CaptainHowdy
Regular
Just wanted to set the record straight.
by now I am sure many of you have heard horrible horrible things about Galaxies and probally have forgotten it was coming to PS2/Xbox, or at least wiped it from your wishlist.
I went ahead and gave the final product a test, and I wanted to say the griped are completely wrong, they are all from people who were in beta and did not feel it was ready for the retail market, and the lousy reviews I read made it obvious the person reviewing it did not even know how to play the game(Game Nikki for instance, the guys biggest gripe was how painful death is, tired of corpse runs.... well if he knew jack@#$% he would know you can insure everything on your person at the cloning stations insurance terminal, when you die, you come back there will all your stuff. He also griped that finding such stations is a pain in the butt, so I then pointed out to him that all you do is type in /find, a list of nearby places pops up, you pick what you want, and it holds your hand all the way to it...again just an example of how moronic these reviewers are who reviewed an MMORPG within 3 days of its release).
so for those who want to know about this game, I thought I would take the time to enlighten you.
unlike older MMORPG's, there is no preset economy, no NPC's selling armour or weapons. Everything you need is made by another player, every service you need is from another player, so obviously it took a few days for this game to get up to speed, first day the bazaar(an internal electronic auction that works much like Ebay) is empty, nothing worth buying. But now that a week has gone by, this game has really blossomed into the best MMORPG I have ever experienced, especially as a Starwars fan.
You begin selection your race and profession, and though the jobs sound really lame, all of them are Vital. The most lame sounding would be the Entertainer, as an Entertainer you would go the way of Dancing or being a Musician. What makes them so vital is this, after fighting in the field you get wounds and battle fatigue, these are unhealable without a camp or hospital, it cuts back your permenant health/mind/energy points. Your health and energy wounds can be healed in a hospital or camp by a medic, but to cure your mind and battle fatigue, you need to relax and be entertained. So you head to the nearest Hotel/Cantina and hope there is a show going on, and I was suprised at how cool this can be. You step in and there are a group of musicians jamming together with instruments they made themselves, and several dancers grinding out flourishes. You find a good seat amongst friends and highligh a musician and choose to LISTEN, then select a dancer and select WATCH, you only need one of them but by selecting one musician, you automatically listen to them all, by selecting the dancer you watch them all, which makes things heal up much faster. So you sit back , enjoy the party, get some crafting done(if your an artisan) and chat with the others, its actually quite an exciting experience, moreso than it sounds.
I think the best thing is how everyone works together in this game, only the noobs try to run off and accomplish everything alone, the seasoned players have thier buddy list full, and know they need help from others to get by, and the community is great and always eager to help. And they will save you a lot of money along the way, you can get training from NPC's but it comes at a great cost, you will need to go to them to add a new profession(you may have more than one, I currently have 3), but any training you earn in those professions you have, another player can train you(he would have to group with you, then he would highlight you and a TEACH option comes up for him).
This game has a LOT of commands, PS2 is obviously going to support the Mouse and Keyboard with it, they will have to, Microsoft is going to have to cave and put out a Mouse and Keyboard for this one, I just feel its a must, not so much for precision or aim, but because there are just too many commands needed for a gamepad. Another thing, Voicechat will just not be something to be used in this game..most of the magic is in the emoticons and small details they have added(for example, it recognized words you type, so if you were to say, "I don't know", your character would shrug his shoulders and shake his head as he said it..if you say "haha" or "lol" , your guy then goes through one of a few laughing animations.. also in part of the role playing you have many things you would do like that (/bow or /wave to greet a friend, or /hug if you like)
If they keep it true to what it is now, and give the players a M/K option, this is truely going to be a major experience for PS2/Xbox owners, and I can not stress enough that you need to keep your eye on this game..
for the eye candy, I have a few screenies I will post I took. You will notice I am chugging in some of them, when I first step into a cantina, my FPS will drop drastically, then it will stablize, being I took candid shots of large people filled rooms, I really put the squeeze on my weak little CPU.. I need to upgrade ... but I do maintain a steady 30fps outside.. it would be better if I were willing to turn off AA/AF
by now I am sure many of you have heard horrible horrible things about Galaxies and probally have forgotten it was coming to PS2/Xbox, or at least wiped it from your wishlist.
I went ahead and gave the final product a test, and I wanted to say the griped are completely wrong, they are all from people who were in beta and did not feel it was ready for the retail market, and the lousy reviews I read made it obvious the person reviewing it did not even know how to play the game(Game Nikki for instance, the guys biggest gripe was how painful death is, tired of corpse runs.... well if he knew jack@#$% he would know you can insure everything on your person at the cloning stations insurance terminal, when you die, you come back there will all your stuff. He also griped that finding such stations is a pain in the butt, so I then pointed out to him that all you do is type in /find, a list of nearby places pops up, you pick what you want, and it holds your hand all the way to it...again just an example of how moronic these reviewers are who reviewed an MMORPG within 3 days of its release).
so for those who want to know about this game, I thought I would take the time to enlighten you.
unlike older MMORPG's, there is no preset economy, no NPC's selling armour or weapons. Everything you need is made by another player, every service you need is from another player, so obviously it took a few days for this game to get up to speed, first day the bazaar(an internal electronic auction that works much like Ebay) is empty, nothing worth buying. But now that a week has gone by, this game has really blossomed into the best MMORPG I have ever experienced, especially as a Starwars fan.
You begin selection your race and profession, and though the jobs sound really lame, all of them are Vital. The most lame sounding would be the Entertainer, as an Entertainer you would go the way of Dancing or being a Musician. What makes them so vital is this, after fighting in the field you get wounds and battle fatigue, these are unhealable without a camp or hospital, it cuts back your permenant health/mind/energy points. Your health and energy wounds can be healed in a hospital or camp by a medic, but to cure your mind and battle fatigue, you need to relax and be entertained. So you head to the nearest Hotel/Cantina and hope there is a show going on, and I was suprised at how cool this can be. You step in and there are a group of musicians jamming together with instruments they made themselves, and several dancers grinding out flourishes. You find a good seat amongst friends and highligh a musician and choose to LISTEN, then select a dancer and select WATCH, you only need one of them but by selecting one musician, you automatically listen to them all, by selecting the dancer you watch them all, which makes things heal up much faster. So you sit back , enjoy the party, get some crafting done(if your an artisan) and chat with the others, its actually quite an exciting experience, moreso than it sounds.
I think the best thing is how everyone works together in this game, only the noobs try to run off and accomplish everything alone, the seasoned players have thier buddy list full, and know they need help from others to get by, and the community is great and always eager to help. And they will save you a lot of money along the way, you can get training from NPC's but it comes at a great cost, you will need to go to them to add a new profession(you may have more than one, I currently have 3), but any training you earn in those professions you have, another player can train you(he would have to group with you, then he would highlight you and a TEACH option comes up for him).
This game has a LOT of commands, PS2 is obviously going to support the Mouse and Keyboard with it, they will have to, Microsoft is going to have to cave and put out a Mouse and Keyboard for this one, I just feel its a must, not so much for precision or aim, but because there are just too many commands needed for a gamepad. Another thing, Voicechat will just not be something to be used in this game..most of the magic is in the emoticons and small details they have added(for example, it recognized words you type, so if you were to say, "I don't know", your character would shrug his shoulders and shake his head as he said it..if you say "haha" or "lol" , your guy then goes through one of a few laughing animations.. also in part of the role playing you have many things you would do like that (/bow or /wave to greet a friend, or /hug if you like)
If they keep it true to what it is now, and give the players a M/K option, this is truely going to be a major experience for PS2/Xbox owners, and I can not stress enough that you need to keep your eye on this game..
for the eye candy, I have a few screenies I will post I took. You will notice I am chugging in some of them, when I first step into a cantina, my FPS will drop drastically, then it will stablize, being I took candid shots of large people filled rooms, I really put the squeeze on my weak little CPU.. I need to upgrade ... but I do maintain a steady 30fps outside.. it would be better if I were willing to turn off AA/AF