Originally posted by Eir_S

Originally posted by Cacophanist

 utterly pants.

Never heard that one before.  I'd ask what it was slang for, but I think from your post it's pretty obvious :p

For all non Brits.... Pants is colloquial term that means rubbish, shit, crap etc...

  Never ever ever ever use other peoples reviews to make up your mind with the exception of my own reviews, I bring a highly nuanced and expert opinion to the table, with just a hint of flair for the dramatic and a sprig of embellishment for the happyness of my readers. My reviews are fair, honest , sadistic and with a sense of timeing that can only be called prophetic. I am black friday at its most primal.  I feel better now.  he he he

I really enjoyed TOR over beta weekend. Will be playing it for some time. To those who were not impressed and will not be playing it. I'm glad because you would just make the game world that much worse if I had to share it with you while playing.

You know it dawned on me some years ago, that you need to just enjoy life for what it is. in a 100 years all these words we have typed wont be remembered by anyone. we wont even be a memory. we will be some notch on a digital family tree that noone cares about.

So play the game write a book get out and have some sex. save a tree buy a dog. wake up and enjoy it. youth wont last forever man. all this will fade away like tears in the rain.

Loved the storyline&storybased advancement

Hated the clunkyness and the boring combat related gameplay.

will probably buy to follow the storyline once it drops in price, not paying 50+ euro for a subscription based game.

Originally posted by Matt_UK

Originally posted by Zadawn

Originally posted by Matt_UK

Me, I changed my mind. Just trying to cancel my pre-order. It's rubbish, what a let down.

this

 

He asked the question 'Who's changed their mind after playing this weekend's Beta?' and I answered truthfully.

 

What's your problem?

Problem?...All he did was agree with you

Originally posted by jeremyjodes

You know it dawned on me some years ago, that you need to just enjoy life for what it is. in a 100 years all these words we have typed wont be remembered by anyone. we wont even be a memory. we will be some notch on a digital family tree that noone cares about.

So play the game write a book get out and have some sex. save a tree buy a dog. wake up and enjoy it. youth wont last forever man. all this will fade away like tears in the rain.

 

So true...This to shall pass...Ever read "The Secret" by Charles Bukowski?  Great poem.  I think you would enjoy it.

I was a critic hoping it would change my mind for the better, as i don't have anything to play this winter.

Unfortunately it didn't. I expected a cartoonish, easy on the kids and light in it's mechanics, trimmed to get a "piece of the wow-cake" supposed to be money-maker. And that's what i saw this weekend.

It changed my mind about one point though: I no longer think it's worth paying a monthly sub for, as it is mainly a typical Bioware SPRPG only with network function. Should be B2P instead.

Well, I've changed my mind from definite to not-so-much.

Bad:

1. Having to watch the hotbar for cooldowns keeps my eyes off the action and flashy animations.
2. Having said that, flashy combat animations, at first fun, get boring after the 100th time. My Jedi striker leaping into every battle becomes ludicrous.
3. At times things were happening so quickly, I couldn't comprehend what was going on. I suspect this is an artifical attempt to amp up the excitement.
4. Combat seemed to be the same tired, worn out system I've played for ever (and I don't even play WoW).
5. Combat balance is lacking. I'd go from easy combats (most of the time) to nearly unwinnable combats (after summoning med bot several times).
6. Boxed in feeling (despite BioWare's assurance that it would be more open)
7. Very little differentiation.  I remember talking with my advanced trainer and seeing every Jedi with their droids hanging around. So I really didn't feel unique at all.
8. Do my choices actually have consequences? I never got the honest sense that they did.
9. Never felt like I had much else to do other than combat, combat, combat.

1. Graphics. I like the graphics and the style. Reminded me of past BioWare games which I enjoyed.
2. Affection system. I liked this in other BioWare games, and glad to see it was translated to the MMO.
3. Dark/Light side points.
4. Solid Star Wars feel.  I knew BioWare would get this right which is what led to my initial (uniformed) enthusiasm for the game. When I looked onto Coruscant for the first time, I was like "Damn, BioWare really gets Star Wars -- Unlike SOE).
5. I enjoyed the voice acting.
6. Storyline thus far was enjoyable.

I changed my mind. I didnt have any high hopes, just hoping for a new sci-fi mmo that would contest Anarchy Online.. 

What a let down..

The beta didn't change my mind. I still reckon I'll get a couple of months out of it at least and it should be a blast to play with my gaming mates.

I'm not waiting for the mythical MMO of MMOs anymore. I'm happy playing whatever entertains me for as long as it entertains me for. As long as I get more time out an MMO than I did from Crysis, then I take it as money well spent.

After the weekend, TOR looks like it fits my bill as I hoped it would.

Couldn't see myself subbing for more than a couple of months before the beta and am of the same opinion now. The only part of the game i'd expected to be different/better than it is would be the PvP. It doesn't even live up to WAR's PvP never mind any other games.

Had this realization two weekends ago.

I was looking forward to just purchasing and playing for 1 month doing single player KotOR-esque SP with the companions... however there is no gameplay of the sort.

lol yeah..

I will keep my preorder. I am still enjoying my time in beta. Will I stay in SWTOR for more than 6 months? Don't know and I am no worried about it...

I have changed my mind that I just dont enjoy the game, I seriously enjoy it! I have seen the changes BioWare made in the last three builds. And it makes me feel so squishy inside with luv. I am going IA, SI, then BH.

I canceled my CE preorder after beta. Just not for me. To cartoony. Weak all around. Not hating just movin on. I need better graphics out of a 2012 release and it just feels weak and boring to me. Back to AOC and awaiting GW2 and Tera.

i really hoped i will play this game but after this beta and gameplay... well i just dont like it,no heart in it... so now i only hope GW2 will come out soon... back to rift till GW2 comes out.

Originally posted by thebones

i really hoped i will play this game but after this beta and gameplay... well i just dont like it,no heart in it... so now i only hope GW2 will come out soon... back to rift till GW2 comes out.

"No heart in it" said by a Rift player waiting for GW2 sounds weird...

Originally posted by Matt_UK

Originally posted by Calerxes

 

Though I do give everyone the right to bash me over the head with this popst in the future if my prediction of TOR being a very big sustained success for many years turns out to "new toy" syndrom but this the first MMO I've played since WoW that has that feel of quality and longevity. 

 

Are you saying you haven't played any other mmos since WoW? Because I think only someone who is completely new to mmos will find this game interesting.

Rift grabbed my attention immediatley and held it for a couple of months during which i maxed three characters. This game bored me after a couple of hours.

As an MMO player since '97 with UO I love SWTOR, your comments sound elitist, why compare things to WoW and even act like anyone who plays it has a lower expectation?  What he said was not what you implied, its just rude, and again, elitist.