I beg to differ Vanguard SOH, WAR, City of Warehouses, RF Online, Matrix Online these games are the worst AAA MMO ever made. Compared to them SWTOR is a diamond in the rough.
"Possibly we humans can exist without actually having to fight. But many of us have chosen to fight. For what reason? To protect something? Protect what? Ourselves? The future? If we kill people to protect ourselves and this future, then what sort of future is it, and what will we have become? There is no future for those who have died. And what of those who did the killing? Is happiness to be found in a future that is grasped with blood stained hands? Is that the truth?"
TSW completely blows SWTOR out of the water IMO. I find the story better. I like the way it's presented better. The quests are way way way better than anything SWTOR offers. Character customization is superior in TSW. I can't say much for endgame or the instances in TSW, but the leveling portion is far superior.
Asking this question is like asking who's better The Redskins or the Ravens to a group consisting of redskin and raven fans. Sadly TSW doesn't have a trial, so it's hard to gauge for yourself. I've played both and it's a hard question to answer as someone who really doesn't care about either game, I'd say AOC. I find it to offer more than TSW or SWTOR and it's F2P implementation is light years ahead of TOR's.
If AOC isn't of interest to you all I can say is TSW has HP lovecraft inspired lore it's combat system is a little floaty but serves it's purpose. The skill system is more open than TOR's class system, you're not shoehorned into a role as much.
TOR offers a stronger performance on the VO front, yet TSW has a less "cartoony" vibe to it. Quests in TSW take a more serious tone if you catch my drift. TOR has a solid approach to combat yet it does nothing different with it, outside of it's press 1 one hundred times during a fight, none auto attack combat system. Yet TOR is free to try, it's fun for a play-through and the stories are rather immersive, in an 80's cartoon sort of way. WIth this you'll probably be more confused than ever., as both games have strengths and weaknesses, far too many to list them all.
For every minute you are angry , you lose 60 seconds of happiness."-Emerson
Didn't think about buddy keys, if you can get one OP, just try them both out, that way it's you judging rather than relying on so much back and forth over which is betterz...
For every minute you are angry , you lose 60 seconds of happiness."-Emerson
It really boils down to why you're playing the game, TOR is easy to understand and marginally easy to excel at regardless of what class you play. It's also extremely structured and kitted. TSW on the other basicly says...here go play. With no instruction, no prepackaging and tales of players realizing their designed build they spent maybe several weeks grinding up to unlock is completely useless. On the flip side, when you find some "miracle-combo" in TSW of skills you love, it's exhilirating and fun as hell.
Bottom line though, if you want structure play TOR, if you want almost complete freedom play TSW. Side note..TSW takes a LOT more time than TOR does.
Why? It´s challenging, has a great skill system that invites creativity and experimental minds and it easily has one of the best settings ever used in an MMORPG. It may have no real endgame yet, but who knows, the big updates are announced. Till then there´s plenty to love.
I play games mostly for a good story and I found TSW to be lacking in that department; most were objectively bad ones like loose ends just not being dealt with and forgotten.
Gdemami - Informing people about your thoughts and impressions is not a review, it's a blog.
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Played both got max level on two toons on TOR and got a grandmaster pack for TSW...
As unbiased as I can I prefer TSW but both games have their strengths
Playing: TSW, D&D NW, Defiance (more the tv show than game >.> ) LotRO, DCUO
I have played both TSW is a much better mmo in my book.
I beg to differ Vanguard SOH, WAR, City of Warehouses, RF Online, Matrix Online these games are the worst AAA MMO ever made. Compared to them SWTOR is a diamond in the rough.
"Possibly we humans can exist without actually having to fight. But many of us have chosen to fight. For what reason? To protect something? Protect what? Ourselves? The future? If we kill people to protect ourselves and this future, then what sort of future is it, and what will we have become? There is no future for those who have died. And what of those who did the killing? Is happiness to be found in a future that is grasped with blood stained hands? Is that the truth?"
Asking this question is like asking who's better The Redskins or the Ravens to a group consisting of redskin and raven fans. Sadly TSW doesn't have a trial, so it's hard to gauge for yourself. I've played both and it's a hard question to answer as someone who really doesn't care about either game, I'd say AOC. I find it to offer more than TSW or SWTOR and it's F2P implementation is light years ahead of TOR's.
If AOC isn't of interest to you all I can say is TSW has HP lovecraft inspired lore it's combat system is a little floaty but serves it's purpose. The skill system is more open than TOR's class system, you're not shoehorned into a role as much.
TOR offers a stronger performance on the VO front, yet TSW has a less "cartoony" vibe to it. Quests in TSW take a more serious tone if you catch my drift. TOR has a solid approach to combat yet it does nothing different with it, outside of it's press 1 one hundred times during a fight, none auto attack combat system. Yet TOR is free to try, it's fun for a play-through and the stories are rather immersive, in an 80's cartoon sort of way. WIth this you'll probably be more confused than ever., as both games have strengths and weaknesses, far too many to list them all.
For every minute you are angry , you lose 60 seconds of happiness."-Emerson
You can ask for a 72-hour trial key though -- many being handed out:
http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/post/5722587/Please-Post-All-TSW-Buddy-Key-Requests-Here.html
Didn't think about buddy keys, if you can get one OP, just try them both out, that way it's you judging rather than relying on so much back and forth over which is betterz...
For every minute you are angry , you lose 60 seconds of happiness."-Emerson
It really boils down to why you're playing the game, TOR is easy to understand and marginally easy to excel at regardless of what class you play. It's also extremely structured and kitted. TSW on the other basicly says...here go play. With no instruction, no prepackaging and tales of players realizing their designed build they spent maybe several weeks grinding up to unlock is completely useless. On the flip side, when you find some "miracle-combo" in TSW of skills you love, it's exhilirating and fun as hell.
Bottom line though, if you want structure play TOR, if you want almost complete freedom play TSW. Side note..TSW takes a LOT more time than TOR does.
TSW. Period.
Why? It´s challenging, has a great skill system that invites creativity and experimental minds and it easily has one of the best settings ever used in an MMORPG. It may have no real endgame yet, but who knows, the big updates are announced. Till then there´s plenty to love.
I play games mostly for a good story and I found TSW to be lacking in that department; most were objectively bad ones like loose ends just not being dealt with and forgotten.
Gdemami -
Informing people about your thoughts and impressions is not a review, it's a blog.