Well, let me start by saying that I am going to dive with both feet in with TOR. I loved the 2 other games, as well as any other Bioware game that I have ever played. Bioware has yet to let me down with a game.
As well, I played WoW for about 3-4 years on an on-and-off basis. When I was on, I was pretty hardcore about it, with server-leading PvE raid progression and decent enough PvP arena ratings.
But back to the topic. TOR is not a WoW killer. There is no such thing as a WoW killer, nor will there ever be. The only thing that can "kill" WoW is natural time. I can honestly say that WoW is the pinnacle of MMORPG's, and I do not believe that there is a "next step" that can kill it (like how WoW "killed" Everquest, for instance). I do however think that the game will be incredible, and will divide the fanbase of MMO players.
With other MMO releases, Blizzard has schrewdly placed a new expansion or a large patch right after the previous game's launch, drawing the crowd of players back from the other game that has just come out. In the MMO world, I feel that many, many players do not want to start from scratch, and would rather play with a character that they have already built. In this regard, WoW has had a huge advantage over any other released MMO. Most players get to say, level 20 in the new MMO, and then say "Screw this. I want to play with my level 80 Mage that I poured 100's of hours into.", and then go back.
However, Cataclysm is coming out before TOR launches in the Spring/Summer of 2011. Maybe Bioware can come out running with their game, just when the polish starts to ware on Cataclysm.
Maybe we will see some MMO wars, which is probably a great thing for the players. 2 companies trying to win us over? Count me in.
Sick final match fatality. I feel like the stage fatality could use some polish (looked like he just lagged a bit over to Reptile and uppercutted. It looked choppy), but I was impressed with the spikes (through the head!).
I really wanted to see Johnny Cage's fatality, but oh well.
-Kinect looks really lame. I just don't see why someone would get that, when they can have a Wii for probably the same price. I assume Kinect games are going to be $60, so it doesn't seem to be worth it at all.
-KOTOR online is one game I'm really excited for. Bioware does know how to make a trailer, but they also know how to make great games. They have never let me down before.
-4 Player Gears co-op. Awesome. Hopefully the multiplayer gets a seamless start, unlike Gears 2's. Man I missed playing that game online. I loved Gears 1.
-Not really excited for any FPS. Halo seems decent...the beta was good at least.
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