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The problem with SWG was that it wasn't Star Wars. It really had nothing to do with Star Wars. If you changed the looks of architecture, ships, armor, weapons ect, There was nothing to remind you of Star Wars. Everybody in armor? Smugglers? Martial Arts masters? There was no Galactic Civil War in evidence. The quest syestem at launch was basicly via terminals, which gave a good read and cool description of a mission, but every time what you had to do was drive 3K miles to some random location in the middle of nowhere to encounter 3 storm troopers chillin by a flag doing jumping jacks, clapping or dancing. Then, after your 1st shot, you stood there and shot them at point blank for a minute and a half while they punched you. Now they are all dead, so you have to shoot a flag for a half an hour untill it is destroyed in a spectacular explosion. Mission acomplished. Now do this about 9 billion times. The character models were rediculous. A belt thats like 3 foot wide ring around your waist? They didnt have swimming pools in SWG...And again Armor..why does every character have to be in armor? It simply Isn't Star Wars. It was a poorly executed concept, and the fact they had jedi in it at all was a mistake. There was again, just nothing Star Wars about except for the skins, and look of the enviornment. With that said I did enjoy the mechanics of the game at launch. I liked the 3 pools of health. The crafting was great, Housing and player cities was nicely done, and it was somewhat playable if you took the Star Wars part of it with a grain of salt. |
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Originally posted by ummax
Pardon but am I to interpret that as you actualy subscribe to games you dont like playing? There is a thread in another forum on pavlovian responses to mmorpg's and the fact that people who obviously dont like a game simply continue to play them and simply complain about that fact. Although I think he is being a bit harsh in his wording he is basically defining a conditioned response and an unhealthy addiction. If you continue to play games you dont like and have no fun in I would say you are indeed conditioned to play for no other reason then its habit and at that point I would classify it as an addiction. So whatever man most people quit games they dont enjoy and go find something fun to play that gives them joy and pleasure to play.
I am not so sure it is addiction. I am not saying it isn't, just there may be more to it than that. We all know that it dosen't take a day to get to the top in our games of choice. Folks develop a strong attachment to their characters and the possesions and assets of said characters. In the case of SWG, with all that was done and the lies told by the devs, I think is more of a deeper hope. I see a lot of venom on both sides..The disgruntled vets (of which I'm one) and the current players. I, myself am over it and have been for years, I don't think of SWG these days (lol). But the folks who are so militant about defending it even the ones who say they hate it or whatever but still play, is an attachment and a hope theat their "suffering" will pay off. It's also hope that they aren't stupid. Its kind of like a scilon. (scientologist) The reason they are so militant about any criticism on their cult is because they have so much invested, when it comes right down to it. Anyone OT3 or above especially. By the time you get OT3 and learn about Xenu the alien Now for the gamer think of all the subsciption money they have shelled out and all the play time they have invested. And, in the case of SWG, all the BS they have had to put up with. They are in it for the long haul, because there has to be a pay off. There HAS to be. So I can understand BOTH sides. I don't think however, the issue is addiction, just a simple hope that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. The games I recently quit I had a hard time doing because of the investment made, but as a consumer I could not justify paying for a game run by companies who are run like cell phone companies, so in the end it wasn't a hard decision. But I can understand the mentality of: "O next patch it will get fixed" ""Ok I'll give it one more patch." ..3-4-5 years later... |
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, you are already in for $300 large. Thats a lot of dough. In the process, you have probly lost everything , and are living in one of thier compounds. In the scilon's perspective HE BETTER DAMN WELL BE RIGHT. Because if he aint he's sunk his life into this thing, and no one likes to think they are that guillable and stupid to fall for a scam like that.