The Old Republic

[PeterGriffin]

Doesn't MMORPG stand for

Massively Multi Online Role Playing Ggame

Right?
I think Guild Wars is pretty big.

yes allot of people play it but it is not an mmorpg, even arenanet said it was not, they call it a CORPG OR MORPG (Competitve online role playing game or multiplayer online rpg) 5 million people play it but apart from towns you can only explore the world with yous party (max is 8 i think)....its completly instanced

 

[?moddedu]

yes allot of people play it but it is not an mmorpg, even arenanet said it was not, they call it a CORPG OR MORPG (Competitve online role playing game or multiplayer online rpg) 5 million people play it but apart from towns you can only explore the world with yous party (max is 8 i think)....its completly instanced

Ah Ok I get it now.

 

[PuddinPop]

$15 is the standard for most high quality MMOs...

WOW
AOC
WAR
EVE
COH / COV
EQ
EQ2
LotRO
Galaxies
WWII Online (lol, high quality >.<)
Planetside
...etc

...and most "free" MMOs require you to pay a monthly fee to get the most out of the game.

So once again I'm going to guess that The Old Republic will be $15.

Whial that is true, you are only listing the big American MMO's. Unfortunately, we have not adopted the same system the Japanese use to keep their servers up yet. It's entirely possible that KotOR will use the pay for items approach, which removes monthly fees, although not likely.

And SWG was not fail. they killed it. Starting off it was a very strong game and held out for many months.

 

[?moddedu]

I think an item shop could work.

 

[Guile]

Yea Old Republic should start a whole new title like smmorpg. Since there will be a story line put into it. Pretty kool

 

[?moddedu]

Yea Old Republic should start a whole new title like smmorpg. Since there will be a story line put into it. Pretty kool

Some MMORPG's already have storylines.

 

[Winter Soldier]

New Star Wars MMORPG is coming out. It is going to be huge. It is bigger than every Bioware game ever made put together. I know that Star Wars Galaxies was an epic fail but this is Bioware, omg dis gonna be sweet. Who else is going to get it when it comes out? Join their online community if you want to know more. http://www.swtor.com/

I like SWG thankyouverymuchforoffendingmeandnowleavemealone.

 

[Gagoloth]

its free to play but you have to buy the game
if you want to be ahead in the game you pay
for the better content

Pro: free to play

CoN: pay 15$ usd to get ahead in the game

 

[Cupcake]

STOP COMPARING THIS TO SWG.

SWG was made by an ENTIRELY DIFFERENT COMPANY and was a great game until Sony Online Entertainment felt it needed a one of their "lovely" pinches of game destruction. (EQ1 slowly crept down the drain, EQ2 slowly crept down the drain, and then for a bit of excitement in one huge patch they took SWG and beat it into a bloody pulp.)

The Korean system of MMOs is quite handily terrible. It's like buying gold/plat in other MMOs, but encouraged. The person who's willing to spend the most amount of money on the game = The best, and all skill is removed because you can never get near their gear standard- and on the offchance that game ISN'T based soley around PvP, while most are, and PvE content will probably require you to buy your gear. I don't mind $15 a month to play WoW, I didn't mind it for EQ1, EQ2, LotRO, etc. It's the money that keeps the game running and keeps it an amazing timesink.

 

[Guile]

I know that SWG "used" to be a good game, but I will diss it only because Bioware owns all and stwor will be so much more amazing.

 

[PuddinPop]

STOP COMPARING THIS TO SWG.

SWG was made by an ENTIRELY DIFFERENT COMPANY and was a great game until Sony Online Entertainment felt it needed a one of their "lovely" pinches of game destruction. (EQ1 slowly crept down the drain, EQ2 slowly crept down the drain, and then for a bit of excitement in one huge patch they took SWG and beat it into a bloody pulp.)

The Korean system of MMOs is quite handily terrible. It's like buying gold/plat in other MMOs, but encouraged. The person who's willing to spend the most amount of money on the game = The best, and all skill is removed because you can never get near their gear standard- and on the offchance that game ISN'T based soley around PvP, while most are, and PvE content will probably require you to buy your gear. I don't mind $15 a month to play WoW, I didn't mind it for EQ1, EQ2, LotRO, etc. It's the money that keeps the game running and keeps it an amazing timesink.

The correct way to do it (and from my understanding the Japanese do this very well) is to allow people to pay for items like that, but make them completely attainable by the entire population. I would have no problem if a game let someone buy an item at level 40 that I could get from a boss or quest at level 50.

 

[PeterGriffin]

The correct way to do it (and from my understanding the Japanese do this very well) is to allow people to pay for items like that, but make them completely attainable by the entire population. I would have no problem if a game let someone buy an item at level 40 that I could get from a boss or quest at level 50.

there are games like that here, they never work games are always unbalanced to the people who are willing to pay $50+ a week

 

[ipp774]

I think I died and went to heaven. KOTOR is one of my favorite games ever. Never played KOTOR 2 though....wasn't made by Bioware.

 

[PeterGriffin]

I think I died and went to heaven. KOTOR is one of my favorite games ever. Never played KOTOR 2 though....wasn't made by Bioware.

you wont be able to tell the difference, it feels like it was made by the same ppl

 

[ipp774]

you wont be able to tell the difference, it feels like it was made by the same ppl

o really...sweet. I heard that it wasn't good so I didn't bother. Might as well give it a try now in preparation for the awesomeness that Bioware is now making.

 

[The Sloth]

me and my friend used to be hard core into swg, until soe ruined it and sold it, but i cant wait for this new one it should be sick, hopefully they just dont copy wow like alot of other mmo's but rather use swg as a basis somewhat.

 

[~SEGA~]

yeah dude im stoked for this one

 

[Kayteen]

I was also a SWG vet right up until shortly before they released the "Lets take this game and make a new one with it!" patch. From what I see, it looks ok but I have no place to offer opinion as I have sworn away all MMOs after WOW took my life for 3 years. Not getting into that trap again.

 

[robo hobo]

o really...sweet. I heard that it wasn't good so I didn't bother. Might as well give it a try now in preparation for the awesomeness that Bioware is now making.

Yes for the most part it feels like a KotOR game. However, the ending is bonked. The theory goes that Lucas Arts (the people who publish the game) made Obsidian (the actual developer) rush developement in time for the holiday season. So as a consequence, the ending won't make any sense, and it will leave you dissatisfied.

That being said however, I would still recommend playing it at least once. The combat is really fun and there is a bit more customization.