I have been playing this game for about a week and have become very addicted to it. As MMORPG are growing in numbers the gamplay (thank god) has started to get better, which SWG has done. With solid Gameplay, graphics, sound, and lasting value I gave it an 8.3(overall). Now let me explain to you why I gave it what I did. When you start in the game you are greeted by it welcoming you to starwars galaxies (this is after the whole credit card or game card payment), once you start the game up you will be able to Create your character. The game breaks it down into 8 different races to choose from, with 6 starting classes to choose from and 12 EXPERT classes after becoming a master of these classes. The character creation interface is fairly simple to use, youre able to edit stuff like eyes, mouth, body, jaw, mouth, width, muscle, eye color, hair, hair color, body color, then extra stuff depending on your class which is started to be standard with any current rpg. The character customization has made it so you are able to create your own UNIQUE character that no one will possibly be exactly the same as you have picked. Once you are done with all your character naming/server choosing you will be greeted by a talking woman that will guide you through the game learning basic stuff during the tutorial, which helps greatly. Once you are done with the tutorial there will be a travel console that you will select what planet you want to be your home planetm, which currently there are 6 to choose from that you have seen in the star wars movies. Once you get familiar with the game you are able to do imperial missions, rebel missions, destroy missions, and deleviery missions. The faction missions will greatly effect your gameplay because if you choose imperial the rebels will shoot at you and the same way goes for the rebels. The skill balances make it basically even for any class to be a great one. Once you get later in the game you will be able to do EXPERT class missions such as a bounty hunter missions, ect. The game still has some bug issues to be fixed but are probably the fewest I have seen in any MMORPG, also sony plans on keeping the game going with expansion packs and patches such as the vehicle patch which is expected to come out in 2 weeks. But in the end even without vehicles it is a VERY solid MMORPG and in my opinion the best one out as of this moment, even for the non-fanboys of star wars.
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