The game bored me. I played to level 20 doing the so called LEGACY quest and after that had no idea where or what to do. The crafting...I had no clue, no tutorial, no nothing to figure it out. Space Combat was soooo repetitive. I had to uninstall it and cancel the account. And what is the point being a dancer? So you basically make a dancer and macro her to dance in cantinas to make money??? ZZzzzzz. Being a Jedi was cool for the first 2 hours. This game had so much potential and failed. I have a Geforce 8800GTX and the games graphics where...meh. Well if ya like it, good for you. I think I actually saw the game at walmart in the bargin bin for 5 bucks. Check it out if ya want, I didn't like it.
Much of a WoW player?
Gotta be.. Thats the problem with these new MMORPG's, they are so dumbed down. When I started Everquest back in the ole days, it took me about 1 week to figure out how the damn crafting system worked and what to craft (was a casual player though) and let alone where the hell to go.
Most of the new MMO's today are catered to FPS Newbs anyways. No one wants to take the time to learn, I love the people that play for 1 day and quit. Now thats is just funny as (*&$#..but very true..
Players today love the easy button, I say good ridance and go away to these types of players, there are plenty more mmo's out there for you to try, just dont play this one and bitch please!
Freaking HILARIOUS coming from an NGE-fanboi. A game doesn't get MORE dumbed-down than SWG: NGE. It's so dumbed-down that all of the core elements are STOLEN from WoW but delivered horribly.
Saying other MMO's are "dumbed-down" when you play this one is so ridiculous that it's saddening.
Lets get this straight.. Fanboi such a lame burnout terminology these days. But its all good. And what in the HELL are you doing in SWG forums anyways? You claim you dont like SWG, but still hang around the block. No offense AveBethos, but get a life man and find another type of hobby/mmo instead of posting on a fourm on a game you can't bear to play.
People like you I can't figure out why you post on a forum about a game you can't stand (there is a vet forum for that). Dont you get enough attention? Or are you seriously burnout on your current mmo's? I respect most of my friends that are vets from the Pre Cu days and they still can't play the game, but I don't see them ranting about a game they gave up a couple of years ago. They either moved on or picked up another hobby.
Find a new hobby is my best advice for you. Believe me, its nothing personal agaist you.. And let go of SWG and move on..
HighPlains,
SWG is the only MMO that I have every really been able to enjoy. I keep re-subbing in HOPES that the game is somehow morphed into something CLOSE to the fun I used to have playing it...
Each time I am disappointed in the fact that little depth is added and the devs seem to keep making the same mistakes they always have.
I will probably re-sub in a few months hoping to be wrong though I doubt I will be. SWG is the best MMO I ever played, the NGE still needs a lot of work.
Seems like a fair review to me. The sad thing is,.. like someone said,.. this game is over 5 years old and the NGE is more than what??... 2 years old? and it still has bugs? I am not saying this game should be bug free or anything like that but comeo on to the people who are "sticking up" for SWG... Don't get me wrong, I am glad you all like the game and you can say how much you love this game and how good it is now and we all should come back,... but I hate to tell you this,... I don't know the numbers but I can tell you,.. SOE knew they would drop in paying customers when the NGE came out,.... but they had NO clue the numbers would go as low as they have and the back lash would be this bad,.. not only from people, but from the game reviews as well.
As I said,... you can love this game and play it if you want,.. but by the number of people who have left this game,.. game reviews, etc.. I can tell you that more people would not agree that SWG is a great game to play. It's not the "old players" fault that this has happened and it's not the fault of the people who post bad reviews about this game... the fault falls on SOE and LA. plain and simple... now they are resting in the bed they made.
Been there done that: Asherons Call,SWG,AOC,D&D,COH,Anarchy Online,DAOC,EVE,Guild Wars,LOTRO,POTBS,WAR,WW2, and Rift
I concur with the OP. I have renewed several times since the NGE became a reality but never for more than one month and I usually don't even log in at all for the last few days of that subscription simply because I end up finding the game boring and without substance. I have tried to like it and approach it with an open mind because I prefer Sci Fi MMO's and love Star Wars, but that doesn't really help much and I usually find myself playing KOTOR or something instead. The whole game seems to be caught in a bizarre limbo between sandbox style and standard MMO "class based" style and its really neither. Its simply not a well polished or thought out game no matter how you slice it. Im sure at some point I will try it again for a month to check out the "new features" or to try and enjoy the overall game again, but Im dubious it will ever regain what was so cavalierly shredded by the NGE.
As a veteran, screwed by 2005 NGE, banned twice from forums for just asking "why?", cancelled countless times in 2006...and now resubbed again I can almost say the OP is in state of denial probably caused by the remains of the past drama thus making your adaptation efforts vanish. Darth already enumerated why so I won't repeat but I can safely say that overall 2007 NGE > everthing of the past. That said, I can also say that some minor tweaks here and there would make it even better.
I really do wish you had read my reply before posting. So its acceptable for someone to post out of date information as their 'opinion'? Theres a place for that kind of behaviour and its called the Veteran refuge. This is for current game discussion, and since the OPs post contains NOTHING to do with the current game, thats where it belongs.
Your "opinion" has to be treated somewhat cautiously since you have a vested interest in seeing swg succeed due to your website.
Is a man not entitled to the herp of his derp?
Remember, I live in a world where juggalos and yugioh players are real things.
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Gotta be.. Thats the problem with these new MMORPG's, they are so dumbed down. When I started Everquest back in the ole days, it took me about 1 week to figure out how the damn crafting system worked and what to craft (was a casual player though) and let alone where the hell to go.
Most of the new MMO's today are catered to FPS Newbs anyways. No one wants to take the time to learn, I love the people that play for 1 day and quit. Now thats is just funny as (*&$#..but very true..
Players today love the easy button, I say good ridance and go away to these types of players, there are plenty more mmo's out there for you to try, just dont play this one and bitch please!
Freaking HILARIOUS coming from an NGE-fanboi. A game doesn't get MORE dumbed-down than SWG: NGE. It's so dumbed-down that all of the core elements are STOLEN from WoW but delivered horribly.
Saying other MMO's are "dumbed-down" when you play this one is so ridiculous that it's saddening.
AveBethos
Lets get this straight.. Fanboi such a lame burnout terminology these days. But its all good. And what in the HELL are you doing in SWG forums anyways? You claim you dont like SWG, but still hang around the block. No offense AveBethos, but get a life man and find another type of hobby/mmo instead of posting on a fourm on a game you can't bear to play.
People like you I can't figure out why you post on a forum about a game you can't stand (there is a vet forum for that). Dont you get enough attention? Or are you seriously burnout on your current mmo's? I respect most of my friends that are vets from the Pre Cu days and they still can't play the game, but I don't see them ranting about a game they gave up a couple of years ago. They either moved on or picked up another hobby.
Find a new hobby
is my best advice for you. Believe me, its nothing personal agaist you.. And let go of SWG and move on..
HighPlains,
SWG is the only MMO that I have every really been able to enjoy. I keep re-subbing in HOPES that the game is somehow morphed into something CLOSE to the fun I used to have playing it...
Each time I am disappointed in the fact that little depth is added and the devs seem to keep making the same mistakes they always have.
I will probably re-sub in a few months hoping to be wrong though I doubt I will be. SWG is the best MMO I ever played, the NGE still needs a lot of work.
Seems like a fair review to me. The sad thing is,.. like someone said,.. this game is over 5 years old and the NGE is more than what??... 2 years old? and it still has bugs? I am not saying this game should be bug free or anything like that but comeo on to the people who are "sticking up" for SWG... Don't get me wrong, I am glad you all like the game and you can say how much you love this game and how good it is now and we all should come back,... but I hate to tell you this,... I don't know the numbers but I can tell you,.. SOE knew they would drop in paying customers when the NGE came out,.... but they had NO clue the numbers would go as low as they have and the back lash would be this bad,.. not only from people, but from the game reviews as well.
As I said,... you can love this game and play it if you want,.. but by the number of people who have left this game,.. game reviews, etc.. I can tell you that more people would not agree that SWG is a great game to play. It's not the "old players" fault that this has happened and it's not the fault of the people who post bad reviews about this game... the fault falls on SOE and LA. plain and simple... now they are resting in the bed they made.
Been there done that:
Asherons Call,SWG,AOC,D&D,COH,Anarchy Online,DAOC,EVE,Guild Wars,LOTRO,POTBS,WAR,WW2, and Rift
I concur with the OP. I have renewed several times since the NGE became a reality but never for more than one month and I usually don't even log in at all for the last few days of that subscription simply because I end up finding the game boring and without substance. I have tried to like it and approach it with an open mind because I prefer Sci Fi MMO's and love Star Wars, but that doesn't really help much and I usually find myself playing KOTOR or something instead. The whole game seems to be caught in a bizarre limbo between sandbox style and standard MMO "class based" style and its really neither. Its simply not a well polished or thought out game no matter how you slice it. Im sure at some point I will try it again for a month to check out the "new features" or to try and enjoy the overall game again, but Im dubious it will ever regain what was so cavalierly shredded by the NGE.
As a veteran, screwed by 2005 NGE, banned twice from forums for just asking "why?", cancelled countless times in 2006...and now resubbed again I can almost say the OP is in state of denial probably caused by the remains of the past drama thus making your adaptation efforts vanish. Darth already enumerated why so I won't repeat but I can safely say that overall 2007 NGE > everthing of the past. That said, I can also say that some minor tweaks here and there would make it even better.
Your "opinion" has to be treated somewhat cautiously since you have a vested interest in seeing swg succeed due to your website.
Is a man not entitled to the herp of his derp?
Remember, I live in a world where juggalos and yugioh players are real things.
not all games are for all people man, swg isn't for you.
I happen to like it despite it's idiosyncrasies, goodie for me. You don't. Nothing wrong with that.... I hope you find your game.