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The official website for Star Wars: The Old Republic announces BioWare's Star Wars MMORPG will launch on December 20, 2011 in North America, and on December 22nd in Europe, noting that those who preorder the game and register on the website will be eligible for early game access. "This is an incredible moment for everyone at BioWare and our partners at LucasArts who have dedicated their lives to build this extraordinary game," says BioWare co-founder Dr. Ray Muzyka. "We appreciate the patience from the millions of fans who have been waiting for the game’s release." The game comes with a 30 day subscription, and they outline the fees that are required to play after that:
- 1 Month Subscription: $14.99 (£8.99/€12.99)
- 3 Month Subscription: $13.99 per month (one-time charge of $41.97/£25.17/€35.97)
- 6 Month Subscription: $12.99 per month (one-time charge of $77.94/£46.14/€65.94
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Bucky wrote on Sep 24, 2011, 14:04:
I want to be excited for this, but every time I see the game in action I can't help but think 'meh'.
I think they would have been better off doing another KotOR or something similar, but that's just me. I'll wait to see what people think of ToR before I decide.
This what they've built. It's a slightly larger and overpriced KOTOR with a monthly fee. It plays just like any other MMO. Exactly. Anyone who's expecting anything new an improved is in for a major dissapointment. The only thing different is the novelty of fully voiced quest givers. And whilst the main quest for each archetype is good, everything else is standard fare - courier/kill. The upside it they allow you be a real douchebag if you want to play evil to the hilt and that actually is fun. However, after you played out the main quests for both sides there's zero reason to stick around, unless you're the typical end-game raider into grind.
If they want to continue providing content that's fully voiced that's obviously going to take a long time so I'd suspect new content will be exceedingly slow in coming. I still believe most people will play for 3-6 months to see and do everything and then be gone. Given how the costs of this game are now officially into the stratosphere I honestly have a hard time believing they'll recoup their costs much less turn a profit. And Guild Wars 2 is pretty much going to siphon the majority of all players from every MMO out there including this one anyway.
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