Star Wars: the Old Republic Launches

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday December 20, 2011 @08:10AM from the fully-operational dept.

Today marks the official launch of Star Wars: the Old Republic, a new MMOG from BioWare, EA, and LucasArts. The game's population has been building throughout the week as players who pre-ordered were granted early access, but now the gates have been thrown open to everyone. By using the Star Wars universe and a 'story-driven' approach to MMO gameplay, BioWare hopes to draw in a new group of players who don't typically consider themselves MMO gamers. Since the game is still largely unexplored, comprehensive reviews have yet to be written, but Shack News has a write-up about the early game. An article at Eurogamer discusses whether this sort of game launch marks the end of an era for the MMOG industry — the game's budget is estimated to be as high as $100 million, and it relies on a traditional subscription model when many games are making the switch to free-to-play.

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Re:So, when did subscriptions become traditional? by Anonymous Coward · 2011-12-20 08:42 · Score: 0, Troll

Always different? No, not substantially. There are a few different things, but they have little real impact. You make a choice, one superficial dialogue happens, make another, it is the other dialogue. And you still end up killing boars in the forest.
Stop pretending there is depth, it is shallow, no more.