So is it good or not???
I have been a SWG player for a long time so I can try give you an honest opinion of this New Game Enhancement.
The 'long-term subscriber' in me is very hurt and disappointed by the NGE....It isnt the same game i fell in love with anymore...as many veteran players will agree. The old turn-based attack system has been replaced with a semi-FPS style that requires you to manually target the enemy (which can be very frustrating). The previous 30+ professions have been replaced with 8 that are pretty similar regarding special attacks (they just have different names etc) (and jedi is now a starting profession - before it took literally months of hard work to achieve the jedi status - you can imagine how annoyed veteran jedi's are with this).
One of the biggest let-downs i have found is that your character is no longer unique regarding a template. Before you had a certain number of skill points to learn whatever skills you wished from whichever professions you desired....so pre-NGE, you could be a master bounty hunter....with a good deal of combat medic skills and some carbineer special attacks which made your character tailor made to you and your playing style......Now, all the people are the same...one bounty hunter is no different to the next....same with medics...same with commandos etc... (AND the new combat system means that Jedi are very poor against ranged people as they cant get near to them to inflict a shot...65m range vs 5m range...who do u think is gonna win!!)
So, surely i should be giving this game a score of 1.0 like everyone else
WELL,
IF, you are someone who has NEVER played this game before...IGNORE all that stuff i said above. If you dont know how good the old system was you will enjoy the new one.....and the game still has that great STAR WARS feel and look. The new quest-based levelling-up is quite fun for new players and...OMG...you can start on ther path to jedi straight away!! (If I was a noob I'd be excited by this!)
A WORD OF WARNING TO YOU PPL THINKING OF BUYING THIS GAME
The main thing you will not like about this game is........the veteran players....who will be constantly whinging about how good it used to be etc.......all i wanna say is...let them whinge...they DO have a good reason for it....but dont let people like me (lol) spoil your star wars experianece.
If you and a few mates were thinking of buying this game...DO IT...you will have fun playing together and grouing up for the missions etc..
SO...a score...its hard to give a score really...so here we go
For new players...and ppl thinking of buying the game........8.0
For us veterans....and comparing it to the old game............3.0
thats as honest as i can be folks...hope this review helps