Star Wars: The Old Republic free trial

Huw · 16 Mar 2012 at 22:44

Played some more and I'm getting quite bored to be honest. I'll only carry on out of sheer bloody-mindedness now. It does absolutely nothing better than any other MMORPG, and nothing different either. I'm astonished that the product of so much development time and money has resulted in this.

Don't get me wrong, it's not crap. A few years ago I'd probably have loved it. But these days it just doesn't offer enough. Bit of a shame really. I wish I'd played Galaxies all those years ago now.

Vuvuzela · 16 Mar 2012 at 23:14

Huw said:
Played some more and I'm getting quite bored to be honest. I'll only carry on out of sheer bloody-mindedness now. It does absolutely nothing better than any other MMORPG, and nothing different either. I'm astonished that the product of so much development time and money has resulted in this.

Don't get me wrong, it's not crap. A few years ago I'd probably have loved it. But these days it just doesn't offer enough. Bit of a shame really. I wish I'd played Galaxies all those years ago now.

Have you tried Tera? That might be what you looking for?

Huw · 17 Mar 2012 at 00:31

Vuvuzela said:
Have you tried Tera? That might be what you looking for?

I haven't, no. I'll give it a look!

Vuvuzela · 17 Mar 2012 at 00:38

Huw said:
I haven't, no. I'll give it a look!

+-£5 quid for a beta Key(digital mini), if you like the game they subtract it from the purchase price. Worth a try...

http://community.tera-europe.com/shop.html

Semiskimmed · 17 Mar 2012 at 02:41

i would avoid this tbh, if you want a mmo to play choose another, this has beena huge letdown for me as it feels so clunky and old fashioned

Zbornak · 18 Mar 2012 at 17:44

Downloaded it but not even going to try it now after reading some bad things about it. It's got me in an MMO mood though so I might give Rift Lite a go.

ins0mn1ac · 18 Mar 2012 at 17:50

Its worth slogging through to find the NPCs with Welsh accents

Zbornak · 18 Mar 2012 at 17:53

Would like to hear one of them say "Valleys".

Huw · 18 Mar 2012 at 18:01

Zbornak said:
Downloaded it but not even going to try it now after reading some bad things about it. It's got me in an MMO mood though so I might give Rift Lite a go.

Rift is much better than STWOR in my opinion. It's exceedingly polished, is relatively innovative in some areas, and the soul system is absolutely superb - worth the price alone.

Something else that bugs me about SWTOR is how on rails it is. Having played to level 10 so far (on the Sith side), I'm amazed at how much of the early environments have quite literally been just corridors. I think that SWTOR's defining characteristic is that it's just so boring.

CaptainRAVE · 18 Mar 2012 at 19:00

So how have you all found this over the weekend. Not sure I could be tempted to return, but I do like to get feedback on the current state of the game.

Defy Belief · 18 Mar 2012 at 19:11

I thought it was awful, i've never been a huge MMO kinda fan but I downloaded WoW to compare and I like it. o.O

SWTOR just felt really dated and clunky :/

Going to try Rift, Eve etc, i've never got into a game like this before because I don't normally have enough time. Are there any that are free, as in you buy the game and don't pay a monthly fee - I can't really justify a monthly payment as there will be times i'd never play.

Huw · 18 Mar 2012 at 19:18

Defy Belief said:
Going to try Rift, Eve etc, i've never got into a game like this before because I don't normally have enough time. Are there any that are free, as in you buy the game and don't pay a monthly fee - I can't really justify a monthly payment as there will be times i'd never play.

Try Aion or Lord of the Rings.

Defy Belief · 18 Mar 2012 at 19:25

Huw said:
Try Aion or Lord of the Rings.

Downloading Aion, thanks.

Just want a game to chill out and level up with without another direct debit bill coming out of the old bank account - looks good.

Huw · 18 Mar 2012 at 22:30

Aion will do you well, then. The free account is quite restricted but you can get max level and go anywhere, so for non-hardcore play it's fine. I've just started playing it myself and I quite like it for casual play. Flying is fun!