Anyone who played it before then was playing beta. In Sept 2013, I consider it to be feature ready for the masses. Lack customization from a visual sense but the actual character development and itemization is pretty solid. Essentially Diablo but with Marvel superheroes instead. Well, this is arguably an MMO but I did write a guide for it. More arcade than strategic, until you reach the end-game.Ģ013-2014. The actual mechanics are pretty awesome with an active battle mechanic and limited skill slots. While extreme use of instances is jarring, it does make for a unified world without servers. The first game I’ve ever played that was F2P from launch which had a rather interesting mechanic. Mass Effect 3 + SWTOR have made me boycott every EA game since.Ģ013-2014. It also ended the careers of the Doctors – Muzyka and Zeschuk – which is a massive tragedy after all the good they brought to the table. You can thank this game for making subscriptions a taboo topic due to the massive disappointment. It’s worth subbing for a month, getting to 50, then just playing the F2P version. Turned into F2P after less than a year and is apparently doing well enough now. Launch showed there was no end game at all. Beta wipes meant people could only really test to the 20s, which is a bad sign for any MMO beta. I played the beta for 3 months, the game for 2. An interesting study of a game that had such a huge fan base turn on them in a week’s time.Ģ011-2012. Keen got me looking at this game and I played a lot in beta. But it’s now too similar to WoW (and it’s multi-spec format) to truly compete.Ģ011. A few expansions now, and it has it’s draws. The downside was the overall slowness of the game, the general visuals, and lack of small-group activities at max level. This stopped being amazing when trying to leveling an off-spec. Honestly, while leveling this was amazing. When it started, it had a new kick with open world group play, with rifts all over the place. Every class can play every role, it’s high fantasy, groups, raids, crafting. Think a middle ground between WoW and FF14. The gameplay was awesome, the reason to keep playing was not.Ģ011 – 2013. In a month, I leveled 5 characters to max and the end game was bugged so we had nothing to do. Looks and plays horrible for the ground portion.
#Swtor multispec series#
It’s F2P and it does at time feel like you’re playing through TV series episodes. Never in my entire Beta experience have I ever seen a more sorry excuse for a game. This is an outlier as I played the beta more than the actual game. Time was my enemy during this game though, and simply fell to the wayside.Ģ010. A decent combination of sandbox and themepark with challenge. I maxed a couple characters but this game was so buggy and empty at max level, I quit.Ģ009-2010. I played about 3 months, which was near the amount of time it took for it to shut down. You really need to love the lore to play this game.Ģ007 – 2008. I then went back during F2P to see how it played, not much had changed. I played at launch, which was cool for a bit but slow. Was a lot of fun but friends moved on, so did I.Ģ006, 2010. I put 50$ in the game, as I would a box game. I came in during the F2P era from friend suggestions. I played beta, wrote a dozen guides, made a few thousand dollars, burned out, quit, came back multiple times.Ģ010. Honestly, the system requirements were just too much for me at the time.Ģ004 –. The idea was cool but once you hit max level, there was nothing to do.Ģ004. We built a town, it got bugged and we lost all progress, quit a few days after.Ģ004. I played a few months with some old EQ friends. It was hard to find the right balance of research, actually playing, and waiting for things to happen.Ģ003-2004. One of the few games with a rather large barrier to entry and requires a significant time investment. I played when Jedis were rare, the game was open and before NGE turned it into a different game.Ģ004. Problem with space games is that a) space is empty and b) 3d fighting games outside of an arena suck.Ģ002. I played this for a few months with my friends. It was fun but buggy back then.Ģ001 – 2002. I made a few thousand dollars playing this game and selling players and houses through eBay.ġ999-2003. I played the heck out of this but left when more casual games came around.ġ999.
#Swtor multispec for free#
Of interesting note, I have been in the beta for nearly every MMO on this list and have written guides (either for free or for a fee) for the same amount.ĭue to the guides, I haven’t really paid for a computer or a monthly access fee in over 10 years.ġ997-2001. This page goes over the games I’ve had the chance to play over the years, with a focus on the MMO genre.
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