Anyone playing The Old Republic?

[Algus]

I've only just begun and I have to say I am quite stunned. Bioware did a pretty good job of making me care about the quests and story and such. I mean, it's Bioware but I liked Blizzard's fiction too until WoW came along. I can't get motivated by blocks of quest text at all. Bioware's signature conversation system gets me a lot more interested in the reason I have to go kill 20 bandits or whatever though.

 

Just got my ship on my main which is a Jedi Sage and decided I'd sub up for a bit, which ended in me spending a couple hours on a Chiss Imperial Agent, which was what I was planning to roll way back before the game came out. Hoping the stories maintain the level of enjoyment that they provide in the beginning. I'm rather frothing at the mouth at the idea of eight different plotlines with variations based on how you play your alignment.

[+Gemintronic]

Forgive me for being daft. Are you talking about the original Xbox games?

[cimerians]

It's an online MMO game which I think might be better than that other Star Wars MMO game.

 

Even though I don't have time for MMO's I'd like to give it a try only because Bioware is attached to it.

[Eltigro]

I played it for a while once it went FTP. Characters in the twenties or so I think, but don't remember. Highest level was the soldier type or whatever, but I rolled one of each class to try them out. Just got tired of it. The constant quests and such... plus not knowing anyone playing just kind of did me in. I think playing EQ then WOW for about 10 straight years just burned me out on MMOs. (I also played Star Wars Galaxies briefly when it first came out.)

 

I was just always wanting to be a droid and they never seem to let you be one. Always have to be some humanoid. Bleh.

[Algus]

It's an online MMO game which I think might be better than that other Star Wars MMO game.

 

Even though I don't have time for MMO's I'd like to give it a try only because Bioware is attached to it.

Galaxies did kind of blow. This game still has tedious MMO grind like "kill 30 of this" and "pick up 10 of that" and you do have to keep up with the side quests to stay leveled, especially if you are F2P. If you're looking for Bioware style plot, dialogue, and NPCs though, it's all here.

 

I'm finding their boast that it is KOTOR 3, 4, 5, 6, etc. all in one to be accurate. Remains to be seen if I will get bored before clearing one storyline though, let alone eight.

[Marc Oberhäuser]

Played KOTOR for about 4 months before I got bored. Waiting for Everquest Next and Star Citizen.

[cimerians]

I'm finding their boast that it is KOTOR 3, 4, 5, 6, etc. all in one to be accurate. Remains to be seen if I will get bored before clearing one storyline though, let alone eight.

 

Sounds cool. I had an account already...downloaded the client but haven't jumped in yet. I'll try this weekend but I doubt I'll be sucked into it even if its good. I just cant find the time for MMO's....

[SoulBlazer]

I do plan to try this game out, I'm just busy with Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn right now. Always been a big fan of Bioware games.

 

I'm also really looking forward to trying Elder Scrolls Online when it comes out next year.

[Algus]

I gotta get my comp up to speed for Elder Scrolls. I'm using a Mac Mini now but I might buy an HDMI splitter and build a dedicated gaming machine for TES. TOR is pretty hideous at 720p with no graphics, I don't care to imagine how much I'll have to reduce a newer game.

[tpugmire]

I really wanted to try this out when it came out, but after my experience with Star Wars Galaxies, I thought better of it. One day I realized that I had played SWG almost every day for 6 years and I had no social life. No more MMO's for me.