Wondering about this also have yet to see it.

Incorrect I am 29 and play Empire (and Republic) along with many of my friends. This assumption is a wasted topic since there is no validy to it.

You must not read the forums we have seen a billion of these threads and by far many will disagree with you. I love the game and exploring is key. you must not be much of a explorer if you think it is to Linear. If yah dont enjoy the game dont play then. There are millions of reasons to explore and it has already been posted in this thread.

The box my CE came in was heavily damaged. To the point of the images having scratches and even part of the image missing. I was very disappointed in this since I love the images on the box and had planned on keeping it. After reading this thread I opened my figure and found that it is all together but has scratches on it, the eyes are not fully colored, and the stand for it is scratched and damaged. I could not believe that after paying $150 for the game I would get a damaged container and a figure that is scratched up and missing some color on the eyes :(

I was actually surprised that amazon changed the date to the 16th. I got my game yesterday. I guess in the end Bioware can't control how the retailers handle releasing the game.