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UPDATED: Now 39 positive reviews so far, Bioware did something right!
Belgaraath
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So far in just a couple of weeks, there have been 39 posiitive reviews (1 mixed) including MMORPGs score of 87. I know, they were all paid by EA, right? Maybe it really is a good game? Now I'm sure there will be a couple of attention whore outlets that feel a need to post a 4 to get attention and drag the score down, but this pretty significant sample of reviews IMO is a sign of a successful well polished product. You don't have to like it, but can some of you (you know who you are) at least acknowledge that maybe to the 'majority' it isn't as bad as you think it is? Why would that be so hard to admit?
Now I don't have as much free time as others. I can only play a couple of hours a night. I am only level 24 (Sentinel) and level 14 (Sage), but Ive done a little bit of everything so far. I've done some crafting, 3 Space Battles, 3 PVP scenarios, 2 Flashpoints, a lot of PVE, some datacron hunting, some exploring, some social kidding around stuff with those around me, etc and all I can say is that Im enjoying it just as much as when I tried WOW for the first time.
Now I will admit I sometimes hit the space bar, I HATE the UI, I agree with Elikal regarding the Day and Night cycles, there are some things that drag it down, but I have no doubt that a lot of these somewhat minor things will be improved on over time and I am not exaggerating when I say this is the most polished MMO I have ever played at release..and our guild of 50+ concurrent players (at most times) would tend to agree.
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No it cant be a good game it just CANT be, it cant., I mean I dont like it how can it be good? Why is it getting good reviews why WHY?
LOL that gave me a chuckle as I run off to the gym :-)
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And when this game is around 150k - 300k subs, where will all that praise be then?
I'm LoLing as I wait for swtor to finish patching because I know most with your opinion are STILL waiting for their perfect game.
That hasn't happened, unless you are psychic? Then again, a lot of people thought the world would end in 2000, then 2006, then 2012...get my point? ..and for the record, subs aren't a sign of a bad game. Sometimes it just means there are a lot more to choose from then there were in 2004.
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Where can i buy your crystal ball? please give me the address.
Currently Playing: SSFIV AE, SFxTekken, SWTOR, WoW. Waiting for: GW2, Resident Evil 6.
Question: do you really think this game will drop that low (in the next year or two)?
I just dont see it happening. I dont see 2 million subs happening either.
i agree i want to be able to tell the future! i'm sure that wont be the only negative comment in this thread lmao more are to come. but honestly to the OP your completely correct. and when BW start to do some MAJOR updates such as UI, cost of training, etc, etc this game will be just like WoW after a year BS but it will take maybe 2-3 months for everything to be at a good state.
BTW I FREAKIN LOVE THE GAME!!!!!!! ....... and i'm only lvl 29..lol
Where will the praise be then? At a level higher than any POS MMO sandbox game. That is where it is, and will continue to be.
Thanks for playing.
Asking Devs to make AAA sandbox titles is like trying to get fine dining on a McDonalds dollar menu budget.
I think the UI part alone will satisfy a lot of the masses. :-)
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The praise will still be there just from fewer people.
You do realize sites get paid to give good reviews basically and have incentive to give posative spin on games, often times inflating their opinion to make it look better? Not only are you making money from the publishers, but your also potentially adding to yourself extra 'publicity' by having a quote you use potentially being mentioned by the publisher.
Postative =/= good all the time. I could make a statue out of mud and you could call it 'good' (posative) but it won't be anywhere near as good as the same type of statue made of solid gold.
lol, why is it that my guild keeps growing and now is at like 460+ toons. It continues to get so big that another guild is in the works to support all those that still want to join.
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Yeah, like this review on metacritic:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2011/dec/23/star-wars-old-republic-game-review
Where apparantly ".. you can distract yourself with mini games like speed racing for credits..", and, ".. once you earn the credits and experience to buy your own ship, massive multiplayer skirmishes in deep space beckon.".
Hmm, yeah. I totally believe the reviews are honest and all made through personal gameplay. I obviously missed the part of the UI where I could invite my friends in for some massive multiplayer space skirmishes.
OK you picked a line or two from a review and somehow that discredits all 22 reviews? No logic in your post. Should I copy and paste the other thousands of lines to show what is accurate?
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It's a great game. I love it and will be playing for many years.
It in fact does discredit your title cause you said ALL and even 1 bad line takes away that word from your title. Not to mention you must not have done your research very well, cause i have found more then a couple lines of bad reviews, i suggest everyone do their own research cause the OP is obviously a fanboy.
I totally agree with you, but its not going to happen. Instead they ban us for calling out those with a forum history that have an obvious intention of not discussing, but a motive to do the game harm for whatever twisted reason. Then we we do what they say they will do themselves (Mike B stated this in Elikals post that is locked from late December), its we are baiting or retaliating. I remember when I joined back in 2006 and have 1100+ posts, I loved coming here to discuss the pros and cons of the game, learn new information, discuss things I didn't understand, but now its just become open world PVP with no one doing anything about it. I used to tell people about what a great source it is, but for the first time I think I'm going to delete my account. It just isn't fun coming here anymore to learn about anything or want to help those who want answers from those following the game..which is a shame because I love the articles themselves.
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8/10 for Innovation... heheh... sure.. give me more positive reviews.. ... please..
..Cake..
Dont see whats funny. The companion system, crafting system, voice overs for an entire MMO, are innovative. Having quests that people just dont see a wall of text and hit accept and role play instead is innovative..because no MMO has done that across an entire game. The only thing close was AOC tortage and that was 20 levels that lasted a couple of days which didn't have choices like we have in SWTOR.
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It would be funny as hell if GW2 gets bad reviews lol. Something tells me it will haha. Watch it get like a 5/10 or 6/10. That would be really funny.
Currently Playing: SSFIV AE, SFxTekken, SWTOR, WoW. Waiting for: GW2, Resident Evil 6.
I dont care what people think am having fun and think Swtor is pretty awesome , go go Trooper !
Companion system is not new. Crafting system.. erm.. what about it ?... Voice Overs sure.... that's bringing a single-player story telling system into an MMO.. it's not new.. they just used it in the entire game... does that deserve EIGHT OUT OF TEN?!
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Thats the difference between me and those who hover around these forums hating on TOR. Though I am a fan of STWOR, I'm hoping GW2 is a great game because I think the more choices we have the better. It wouldn't suprise me though if that happens since the same thing here happened with games like Aion which was the second coming. Not anymore.
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Nice to see you can laugh with your own jokes.... it was pretty funny. But considering mmorpg gave SWTOR 8.7... then the demo of GW2 we saw at PAX should get more :P
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