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| Author: | Hangen [ June 15th, 2012, 9:08 ] |
| Post subject: | SWTOR: Going Free to Play? |
gamestm.co.uk wrote: BioWare’s Star Wars: The Old Republic has faced some hard times since launching at the tail-end of 2011. Lead designer Emmanuel Lusinchi discusses the affects of losing over 400,000 subscribers earlier in the year and facing off increasingly stiff competition from free-to-play competitors. “I think it’s more than the free-to-play model – it’s more that there is a lot of competitive offers,” suggests Lusinchi. “If it was just free-to-play games and they weren’t very good it wouldn’t even be a question but there are definitely good games out there and good games coming out, so of course all of this competition impacts your plan with what you want to do.” Still, the advantages of free-to-play haven’t gone unnoticed by the developer. Asked whether it would be feasible to adapt The Old Republic to a free-to-play model, Lusinchi coyly suggests that the wheels may be in motion for a drastic change. “The MMO market is very dynamic and we need to be dynamic as well,” he says. “Unless people are happy with what they have, they are constantly demanding updates, new modes and situations. So we are looking at free-to-play but I can’t tell you in much detail. We have to be flexible and adapt to what is going on.” Read the full interview with Emmanuel Lusinchi in games™ issue 124 out 5 July. source |
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| Author: | Emmernab [ June 15th, 2012, 9:21 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: SWTOR: Going Free to Play? |
I doubt it will, EA wont let them. |
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| Author: | Winkle [ June 15th, 2012, 11:35 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: SWTOR: Going Free to Play? |
It hardly matters, the game is boring. |
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| Author: | Astelia [ June 15th, 2012, 19:56 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: SWTOR: Going Free to Play? |
Called it. |
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| Author: | Emmernab [ June 16th, 2012, 0:16 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: SWTOR: Going Free to Play? |
that cos you played 9999999999999999999999999999999999 hours of the beta winkle you noob. play a game with some surprise for a change you nosey bastard ;P |
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| Author: | Winkle [ June 16th, 2012, 16:21 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: SWTOR: Going Free to Play? |
Emmernab wrote: that cos you played 9999999999999999999999999999999999 hours of the beta winkle you noob. play a game with some surprise for a change you nosey bastard ;P I only played it to level 20 on beta (about 10hours). I bought the full game, levelled a jedi shadow to 50, cleared both raid instances on normal and one on hard, got to valor lvl 60 in pvp. Unfortunately i felt like i'd done it all before. The pvp was relatively entertaining but the raids were poor compared to wow. Dungeons were also a bit monotonous. The voice over acting which was initially a big draw just became laboured and annoying in the end. The questing was very repetitive. |
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| Author: | Hènk [ June 16th, 2012, 18:07 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: SWTOR: Going Free to Play? |
Friend of mine played the game to lv 15 tried pvp and got assraped by lv 50+ and decided to lvl further and stopped at lv 20 due to boredom... Another friend played upto lv 50 and only once for the story and decided to uninstal a few weeks later becouse he didnt play it anymore.. Is it rly that boring? Ifso ill never even get close to ordering a copy even if its for free xD |
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| Author: | Boris [ June 17th, 2012, 11:22 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: SWTOR: Going Free to Play? |
I played the Beta to level 20, and found it very dull. It's just space-wow in the end, if you're getting tired of MMO's, you'll get tired of SWTOR as well. |
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