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Chris Hicks

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: August 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I know there are some people are bashing SWG, but I have to say I am definately impressed. This is my first MMORPG and if the other stuff is better then I don't need them, this one takes up enough of my time. So much time, my wife has threatend to uninstall it (like she knows how to uninstall something, lol).
I started out as Marksman, added some Brawler skills, then I thought, man I could help out after battles if I could entertain also. So, I picked up some entertain skills. Then I thought, wait a minute, I can learn medic skills to heal myself and others and what about building camps to rest in after those 15 minute battles with dessert demons. There are so many possibilities. If you don't like certain skills you can surrender them back (but not for the full amount).
Are there bugs? Yep. One of them threw me halfway across the planet of tatooine from where I was walking into a farm and then found myself half a world away amid tons of nasty creatures that wanted to chew me up. Took me 20 minutes to find my way back. Was I mad? Sorta. Did I quit? No, I am still playing and my wife is still fussing.
I have met tons of people each night and I will continue to play this until the server crashes or my wife leaves me (I would still play after she left, but it sounded good).

Dated Reviews with Dated Information

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: May 07, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The reviews included with this product are dated and worst of all innaccurate. No, you do not need to master 32 professions to be a Jedi. No, there is no uber profession or uber weaponry. No, this is not pokemon. This game is an adventure! It is ridiculous for any MMORPG player to assume that every person should start a game at the same level with all the perks as the next player. Just like real life you are expected to work up to the finer things Star Wars Galaxies has to offer. Obviously there cannot be 1 million Luke Skywalkers running around the Galaxy or what fun would it be? The joy of this game is working your way to the top. I have never been disappointed with the structure of the professions or the gameplay. Not every profession is geared toward combat. In fact, the non-combat professions are absolutely essential to the game. Almost every item that a person wears or carries is made by another human player. When it comes to combat this game has it all. Even the most tenured player can find monsters and beasts that test their combat abilities. Best of all the game requires teamwork. No matter where you travel there are always people looking to team up and hunt with you. It's not like pokemon where everyone needs a pet. It is a community that likes to communicate. You won't spend lonely boring hours wandering a virtual universe, instead you will be part of an active and thriving community. The game is geared to all different types of players so it must accomodate all different types of players. This influences the interface and the gameplay. There are people who spend most of their time playing a Kloo Horn in the Mos Eisly cantina so of course their needs will be different from someone who spends their time with a blaster hunting Rancors. Don't fall into the trap these other uneducated buyers fell into. You can tell that they barely put in the time to actually experience the game before kicking out a shoddy review as is apparent from hopeless inaccuracies. You can become a Jedi if you work hard and want to do it and the excitement is in the attainment. We don't promote mail clerks to CEO's and you shouldn't expect that from a truly immersive game. You don't need pets if you are willing to communicate and make friends, but having pets available is truly terrific. There are droids in the game along with all the famous characters if you are willing to ask and look for them. You do need to work up to being a super soldier with all the nice toys. Certainly we don't send our tailors out to fight our wars, we send soldiers. Keep that in mind before you pick a profession that doesn't stress combat. In conclusion this is more than a game, it is a microcosm of life, a virtual life you can live in the Star Wars universe. If you want a cheap nickel and dime shooter this game isn't for you. If you want a tailor made Star Wars experience from the ground up this game is for you.

The Complete Roleplaying Game! Excellent!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 14
Date: October 29, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Star Wars Galaxies may have been released a bit on the early side, and there are certainly some kinks etc to be worked out, but on the whole this is a wonderfully complete roleplaying game experience.

In SWG you aren't simply restricted to hack and slash. You can have that if you want it, for sure, but there are many other roles you can play in the Star Wars universe, many other paths to take and people to get to know. It is really an immersive experience in a different universe where you can perform a variety of tasks and jobs, and see the beautiful graphics of the hige world the developers have created in the meantime.

Ten worlds, completely filled out, each with multiple cities -- a huge, huge gameplay arena. Multiple career paths, ranging from soldiers and scouts to entertainers, medics, artisans and the like. Advancement depends on use of one's skills (eg, shooting for a marksman, dancing for an entertainer, crafting for an artisan), which results in developing higher skill levels, meaning your character can perform more advanced and more efficient skills. You really do have much latitude of choice as to what to do, or not to do, in the game. You can, for example, just hang out with people in the cantina for a while if that's what you want to do, or you can take several hours hunting for resources, harvesting them and crafting them into saleable, usable goods. Or you can spend a few hours mesmerizing the crowds in the local cantina with your musical prowess, making many friends in the process. It's all open to you -- you can even switch paths down the road if you want to. In this sense this game is very lifelife, very roleplaying, you are simply playing a role in a created, alternative universe -- it feels much more like that than it does a game revolving around quests and battles (although it can be that, too, if you want it to be).

The graphics and sound are superb. Sure, upgrade your video driver, but the scalability of these graphics simply means that they will play on many machines regardless, while the higher-end machines get different performance (things you won't see on the lower machines).

In all, this is a great, fun, game -- an immersive roleplaying experience. Buy and enjoy!

Great game, great launch

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 10
Date: July 07, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I have played a lot of MMORPG games. I started with Ultima Online which I played for 2 years, I played Dark Age of Camelot for about 3 months, EverQuest for about 6 months, Anarchy Online for about a year, and Ashrons Call 1&2 for about a week (both Ashron games [are bad]). Watching all these other games launch, they were bogged with problems. Crashed servers, login server was down for 3 or 4 days in some cases, amongst other problems. If you know anything about Ultima Online the only people that stuck with the game after its initial launch were people who truly loved the game, for the launch was terrible. The game was unstable and played terribly.

Star Wars Galaxies was a very fun game to see launch, it was very stable (only had a login server down for a couple hours), and the game was fun "out of the box", meaning you don't have to wait 3 months after launch for the feature that makes the game worth having. I highly recommend this game to hard core MMORPG junkies - it has a great leveling system and is very fun to play. And to novices, you will find this game to be very intelligently designed and is very easy to figure out whats going on. Get this game, it is worth every penny.

Not worth the time or money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: June 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User

1) not true 3-D: dont look for any underwater adventures or jetpack battles or let alone jumping over a 6 inch ledge...one word phony.
2) No space ships until the expansion is released: Launching Starwars without space is like baking pancakes without a pan, pointless
3) Player generated content: um this means that there wont be diddly to do ( minimal real loot or motivation for playing) unless you live and die by PVP
4) Computer generated worlds: hardly anything is hand crafted. it will be very boring and lacking of variety...see 1 world and you've seen them all.

basically you pay ...for a platform that might be ok 8-10 months later..at which point they will make you pay for an expansion. not me, i'll be playing World of Warcaft by then.

System Requirements Could Shut Many Middle Class Gamers Out

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 8 / 30
Date: June 07, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I know one opinion from one meaningless person to a major company or a MMORPG fan won't add up to anything at all. In fact I have my doubts that an actual human being will ever read this. Star Wars Galaxies is sure to be a huge hit and I'm sure pre sale figures are already pointing to that fact. However, many star wars and MMORPG fans are going to be unable to ever enjoy the massive online world of Star Wars Galaxies. As a college student from a middle class family, I like many others in my situation, were willing to play 50 dollars for the game and I could even afford to pay the monthly fee in order to enjoy the game, but still for many of us it will be imposable to meet the minimum system requirements to run the game. The US economy is very slow at the moment and as a member of a family that just shelled out 2,000 dollars for a new computer two years ago and that computer won't even meet the minimal requirements having a chance to ever run the game is imposable. Maybe one persons' situation won't seem that big after all what's one monthly subscription fee or one 50 dollar game purchase? However, there are many other people in my situation, with a slow economy, in a middle class family which is being effected by layoffs in the airline industry, buying a new, fast computer has become luxury especially when older computers like mine ,running on a 735mhz Pentium III Prosser,are working just fine and are able play every other new and popular game on the market. (see warcraft III) In short, I wish the developers would have taken into consideration that many middle class Americans can not afford to upgrade their entire system for the sake of playing a game. And although it may seem as if the system requirements are not much of a hang up, take a look on ebay at the amount of Beta test disks available due to beta testers systems not being powerful enough to run the game. Sure most new computers put on the market in the last year can run the game without difficulty, but haven't the sales of new home PC's been dropping drastically? Best of luck with the launch, I just wish more middle class Americans could be a part of it.

A great game and a worthy investment

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: June 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Okay, I have been reading these reviews, and money is one of the biggest concerns people have. I do have to agree that it is a valid concern; however, I feel (personally) the amount we have to dish out is well worth it for this game. Between my boyfriend and I, we have spent thousands of dollars throughout the years on games at 40-50 bucks a pop... the typical time it takes for me to get bored or finished a game... maybe a week or so. So that's 50 bucks for one week's entertainment; whereas, after the initial 50 bucks and then 12 bucks a month for a whole year, we'll only have to pay 12 bucks a month for entertainment. The fact that there is always something to do in the game is a major plus! Also, no.. not everyone playing this game wants to shoot things! There are plenty of devoted entertainers and artisans as well as members of every profession in there. So if you can meet the system requirement, I think it's a good investment (considering I easily spend 12 bucks a month on non-interactive blockbuster movies!) Yes, the economy is bad, but the money has to flow through the system somehow.

Most thrilling video game experience ever. Period

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: March 11, 2004
Author: Amazon User

When I bought swg, I knew the reviews were bad and that's all I had heard. It came down EverQuest and SWG. Because I'm a die-hard (and maybe because of the force - HA!) I chose SWG.
Bad Choice?
No.
But at first I was the guy training for marathons and killing multi-faceted parrots for hours. Not fun. I got pissed for being duped into buying the game when I knew better.
That's when I couple of guys pulled up on speeder bikes, introduced themselves, and basically picked me up on my feet. Over the next couple of days, I can honestly say I had the time of my life with these guys and I finally joined their guild. Since then, the ever increasing complexity of the game has unveiled itself.
SWG is brilliant because it relies on the most powerful computer imaginable to bring it to life - the human brain. Every month, the devs make this game better and better and so do the players.
I could care less whether or not some impatient, non-imaginative, power-hungry throwback from StarCraft likes this game. The truth is that this game is better off without this type of player.
If you've been dropped off on a planet and haven't found friends yet, you're not looking hard enough. Find an association, a player town, or a guild and just ask for help! You will find people willing to show you what it takes to learn this game.
All in all, eventually this style of play will become the norm. It's simply a necessary evolution in gaming that took a while to develop, but has got itself going in the right track real fast now.
Shout out to Yoktukie and Itikia from Nire Sarroh - I owe you guys!

The best MMORPG to date

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 16
Date: April 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Star Wars Galaxies will be the best rpg to date. From the info given on the official web site, this game should not be a disapointment. It is true there will not be space travel at the beginning, However it will be available in the first expansion. This game will offer the most depth of any rpg out now. No other game will let you choose between being an explorer, or running a farm or store, or even a politician(available with an expansion). Also you have the choice of getting involved with the war on either side or remaning neutral. The Jedi system is how it should be, being that having a title of Jedi is being one of the elite to have survived the training. This game should appeal to the hardcore fans as well as the casual gamer. I look very forword to it's release, and it should be well worth the monthly fee.

From a beta tester

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: June 25, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I've been a beta tester for SWG for about 1 month. I find the game very enjoyable. The development team was sooo great about fixing bugs and have worked incredibly hard to make the game as enjoyable as possible and so have the beta testers. You can choose from different professions and live out your Star Wars fantasy life. You can live off the land as a scout, make goods as an Artisan, or perfect your shooting skills as a Marksman. As a veteran Roleplayer, I've found vast enjoyment in roleplaying with the other members of the galaxy! Go out there and have fun, and don't forget to visit Jabba on Tattooine. He may have a job or two for you!

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