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Star Wars Galaxies: The Complete Online Adventures Review (continued)
More User Submitted Star Wars Galaxies: The Complete Online Adventures Reviews
Date: 2007-03-23
They finally turned this game around!
Star Wars Galaxies has been mired in poor developer decisions, broken content and bugs since it launched in the summer of 2003. But during the last few months an amazing change has taken place. The game is now... playable and even... fun!
I never would have thought I'd say it. This time last year I figured this game was destined for a slow and tortuous death. The NGE was the last straw for me and I figured I'd consign the game to my garbage bin once and for all.
However, by the time SWG The Complete Online Adventures arrived I was full of nostalgia for the good times I'd had in the game despite all the annoyances. So, on a whim I bought it and re-installed it. I restarted my old account, thinking that I'd just be taking a bit of a stroll down memory lane before giving up on the game again. But to my shock I'm actually enjoying the game - probably more than I ever have in the past. Most of the bugs have finally been squashed, the game content works, and the game actually seems like a game - it no longer feels like a badly-assembled set of features wrapped around a poorly-conceived Star Wars core. True, it could be improved, but the developers seem to be taking the game in a good direction, and it's improving fast.
The other amazing thing is that the game servers seem to be getting more populated than they have been in over a year. The game seems to be coming back to life.
There are detractors who can't accept the game unless it's in its original (2003-2004) state, but for those willing to give it another chance this game is more playable than it has ever been. The new Profession Experience System works brilliantly and makes the game a lot of fun to play. I never thought I'd be saying this, but the developers have done a great job in the last few months.
The fact is, 99% of the bad reviews of this game come from people who haven't played the game with the new experience system. A lot of these people quit the game permanently because they felt the NGE was a betrayal and they will never forgive SOE, but if people read reviews by these people they're not reading reviews of the current game.
Give this game a try. It's as good as any online game currently available.
Date: 2007-03-19
swg
Owned it already, just wanted the complete version...Prices are great and service was awsome.
Date: 2007-02-14
Its not as bead as you hear
Where many people say that this game is horrible and that Lucas Arts is just trying to suck money out of your wallet, I don't see it that way. I have been playing this for many years over the various updates it has gone through and it just seems more and more fun. There seem to be more people actively playing it as well. Don't go on what people tell you, play the trial and see for yourself.
Date: 2007-02-09
Try the Trial! (4.5gb)
I thought this needed to be posted: (credit goes to Cody Dean)
"While it is true that SOE, beholden to intense scrutiny and interference from LucasArts, has made several mistakes in managing the changes to the game, Star Wars Galaxies is getting better with each new Chapter and update added to the game. As a 23-year veteran of software development -- and 20 years of playing computer games of every stripe -- I marvel at the complexity of massively-multiplayer online games, especially a game with as much internal flexibility and player-control of the environment. It is true, SWG isn't perfect, no software is. But is is a game that can be enjoyed.
SWG is NOT horrible, and Mr Cooper's comments are laced with a level of bitterness that detracts from the value of his review. His views do not reflect those of the players still playing the game after more than three years, myself included.
If you've not played SWG before, there is no reason why, if you enjoy Star Wars and MMOGs, that you shouldn't at least give it a try. With purchase of the game comes 30 days of paid subscription, and that can be enough time for many people to decide whether to continue. How many games have you bought, tried, and stopped playing? How many more have you heard "horrible" things about, tried it yourself, and then realized the reviewer was mistaken?"
Date: 2007-02-01
The force is not with this game...
Listen to those who have played this game pre-NGE. The current game is a shell of what it use to be. Or, check out SWG's forums. In 6 years of playing online games, I have never seen so many negative posts about the state of a game.
SWG has been partially patched (some bugs are still around from launch!) and re-hashed beyond belief. It is true that SWG is the laughing stock of the online community. This is due to the horrible customer service at SOE who rarely listen to their playerbase. It is also due to the fact that expansions and upgrades are rushed to the market at obscene prices and with too many bugs to list. Bugs that last longer than the professions in the game do.
The expansions are sometimes a ploy to get people to pay more. Remember that one expansion that had a ton of new loot for Master Creature Handlers only, then not even a week after the expansion was released, they discontinued Master Creature Handlers. They did refund those who wanted one, but only after a couple thousand angry posts and threats. Customer service and foresight at it's best...
You will hear hundreds of subscribers say "rollback to pre-CU" or "NGE stinks!" for a reason. The CU was nothing to NGE. At least with CU the game resembled what it once was. Before NGE, each character was unique. You really didn't know if the guy you were about to attack was a Master Bounty Hunter/Master Carbineer or a Master Pistoleer/Master Doctor (my favorite) or anything else in between. Some weapons or armor gave part of them away (role specific), yet you could be whatever mix you wanted. Now it has been dumbed down to a bunch of clones in a FPS style game. You always know what a lv 80 commando is capable of, because he is just the same as every other lv 80 commando! I won't even get into the Jedi as a starting profession.
As someone else said, save the money and buy Battlefront 2. This game has become worse and worse since launch. Don't believe me? Look at the empty servers...
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