Did this game deliver on the hype?

Every product release is a hype by nature. It's got to be like that cause marketing laws dictate.

As a consumer, you have to be mature and critical enough to properly analyze what the product is actually offering.

The problem is some kiddos don't seem to understand/know how marketing works and get caught in the hype's nests. The don't check the specifications and expect a final product that fits the expectations they have baselessly fabricated in their wild dreams.

They don't have any grasp of what patience and progression actually means cause, as Jim put it, "they want the world and they want it NAO!!!". Being those brats a fraction of the story tellers and BS fabricators that roam the forums 24/7 hating for free and selling speculations as facts.

I didn't expect a WoW a killer and didn't get one, nevertheless, i like this game and will keep paying.

Ok parrot.. polly want a cracker?

Polly wants you to stop the QQ and go play a game you actually like.

I think that question is individual outside a couple of sources (Trolls/Haters; Biodrones).

For me, no, not even close.

I expected a lot more from the crafting (Which, like the game, is lifeless)
I expected a lot more from space
I expected a lot more from the stories
I expected a wide-open, massive world(s) that feel alive, and teeming with life.
I expected an innovative combat system, and character progression system
I expected better PvP and PvE
I expected tons of mysteries, adventures (All we got was Datacrons, which is something to build on I guess)
I expected way, way better character customization options (Character creation, Equipment, Weapons, etc)
I expected servers to be brimming with life constantly (They are dead about 80% of the time)

Meh. It didn't even come close.

It kinda guts me, too. This game for me, was kinda the "Get back in my good graces Bioware" situation. I used to buy Bioware games first day, no questions. I was never disappointed (I was a little hesitant about Jade Empire, but was hugely satisfied). EA buying them shook my confidence in them a bit, but I figured they'd stay the same. Then DA2 and ME2 games hit, and I lost about 80% confidence in them. This game cemented it for me, that Bioware simply isn't the developer they used to be, not even close.

I'll move on from this game (There is nothing they can do to keep me playing anymore) probably end up in TERA or GW2 or some F2P MMORPG. I'll finish out ME3 (I'll get my money back on ME3 they got outta me for this dud) and then forget Bioware.

That's the worst part. Not this game dying. I can rationalize that. They put a horrible development team in-charge (Full of Mythicfail and DA2Fail). It's the huge, huge decrease in quality of Bioware games, their marginalization of their core fanbase (Story-oriented RPGers) and now with the whole DLC thing with ME3, their death at the hands of EA is complete.

Sucks to see a Canadian company fall victim to US Capitalism.

ok jan 2012 lets see how long you last

if you got hyped then it's your own fault. I went in with pretty low expectations, actually, and I was pleasantly surprised

I think the term you're looking for is globalization.

Let me put it like this.

People keep saying that they spent 300 million on this game...

when i walk in the tatooine desert with all graphics set to high, i do not leave foot prints in the sand. Its like you are walking on sand colored concrete.



all i know is for millions of dollars people will do some crazy things, and this game is no 300 million production... believe what you will, but i am certain some people got very rich off this production.

Skimming over the other post most seem to be pleased with the game if they had no or low expectations of the game before release. That's not exactly a glowing review.

I had high expectations based on what I read about it and was totally let down. I was actually sad about it. I thought it was suppose to be a star wars game. After leveling a character to 50 which wasn't fun, I've yet to see anything that makes me feel like I'm playing a Star Wars game. Its linear and generic.

Like others, once the time runs out I can't see myself wanting to come back and play it months down the road or years down the road if it last that long. Glad there are those that like it for the sake of the people that made the game but I wanted more sandbox features which it doesn't have nor would I expect them to ever add.