 GhastlyonePremium
join:2009-01-07
Las Vegas, NV
kudos:2 | reply to bionicRod
Re: SWTOR said by bionicRod:But it's definitely a WoW clone.
NO IT'S NOT. THERE R NO ORCS IN STAR WARS!! |
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 bionicRodFunkier than a mohair disco ball.Premium
join:2009-07-06
united state
kudos:1 | said by Ghastlyone:said by bionicRod:But it's definitely a WoW clone.
NO IT'S NOT. THERE R NO ORCS IN STAR WARS!! Then what the hell is this? 
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 BigReds42Premium
join:2004-07-14
Bellaire, OH
kudos:1 | reply to Ghastlyone
said by Ghastlyone:said by bionicRod:But it's definitely a WoW clone.
NO IT'S NOT. THERE R NO ORCS IN STAR WARS!! And again... you name me one thing that isn't a "clone" of something else?
ex. GTA/Saints Row/Red Dead.... how are they different besides setting and story?
The genre is MMO... not WoW.
WoW is a skinned Everquest clone.
All MMOs are inherently here's a problem (by reading or watching)go kill this for me and bring this back (by questing)... if you're not tough enough yet there are other things you can do for people (sidequests) until you have the better gear/stats to do the main quest.
Did you know that Thomas Edison didn't event the lightbulb? He only perfected it. And not really that, he just found an acceptable filament and gas mixture combination to make it feasible for everyday use and production. Not to say the lightbulb has not been reinvented countless times since then. |
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 I AMPremium
join:2010-04-11
Ephrata, PA
kudos:4 | I commend you for you passion at the very least BigReds. |
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 TigerLordResident pentaxianPremium,Mod
join:2002-06-09
Canada
kudos:6 | reply to jofos
I am pretty sure SWTOR will go down as Bioware's biggest embarassement. To date, anyway. |
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BigReds42Premium
join:2004-07-14
Bellaire, OH
kudos:1 | reply to I AM
The funny part is it is not passion for SWTOR... I readily admit when I am done with the story stuff I will be done. It has nothing to hold me there, don't like mindlessly bashing my keyboard for an epeen contest.
It's just a passion for the fallacy in his argument which is it is practically the worst game of all time... it's a massive failure... It's an ok game.... it's an single player rpg wrapped in an MMO shell.
But because it didn't kill WoW like everyone thought, people jump on the "cool" side of the argument to bash it and say it is trash.
Superman 64... THAT was trash.
Aquaman... THAT was trash.
I could go on... but at least state VALID reasons... not opinions in this argument. |
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BigReds42Premium
join:2004-07-14
Bellaire, OH
kudos:1 | reply to TigerLord
said by TigerLord:I am pretty sure SWTOR will go down as Bioware's biggest embarassement. To date, anyway.
ME3 ending. |
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bionicRodFunkier than a mohair disco ball.Premium
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kudos:1 | said by BigReds42:said by TigerLord:I am pretty sure SWTOR will go down as Bioware's biggest embarassement. To date, anyway.
ME3 ending. Dragon Age 2.
Sad, BioWare used to be my favorite dev. |
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 stvnbrsPremium
join:2009-03-17
Cary, NC
kudos:5 | reply to BigReds42
I don't think you will convince many here to side with you; especially since people like myself feel burned. The game launched with serious issues and was the first MMO I ever played that required a multi-hour conversation to support before playing. Strike 1. Fine, launch issues can be overcome so long as the title is good, but unfortunately the game felt too much like I was playing WoW in another universe, but not the 7 year polished WoW, but the incest born red-headed child of it's twice-removed cousins version. When games don't do anything revolutionary, (sorry, cutscenes (WoW had them in limited fashion in LK) and voice acting (EQ2) don't count) then it is hard to explain the use of time.
A good story is only part of an MMO, the problem with SWToR wasn't it's story, it was that instead of charging a RPG cost of $60 with no monthly fee (with may have been more reasonable) they added the monthly cost and forgot to provide adequate support for the game.
Thinking about it, f*ck this game. I convinced my dad and brother to waste their money on this pile that is less useful than the collector's box it came in. Come to think about it, the box is a great place to put the game before hitting the trash. Glad you like it bro, but don't shit on us because we expect more for the kind of money we paid, and the developer paid to bring this game public.
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said by BigReds42:It's the cool thing to bash SWTOR as an MMO... I'm playing it as a RPG... sue me.
I think if you look at it that way it is not that bad.... tho when I played crafting was a joke.... and space was worse than that.
Just don't see how you can release a SW game without decent space content....
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GhastlyonePremium
join:2009-01-07
Las Vegas, NV
kudos:2 | reply to stvnbrs
If you're going to copy the WoW MMO formula, at least optimize the game engine the fuck sakes. Besides everything that was copied from WoW, it ran like dogshit to boot. You would spend a lot of time on the Imperial Fleet, which was a complete slide show.
Totally unacceptable.
And to honest, cut scenes and voice acting was cool for about the 1st 20 levels.
After that, it became tiresome and boring. I was smashing space bar through every quest by level 40 or so. Revolutionary? Not so much, in my book. |
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said by BigReds42:I could go on... but at least state VALID reasons... not opinions in this argument.
-The execution was piss poor
-The end game was non existent at launch
-The story was clichéd and unoriginal
-It lacked serious innovation (compared to GW2, which improved on the old model significantly)
-The visual style was unimpressive
-Went F2P in less than a year in spite of being the most costly MMO ever produced
This is in complete contradiction with the past track record of Bioware, which pre-EA acquisition, one could say was nearly flawless.
I don't know about you, but in my 20 years of gaming, there are very few games that have made long lasting impressions. Games that completely overtook me for days so much I was consumed by its quality. In fact, on the top of my head, I can only think of two games that did that: Ocarina of Time (N64, golden cartridge edition baby) and the original KOTOR.
The writing in KOTOR was just mindblowing. I mean that revelation in the end really surprised me (perhaps I was naive, I was young at the time, but I did not see it coming and I'm usually good at that). The game expanded on the Star Wars cannon in such a meaningful way that Darth Revan and Malak are still regarded as one of the best Star Wars villains ever created.
KOTOR was a true realization of greatness as demonstrated by the overall execution, the narrative especially, the graphics and the gameplay. HK-47 is one of the most memorable video game character of ALL TIME for me, which says a lot. HK-47 and Glados are like the Robin Williams of video games comic. You either like the humor or not, but for me, it's pure gold.
So if you compare the almost magical-like properties of a game like the original KOTOR to SWTOR, the only possible human reaction is your testicules dropping in shame.
I'm not bashing Bioware because it is cool or hip or trendy. I bash them because I am fucking appalled at the state of a developer I once regarded so highly. |
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The reason SWTOR is garbage and such a huge disappointment is that EA spent a ton of time and money on development. SWTOR was supposed to be a revolutionary game that redefined MMOs. Even before the game was released, it was common knowledge that SWTOR would change everything in the MMO world. Either by succeeding dramatically and forcing others to copy it or by failing dramatically and showing developers everywhere that spending huge amounts of resources on an MMO is a very risky proposition. It's no coincidence that nearly every MMO out there has gone free to play since SWTOR face planted.
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 gaforcesUnited We Stand, Divided We Fall
join:2002-04-07
Santa Cruz, CA | reply to jofos
Theres a new patch yesterday supposed to be new/fixed ilum world pvpin.
Havent had time to play lately but Ill probly hop on to try out my trooper and blow some stuff away. Go HAVOC SQUAD!
FOR THE REPUBLIC!!
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BigReds42Premium
join:2004-07-14
Bellaire, OH
kudos:1 | reply to TigerLord
said by TigerLord:-The execution was piss poor
And what the hell does that mean? |
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TigerLordResident pentaxianPremium,Mod
join:2002-06-09
Canada
kudos:6 | If you don't know what execution means, simply ignore that argument and move on to the next. There's plenty of them left. |
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said by BigReds42:I could go on... but at least state VALID reasons... not opinions in this argument.
Opinions are often valid reasons.... especially when it comes to video games and their success.
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I still enjoy Anarchy Online. So enjoying SWTOR is okay if you like COMPLETE EA TAKEOVER RUBBISH CAKES. Other than that it's an ok game in my book. |
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BigReds42Premium
join:2004-07-14
Bellaire, OH
kudos:1 | reply to TigerLord
said by TigerLord:-The execution was piss poor
-The end game was non existent at launch
-The story was clichéd and unoriginal
-It lacked serious innovation (compared to GW2, which improved on the old model significantly)
-The visual style was unimpressive
-Went F2P in less than a year in spite of being the most costly MMO ever produced
1. Ignored.
2. That is legitimate.
3. Opinion.... it's fucking Star Wars... Padawans become Jedi... Bad guys become Sith... you can't rewrite canon. You clearly didn't play through the Agent Story.
4. Legit.
5. Opinion... what do you want photorealism?
6. Going F2P doesn't make it the worst game of all time. It was just a bad decision to start off as P2P... after GW and other successful F2P models they shouldn't have made people pay. |
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BigReds42Premium
join:2004-07-14
Bellaire, OH
kudos:1 | reply to footballdude
said by footballdude:SWTOR was supposed to be a revolutionary game that redefined MMOs. Even before the game was released, it was common knowledge that SWTOR would change everything in the MMO world.
Says who? And you believed that?
Therein lies the problem... people buying into over-hype.
Take a movie everyone says you have to see because it's so funny. You see it finally a year later and you think... meh. Over hype... doesn't make it garbage. |
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