Originally posted by Scottgun
Judging by what I've read, I'd be inclined to say it only managed to score a 6.6 because the review system forces you to rate categories like graphics, sounds, etc. and doesn't let you give an overall score.

That is the overall score, though.

It discourages people from rating a game a cruddy 1, or an awesome 10.  The submitter has to think about the categories.  A really good game might still have a rating of only 8-9, user submitted, because it fell short in some other area.

It makes a perfect 10 hard to come by, which is actually good when reviewing.  Also it makes a big zero also more difficult to rate.  Of course some people may abuse this system, but they are just lying to themselves (if they are abusing).

Like with SWTOR, I couldn't give it a "1" .. because it did have things going for it, like it's amazing soundtrack and stories.

i would seriously like to see the fans of this game come on here and actually compare this game to every other mmorpg out there and rate it accordingly based on how much this game offers vs every other mmo on the market. This game doesnt even offer half the stuff other triple A mmos do and certain people here idolize it. The worst thing of all is this is EA cashing in on the star wars IP because some people would rather just play a crappy star wars game than let it die off and someone make a actual good one.

The pvp is horrible with just a few warfronts you have to randomly queue for and not even allowed to pick them.

There is no end game but raiding and pvp.

All the classes are cookie cutter and limited.

The story is just recycled voice sets over and over again with half the story poorly even written to begin with.

No wardrobe system but augment sets

Terrible graphics and subpar coding on the engine

No personal housing at all or major social hubs

The engine cannot even handle more than 10 people on the screen at once everything is heavily instanced

I hate to sound negative on this game all the time but honestly its just a poorly made game made by a parent company that doesnt give two craps about improving it at all just making money.

Originally posted by Karteli

Originally posted by Scottgun
Judging by what I've read, I'd be inclined to say it only managed to score a 6.6 because the review system forces you to rate categories like graphics, sounds, etc. and doesn't let you give an overall score.

That is the overall score, though.

 

It discourages people from rating a game a cruddy 1, or an awesome 10.  A really good game might still have a rating of only 8-9, user submitted.

 

It makes a perfect 10 hard to come by, which is actually good when reviewing.

 

Like with SWTOR, I couldn't give it a "1" .. because it did have things going for it, like it's amazing soundtrack and stories.

But if a game is indeed pure crap, great graphics don't mean anything and obscure what you really think of the game. I get that fanbois will give it 10's and h8ters will give it 1's, but so what? If someone thinks a game is a true 7, they are just going to click all 7's. Why go through the charade? Why impose the idea that all the categories are of equal weight?

6.6 seems a  bit high to me.

SWtOR does nothing better than average with the exception of the voice acting.

If we assume 5 is an average score out of 10, add a point for the voice acting and you get a 6.

This game should be happy with 6.6.

Yeah, like user ratings on MMORPG matter...

Because they are unbiased and objective...

F2P is a joke.

Content is a joke.

Competition has shown to deliver WAY better post launch than SWTOR.

The rating is actually a bit high.  SWTOR deserves about 6.0

Originally posted by ktanner3

This. I mean really, who cares? If anything, I'd take a low score from this site as a badge of honor. 

+1

Originally posted by jdnyc

F2P is a joke.

Content is a joke.

Competition has shown to deliver WAY better post launch than SWTOR.

The rating is actually a bit high.  SWTOR deserves about 6.0

 

In my above reply i talked about how unbiased and objective ratings on MMORPG are and voila...

Yes, yes Rift is the best themepark out there atm. Not...

Originally posted by Scottgun

Originally posted by Karteli

Originally posted by Scottgun
Judging by what I've read, I'd be inclined to say it only managed to score a 6.6 because the review system forces you to rate categories like graphics, sounds, etc. and doesn't let you give an overall score.

That is the overall score, though.

 

It discourages people from rating a game a cruddy 1, or an awesome 10.  A really good game might still have a rating of only 8-9, user submitted.

 

It makes a perfect 10 hard to come by, which is actually good when reviewing.

 

Like with SWTOR, I couldn't give it a "1" .. because it did have things going for it, like it's amazing soundtrack and stories.

 

But if a game is indeed pure crap, great graphics don't mean anything and obscure what you really think of the game. I get that fanbois will give it 10's and h8ters will give it 1's, but so what? If someone thinks a game is a true 7, they are just going to click all 7's. Why go through the charade? Why impose the idea that all the categories are of equal weight?

It's all free will, definitely.  But someone who really evaluates the game will give it higher in some areas and lower in others.  If you go in with what you think a game is worth (and give it 7's in every category), then you are not really evaluating the game.

Look at each category and give it an honest score, and see how the results turn out.  Chances are it will average to what you though it would anyways.  Sometimes it will surprise you, and you will find that even a game you hated isn't actually that bad (vise versa too).

Considering the worst free to play transition ever in gaming history this game could easily become a 2 out of 10.

Look at tera's,lols, path of exile and marvel heroes free to play model and you will realise what means to be a free to play.

Before free to play swtor republic was a 5/10 for me.After free to play transition the game is 2/10.

Originally posted by BadOrb

Just noticed the user review rating went down over night from 7.2 to 6.6 and I feel that's a bit harsh. Considering the game is picking up and there are some great updates / expansion coming up. What do you guys think ? People really do have it in for this game it seems.

Cheers ,

BadOrb.

nope it;s a pretty terrible game, the amount of hype i had for it and then finishing all content within the free month and not resubbing because the pvp system was pretty horrible (ilum and terrible instanced arena system)

also switching to "free to paly".... which i have to pay to access hotbars. are you for real

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Originally posted by ShakyMo
No 6 is what reviewers should have given it in the first place. Frankly its the worst mmo I've played, my personal score would be 2 or 3 out of ten.

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so you haven't played very many mmo's then?

it doesn't matter what game it is, look what game has the highest rating right now?

poe? nuff said lol

6.6 is a score that says to me, " Mediocre and under developed in many areas".  So for Swtor? 

That's just about perfect.  It's not bad or horrible, but its certainly not good or great either. 

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Originally posted by Karteli

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Originally posted by Scottgun

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Originally posted by Karteli

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Originally posted by Scottgun Judging by what I've read, I'd be inclined to say it only managed to score a 6.6 because the review system forces you to rate categories like graphics, sounds, etc. and doesn't let you give an overall score.

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That is the overall score, though.   It discourages people from rating a game a cruddy 1, or an awesome 10.  A really good game might still have a rating of only 8-9, user submitted.   It makes a perfect 10 hard to come by, which is actually good when reviewing.   Like with SWTOR, I couldn't give it a "1" .. because it did have things going for it, like it's amazing soundtrack and stories.

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  But if a game is indeed pure crap, great graphics don't mean anything and obscure what you really think of the game. I get that fanbois will give it 10's and h8ters will give it 1's, but so what? If someone thinks a game is a true 7, they are just going to click all 7's. Why go through the charade? Why impose the idea that all the categories are of equal weight?

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It's all free will, definitely.  But someone who really evaluates the game will give it higher in some areas and lower in others.  If you go in with what you think a game is worth (and give it 7's in every category), then you are not really evaluating the game.

 

Look at each category and give it an honest score, and see how the results turn out.  Chances are it will average to what you though it would anyways.  Sometimes it will surprise you, and you will find that even a game you hated isn't actually that bad (vise versa too).

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anyone saying this game deserves a 2/10 or is the worst mmo they have ever played have absolutely no credibility as far as i am concerned.