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Great initial appeal - Fades when you start to learn the game.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 23, 2008
Author: Amazon User

If you're like me, you enjoy a great MMO, and when it's based on something you're familiar with (be it via literature or media), it makes the appeal and the overall experience that much better. Unfortunately, that's all this MMO has going for itself.

The people at SOE (Sony Online Entertainment) did a swell job with the creation of the battle system and character creation/evolution system. It is unseen in any other MMO as it is seen in Star Wars: Galaxies. There are combat professions and non-combat professions. Those non-combat professions being Trader and Entertainer. These professions are the bread and butter of the economy in SWG. Traders flood the marketplace with anything from ship components to animal DNA, while Entertainers flood the cantinas offering wayward travelers uplifting melodies. Your combative choices are Smuggler, Spy, Bounty Hunter, Officer, Commando, and of course, Jedi.

If you're a big Star Wars fan, this may sound like the ideal MMO for you, and that may be fact. However, if you're a casual Star Wars fan, chances are that just because you like Star Wars and MMO's, doesn't mean you'll enjoy SWG. There are many beefs with SWG that many people share.

First, SOE's customer support is moot, at best. When speaking with a GM (an in-game support representative), you're lucky if you're able to read thru their elementary usage of the English language. "u r havnig difucultis with beign stcuk in mid/air? hwo may i hlep?" That is a true, non-exaggerated example of a response I got from a GM the first time I used the system. You are not treated with concern - more of a nuisance.

Second, SWG is old. Plain and simple. With age, comes glitches. With glitches, come repairs. Not in this case. SOE has yet to fix many glitches that have been present since pre-beta.

Third, the battle system. Yes, I said they did a great job with it, but only because it is unique and easy to use. However, it is also boring and unappealing to the eyes. Bounty Hunters have about the most animated combative style, and it still looks like a NERF gun shooting squishy balls.

Fourth, animation. Horrible. Like I said, the game is old. And also like I said, SOE has failed to repair glitches in the game, or simply disregard them as glitches. For example - in combat, NPCs will run toward or away from you and stop, with their feet/legs still moving, or their feet/legs will be moving faster than they are actually going. Also, if you attack an NPC from behind, they will pull an exorcist-esque move and twist around at the waist to retaliate. Also, the landscaping and cityscaping are horrible. Blocky, sometimes pixellated, and often boring. Nothing like the movies. Nothing like they should be.

The initial appeal of being a saber-wielding Jedi or a strapped Bounty Hunter flying around on a jet pack, soon wears off when you begin to discover the complexities of the gaming system.

Star Wars: Galaxies is a very fouled up version of Star Wars. It is almost along the lines of the amateur films and the third party literature that are still in production.

As far as MMOs, this is an absolute failure. It may have been good a few years ago, but not any longer. With the likes of World of Warcraft, the upcoming Age of Conan, and (my personal favourite) Lord of the Rings Online, Star Wars: Galaxies is well on its way to the archives of long-lived, long-despised MMOs.

Lucasarts and SOE have outdone themselves! All you bad reviews are outdated!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: March 23, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I don't know how the game used to be, but i'm guessing it wasn't as good as it is now. I started playing this game 10 months ago. Starting out in the game is a little confusing and a little annoying (making something new on any game is a pain!). Once i learned about the game's enviroment, i was able to progress vastly. I was able to play the game to the fullest and it as so much fun. As i played game updates were made that made the game shine!

Everything in the game is fun: combat, trading, entertainment, marriage, owning a house (personally i have a 4 story mansion, while my alternate character has a vendor), piloting, Galactic Civil War, pvp, and role-playing!

There were great updates recently, including new powers, collections, and the ability to own a gunship! (Not to mension more repairs on the minor bugs in the game.)

To finish off, don't listen to the other negative reviews. I checked all of the to find out most if not all were outdated. Since then they have done great things to the game!......

Great things !!!!

Back on track and worth another try

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: March 13, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I've been playing this game since 2004. In that time the actual entire game-play mechanic has changed twice. The second time was the NGE (New Game Enhancement) which virtual destroyed the game and lost over half of the existing player base for Sony. But things are much better now.

In the last year or so this game has evolved into a state that is surprisingly similar to the original game. Although not a thorough sandbox layout, and still having only 7 combat and 4 crafting professions now, with the expertise system currently in place the game offers a good deal of flexibility for your character.

Most of the people that made the desasterous decisions that nearly ruined the game in the past are gone and the current development and production teams are agressively motivated to improving the game on a constant basis. For a year now SOE/LA have been dedicated to game restoration; in stead of developing a new expansion to increase revenue they release new (and very good) in-game content at least every other month. On top of that they are constantly updating old content and fixing bugs, some of which have been in the game since very near launch. They are definitely trying to keep their customers happy, asking for and listening to the players' opinions and making adjustments based on their inputs.

Here are just some examples of the things they have done to improve gameplay and make this game worth playing now:
- Character expertise system, giving you options individualize your character
- Beast Master expertise, the rebirth of the loved and lost Creature Handler profession from the original game. Giving players the option to keep and train pets to use in combat.
- Revamp of Imperial and Rebel theme parks, giving more challenge and enjoyable content.
- Improved the Galactic Civil War system, giving rewards for Player-versus-Player combat including rank advancement, exclusive skills and exclusive weapons and vehilcles
- New Quest content, including instanced dungeons and quest lines with new (and useful) rewards. New quest content is added every 2-3 months as part of your normal subscription.
- Return of (and improvement to) the entertainer buffing system. Long term high benefit buffs for all professions available from entertainer player characters.
- Collection system offering rewards from badges and character titles to unique items.

With all that, I'm glad that I stuck with the game all this time. I really think it is worthwhile for a former player to give it another try and I think it would be very enjoyable for any new player.

Haters and trolls will be haters, but this game is for life...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: February 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

dont ever let this game die.... It went from being awesome, to being mediocre, and then now its back to awesome.

Truth be told, it had its low point when the Combat Upgrade (CU) and New Game Experience (NGE) 2 years after its inital release.

Alot of long-term veterans griped, as they way the game performed changed too much for them (or so they say). Personally, It needed the change. While the game was awesome from the get-go, it was becoming quite quaint, and the old Pre-CU "skills" based process was just flat out irritating at certain points. It literally took you forever to get anywhere. There was alot of beating around the bush. From day 1, the game had its bugs, and over time, they were worked out.

The bugs are no were near as bad as people made them out to be, and vitrually unnoticeable in the game today.

While the CU and NGE may have created a few more bugs (as any new update to any game would, keep that in mind), I never noticed them. And according to many who still play, they've long sinced been fixed if they were ever noticeable to you.

The current state of the game, as of Feb 2008, is simply amazing. Fact being, more players are returning, and you can even notice this in forums, talking to people in game who are returning for the frist time in a year or so, and the overall population is growing.

Main reason being? The CU and NGE has been balanced with the Pre-CU. Don't listen to the clowns who say Sony doesn't listen. They've spent alot of time over the years taking what the folks like about the CU and NGE, and what folks liked about the Pre-CU, and blended them back to together. Now you have fully functional galaxy, with the best of Pre-CU, and the best of the CU and NGE, and you can virtually go throughout the game in a true "skills and expertise" fashion, or for those who want to get straight to the point, a very lengthy "level up" fashion, but dont think for a minute either one is easier than the other.

You might start under the Jedi profession right away (unlike Pre-CU), but trust me, your no where near being a master jedi with force powers and the ability to do much of anything... yep, just like Pre-CU, your gonna have to earn your way through a long hard way up the ladder and throughout the galaxy. You just get more relevant tools and quests to do it, unline Pre-CU hierachry, which was sometimes repulsive and just way too lengthy.

I just created a new account as a new bounty hunter profession... and though it has the word "bounty hunter" in it, I'm no where close to being anything of the sort, outside of having just the entry level bounty hunter items and being able to use a bounty hunter mission terminal for entry-levle missions. I still have to do quests, and many, many weeks of work before every truly becoming the "Bounty Hunter" that pre-cu veterans though had stole their hard earned work with the CU.

The actual combat is well balanced... no more auto shooting... you get more "feel" of action, as you have more interaction during combat situations.

And the graphics, still remarkably well for todays standards... surpassing even some of todays games for the large outdoor and space enviornments.

The expansions add so much more to it... Jump to lightspeed, for example, has been untouched by the CU and NGE, and remains just as cool as it was the day it was released... and adds that much more to the game.

This game is definteley far larger than other MMORPGS, with much more to do and to see. I think it was best said that while you may "play WoW", you "live Star Wars Galaxies".

Do yourself a favor, ignore the WoW fanboys, the trolls, and those who want to gripe about a update that to them made the game something else, and return or pickup a copy of galaxies, with the expansions, and see for yourself just what you've been missing.

Been playing for over 4 years and cant stop

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: December 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I like many others have been playing this game for over 4 years and yes I like many did alot of crying about the NGE. When the NGE hit, this game sucked really bad ....I mean it got a 1 on every single mag or review written. But now I can honestly say that they have fixed alot and even though the buffs you can get from medics and entertainers kind of make PVP suck alittle..... the fact is non of us can stop playing. They have recently brought back the Village and if you are a Jedi you can even pick your own skills, making the character yours.... it brings back the the feature from pre NGE. I have an elder Jedi and had to unlock it from the old which was alot of work and grinding... but I recently made a Medic which I play now and i have alot of fun doing it. So take it from 4 year vet who was pissed with the change..... they have fixed alot of this and the game is a blast again.

Chapter 7: Collections

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: November 20, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I play Star Wars: Galaxies in its current state and love it. Collections is just plain awesome. They actually made a quest system that causes you to kill all kinds of high level creatures for a loot item that you can collect. If you get them all, then you get a prize. Also, three high level group quests have been added to the game. They brought back the village Aurillia on Dathomir, and they really paid attention to giving us high levels something to do other than pvp all the time. Imperials are grouping with Rebels amazing. I play on a server called Kauri, and you know what that server is dying. So, if you make a new character, look at starting he/ she on Kauri. If you want, I will help you get situated. If you are starting a new character, don't forget to go through the tutorial. You can level up to 10, and get enough starship experience to advance to the next level in pilot training once your in the actual game itself. Also, I am a member of the guild Knights of Kauri, so if you become a Rebel look me up under Tohee. I will help you get into the guild. Thank you, Steven

Its what you make of it

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 9
Date: August 31, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I use to play the game back when it first came out and spent countless hours playing it. Cant say I ever had anything bad to say about the game since I had a blast with it. Due to a change in jobs I didnt have the time anymore to play it, so I quit in 2004.
I recently returned to the game and I still find myself spending countless hours playing this game so its all in what you make of the game. I very much like the new feature which lets you pilot a starship as well as the new profession expertise.

No, there is not the same amount of players as there use to be (although that is starting to change) and rarely do you see anyone wanting to start a group (which is due to the current Xp point system and groups, but is supposedly being revamped). The current system and group XP points is why i didnt give the game 5 stars However I still find the game fun and I still enjoy playing.

Everyone has their own opinion of the game and you know the old cliche about opinions so download the 14 day free trial and judge the game for yourself.

Great game a must play for any star wars fan.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 9
Date: August 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

First this game is like crack for the star wars fan. Game play is good and getting better. The emerson in to the star wars galaxy is never ending. Want to be a jedi and fight the imps! You can do it here. Want to be a dark jedi and stomp those rebel scum. Do it here. Great community, Great content.
Lacking on COSTUMER SERVICE soe is just bad. There is some player hacking going on that needs to be addressed to level the game out.
Been playing for 3 years +, Learning curve is about a month solo, if you get some help about a week.
Come see me on shadowfire.
May the force be with you.

Absolutely Dreadful

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 9 / 17
Date: July 29, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is an embarrassment to the Star Wars license and MMO's. It is a hodgepodge of several failed overhauls stacked on top of each other where nothing really works like it is supposed to. The graphics are dated, the community is terrible, there is nothing to do, the quests are dreadful and if you get past all of that somehow you will discover the Star Wars universe itself isn't even replicated correctly. The time setting is stated to be between the original Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back yet you can't swing a dead bantha without hitting 50 Jedi in robes talking like teenage punks and challenging you to duel.

The people who post that this game is fun are either viral marketers hired by Sony to spam boards with fake reviews, employees of the company who will lose their job when its finally shut down or delusional fans who refuse to accept that this game is terrible because of some kind of vested interest. This game is an utter joke and if you want a decent Star Wars experience I would instead encourage you to check out Knights of the Old Republic (1 and 2), Empire at War or even Lego Star Wars instead of this piece of garbage. For that matter I would recommend buying a DVD of one of the movies and watching it a few times before I would recommend playing this game. You have been warned. May the Force be With You and guide your dollars elsewhere.

The Return Of The Roleplayers

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 13
Date: July 20, 2007
Author: Amazon User

They're coming back...

Is it the reintroduction of Creature Handler/Bioengineering and the nostalgia for old pets? The new Storyteller tools that allow you to build scenarios, complete with combatant NPCs, and all manner of props and special effects? Is it hardcore roleplayers who, after tasting the beauty of Lord of The Rings Online, found themselves nostalgic for the more complex and nuanced gameplay and community of SWG?

I really don't know. Maybe it's just this new collection of SWG and its expansions at one very low price.

As an old Starsider hand, speaking to old veterans of the unofficial roleplaying server, the roleplayers are back. Old PAs and new ones are popping up. RP cities are repopulating. How long this will last nobody can say, but so far it's been a fun ride for me for the last several weeks and it only keeps building steam.

May as well check it out, right? Look at that price. C'mon, ya know ya wanna.

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