Tales From Star Wars Galaxies
DOOManiac
Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
<div class="IPBDescription">Image Intensive thread</div>I wanted to post this in a seperate thread than the one that had previously started about the <a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=72401' target='_blank'>14 day free trial</a> since it will be image intensive...
So anyway, I get star wars galaxies 14 day trial.. 2 gig download.. ugh. lengthy character creation process that just wasn't as interesting as City of Heroes's.
So I play through the somewhat interesting tutorial, trying to learn the utter horrid key config. I like the mouse interaction menus though.
So when you finish that it dumps you into tatooine. And the first thing I notice of interest is the absolute lack of clipping of large objects like.. oh say.. entire freaking ships.
<img src='http://www.doomaniac.com/stuff/Star%20Wars%20Galaxies/screenShot0002.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
But I mean if I ever need to hide from some dangerous thug or some Rebel Scum and their no good hooligans, I guess I could just hide inside a freaking starship Engine...
<img src='http://www.doomaniac.com/stuff/Star%20Wars%20Galaxies/screenShot0003.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
So I run around a little, fight a womp rat and die, and quickly become bored. I visit the famous mos eisley cantina only to wonder if the developers had ever even watched Star Wars...
However right before I quit I ran into a back alley figuring some level +42 gamorean rapist would be there I instead found this:
<img src='http://www.doomaniac.com/stuff/Star%20Wars%20Galaxies/screenShot0004.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
Which gave me a great idea for my NEXT character, and let me realize one of my life long dreams...
To be a Twi Lek stripper/prostitute!
So i make a new character, unequip all her clothes so I'm in my underoos, and start soliciting! However I had to run away quick because <i>The Man</i> (i.e. game mods) were keeping me down with demands like "PUT SOME CLOTHES ON". Pfft, whatever.
So I decided to expand my business to other, seedier areas less likely to draw the attention of authorties. I head on down to ye old Mos Eisley cantina, expecting to find a wreched hive of scum and villany (off of whom I could make a sizable profit!), but found much worse...
Some other **** stole my idea! There she was dancing for dollars like some coke'ed up barbie doll...
So there was only one way to settle it:
We had us a knife fight!
<img src='http://www.doomaniac.com/stuff/Star%20Wars%20Galaxies/screenShot0009.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
We ended up drawing a crowd of spectators eager to see 2 semi-nude Twi Lek's go at it with knives, so we eventually joined forces to earn a sizable profit.
Alas, I'm not the type of wierdo that could keep up such a charade for long (my "parter" apparently had much more experience in that area!) and so I decided to get my 4 gigs of hdd space back. But before I could go I had one last screenshot to grab:
<img src='http://www.doomaniac.com/stuff/Star%20Wars%20Galaxies/screenShot0012.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
And thus ends the saga of Star Wars Galaxies...
(Man I'm glad I didn't buy it)
So anyway, I get star wars galaxies 14 day trial.. 2 gig download.. ugh. lengthy character creation process that just wasn't as interesting as City of Heroes's.
So I play through the somewhat interesting tutorial, trying to learn the utter horrid key config. I like the mouse interaction menus though.
So when you finish that it dumps you into tatooine. And the first thing I notice of interest is the absolute lack of clipping of large objects like.. oh say.. entire freaking ships.
<img src='http://www.doomaniac.com/stuff/Star%20Wars%20Galaxies/screenShot0002.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
But I mean if I ever need to hide from some dangerous thug or some Rebel Scum and their no good hooligans, I guess I could just hide inside a freaking starship Engine...
<img src='http://www.doomaniac.com/stuff/Star%20Wars%20Galaxies/screenShot0003.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
So I run around a little, fight a womp rat and die, and quickly become bored. I visit the famous mos eisley cantina only to wonder if the developers had ever even watched Star Wars...
However right before I quit I ran into a back alley figuring some level +42 gamorean rapist would be there I instead found this:
<img src='http://www.doomaniac.com/stuff/Star%20Wars%20Galaxies/screenShot0004.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
Which gave me a great idea for my NEXT character, and let me realize one of my life long dreams...
To be a Twi Lek stripper/prostitute!
So i make a new character, unequip all her clothes so I'm in my underoos, and start soliciting! However I had to run away quick because <i>The Man</i> (i.e. game mods) were keeping me down with demands like "PUT SOME CLOTHES ON". Pfft, whatever.
So I decided to expand my business to other, seedier areas less likely to draw the attention of authorties. I head on down to ye old Mos Eisley cantina, expecting to find a wreched hive of scum and villany (off of whom I could make a sizable profit!), but found much worse...
Some other **** stole my idea! There she was dancing for dollars like some coke'ed up barbie doll...
So there was only one way to settle it:
We had us a knife fight!
<img src='http://www.doomaniac.com/stuff/Star%20Wars%20Galaxies/screenShot0009.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
We ended up drawing a crowd of spectators eager to see 2 semi-nude Twi Lek's go at it with knives, so we eventually joined forces to earn a sizable profit.
Alas, I'm not the type of wierdo that could keep up such a charade for long (my "parter" apparently had much more experience in that area!) and so I decided to get my 4 gigs of hdd space back. But before I could go I had one last screenshot to grab:
<img src='http://www.doomaniac.com/stuff/Star%20Wars%20Galaxies/screenShot0012.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
And thus ends the saga of Star Wars Galaxies...
(Man I'm glad I didn't buy it)
Comments
Does anyone know if SWG actually has any content in it now? Last I checked it had like.. cities which serve no point except for trading, outposts much like orc camps on EverQuest, Giant robot pets which look cool and fit in your backpack, vehicles which make travelling too easy, and random large scale battles which.... wait I don't even know what the point of those were except for the "LOL COOL GIANT FIGHT ^___^" value... oh yeah, jedis which everyone can be also <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->. Stupid non-existant jedi limit!
The reason it feels that way probably is due to the fact that all the players do there is kill monsters, any attempt at actual roleplaying is <b>out of the question.</b>
The reason it feels that way probably is due to the fact that all the players do there is kill monsters, any attempt at actual roleplaying is <b>out of the question.</b> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Well, you just gotta play on the right servers... I mean the roleplay server is <i>not</i> roleplay, it just has all the nubs who like to be llamas. There was like two servers which had a lot of roleplaying... can't remember their names though, but just ask any big SWG buff right now, they should know <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->.
The reason it feels that way probably is due to the fact that all the players do there is kill monsters, any attempt at actual roleplaying is <b>out of the question.</b> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Well, you just gotta play on the right servers... I mean the roleplay server is <i>not</i> roleplay, it just has all the nubs who like to be llamas. There was like two servers which had a lot of roleplaying... can't remember their names though, but just ask any big SWG buff right now, they should know <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Well I was playing at a friend's house off of his account, so I really didn't lose all that much. But yeah, I probably did end up joining the nub server. I heard later on that a lot of the Rebels and Imperials got really into it on one of the other servers and that made me angry because I missed out.
So I guess I was just being bitter. I apologise, the game idea is quite sound, and I shouldn't blame the game for the players.
i donno about this tho
That's arguable, actually... an MMO lives or dies by its playerbase. If that playerbase is a bunch of smacktards, then any chance of a social experience in the game is lost.