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Star Wars: The Old Republic review

BioWare's MMO is a triumph, but there's still work to be done

Words: on January 9, 2012
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  • D0CCON - January 9, 2012 8:47 p.m.

    I normally dislike MMO's, but this game's emphasis on story intrigues me and the fact that you will be in solitude a lot helps too. I may have to look into this, but I still don't think I can get past subscription fees just to play 1 game.

  • minimaxi - January 9, 2012 9:13 p.m.

    again with the '8 is meh' conundrum.

  • minimaxi - January 9, 2012 9:21 p.m.

    on the fence but overall pretty interested. will wait for the technical aspects to mature, like long server queues, or, god forbid, glitchy billing (I'm being paranoid). but Diablo 3 would make me forget about all MMOs anyway, so if there is no trial in the future I think I'll never play it :P

  • TheZigMan - January 9, 2012 9:59 p.m.

    Good review. To any readers..if you really want a solid PVP experience, just play EVE. No other game has better PVP combat than EVE. The PVE isn't great but the game itself is probably the best MMO on the market

  • Thequestion 121 - January 9, 2012 10:12 p.m.

    I'm totally enjoying The Old Republic right now and reading this review was great. Being a new MMO player, it's interesting the consensus of the launch of this game compared to the other MMOs on the market. Great review.

  • 435 - January 10, 2012 12:30 a.m.

    Given that Coop put over 150 hours into this game to give us all a solid review, I hereby declare this the definitive document on SWTOR. And it's worth your money. For sixty bucks and fifteen a month, you get eight... EIGHT... ~150 hour games in the Star Wars universe. Approximately 1200 hours of entertainment. Now to get my bounty hunter to 30 so I can unlock my useless Legacy.

  • thatgurl - January 10, 2012 1:30 a.m.

    I enjoy the review. This is coming from someone who has played WoW (since Vanilla Wow), Guild Wars, Eve, Lotro, Runes, basically every MMO out there. SWTOR is actually the only MMO to keep my interest besides Wow. Unfortunately I have grow bored of Wow so maybe that's a big part of it too. Although i like to say that is always unfair to compare a brand spanking new MMO to Wow. It's been around for years so of course Wow has a lot more content and less bugs. But how many of the SWTOR complainers played Wow when it was initially released? How many of you had to deal with the hour long queues, the glitches, the 40 man raids where you spent hours cleaning trash to get to one boss, the painful grind of getting gold so you can buy your epic mount at 60 at 800gold ( yes at that time, that was fucking expensive) and so forth? To me, WoW and Tor are like apples and oranges. But had ToR came out when during the time I was in love with Wow, around early BC, I don't think it would have gained much of my attention. But there is no such thing as a perfect MMO.

  • JohnDagger - January 10, 2012 1:54 a.m.

    Great review Coop except for one thing. I'm sure you've already heard it a tonne of times, but in you synopsis of each class, you said jedi sentinel and sith marauder were stealth classes, they are not. That would be the jedi shadow and sith assassin. Aside from that great review. I'm loving the game and 8 is a great score. I hope to love the game more as I keep playing.

  • Darkhawk - January 10, 2012 9:25 a.m.

    Story: 150 hours per character. Hard to complain about endgame content after that.

  • MrUnReAL136 - January 10, 2012 9:50 a.m.

    I enjoyed the review but I cant help but thinking that this would be a much better game if it wasn't a MMORPG and was just an RPG the story driven features you liked would remain but all the generic 'MMO' quest would be gone. I guess its just to do something different. I would love to see a Single player RPG version of this.

  • GamesRadarMatthewKeast - January 10, 2012 10:17 a.m.

    If your PC can barely run Portal then no, it probably can't handle TOR. Look for a free trial first so you can test it out.

  • playswithsquirrels - January 10, 2012 11:16 a.m.

    hmmm... with no avatar, I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say you made this account just to complain about an 8. 8 is great. You're the troll, sir.

  • lemur - January 10, 2012 11:45 a.m.

    "Note: This review is a living document." IT'S ALIVE! Great review I'm loving the game right now. Troopers FTW!

  • Hollander_Cooper - January 10, 2012 1 p.m.

    Made the change. They both get stealth skills, but, yeah, I suppose people shouldn't pick them if they're looking for a stealth character.

  • Pooka - January 10, 2012 2:58 p.m.

    Rofl @ GW2

  • Sebastian16 - January 10, 2012 5:18 p.m.

    I love the KOTOR games more than anything else I've ever played, but am unwilling to get into another MMO. I'l have to pass on this one - 1200 hours to get through the stories of each unique class? No thanks.

  • RebornKusabi - January 10, 2012 5:26 p.m.

    Damn the haters Coop, your 8/10 review has sold me on the purchase of this game far more than any review I have read of it so far. Specifically, the fact that it is a 4 page review and it's in-depth analysis of every facet of the game along with your video diaries which punctuated what new things would arise at certain milestones within the games progression from level to level. Great stuff!

  • Hollander_Cooper - January 10, 2012 6:04 p.m.

    Thank you!

  • bassfu - January 10, 2012 9:11 p.m.

    Paying X amount for cable/internet/gas/insurance/etc a month is hilarious.

  • MetroidPrimeRib - January 10, 2012 9:22 p.m.

    Comparing TOR to necessities Typical Biodrone

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Great
YOU'LL LOVE
  • Voice acting and production value
  • Playing through the interesting stories
  • Load-free instanced areas are a game-changer
YOU'LL HATE
  • Glitches and missing features
  • End-game is lackluster
  • Lack of open-world content
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Release date: US
Dec 20 2012 (PC)
Expected release date: UK
TBA (PC)
Available Platforms: PC
Genre: Role Playing
Published by: LucasArts and BioWare
Developed by: LucasArts and BioWare
Franchise: Star Wars
ESRB Rating:
Teen: Blood and Gore, Sexual Themes, Violence, Mild Language
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