"I won't cry. My heart will break before I cry."

[greygirlbeast]

1. Sometimes, I'm wrong. And then there are these times when I'm wrong on a cataclysmic scale. The trick is admitting one's mistakes, and I'm pretty good at that. So, without further ado, I have to admit that Star Wars: The Old Republic is one of the best games I've ever played. No one's more amazed than me. As you'll recall from earlier posts, I

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[laudre]

I can't say I didn't enjoy my time playing The Old Repulic (I tried Jedi first, but once I rolled a Sith, I was hooked... I could listen to that voice actor all day), but I don't know that I'll be picking it up on release day. My Sith Assassin is level 11 and starting on quests for Lord Zash, and I still feel like I'm playing the tutorial level, even after about five or six hours of play.

[greygirlbeast]

I could listen to that voice actor all day

That was one of the high points.

My Sith Assassin is level 11 and starting on quests for Lord Zash, and I still feel like I'm playing the tutorial level, even after about five or six hours of play.

I actually think that's one of the good points. It hints at a vast game before me...

[laudre]

I know you spent a lot of time playing WoW, before and after 4.0.3a (i.e., the reworked Old World) dropped, so I kind of find this response a little odd.

If I were to describe the game as it is now to someone else, my very short description would be "WoW, before Cata, but with lightsabers, with the leveling pace of vanilla." I don't mind leveling being slow per se, but I do mind when it's slow because I'm spending most of my time running to the next quest location, not actually doing stuff. The redesigned Azeroth Old World was a joy to level through precisely because they designed quest flow to avoid that; I have alts on one realm where I don't have any heirlooms, and leveling them is actually fun because I don't spend all my time running from, say, one end of the Barrens to the other. Even when I started my Sith Warrior and had a better idea of quest flow on Korriban, it still took me four hours to get off the rock, and I spent a goodly chunk of that time just running to a quest destination

[greygirlbeast]

The redesigned Azeroth Old World was a joy to level through precisely because they designed quest flow to avoid that; I have alts on one realm where I don't have any heirlooms, and leveling them is actually fun because I don't spend all my time running from, say, one end of the Barrens to the other. Even when I started my Sith Warrior and had a better idea of quest flow on Korriban, it still took me four hours to get off the rock, and I spent a goodly chunk of that time just running to a quest destination.

All I can say is, for whatever reason (partly the realism of the environments; unlike the cartoonishness of WoW, they were so beautifully rendered, I did mind), it worked for me. Cataclysm simply felt like Blizzard had literally broken the game, and dumped an unbelievable amount of silliness (often including very questionable humor) into an already silly game.

I'm having a much harder time convincing myself to pay $60 to play an older version of WoW (albeit with substantially better writing and voice acting... though WoW, as a

[from_ashes]

Here's what baffles me. We know what lousy movies are made from video games. I mean, it's almost impossible to make a halfway decent movie from a video game. So...how is it that Star Wars episodes 1-3 were so unrelentingly awful, and this game is so good?

It's the company making the game: Bioware. They understand storytelling and are one of the few video game makers that understand the value of good storytelling and good voice acting.

I'm still on the fence about playing it, but mostly because I'm a little broke right now. I understand it will not only be $60 for the game, but then also a subscription fee every month. Ever since I canceled my WoW subscription, I have not been able to justify a monthly fee for a game like that.

[humglum]

Ever since I canceled my WoW subscription, I have not been able to justify a monthly fee for a game like that.

The only reason we can justify it is the fact that we ditched cable when we moved in 2008. Prior to that, we would have never added game subscription expenses.

[laudre]

The only time I've had a cable subscription since 2003 was when my sister was living with us and wanted it. My WoW subscription costs me a quarter of what a cable subscription does, and, thanks to my awesome guild, is infinitely more entertaining.

[greygirlbeast]

My WoW subscription costs me a quarter of what a cable subscription does, and, thanks to my awesome guild, is infinitely more entertaining.

This is a very important point. I get a much better entertainment bang for my buck with games subs that I ever did with cable. Vastly.

[joshrupp]

There's something about the Star Wars games that seems to be in denial, as if "The Garden of the Finzi-Continis" went online. Like they're walking around going, "Phantom whatsis? What is this menace of which you speak? You'll have to talk louder, for your words are crazy." It's like editing the ookie bits out of the timeline.

On which topic: If you start with Time Lord and it doesn't work out, you can always go back and tell yourself to change your mind.

[greygirlbeast]

t's like editing the ookie bits out of the timeline.

Which is a smart move.

If you start with Time Lord and it doesn't work out, you can always go back and tell yourself to change your mind.

Indeed.

[chris_walsh]

If you start with Time Lord and it doesn't work out, you can always go back and tell yourself to change your mind.

Time Lords solve SO MUCH.

[greygirlbeast]

Time Lords solve SO MUCH.

Timey-wimey...

Re: Gritty, Disturbing, Unnerving

[greygirlbeast]

We've never had instructions!

You mean as to the question? If so, it'll be stated tonight.

[eluneth]

Who doesn't love a Twi'lek girl? (I'm pretty sure I had a crush on Oola, Jabba's slave, when I was little...)

I have all my polyps crossed
Excellent image!

[greygirlbeast]

Who doesn't love a Twi'lek girl?

Bingo.