Gamespy 3 part SWG article

AS much as I loath Gamespy they have a great 3 part article on SWG

http://www.gamespy.com/articles/marc...

I just finished reading the whole article...

Bottom line...they should have focused more on the Star and Wars part and dropped Jedi from the game completely..

They were always in a lose lose scenario by ever letting players become jedi's

Removing permadeath due to player pressure will DESTROY any long term balance or sense of the game as eventually everyone and their grandmother will be a Jedi of some sort..

<pfffftttt!>

Everyone should have just done what I said and refused to purchase the game... by flopping this game may have saved some other projects..

If it makes you feel any better, I did my part by not buying it and making sure my friends all new better than to waste their money on it. My beta experiences were enough of a warning about the game.

I just cant wait to see what other license they can butcher with a UO remake.

Good article. I liked the way they made it clear that it''s conflicting design philosophies (power gaming vs. role playing) that''s killing Galaxies. Sounds like they should have done some more research and made a game more specifically oriented towards one of those two groups, since trying to appease both doesn''t seem to be working.

"Farscry" wrote:

If it makes you feel any better, I did my part by not buying it and making sure my friends all new better than to waste their money on it. My beta experiences were enough of a warning about the game.

Perfect summary of my experience as well.

I bought the game, and basically hated it after about 2 weeks. The whole jedi thing just seems to magnify the problems of MMOGs - grind grind grind for some far off goal...But what happens once you get there? Not much.