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Swtor: a response to common claims
wolfface
Member Posts: 9
(edited, sorry 1st post was sent from my iPhone)
Ok since before the release of beta, and many have posted negatively against swtor. The game has not even been played by one player outside BioWare, and the whining and complaint started on these forums.
In face, at that point in time, all we got was a few gameplay videos, some great CGI movies released in conventions, and some carefully crafted press releases by BioWare, and yet the peeps trolling on these forums, of course relying on secret info they obtained from their "deep throat" contacts at BioWare, started attacking the game left and right, or else how can I, or anybody else as a matter of fact, justify the level of confidence that they speak with?
But we can not blame them guys, in fact ask anybody who reads this forum, this is how the troll mind works. In their mind, their opinions are the only valuable opinions. Period. They think of themselves as professional game critics, and that their opinions are valid and just. These people, who have the Developer Delusion Syndrome , or DDS as i call it, believe themselves to be smarter than the developers who produced such great games like DA and ME.
Here are some of their outrageous claims:
1- "Oh the game is not innovative" or "it didn't bring anything new": The game added many subtle and obvious important features to the MMO genre including, fast travels, creative modding for gear and weapons, toon progression path based on choices, companion affection opening new Quests, etc. Wait any see how many MMOs will adopt some of these features.
2- The game is a time sink: Which MMO isn't? WOW? Korean MMOs? Aion? Rift? And if that was the case then how come we can send our companions to gather or produce while we are doing something else like running dungeons? Also, check easy travels above.
3-the game is 95% cut scenes and 5% fighting: not true. It is balanced. Cut scenes are perfectly proportionate to the story line. This is a game were you actually care about your toon and it's progression path. And it is not on easy mode like wow either.
4-Voice acting is unnecessary and it is annoying after a while: IMHO any feature that helps me get more involved with my toon is welcomed. I remember when DA 1 was out, people were complaining because our toons didn't speak (only NPCs did), and now in swtor our toons speak and still they complain. Jeez.
5-the graphics resemble wow graphics: really? Do I even need to comment on this?
Take a deep breath guys, the game has not been out for a week already, ok? Lots of things will improve given time. This release is not set in stone, and it is not end all, this is just the beginning. Wait at least for the next coming phase (or phases) to judge.
And stop hiding behind "we are entitled to our opinions" and "respect what we say". Well, the fact is, I would if you had anything constructive to say, but the majority don't, or they are just rewording what other whiners said. Heck, some even have the audacity to whine when all they played was the beta which is not an accurate representation of the current game.
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One big pile of paragraph deficient hater bait right there ............
I agree!
Everything I say is my opinion or personal preference. You may or may not find it useful to your cause but regardless I am entitled to it.
Game, set and match
hey man, look at your keyboard !
There there big key in the middle, its called "return" or "enter". Try to use it, so maybe people will start to read your posts.
The whiners which are typically referred to as "trolls", do this for every MMO launch. It's nothing new.
Wow... might read this if you used a paragraph or 2.
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Couldn't agree more, don't know who they are trying to convince that they are right, probably themselves.
It still annoys me though, that they say stuff that are simply not true, and by that possibly get some of the people who would have njoyed this game to turn away from it.
It is a good game, and it deserves to tried by everyone.
I too was getting bored of the same old same old, but the cutscenes and VO simply adds a whole new world to me, I have never read a quest text, I couldn't get myself to stop what I was doing to read a block of text and thereby getting immersed, earlier, lvl'ing was just a minor speed bump for me, I wanted end game NOW!
This has changed, I can't get myself to skip the cutscenes, I like to watch and listen to them, and I like to think about my answers, a whole new experience for me.
Seriously, to those who are on the fence, try it!
Well it does get a little old, whine at every launch for a new game... never happy with new game.
Everything I say is my opinion or personal preference. You may or may not find it useful to your cause but regardless I am entitled to it.
ahaha I was thinking that... add <br> to make sentences from the iphone.
Everything I say is my opinion or personal preference. You may or may not find it useful to your cause but regardless I am entitled to it.
Sorry, I fixed the editing. First post was sent from my phone.
Some time people should just talk to themselves in head instead of making posts like these.
I love how people get all upset because some other person doesn't like the game they play..seriously grow up!
I love how people get all upset because some other person like the game they don't. ..seriously grow up?
Now that i can finally read the post without gouging my eyes out:
I see lying is still A-OK!
I never said i didn't like it, lets not be childish now.
well said op. I have a few people who were haters and ironically they play this game, say they hate but yet they play all the time. Go figure. If you don't like the game find something you like and play it, move on already.
For those who aren't sure about the game, play it. If you liked Knights of the Old Republic, you will most certainly like this.
But you decided none the less to give us an advice without considering a simple fact that there are two sides to every coin.
Well it just gets old Im sure alot of people don't really care who likes the game or not its more of the point of coming to the SWTOR section everyday telling everyone it just gets annoying.
Imagine if you liked bowling and I showed up to the bowling alley EVERYDAY with 5-6 buddies and we shouted bowling sucks and LOL bowling constantly while you are just trying to enjoy your bowling. Sure you could ignore it for a bit but after awhile most people are gonna get annoyed as hell.
Fast travel is innovative?
God this war between those who like the game and those who don't like the game is just nuts.
Like someone could write a serious psycholagical study on the people on this website.
I agree just like how you were on the side of those who disliked FFXIV? i agree it is nuts
i love how people forget their own history on forums 
Sadly some are writing one
Big hype surrounding the game.. some were pleased, some were not.. big badda boom follows the launch... should be dying out soon though... (the big badda boom not the game...before I get force-choked)
..Cake..
i lold so hard
That right there is pure gold my friend, you made me laugh.
Very true I had sworn off these boards for long time because of the drivel and I was about to get SWTOR so I thought id check out these boards again for info and seen nothing has changed and even found myself drawn back into the fights dunno why. It seems like the mods want these boards to be this way though because for boards these size it seems the mods are awol. Oh well. it is what it is I guess I guess to MMORPG.com traffic is traffic.