch, 15 years ago. I was also a closed beta tester for months before release, and continued to be a closed tester in a special group post-launch, for many years. I adored this game, I talked to the devs directly, and helped improve it over the years, in any way I could. I rate this game as it is today, and I give it 4 out of 10. I mostly do group activity and it's becoming difficult to do that. The servers are not as stable as they used to be over the years and the disconnects are more frequent. However, every time you are disconnected you are also given a gameplay penalty so you can't play group activities when you get back in. 15 minutes, 1 hour and 6 hour penalties, incrementally for each disconnect. I'm not talking about free to play either; they do this to their paying customers. We pay to play and they lock you out of playing because their servers are unstable, or whatever other things that are out of your control. The other reason I rate it so low today is because I just see no value in it for the money. We are still asked to pay $15 per month, but we don't see any expansions or quality content. $15 a month is $180 a year. Games are still $60-70, the same as they were years ago. That means we are asked to pay for 3 full games per year, and receive nothing in return for it, not the way we used to. No expansions, no major content, no major balance patches... nothing. Not even the communication we used to have. Zilch. Nada. The game is in maintenance mode while they are asking for the price of 3 full games. Gaming studios spend years, with hundreds of staff, and tens of millions of dollars in investment, and they charge $60 for it in the end. And these folks are trying to charge 3 times that much for no new content, and increasingly poor server stability. And then they slap penalties on top of it, and don't even let you play what you already paid for. There is just no value in it today. I'm sure some still do see value and many still play it, but after 15 years, for me at least, the value is gone. I miss the game this used to be.

I loved KOTOR 1 and 2, and since SWTOR was free, I decided to give it a whirl. Sorry I did. I wasted about 3 days and $15 on a subscription trying to get into it, but just couldn't. I'm not a huge fan of MMOs but there are a few that I love. This game is not one of them. Let me break down the good and bad points. GOOD 100% Free To Play Both PVE and PVP choices Great character creation and customization Lots of quests Lots of weapons/Armor Pretty nice loot system Huge game world THE BAD Terribly outdated graphics Boring and repetitive side quests All the main story lines are garbage Poor voice acting on many characters Ambient sounds lack realism Combat system is not very good Limited healing options when solo Limited options to actually play solo I guess that's about it. In closing, I'll give this horrible attempt at a Star Wars game a 4 for effort.