The story based gameplay is flawed and might kill the game.

Yes, I agree with the OP. I like the story, but it's going to end for me in a few days, with that the rest of the game is really lackluster. So if the story is the emphasis, and I can be done with it in a very short time...it makes me wonder if Bioware will be able to continue to develop enough story driven content, with the acting and cut scenes quickly enough to keep people like me entertained.

PvP is a dead end and going no where, and Raiding...well, I'll do a op once to beat it, but farming instances is regression for MMO's as far as I'm concerned.

Lol pvp dead. Wrong

Lol there are 8 stories, the idea of the game was to play alts.

This guy comes in, and says "Bioware you cant make me roll an alt."

They cant, so just move along i guess.

Lol pvp dead. Wrong

Lol there are 8 stories, the idea of the game was to play alts.

This guy comes in, and says "Bioware you cant make me roll an alt."

They cant, so just move along i guess.

Yeah, I'm not an alt guy. I'm a role player, and play a single character based on a role I've played throughout the years. So, no alts are not the thing.

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Why all of the sudden are there threads popping up slamming the story? Does this seem odd to anyone else?

In my opinion, SWTOR is highly flawed and will fail without a major overhaul for the following reasons.

1. MMO's are fun and addictive because of the unique gameplay they offer over single player and other multiplayer games. It seems that weak elements being complained about on this forum are legitimate. New games should be better, not weaker than existing games. Heavy sharding and lack of endgame are just two examples. We will play for a while because its BW and Star Wars but will we stay? I doubt it.

So we need a good story. But!!!

2. Many gamers came to this game because we like Bioware's RPGs and we like MMOs. Yet BW did not do anything to progress or evolve their art of story telling over KOTOR/Mass Effect. In short - we've played this game already. This is not good. Games need to refresh and evolve. Rockstar's GTA and Red Dead Redemption have progressed the format really well - BW have stayed still. So far (lvl 20 JK) I found both KOTOR and ME1 to be way better stories than SWTOR.

3. A story based game will require atmosphere and immersion to create an effect called 'transportation' whereby the player is sucked into the story. SWTOR does not do this effectively. Their are some great immersive moments eg Coruscant and Tython but got to Taris and or other 'on rails' worlds and the atmosphere is weak. Why they made people wait till later levels to get to the big worlds I don't know. I loved the fact that SWG, EVE and LOTRO all had these massive worlds from the start. It made me feel like I was in something massive and that was was exciting and unique. SWTOR starts with the opposite and so I don't feel the same.

4. The story is too safe. I need to care about the story. Why can't we have some more adult themes? Maybe my character is tortured or mutilated. Maybe my family is slaughtered in front of my eyes. How about a star exploding destroying a solar system. Where is the epicness? Its all a bit ploddy and run of the mill. Where is the complexity? Why dumb it down? The overarching story itself is unoriginal. A war, two sides, evil vs good, Star Wars. Come on. Not all players are in their teens. Average gamer age is 30. Lucasarts keeping them too close the license here?

Just my opinions of course.

"Because alts/the end-game can't be story driven."

How are alts not story driven? Each class has it's only class story line. Yes, the side quests are the same, but you can go the opposite alignment and even those can feel really different a couple times through.