I'm not sure about this game, I've been excited about it ever since I heard of it in 2008 and while I enjoyed quite a bit of the beta I can't help but feel the tired MMO format glorified with voice acting.
Yes the voice acting is nice, and goes fantastically for class missions, but for every other mission where everyone standing around 'has a problem' and needs you to kill 10 of these or pick up that, by level 25 the whole dialogue for summing that up to me got very tedious and I failed to hold interest (playing as Sith Juggernaut).
To me this feels more like a single player game (like Mass Effect/KotoR) but crippled by MMO elements (a lot of private instancing), such as the typical bogstandard go here kill that type quests, and the fact the game world feels so 'vacant' and dull somehow. Again the class quests are enjoyable but I hear that stops around 35~.
I've not tried flashpoints yet but the other group content hasn't been too enjoyable, just seems like a slow high-health mob grind.
That said PvP was very fun as i'm a competitive player and that's what I enjoy the most in an MMO. Voidstar was fantastic to play, Huttball I kept losing sound in which threw me off and Alderaan was nice but as it's beta completley lacked teamwork so didn't do too well with that.
While the instancing makes sense for questing purposes, it was problematic in the beta as there were a lot of times I was unable to group with people since they were in another instance, and attempting to switch didn't work/put me on a 30 minute timer which sucked - but i'm sure that'll get sorted prior to release.
On top of that for a game that's been in development for quite some time, a lot of the animations feel very clunky and outdated - though I like how characters turn to face eachother automatically in combat, aswell as occasional sync'd parrying.
Left feeling a bit dissapointed in this game and not sure if i'll keep my pre order
I know i'd enjoy PvP late game but I don't think I can justify paying monthly for just that.
Just my view, not to rub anyone the wrong way who enjoy the game.
Yes the voice acting is nice, and goes fantastically for class missions, but for every other mission where everyone standing around 'has a problem' and needs you to kill 10 of these or pick up that, by level 25 the whole dialogue for summing that up to me got very tedious and I failed to hold interest (playing as Sith Juggernaut).
To me this feels more like a single player game (like Mass Effect/KotoR) but crippled by MMO elements (a lot of private instancing), such as the typical bogstandard go here kill that type quests, and the fact the game world feels so 'vacant' and dull somehow. Again the class quests are enjoyable but I hear that stops around 35~.
I've not tried flashpoints yet but the other group content hasn't been too enjoyable, just seems like a slow high-health mob grind.
That said PvP was very fun as i'm a competitive player and that's what I enjoy the most in an MMO. Voidstar was fantastic to play, Huttball I kept losing sound in which threw me off and Alderaan was nice but as it's beta completley lacked teamwork so didn't do too well with that.
While the instancing makes sense for questing purposes, it was problematic in the beta as there were a lot of times I was unable to group with people since they were in another instance, and attempting to switch didn't work/put me on a 30 minute timer which sucked - but i'm sure that'll get sorted prior to release.
On top of that for a game that's been in development for quite some time, a lot of the animations feel very clunky and outdated - though I like how characters turn to face eachother automatically in combat, aswell as occasional sync'd parrying.
Left feeling a bit dissapointed in this game and not sure if i'll keep my pre order
I know i'd enjoy PvP late game but I don't think I can justify paying monthly for just that.Just my view, not to rub anyone the wrong way who enjoy the game.
