My attempt at a non biased review of this game.
When this game was released originally as Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided. Though many vets said this was the best time for playing the game, when you look at the reviews there were many mixed reactions. The game stayed like this for a while, there were regular updates and a solid player base. Then what many players called the SWG Holocaust began. It had two major changes. One was a combat upgrade and the second was the New Game Engine. These two updates dramatically adjusted how the game was played in order to attract new players. This is when people split on ideas. The new players coming in were thrilled about these new enhancements. After all, the major changes in the game made sure somebody was gonna get pissed off. And then it happened. People moved on, they went to different games and stopped playing Galaxies. Or did they? Yes some people quit but the majority of players just stayed and screwed around on galaxies. They pretty much just complained. They said they were going to quit but they never did. They just hop around the galaxy trying to get others to quit. Thats pretty much what the community is like.
Now lets get to the game itself.
The game engine itself shows potential but is still filled with bugs. You cant spend an hour on the game without finding a bug that has been in the game for months or in some cases since the new engine was released.
There are 9 classes to choose from which the call "Iconic Classes". Any character can become a pilot to go along with their main role. The combat system in itself is fairly generic. Click and your character attacks, press the number keys to do specs....... I mean its not original but for some reason it is fun. Killing things is not what Star Wars is all about but you will forget that. That sounds negative but it is really a positive. The combat can actually be pretty fun. The production values? You absolutely cant say that SOE spent a lot of money on Galaxies. The graphics and sound are excellent. There is authentic music and the planets are beautiful. To be frank all of those 1.0 reviews can easily be proven wrong because of the graphics and sound.
Overall, Galaxies can be a lot of fun however as long as some of the more annoyed vets continue to live in the past, the community will never improve from its current suicidal state.
I hope people pay attention to this review and not the random 1.0 and 10.0 reviews. This is a real review from a real player that really could care less about the games history. The way it is right now is all that matters and I think that people are seriously underestimating the quality of this game.