THIS is not a bad game. However, we as Starwars fans and consumers should expect more. EA and bioware has spent 300 million dollars making this game and I cannot for the life of me see where that could have possibly have been a sane investment. The combat bugs alone and ability delay are game breaking unto themselves yet we are supposed to fawn over voice acting that gets old after one pass.
Bioware read the MMO forecast wrong, the most important aspect of a "game" is gameplay. If I wanted to watch a movie I would do as much. The "rpg" nature of this game while interesting at first glance is little more then filler and a massive waste of resources that could have been used to facilitate a truly excellent combat system. I really really love starwars and like alot of the other "trolls" we only post because we do care. I'm not saying this because I want the game to fail, I say this because I grew up with starwars and it is in my blood. Regardless of how much I love starwars I must acknowledge that this game is in trouble. Bioware needs to start addressing combat issues asap, not tomorrow.
I always hear people compare this game's launch to WOW's launch 7 years ago. Well the stark reality is SWTOR is not competeing against a "fresh" featureless WoW but instead a robust game with TONS of content. I do NOT want to wait 7 years to find out if SWTOR will compare favorably to WOW in it's prime, these issues need to be addressed now not later.
The bottom line is this game was rushed and is not competitive "feature wise" with WoW. I hope and pray Bioware can pull a miracle out of their collective rears but somehow I feel those wishes will be unfulfilled.