I’ll admit my enthusiasm for SWG has been hot and cold up to this point. I’ve had a bit of trouble getting into the game. Why that is ? I’m not quite sure really. Maybe it’s because I’ve been able to get my Star Wars fix elsewhere, in single player games like KotOR for example.
Since the announcement of Bioware’s The Old Republic MMO, I’ve been thinking about Galaxies more and more, realising that I may not have given the game a fair shake. While this thought process was going through my head, what did I find in my email in-box : a free month of SWG play ! Coinciding with the in-game Moon Festival event.
So with this momentous coincidence happening, I have decided to give SWG another go. A serious go this time. My characters in WAR really need to have their rest XPbars topped off, so this is perfect timing for me to re-acquaint myself with SWG.
But, before jumping back in I’ve resolved to read all of the player guides related to the game ( some aspects of SWG being quite arcane, at least to me ) and make sure I’m as informed as I possibly can be before returning to my Wookie Bounty Hunter.
This approach has really paid off. I’m not as bewildered as I was during my previous attempts at getting into SWG. I’m even enjoying some aspects of the game that rebutted me previously. An example that immediately comes to mind is space combat. Another, strangely enough, is house decorating ! Yes you read that correctly ! Having consulted the player guides on furniture placement in SWG, I finally discovered how to move around pieces in my house, a task I had in the past given up on in disgust. This time I made some macros as suggested, and have spent a few hours immersed in the minutia of home decoration, SWG style ! Which is quite hilarious, seeing as my real world dwelling is rather spartan and carelessly unadorned, functional but rather bare.
This just illustrates the to me the fact that even though SWG has, in my opinion, some seemingly strange, archaic or just plain counter intuitive aspects to it, if you make an effort to go the extra mile and understand the dynamics behind the way these elements work, you may actually come to enjoy this venerable title despite it’s lack of shiny newness.
May The Force be with me !
