I'm no Star Wars fan, and I know someone who is; He said that this is the worst Star Wars game in history and should be avoided like the plague, and he's an EXTREME Star Wars fan, like going-to-Star-Wars-Cons type of fan. He also stated that this game is basically an exact clone of World of Warcraft but set in the Star Wars universe...
My personal opinion is really simplistic... Look at how many MMORPG's that have come out over the years that have been anywhere near successful and then look at World of Warcraft. Final Fantasy XI (11) was the first MMO game that was largely successful, and then World of Warcraft came out and stole just about ALL of it's playerbase. Last I checked the server population base of FFXI is around 300k... WORLDWIDE. World of Warcraft recently celebrated their 12-million-active-account mark, so I'd say give it time, World of Warcraft will kill Star Wars: The Old Republic.
End result for most people would be just wasting their money so that they could go back to World of Warcraft.
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