Swtor= dog on a chain?

I wouldn't mind have minded a good sandbox.

But linearity doesn't have to feel so linear.

What I don't get is why people are even complaining about this? From day one Bio said TOR was going to be a STORY driven mmo. Stories progress from chapter 1 -2 -3 etc. Heck, they even call them chapters in game In a STORY driven game it would make no sense to go from chapter 1-3 and skip chapter 2. You don't do that when reading a book do you? Assuming you're not being forced to read some craptastic "masterpiece" for homework or whatever...

The only difference between TOR and a book is that you get to make some decisions that effect the STORY and you have to click a few (ok a lot) of buttons, instead of turning a page, to get the STORY to unfold.

TOR is exactly what it was said to be. A STORY. If this isn't your cup of tea:

WoW / Rift / Eve / GW / EQ2 / whatever else are that way ->


And to those arguing about whether TOR is linear, of course it is, most STORIES are. Thing A.) happens then B.) happens then C.) happens. Anyone who says otherwise is just arguing semantics. Now granted you don't "have" to do the quests, you can pvp, instance or whatever, but that's kinda missing the point of a STORY driven game isn't it?

you can skip entire planets if you want to in swtor. I have routinely skipped most of Rep Taris, Rep Balmorra, and quesh in the 4 times i've leveled a toon. (I was in beta too)
Its linear, yeah, but you don't have to follow the line, it will just not be as efficient for you if you stray from it too much.

The questing in this game is downright lazy. Every single class quest takes place indoors because of the stupid force field thing for each class, and all the "Amazing story based questing" bioware promised turned out to be roughly 1/10th Story based and 9/10ths filler "Bring me 10x, collect 5y, return, receive bracers" quests. They blew all their budget on voice actors and ended up making probably one of the most uninspired questing theme parks ever.

All MMOs are like that to a certain extent. SWTOR just doesn't mask it all that well.

If I may quote myself: "If Alderran were to be death starred right now, only hundreds of voices would cry out" DESPITE the huge landscape. It makes it feel lifeless.

sounds like you havent playes swtor you can fly off in your ship go to other worlds find quests explore etc.

and the worlds are not tiny.

the only games not like this are eve, darkfall, uo and mortal online.

Its very linear and it doesn't change.


I get very very excited with anything unique that pops up quest / puzzle wise.

troll

Feeling like an Alice tumbling down the rabbit hole?

Blue Pill = MMO world.
Red Pill = World outside your window.

Your choice?

Keep telling yourself that. WoW felt so open to me in fact it could be frustrating at times to figure out what to do.