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    Star Wars: The Old Republic

    Game » consists of 5 releases. Released Dec 20, 2011

    Star Wars: The Old Republic is a massively-multiplayer role-playing game set 300 years after the events of BioWare's Knights of the Old Republic series, but still approximately 3,600 years before the events of the films.

    jedo's Star Wars: The Old Republic (PC) review

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    There are gems to find

    As you can see, the reviews are all over the place for this game and that is due to the fact that the game has a lot of stuff, some of which is good and some of which is bad, and the question is: will you find something that is fun for you? The answer might be yes, but you will have to find the strength to ignore a lot of the garbage, and you will sometimes need luck to stumble into the right stuff. I was lucky to pick the Imperial Agent as my first class and I enjoyed its story and the open world I played in, but some of the other storylines were so offensively bad that I quit half-way.

    But I mostly came here to tell you that I was impressed by the latest expansion packs relating to the new Zakuul Empire, starting with Knights of the Fallen Empire. It is strongly reminiscent of the old Knigts of the Old Republic games, the art composition looks better than before, and if you continue this story with one of your existing characters, then the story and dialogue of the expansion pack accounts for that, making it feel like story was made for your class only, despite the fact that there are 8 different classes in the game. In fact, since you have the option to start the game at level 60, I would say that the new expansion packs (after the Shadow of Revan because we don't speak about that one) should be reviewed separately due to how different they feel. You hardly ever even see other players, which makes this almost a single player game, but you can still get the benefits of the MMO if you go back to the main part of the game.

    Other reviews for Star Wars: The Old Republic (PC)

      Force Majeure 0

      The gravest mistake the producers of the latest Star Wars movies ever made was to think they could tell a great story. In doing so they failed to realise that the greatest of all Star Wars stories have already been told and told repeatedly, in school playgrounds, at friend’s houses and almost anywhere where fans of the series may roam and gather. Disappointment was inevitable, as was the decidedly unpleasant nature of much of the backlash.George Lucas openly admitted that seeing kids with ...

      8 out of 8 found this review helpful.

      Much better than expected if you stick to the good stuff 0

      Star Wars The Old Republic is better than Grand Theft Auto V.If your head just exploded, I apologize. Let me explain. The Old Republic has issues, namely that is for most part a bland cookie-cutter traditional Massive Multiplayer Online game. Also, it had a very rough start when it first came out because the monthly fee it was charging people did not represent the value of the game and certainly did not represent the hype built by its marketing campaign. But now it is free to play and having exp...

      1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

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