Comments on: STO vs TOR

By: Julian

Julian — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:54:27 +0000

So far I don’t much care about anything I saw regarding TOR other than the cinematic. Voiced NPCs are nice but not a seller to me.

I’m a diehard trek fan and I have zero hopes that -any- of the things which made the series great will translate well to whatever it is Cryptic is doing. For a boring, repetitive, grindy experience we already had Voyager on TV years ago. Was an MMO needed?

By: Stormwaltz

Stormwaltz — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:36:48 +0000

Star Wars feels more real that Star Trek because while it’s tech is BS, it’s internally consistent. Aside from the midichlorian misfire, it all feels plausibly “of a piece.”

Trek is filled with “science-y” technobabble, but the capabilities of the holodecks, transporters, and warp drives change radically based on who’s writing about them today.

Remember the “Warp drive is breaking the universe! We must have a warp drive speed limit!” episode? The speed limit they never mentioned again in any series? I gave up after that one.

By: xwn

xwn — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:32:17 +0000

TOR. The storytelling of KOTOR I&II really lured me in, and I’m confident TOR will deliver on their promise to create “KOTOR III, IV & V”.

Don’t know if I’ll stay for long – but I’m sure I’ll play through the story more than once.

By: Tesh

Tesh — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:11:31 +0000

I’ll play a demo of both eventually, if available. Whether I spend more time than that depends on the business model and whether or not they are any fun.

By: Longasc

Longasc — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:00:58 +0000

I think SW:TOR will win. STO is done by Cryptic, and they are really bad in one regard: Their space battles are jaw-dropping awesome, but I bet it will have about as much or lack of content as Champions Online, no proper balancing and the item shop on top of the sub.

In the end both worlds are not my fantasy world of choice, but I have more faith in Bioware. I question their focus on voice acting and story for an MMO, but that’s another debate.

By: zookeeper

zookeeper — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:50:32 +0000

Love Star Wars. Love Star Trek. I’ll be playing both.

Will they be the Holy Grail of the MMOG universe? No, but they’ll both have their little quirks that provide months of entertainment. Even if they are shallow, instanced worlds, I’d rather play a flawed persistent world than a single player/co-op snoozefest. Run along now, Borderlands and Dragon Ages awaits you.

By: Hess

Hess — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:30:25 +0000

I wish I could say that one of these has me excited. They may turn out to be great games but the frenetic hyperbole machine surrounding SW and the lack of trust in development on ST has me turned completely off on both counts.

I trust BioWare to make a great game but nothing I’ve seen or heard makes me excited about SW:ToR. I haven’t seen much on Trek but I just don’t see the IP translating very well into an MMO, much less an RPG.

By: Thallian

Thallian — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:09:04 +0000

I might play through SWTOR once jsut to see the plot and then ditch it just as I did KOTOR and KOTOR2. Both of which were worth 1 spin but not 2.

By: We Fly Spitfires

We Fly Spitfires — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:55:47 +0000

I always thought the Star Wars universe was a lot more realistic than the Star Trek one. I never bought into the idea of gigantic ships filled with thousands of passengers doing battle. I think the idea of motherships with fighters is a lot more realistic.

By: Robert Schultz

Robert Schultz — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:50:10 +0000

Neither.

Star Trek Online isn’t going to be that great due to being passed around from one studio to another and finally ending up in the lackluster and recently failing hands of Cryptic Studios.

SWTOR is way over-hyped. Also, from everything I’ve seen so far it’s really just a single player game but “online” rather than a true MMORPG.