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Guileplayer
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http://www.1up.com/previews/star-wars-old-republic-wow-lightsabers 1up.com
http://pc.ign.com/articles/121/1210147p1.html ign.com
http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/10/20/massivelys-double-dose-of-swtor-beta-impressions/ massively
Keep posting more reviews here as they come up over the weekdays.
Currently Playing: SSFIV AE, SFxTekken, SWTOR, WoW. Waiting for: GW2, Resident Evil 6.
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http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/reviews/previews/9186-Star-Wars-The-Old-Republic-Hands-On
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http://www.forcejunkies.com/2011/10/19/having-doubts/
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/10/20/hands-on-the-old-republic-part-one/
those are not "reviews". their HANDS ON and PREVIEWS
heres a few more:
http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/bioware-mmo-project/1210233p1.html
http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/bioware-mmo-project/1210237p1.html
http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/bioware-mmo-project/1210234p1.html
http://www.tentonhammer.com/swtor/feature/class-preview-jedi-knight
http://www.rpgfan.com/previews/Star_Wars_The_Old_Republic/index.html
a bunch more from european sites can be found linked with google translations over at darht hater:
http://darthhater.com/2011/10/20/republic-closed-beta-media-event/
IGN companions and crafting:
http://pc.ign.com/articles/121/1210187p1.html
IGN PvP:
http://pc.ign.com/articles/121/1210188p1.html
Tentonhammer:
http://swtor.tentonhammer.com/features/class-preview-jedi-knight/
these links are also on darthhater site as gaou linked. But for those who wants to visit these websites directly i provided the links here.
Currently Playing: SSFIV AE, SFxTekken, SWTOR, WoW. Waiting for: GW2, Resident Evil 6.
Special episode of The Republic: Embargo Lift special
http://www.gamebreaker.tv/swtor-the-republic-61-embargo-lift-special/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social_Media&utm_term=GBTV&utm_content=Episode61&utm_campaign=Republic
Thanks for the links
Please stay on topic when posting. This thread is for compiling a list of reviews of the released portions of the game so far. Thanks!
http://www.g4tv.com/videos/55873/the-mmo-report-thursday-october-20th/
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/reviews/2011/10/playing-the-star-wars-the-old-republic-beta-the-birth-of-a-jedi-knight.ars
http://pc.ign.com/articles/121/1210601p1.html More from IGN. This time they are covering the story.
Currently Playing: SSFIV AE, SFxTekken, SWTOR, WoW. Waiting for: GW2, Resident Evil 6.
http://pc.ign.com/articles/121/1210678p1.html combat.
Currently Playing: SSFIV AE, SFxTekken, SWTOR, WoW. Waiting for: GW2, Resident Evil 6.
ign has their impression up for flashpoints. they talk about both the esseles and new flashpoint called The Hammer
http://pc.ign.com/articles/121/1210714p1.html
Ign has their Worlds impressions up now
http://pc.ign.com/articles/121/1210903p1.html
only one left is on alignment
Missing E in the end.
Looks like the allignment one is up now:
http://pc.ign.com/articles/121/1210987p1.html
Called Shades of grey.
Help me Bioware, you're my only hope.
Is ToR going to be good? Dude it's Bioware making a freaking star wars game, all signs point to awesome. -G4tv MMo report.
My review as a beta member as posted on the internal beta forums:
First, I hope every single person who decides to play this game has an amazing time and enjoys every moment of gaming pleasure they get out of it.
Second, to my fellow testers; it's been a blast. A genuine pleasure testing with all of you and I hope to see many of you in some future beta somewhere, this was a solid beta group and I don't regret a minute of the time invested. I enjoyed some of the spirited discussions as much as most of my ingame time with you all.
My thoughts:
Overall: For what this game is, I think it's solid. It will draw a lot of people, and it will play well while meeting many of their expectations. It's not a cross between KOTOR and SWG, which I know from the public forums was the expectation of many, but then I don't believe it ever could have been.
Gameplay: It plays like what my wife and I thought it would be, a bit more single payer plus co-op than MMORPG in the classic sense. That's reasonable given the emphasis on personal story line above all. It's what has been advertised, and expected. For what it is, it's a good piece of work. Combat's ok...nothing revolutionary, nor was a claim to that ever made. Didn't disappoint and it didn't blow me away.
Story: A keeper, BW hit what they aimed at here.
PvP: For a game that does not have PvP as its focus, I think people will have fun with it. I hoped for more in the way of solid DAoC-style RvR to be sprinkled in considering the Mythic vets who were brought onto this team...but for what it is, it will be fun for people who just want to dip their toes in the pool. Hardcore PvPers will find it lacking, I think.
Leveling: Well paced, not as hard as a lot of feedback suggested it should be while not faceroll-easy once you get off the starter worlds. Past 30, in the last build, I had to start thinking a bit...that's a good thing. There will always be the race to 50 crowd, Bioware..please ignore them as much as you can and craft the game for most of your player base.
Crafting: Lacking for me, but after old SWG I may never see an MMO that really meets my desires for immersive crafting in a game again. The "companion as crafter" mechanic will make a lot of casuals new to crafting happy, I think...and it's not so stupid-simple that veteran crafters won't get some fun out of it.
GTN/AH: Needs attention, and in my opinion more than a little. Buying from the market should be an enjoyable and intuitive experience, and not a lot of work to navigate a clumsy interface and poor search options. There are good examples out there to emulate, and I expect this one will evolve.
UI: Poor. There are exellent UIs in the genre (without having to go the add-on route) that will invite comparison, and in its present incranation this one will fare poorly. Rift. A shining example of how to give your players control over the UI while still having a default UI that is playable. This one needs work.
Character Customization: Touchy subject, but it fell well short of the mark for me. I wanted more, I wanted a lot of control over my character, from height and build to facial bone structure, hair, eyes, you name it...I just wanted more ability to control what my avatars look like.
Space combat: It is what it is, and for a side game of space-on-rails I had fun with it. I knew it wasn't a critical focus and was not intended to be more than a side game. I'm ok with that.
I'm not on the "I wanted to love this game but in the end I hated it!" train at all. For me, personally, I think it is limited enough in scope and replayability while lacking in areas like the UI and customization to get me to:
"Yes it's good for what it is; but somehow I expected more....well...more."
Again, I hope people truly get engaged with the game, play it, have a blast, revel in the new incarnation of the Star Wars franchise. It was a toss-up for me, and the coin simply came down tails instead of heads.
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Tom's Hardware:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/star-wars-gaming-tests-review,3087.html
Ya agreed. Reviews (at least reliable ones), will not show up for at least 2-3 weeks.
Erm No.
2-4 days after release and all the large revcies sites will have their articles up... just like with every game.
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Thanks for the links
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Kotaku's Gut Check.
I want a mmorpg where people have gone through misery, have gone through school stuff and actually have had sex even. -sagil
very useful.i find so many excellent game sites.
Unstickying this as reviews are beginning to pour in. If you would like to maintain a thread collecting the various reviews, please go ahead and do so and I will stick it for you if it remains up-to-date.