Star Wars: The Old Republic

SWTOR…and I’m Done (Sort of Review)

Posted on Feb 02, 2012

I was planning on writing a full review for SWTOR, but Pherephassa did such a great write-up on her SWTOR reivew, that I figured I’d skip mine and get straight to my likes and gripes. I’ll give you a hint, it’s going to be mostly gripes. Undoubtedly the best part of game is the journey to endgame, after [...]

YASWTORR: Yet Another SWTOR Review :)

Posted on Jan 31, 2012

It’s been a little over a month since the launch of Star Wars: The Old Republic, I have multiple characters at level 50, have seen all 4 empire stories, and the string of colds and flu that have been kicking my ass since the holidays is finally on its last legs, so it’s time for me [...]

SWTOR First Impression Review

Posted on Dec 20, 2011

Now that SWTOR has officially launched, I figured it would be a good time to give my first impression review for Star Wars: The Old Republic. While I had the opportunity to get into the last two beta weekends, I wasn’t able to due to other obligations, so my first real taste of the game was [...]

SWTOR…and I’m Done (Sort of Review)

Posted on Feb 02, 2012

I was planning on writing a full review for SWTOR, but Pherephassa did such a great write-up on her SWTOR reivew, that I figured I’d skip mine and get straight to my likes and gripes. I’ll give you a hint, it’s going to be mostly gripes. Undoubtedly the best part of game is the journey to endgame, after [...]

EA Q3 FY12 Earnings Call – SWTOR Sells Over 2 Million Units

Posted on Feb 01, 2012

The good thing about being a public company is that they have to release their subscription and sales numbers, so while we can only guess how many subscribers games like RIFT and LOTRO have, we only have to wait for a quarterly report for Star Wars: The Old Republic. It seems SWTOR did better than EA expected, the [...]

YASWTORR: Yet Another SWTOR Review :)

Posted on Jan 31, 2012

It’s been a little over a month since the launch of Star Wars: The Old Republic, I have multiple characters at level 50, have seen all 4 empire stories, and the string of colds and flu that have been kicking my ass since the holidays is finally on its last legs, so it’s time for me [...]

SWTOR: Ding Level 50…Ding Illum Sucks

Posted on Jan 30, 2012

Last week I finally hit the level cap in Star Wars: The Old Republic, but didn’t have a chance to get to Illum until this weekend and holy crap does it suck.  Now if you’re already level 50 and have traveled to Illum, you probably already know what I’m about to say, but if you’re not, [...]

Get your filthy 50′s out of my Warzone!

Posted on Jan 27, 2012

Game Update 1.1 not only brought a new Flashpoint into Star Was: The Old Republic, it also allowed Bioware to respond to player concerns regarding PvP by placing level 50 characters into their own bracket for warzones. For the most part the bolster system did a good job of levelling the playing field in warzones however it [...]

SWTOR Legacy System Gimps Non-Alt Players?

Posted on Jan 23, 2012

Last week BioWare released a video of Game Director James Ohlen talking about some upcoming changes to Star Wars: The Old Republic, one of which was the Legacy System. Up until now, we knew that the the Legacy system would create a sort of family tree for your main and alt characters and they would gain [...]

SWTOR Patch 1.1: Game Over…Empire Wins

Posted on Jan 18, 2012

What is currently taking place on the planet of Illum is an absolute slaughter and travesty. Republic forces, vastly out numbered by Imperials, are being decimated with little to no hope of making any type of stand. With no hope of survival, Republic players are staying clear of Illum, turning it over to Imperials who now sit [...]

SWTOR: Update 1.1 Rise of the Rakghouls Now Live

Posted on Jan 18, 2012

Star Wars: The Old Republic servers are now live with the first major content update; Rise of the Rakghouls. This update brings some welcome changes – anti-aliasing is finally available! – as well as some that just make me scratch my head and wonder what BioWare is thinking. Georg Zoeller stated that, “The design intent [...]

The Sith Journals – Part 2

Posted on Jan 16, 2012

When we left off a couple of weeks ago, I had just arrived with my baby Inquisitor Sorcerer on the planet of Dromund Kaas. The planet of milk and honey and giant frigging predators right outside the official Imperial Space Port.I think that the Sith Empire is taking this “let the weak perish” thing a [...]

SWTOR: ‘Kaon Under Siege’ Flashpoint Trailer

Posted on Jan 13, 2012

The first major content update to Star Wars: The Old Republic, called “Kaon Under Siege”, is going live on servers on January 17th and will introduce players to a new flashpoint. Today BioWare released the official trailer for the update which you can view after the jump. The Rakghoul plague has spread across several worlds and has [...]