Star Wars: The Old Republic

Hopefully the title of the thread got you here, and now you are mad as hell and ready to flame away.  Well, I want to start off by saying that I have become an MMO cynic.  Having played through multiple MMO's since leaving SWG I find that nothing satisfies me anymore.  I get bored easily with games, get turned off by little problems, and overall can't seem to find a title that truely makes me WANT to play the game.  Now when I hear of new MMO titles coming out I start tearing them apart before I even play them.  It's like I'm trying to find a reason to not like the game before I even get going. 

But here is the thing for me, and I imagine a good many other folks.  We have become the generation of MMO players who over analyze, over think, and over criticize every aspect of the game.  We are passionate gamers, we are a group who looks at a game and says, "I bet this game would be more fun if the developers did x, y, or z."  This is a good thing, because it promotes creativity and imagination in a generation that is severely lacking in both.  However, it is our downfall because we are never satisfied with just enjoying the games. 

To anyone who feels like I do I want to encourage you with the same thing I am trying to encourage myself with.  It's Star Wars, and that alone may just be good enough for me.  I want the game to be so many things, but it is the one thing I really want already, a chance to romp again in the SW universe.  Admittedly I hate the current state of SWG, but if I were honest I would still play that unholy POS game if there were enough people to enjoy it with......simply because it's Star Wars. lol

If you want to bolster creativity, try actually creating something instead of coming up with game features that you have no power, or chance, of implementing.

Say, writing a story, painting a masterpiece, or creating your own computer game.

As for your claim that you're part of a new "generation" of highly cynical gamers... that's laughable. "Cynical" isn't a word I'd use to describe any generation of gamers, not even grognard tabletop roleplayers.

My advice to you is to remove the chip and play a game for what it is, instead of looking at how it's not pre-CU SWG or whatever. If you can't do that, don't play MMORPGs. Find a different hobby.

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Originally posted by Riceman

If you want to bolster creativity, try actually creating something instead of coming up with game features that you have no power, or chance, of implementing.

Say, writing a story, painting a masterpiece, or creating your own computer game.

As for your claim that you're part of a new "generation" of highly cynical gamers... that's laughable. "Cynical" isn't a word I'd use to describe any generation of gamers, not even grognard tabletop roleplayers.

My advice to you is to remove the chip and play a game for what it is, instead of looking at how it's not pre-CU SWG or whatever. If you can't do that, don't play MMORPGs. Find a different hobby.

His hobbie is gaming, why are you telling him to find a new one? he and many others like him feel the same about mmo's these days..they are all the same, not one differs much from the other. Personally i cant understand how anyone finds these theme park mmo's fun. There was a time when an mmo would last you a year or two, now it seems they can only capture people for 6 weeks at the most.

Your pre-cu SWG is dead, gone, and over with. It is history now and doesnt make any difference in the world. Personally I am tired of hearing people whine about it. Just get over it and move on. Forget it even existed, and you will be better off I think. Also, try to keep an open mind towards other MMORPGs out there. Otherwise, you may set yourself up to never be able to enjoy another one ever again. That is just my opinion about the matter.

It's easy to become a cynic with all the bad MMORPG releases lately.

What encourages me is that Bioware is behind this game, and that it runs on the Hero engine, saves a heck of a lot of time.,The developers just drops stuff into the engine where they want it, they can build a huge world in no time.

I didn't really get your purpose for making the thread?

You do know a bit of how the game will be if you played other Bioware games and if you didn't like KOTOR then I don't relly think you will like this game either.

And if all MMOS have hard to capture your interest, then maybe you should get another hobby, Pen and paper RPGs maybe?

Originally posted by Loke666

I didn't really get your purpose for making the thread?

You do know a bit of how the game will be if you played other Bioware games and if you didn't like KOTOR then I don't relly think you will like this game either.

And if all MMOS have hard to capture your interest, then maybe you should get another hobby, Pen and paper RPGs maybe?

Of course the latest mmo's have failed to capture his imagination because they are all crap mindless clones of each other.The only reason you put up with these games is because they are online..you wouldnt play any of these games offline now would you.