Having spent about 8 hours daily on a MMO RPG game, Star Wars: The Old Republic is one of my all time favorite. Well, you can now add the game into your Steam collection, for FREE.
If you're a big fan of the Star Wars franchise, The Old Republic takes you back to three millennium ago, before the events of the original Star Wars films by George Lucas. The story takes place in a universe shortly after the establishment of a tenuous peace between the re-emergent of Sith Empire and the Galactic Republic.
In the game, you get to choose from eight different classes. Each of these eight classes has a three-act storyline that progresses as your character levels up. Within this eight classes, players can either join the Republic or the Sith which, each players may posses a morality at any point along the light or dark spectrum, in other word, your character may be a Jedi, but due to your actions or decisions, you are more prone to the Dark side
The classes are exclusive to one fraction or the other. However, the classes of one fraction mirror the classes of the other. As an example, Jedi Knight and Sith Warrior, both are lightsaber wielding warrior which is most famous for their tank roles in the game. The classes are;
Let's talk about ships. In this game, each class has their own starship, which serves as the player's base of operations. Bounty Hunters have the D5-Mantis Patrol Craft where Sith Warriors and Inquistors have the Fury. Smugglers have the XS Freighter, Troopers have the BT-7 Thunderclap. Jedi Knights and Consulars have the Defender. All in all, you'll get a free Starship as the story progresses. The best part about this is, certain pieces of these ships can be modified, allowing them to perform better in space combat.
Companions in most MMO RPG games are basically just another NPC that follows you around, shielding you and helping you inflict damage. However, this game features a passive form of crafting, known as Crew Skills, in which a player's companions carry out gathering and crafting tasks asynchronously to the player's adventures out in the world. Each class gets five companions as the story progresses and they are "social-interact-able", meaning, they will either grow fond of you or disapprove your action/s based on certain scenario as you play the story "quest". A little tip, you can gain your companion's affection bar by giving them gifts. Once you have sufficient "affection" you can then romance them 😏
Now, the most interesting part, for me at least. Lightsabers. I love a good lightsaber duel. In this game, you can participate in a PVP battle where there are various objectives to complete. You'll be up against other players from fractions to battle it out to your heart's content.
Like most MMO RPG games, Star Wars: The Old Republic heavily emphasize on their pay-to-win regime. Players can choose to play without any subscription however, there are certain restrictions, such as the limitation of the amount of credits you can carry, the reduced leveling speed and the more prominent one is that you're limited to only certain species or races when you're on the character creation screen. Subscription options are available for players to pay for one month, two month, three month or six month blocks, with discounted rates for multiple month blocks. Payment can be done by credit card or time card.
Star Wars: The Old Republic gets a solid 7/10 from me. While I enjoy the story, the variety of classes, lightsabers, starships, and the company of companions, I would like the dev team to change the overall UI of the game. I dislike holding down the right mouse button in order pan the view. All in all, if you're in quarantine, you'll have so much fun in SWTOR.
-Balans-
Nice 😎