Star Wars: The Old Republic

Has anyone been interested in or following this game?

A lot of people have called it another WoW clone with different skins.

I'm probably breaking the EULA but the game has potential. (Beta, ends in 2 days anyway)

It feels like your ordinary MMO, with skills, leveling and loot, though there are the slight things that Bioware have taken into account that give it a slight edge.

One.
It's Star Wars, who wouldn't want to play as a Jedi or Sith running around slashing people up.

Two.
Mass Effect, story driven MMO. That's the best way to describe it. Anyone who has played Mass Effect, the entire Dialogue system and alignment is integrated into this TOR. Your still leads you in the general path of the story, though your alignment will present different situations to you.

Three.
Quests have meanings! I finally found an MMO where it feels as though you are collecting items or killing a mob for a reason, the interactive dialogue is the key here. The time of reading text as quests will surely be overwhelmed by this immersed style of gaming.

I could write on and on about the game, but I'll leave you with these thoughts for now and will answer any questions that you may have about it.

Yeah it's released on the 22nd of december in the UK might get it, not sure yet i heard its good from people i know thats got to play the beta version but time will tell. Rift was hyped like this and look and that.. lol

aw i made a thread about this months ago and then i stopped following it for a bit
i'm still gonna get it though
i'm not really a hardcore gamer but my love for star wars is what will make me fail my a levels to play this game

Been playing it a bit today and yesterday, it's pretty much WoW mixed with Mass Effect, I don't really think this is going to change MMOs honestly but it is a nice change from having really linear paths, it's certainly a good game - no doubt about that but the only thing selling it for me is the freedom you have and that alone doesn't justify £9 a month.. I'll be waiting for Guild Wars 2 personally but I imagine this will follow the recent "freemium MMO" trend after a year or so anyway, I'll check into it then.

I got the beta thing but i only read the email yesterday or something then thought 20gb **** that :(

Got my pre-order in yesterday, hoping I'll be able to play tomorrow.

I'm looking forward to it. I've been needing a new MMO to play (WoW's gotten a bit sour), and I mean, it's BioWare. Come on. They can't possibly screw this up.

Been on for a few days now, I absolutely loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee it

ServerMaintenance:(

Servers are meant to be live at 5am want to stay up but have pretty much started do fall asleep.. so going have to wait till i finish work now :(

Jedi Sage inc when i log in tho nomnomnom!!

Rofl, just woke up and logged in.

The server that was empty during the early access is now full and I'm in aqueue of 200.

Probably because it's just been released to everyone else. Might die down a bit later.