Comment Re:Agree 100% (Score 2, Insightful) 502
The problem with any current review of this game is that it's based on the beta period of the game. While the final game will probably be almost the same, I'm sure they were holding back content and other things waiting for the live release. As for the boards being removed, I don't really think that was some evil plot to hide negative reviews. The entire beta site was removed and replaced by the launch site yesterday.
I got to play the beta for about the last month and for the most part was enjoying myself. Sure there were bugs, patches, glitches, servers going down, and the one crash to desktop, but it was beta and I expected those sorts of things. I will say that I agree with the people who feel the game is not ready for live release, but that decision was probably not under the control of the developers anymore. Personally, I'd wait to praise of condem this game until it's been out for a month or so and the initial launch problems that come with any game this large are taken care of. I'm sure some people will say that all problems should be taken care of by launch, but then the game would probably never launch at all. Look at EQ, it's been around for several years now, and they still have to patch to fix bugs and game balance issues.
That said, I did find myself getting a little bored doing the UPS routine to earn money to be able to take a shuttle to another planet, and waiting on the shuttles to arrive sucked, but overall I enjoyed playing this game. Like any new large scale game, there are good and bad things to say about it, but I think the game will balance out shortly after launch, and no, I'm not talking about the Force when I say balance.
I got to play the beta for about the last month and for the most part was enjoying myself. Sure there were bugs, patches, glitches, servers going down, and the one crash to desktop, but it was beta and I expected those sorts of things. I will say that I agree with the people who feel the game is not ready for live release, but that decision was probably not under the control of the developers anymore. Personally, I'd wait to praise of condem this game until it's been out for a month or so and the initial launch problems that come with any game this large are taken care of. I'm sure some people will say that all problems should be taken care of by launch, but then the game would probably never launch at all. Look at EQ, it's been around for several years now, and they still have to patch to fix bugs and game balance issues.
That said, I did find myself getting a little bored doing the UPS routine to earn money to be able to take a shuttle to another planet, and waiting on the shuttles to arrive sucked, but overall I enjoyed playing this game. Like any new large scale game, there are good and bad things to say about it, but I think the game will balance out shortly after launch, and no, I'm not talking about the Force when I say balance.
