My opinion:
The game overall although i may not sound like im enjoying i am, to a degree.
Ok i was expecting more tbh, bland graphics, everything so predictable and is nothing new in the slightest, for a brand new mmo its very underwhelming.
PvP -
My worst experience of PvP in a mmo yet, it really is terrible, bad all round 1/10
Leveling -
I have enjoyed the starters planets so far so not bad.
Then came Corruscant, brown and boring and tedious quests although it is not so bad it starts to drag once you get here.
Then Taris, omg what happened here, worst zone in history, poor design that sends a player across the whole map to get to something next to them because of a badly placed ruin etc, and boy does this go on forever, ill never go back to this place again if i can help it.
You have another choice, Shadda, wth! its Corruscant AGAIN with neons lights placed all over.
As you can see by now the buzz has been drained from the player.
Remove Corruscant and combine it with Shadda and make one awsome location called yes Corruscant.
Redesign the awful Taris as it badly needs it.
Score for this? 5/10
Quests -
You got it, go kill 30 of them , then 20 of them or camo painted over with voice dialogue.
Not the worse though but far far from the best by a mile
Score 6/10
Graphics -
Graphics should not be main factor but is part of this immersion thing, and sadly SWTOR doesnt have that, dated graphics from the start.
Score 6/10
Content -
Another MMO i played for a bit was STO, awful content drove us all away and rightly so im glad SWTOR has content so far thaqt i can see (not talking about end game), but this is grinding content as in they are all basically the same, Taris anyone? no thanks.
Score 7/10
Population
So many servers...... why is there so many? close some and put more players on the same server. Seems to be plenty of players playing the game at the moment though and thats good.
Future Longevity
Nothing new here at all, you can see why its compared to WoW simply because although WoW copyied others SWTOR is more or less a big rip off of WOW. No uniqueness and nothing new (GW2 anyone?).
I yet dont know what end game content there is bit SWTOR does have the look and feel of TFP in a few years time as its a MMO that is nothing new or dares to challenge any bariers.
I can see the boring planets and quests ie Corruscant then Taris then Shadda (Corruscant) making players run out of steam, i know that i cant be bothered now as i dont want to do awful Taris again and other choice is Corruscant 2 (Shadda).
Score Cant decide its too early.
I think the buzz is there at the moment but in a few months it may die down and SWTOR could struggle especially with the new breed in the works.
BW missed a big boat here, but i am still playing just not sure for how long.
All theyd need to do to keep me going full steam enjoying the game is replace shaada and redo taris and sort out this god awful PvP.
Overall Score:
6/10
Final Word:
Played any 10yr old MMO? then this is what you will get from SWTOR.
Ultimately becomes boring after you leave Corruscant and the game has a terrible PvP system.
You will still more than likely still enjoy this game with its outdated looks and systems but the fun may not last long and this could be a MMO to play to tie one over for awhile, although its expensive to do that in this game.
Ultimately and being 100% honest there is and are to be alot more better MMO's without a shadow of doubt.
Id look on SWTOR as a gamble, because its not Brilliant by a long shot but it is not the worst.
Fancy being a Jedi that cant even kill a stormtrooper? SWTOR is for you lol
