So, is it fun or just shiny and new?
Paelos:
The story choices are awesome, made doubly so when you play in a group and have to compete for dialogue options.
sam, an eggplant:
It's not a great MMO. It doesn't even come close to competing with Rift.
The stories are compelling, though.
ajax34i:
To me, I think it's fun, and will probably continue to be so as long as I'm levelling an alt and it's got a story to follow. I don't hate MMO's, and I could get into raiding later, but I'm just not interested in that right now, and that's the only thing WoW has to offer. Plus, I think pandas are stupid, so I'm gonna skip this expansion, and EVE Online is still only at the point where the devs seem interested in fixing the game, but they haven't actually made any of the big changes required to improve it, so not going back for a while.
Once the stories are exhausted, I can play Skyrim, Dragon Age 2, and Portal 2 (haven't started either), and continue X3:TC and try X3:Albion, and it should keep me busy until ME3 or X4 or whatever.
Merusk:
Mechanics wise I'll agree with that. Content wise I don't know. I didn't get in to Rift enough in beta to bother with it at launch. I liked some of their ideas and the hot-swapping of spec/ roles but not enough to leave WoW for it.
It's got more personality than Rift ever did, though. Then again I've never been one of the SW haters, even through all the idiocy of the EU, etc, so I'm biased there.
It's worth taking a look at for anyone into the industry. How much you'll enjoy it and at what price point you should jump in will all depend on how much you value seeing the innovation of story-as-mmospace because it's not the UI or mechanics that you'll be playing for.
rattran:
It's a fantasy world we know, rather than Rift's generic fantasy world. I admit to getting a kick to seeing familiar places in game, mostly familiar from other Star Wars games at this point. It's a diku, with some tweaks. If you hate mmos, you'll hate it. If you love Star Wars, you'll love it.
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