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Don't believe the newer players

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 11 / 16
Date: November 16, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is far from the original game that so many of us knew & loved.
The NGE is still in-effect, contrary to the other review found herein. All career paths have been gutted so that mastering them is far too simple offering no real challenge. The combat has been dummied-down to the point of feeling like a cheep third person shooter.

I played this since release up till about 3 months ago and the game has deteriorated to the point that most servers are relative ghost towns. This isn't the game it once was. I'd suggest steering far clear until a sequel to this game is made or an entirely new Star Wars online experience is introduced.

SWG is getting much better

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 32
Date: November 16, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Gone are the dark times of the NGE or New Game Enhancements. The game is very close to the initial CU (Combat Upgrade) level of play again.

The new player tutorial is very well done as are the initial Legacy Quests to get up to around level 50. Profession Expertise is now out for all professions and the new pvp areas of Restuss and the Galactic Civil War bases are a nice addition.

Don't be discouraged by all the negative reviews from bitter vets. This game is very good. Player housing, cities, and a very robust crafting system are still better than any other MMO out here. Not to mention the Space part which is also very fun.

Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 31
Date: November 16, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I found the game to be a heck of a lot of fun and a truely immersive Star Wars experience. SOE have been consistently working to improve the game and add new content.

Take the role of one of nine iconic Star War's professions, and explore over 12 different planets. Immerse yourself in a deep crafting system, that amongst other things lets you design your own spacecraft. Pilot spacecraft and fight against the Rebellon, the Empire, or pirates in space and land. Use the new expertise system to customise your character. Spend time questing, hunting or engaging in PvP. The choice is yours.

The best thing, you can bypass all these reviews both negative and positive and make up your own mind by downloading the free trail and playing the game yourself.

Ever wonder why this game is re-released every 3 - 6 months?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 53 / 83
Date: November 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Star Wars Galaxies has been repackaged and resold several times since it came out in 2002/2003. The first "re-release" came about about the time of Episode 3. About 6 months later, the game was re-released as the "NGE" i.e. "New Game Experience". After upsetting its player base to the point of a mass exodus to other games such as World of Warcraft, EvE Online, and others - SOE redesigned the game *AGAIN* and has re-released it in this "Complete Adventures" set. About six months ago it was the "Starter Kit". And in about another month it will be released *AGAIN* as part of the "Best of Star Wars" gift set.

This game is in perpetual Alpha/Beta state depending on how much code they delete between patches. It is not fun at all anymore. I made a lot of friends through the original SWG - but they have been milking the Star Wars license for all its worth to comedic dramatic effect - culminating in embarrassing gaffes on the Game Channel "Attack of the Show" as well as CBS Specials detailing some of the atrocities committed by SOE - and also written articles and a "mailbag" special.

Most of the players who had any sort of self-repsect whatsoever left a long time ago.

The only people playing this game right now can be equated to the women who go back to their abusive husbands because he promises not to beat them again.

It is only a matter of time before you have to tell your parents that you "Fell down the stairs" the next time you beat your head into your computer desk after SOE pulls the rug out from under you with a new "Star Warsy" "enhancement" that negates most of your time spent with your character in-game.

Things have gotten so bad with the server population that SOE has given all characters an extra character slot per server... something that used to be reserved for players which earned certain rewards in-game.

You can be a Jedi out of the box... but your powers are so ridiculously weak, and your lightsaber so flaccid that you will lose fights to the most ridiculous creatures... cavemen, correllian butterflies, and all sorts of other "dangerous" beasts.

If you have any self-respect whatsoever - don't even try this game. I can honestly and 100% say that I would not play this game if they paid *me* twice the monthly fee you have to pay them... it is that horrible.

At least try the 14 day trial before spending any money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 17 / 21
Date: November 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Some say the game is bad, some say the game is great. I can't argue either point as I quit playing last year after the NGE. What I can say is that this is what you can expect from SOE regarding this game:

Incomplete expansions that get shoved out early so monthly payments cover expenses rather than being fully funded.

Having any "work" you have done thrown out the window when they decide to chase after more phantom players.

Empty servers

Devs who only seem to understand first person shooters and who have no clue what makes a rpg fun.

Watered down versions of things that were once in the game, removed with the NGE and are slowly being added back as they try to keep subscriptions from bleeding too bad.

The dark times are not over.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 15 / 21
Date: November 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is far from being complete. SWG has been dumbed down incredibley. Is SOE adding stuff back in? Yes, but they are things they should have never taken out, and when they add them back in they are only half as good as they were before. I would not recommend this game to anyone, unless you like being bullied by a large company that does not care about its customers. The other posts here look like SOE had some lackeys come on and up vote this game. It is but a shell of its former self. If you are looking for a true Star Wars experience move along.

people who give the game 1 star are flat out lieing

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 27
Date: November 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

(Note: new players, please join the Ahazi or Bria server because those 2 servers have the most people on them)

-This game is midly fun.This game pack includes the original game, Jump to light speed, the wookiee homeworld expansion, and Mustafar(very fun quests on mustafar)

-You get to pick from 9 professions and receive pilot as a free profession.

-There is 10+ planets to explore not including the expansion planets.

-They have added a new way to "grind" your character on the ground using the new legacy quests(but the legacy quests have a very tedious feeling to them though, because you do repetive tasks.)

-The ground game is a little buggy, and you only get an average of 20 fps on a decent computer.

-Space is very fun,not buggy at all(but is an aquired taste for most people), and is much much much more complex than the ground game ATM.
-You can use tie fighters, x wings, and even Yt-1300's(han solo's ship), and much much more
-You level pilot by doing missions in space, and the final mission is to blow up a corellian corvette in Kessel space.(requires large group)

In conclusion, I Would say try out the game especially if you like wow...because SOE borrows alot of ideas from world of warcraft for the ground part of the game.

Time to re-think my anger against SOE and SWG?

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: November 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Ok, I have been one of the most vocal critics of SOE and the game, I was hurt by the changes to jedi and crafters which have been well documented, however I recently returned to see the changes and I must admit I am really enjoying myself. My decision to return was triggered by FLS deciding to go with SOE to market Pirates of the Burning Sea. After my initial disgust, I decided I needed to put the past in the past and look at the situation again. I have been back a few weeks and am really having a good time. More players online than I would have imagined. I am enjoying the pve and pvp aspects...my trader is actually selling armor and weapons. I urge my friends that have sworn off the game and the company as I did to give it another look, you may like what you see, you may not...I am enjoying it

Remember in Charlie Brown ...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 57 / 83
Date: November 18, 2006
Author: Amazon User

... when Lucy would yank the football away just as Charlie Brown was finally going to have that fun moment, and he ended up flat on his back yelling "Aaaauughh!"

That's how SWG has been operated for 2 years. If you buy their latest shiny box put on the shelves to squeeze a few dimes out of unsuspecting Star Wars fans, you are signing up for the Charlie Brown role, just waiting for the next 'inspiration' this team has to undermine whatever time you put into developing an MMO character. As others have pointed out, this isn't an MMO any more anyway, because 'Massive' requires far more players than are left in the ghost towns of Galaxies.

What was once a game full of potential has been limping along on minimum life support since the disastrous "New Game Experience" gutted most of the game's complexity. It's a mish-mash of 2 or 3 different game design philosiphies imposed by successors to the original design team (now long gone), and the pieces don't fit together at all.

Save your money. Hard to imagine this FUBAR project will survive much longer anyway.

The most customer abusive company in online history

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 21 / 27
Date: November 18, 2006
Author: Amazon User

You know why a reviewer below asked new players to make characters on Bria or Ahazi? Because the game is DEAD, and those are the only two servers where you will find people playing. Why is it dead? Because it SUCKS.

I stayed with this game after the very rough bug laden release because it was Star Wars, and I had trust that SOE would fix the problems and give us all the game we desired. Do you know what I got for my hard earned in-game achievements and trust in this company? A slap in the face. I got a robe and a crystal for thousands of hours of work that was wiped away when the NGE was implemented.

If you don't believe me, spend a little time on Google. Here is an entry from Wikipedia.

"There has been a great amount of controversy on the forums from players claiming that they are paying to play for the game whose quality could be compared to that of a game in beta testing. John Smedley, President of Sony Online Entertainment gave this response on the game's game play discussion forum:

"...my preference is that all the posts in the gameplay forum are discussing gameplay balance.. and in-game issues.. but they won't until we get the game to a baseline fun level. We're not there yet. We know that. We're working to fix it. There is no other answer." [5] "

There is the president of SOE himself saying this subscription based game is NOT fun. I would take it from him and play ANYTHING else (well except maybe Dark and Light, but thats another review).

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