User Rating: 8.1 | Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided PC
An honest review after a months steady play... Caveat: This is the first MMORPG that I've played so take it for what you will. First of all no one needs this review as there are already more than enough but for anyone reading this you obviously still have questions concerning the game. As I said before this is the first time I've acutally sat down with an MMORPG but I do have an extensive amount of hours logged playing other online games and have been playing video games at a "hardcore" level since the Atari 2600, so I do know a little bit of what I'm talking about here so let's get down to business. SWG is very open ended game and it is what you make of it. The gameplay then depends on what you want to try and do within the game. A combat oriented character will differ in their experience with the game than say a medic or a merchant. But no matter what path you take within the game several standards hold true. All the systems in place to get you from a novice player to a veteran Krayt slayer work farely well. Like anything else though, the game has its bugs but I haven't seen anything in the game thus far to make me want to quit or even get me more than mildly annoyed. In a month I've had to back out of the game twice to get things working properly and I would call that pretty 'OK'. The graphics in this game are outstanding but you're gonna need a farely high end system to enjoy them....'nuff said. This game sounds like Star Wars...again 'nuff said. As far as value goes, well that depends on who you ask and what kind of person you are. There are better games to play than this one but if you like Star Wars than this is the MMO game you should play. If you have a short attention span and don't care for much social interaction go play something else. If you like RPG's but don't care so much for Star Wars than maybe you should try it on trial basis. The bottom line for me is that when I get into an RPG I get obsessive and want to do everything and become the most powerful being in the Universe. This game shot me down though because it is very time consuming to say the least when it comes to leveling up a character it's very slow and difficult, and then once you have there is always someone out there that can whoop up on 'ya. For me however, the value is high because instead of getting bored with gaining xp like I do with most RPG's I actually enjoy the challenge in this game. I shouldn't say challenge, I should say work because that's really what it is. You should get payed for the amount of time you have to actually work during this game and its this aspect that I think will turn most people away. But as I mentioned above about social interaction, if you enjoy interacting with people you can enjoy this game. This game gives you all the tools you need interact with people and have a good time and thats where I think the difference is in whether you will enjoy the game or not. Would I recommend this game to you. Yeah proly. One last note...don't buy this game if all you want to do is be a jedi. Go by Jedi Knight Academy. 
