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

Its so funny when people go to a game that was billed as KOTOR with multiplayer and say:

"**** this is KOTOR with co-op mode"

What did they expect?

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.

You can solo your way through WOW as well. They even changed all of the group quests in WOW to make them solo quests. Unless you're queuing up for an instance/PVP encounter in WOW, you're always solo.

Stop telling me what is for me and what isn't for me And maybe it's you who hasn't payed enough other MMORPGS.

It was that WoW started that trend. MMORPGs used to not be like that. And it saddens me to see that SWTOR decided to follow in WoW's footsteps, as it's a flawed system IMHO.

There is nothign fun about rushing to the "end game" and then redoing the same "instance" over and over. It's just a crappy system.

When did I say alts are not story driven?

You have this really weird habit of arguing with me over things I never said.

1. Sharding isn't a bad thing since it is only partial sharding. You are free to move between "shards" as you see fit if your area is too crowded, or if noone is participating in world PvP (hah) at your location.

2. Rockstar's GTA/Read Dead series hasn't moved an inch in years. It is still the same old boring "rags to riches" story being told in such a predictive manner that by the end of the tutorial you already know exactly where you'll end up by the end of the game.

Bioware IS evolving both genres by bringing them together - showing that MMO's can actually have real stories besides 700 pages of quest logs you'll skip because they don't have any bearing on your feelings towards a faction or individual.

3. I will agree though that some of the planets seem vague and unscripted compared to the early ones. Some streamlining and more "consistensy" is welcomed by me.

4. You've clearly missed the big fat label on the packaging saying "Rated T for Teen" - you can't have "adult/unsafe" situations in a game marketed at teenagers, as long as parent guidance organisations cry bloody murder the second you see a piece of naked skin, or a scene with REAL emotions in them.

Even if they wanted to go darker, they could not because of these limitations. Why market it at teens you ask? Because anything higher than that isn't globally acceptable (see Australia) and isn't as profitable (more subscribers, more content). As for the "Good Vs. Evil" argument - did you watch the movies? The entire universe is built around the eternal Good Vs. Evil struggle. In the end evil always fails, and the empire of this age is no different if you follow the story.

Baseline: If you want darker, more realistic stories play a singleplayer RPG such as the Witcher series. Never expect such themes in an MMO in this day and age.

PS: Some of the things mentioned in (4) do happen - you may want to explore some other classes for those particular events.

They probably expected a revolutionary MMORPG, which is what the hype was promising. Not a single player action/adventure game with a WoW style endgame.

You are going to see a lot of dissapointed people. Trust me.