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Okay, bitches. Convince me. (aka spend my money)

Posted: 2005-08-19 07:16pm
by Chardok
Deference to Dalton for the spend my money idea.


You have precisely 3 hours from now to convince me to either buy SWG and it's expansion packs (I've been itching to play SW...don't know why.) Or BF2. Go.

Posted: 2005-08-19 07:23pm
by Spanky The Dolphin
SWG sucks and it's lame and it smells.

There, that's all you need.

Posted: 2005-08-19 07:25pm
by Chardok
Spanky The Dolphin wrote:SWG sucks and it's lame and it smells.

There, that's all you need.
You make a good argument. But does it suck, blow, smell, and eminate lameness enough to override my self-imposed boycott of EA? That is where I need convinvcing, methinks.

Posted: 2005-08-19 07:25pm
by Uraniun235
swg will make your nipples bleed

Posted: 2005-08-19 07:29pm
by Akaramu Shinja
Well, SWG sucks. On the other thand, BF2 sucks in a different way. Of course, SWG sucks more. So go for the lesser of two sucks.

Posted: 2005-08-19 07:56pm
by InnocentBystander
To really enjoy an MMO you've got to get on the bandwagon in the first few months when things are new to everyone. SWG is both crappy and not new. Wait for a new MMO to come out and join that. In the meantime, play BF2, it's quality fighting, and hopefully will see many great mods for it (like bf1942 saw).

Posted: 2005-08-19 08:21pm
by Beowulf
BF2 sucks ass.

Posted: 2005-08-19 08:36pm
by gizmojumpjet
To get a good character in an MMORPG takes time better spent exercising, reading, or making love. It takes about 15 seconds to start killing in BF2 and how good you are is directly related to how well you can point and click.

Posted: 2005-08-19 08:38pm
by Chardok
gizmojumpjet wrote:To get a good character in an MMORPG takes time better spent exercising, reading, or making love. It takes about 15 seconds to start killing in BF2 and how good you are is directly related to how well you can point and click.
the first I agree with, the second not so much.

Posted: 2005-08-19 08:41pm
by Brother-Captain Gaius
BF2. Fuck SWG with a morningstar. Now if only I could play BF2 here at college...

Posted: 2005-08-19 08:42pm
by Akaramu Shinja
Are you looking for an MMORPG or a SW game out of SWG? Because on both of those aspects it sucks.

Posted: 2005-08-19 08:57pm
by Erik von Nein
I know someone who's playing SW:G and he's apparently having fun with it. Then, again, I know several people who've been playing Final Fantasy 11 for over a year and are still having fun with it.

Personally, I suggest BF2.

Posted: 2005-08-19 10:10pm
by gizmojumpjet
Don't let your hatred of EA keep you from wasting hours and hours on an M'RPG. Also, there seems to be no monthly fee to play BF2 online, which is a lovely selling point.

Posted: 2005-08-19 10:38pm
by Stormin
Chances are you don't got the time and patience to put up with an mmo, especially SWG after all of the nerfs to any possible fun aspects of the game.
I got SWG and played the free month a few months before jump to lightspeed. I don't regret it, but I am never playing that game again. The latest changes such as the combat upgrade have sealed that.

Posted: 2005-08-20 12:04pm
by Embracer Of Darkness
Star Wars Galaxies used to be a good game, I spent plenty of time logged in and I loved every minute. Since then it's been nerfed to hell and tons of brand new bugs and exploits have been introduced, not to mention that all the good communities seem to be disappearing rapidly from what I last saw.

As for Battlefield 2, I played this for a while on a friend's account while his PC was in ruins, and it blew me away. I'm waiting for it to come to my door as we speak.

In my opinion, I'd say buy BF2, there's not even any contest between it and SWG. It really comes down to wether you want an FPS or an MMO though.

Posted: 2005-08-20 02:11pm
by Kamakazie Sith
Chardok wrote:
Spanky The Dolphin wrote:SWG sucks and it's lame and it smells.

There, that's all you need.
You make a good argument. But does it suck, blow, smell, and eminate lameness enough to override my self-imposed boycott of EA? That is where I need convinvcing, methinks.
Because it's not Star Wars. It has Star Wars characters, ships, locations, but it is not Star Wars.

I guess you could call it a politically correct version of star wars where the Galactic Civil war is more of a game then anything else.

That's my opinion of it. I formed this off playing for a year. I've since quit so it could have gotten better, but I doubt it.

Posted: 2005-08-20 02:25pm
by Flagg
Get BF2. SWG is, as my great great Grandfather used to say, teh suck.
If you like slow monotinous grinding, half implemented features, and the ususal SCE "go fuck yourself' style of customer service, then by all means get SWG. If you want to be able to play the game right out of the box without spending weeks and months of your life unlocking content that you are bored with hours after unlockig it, get BF2.
Actually, I hate you, so get SWG. :P

Posted: 2005-08-20 04:42pm
by Lagmonster
Hate EA, but play the game anyway. It's fun once you get in there.

Posted: 2005-08-20 04:44pm
by DrkHelmet
I gotta put another vote in the "SWG sucks" column. The only consolation I have is that I got to sell my Jedi for $1700 when I got tired of it.

Posted: 2005-08-20 11:38pm
by DPDarkPrimus
If you want to play an MMORPG, get World of Warcraft.

Posted: 2005-08-21 01:16am
by InnocentBystander
Yes, World of Warcraft is definatly fun, I've heard that many folks like Guild Wars, though it is an MMO of the masses, so be warned!

Posted: 2005-08-21 09:20pm
by Davis 51
Wait for Star Wars Battlefront 2 to come out and then you have the best of both worlds.
:D
I hate MMO's in general, and BF2 Sucks ass. I'm running a GeForce 4600, but my brother is running a Geforce 6800. I was going to upgrade so I could play it with him, as I had already purchased it, but then I tried it out on his comp, and realized that it wasn't worth my money to upgrade. So I will still upgrade because haing fast hardware si cool, but nonetheless, I won't be upgrading it for Battlefield 2.

Posted: 2005-08-21 09:29pm
by Ghost Rider
Funniest part of WoW, Chardock here has it already.

As for the two choices BF2 is better. I don't care for the game, but the nerfs and piss poor management that makes Blizzard look like saints has pretty much destroyed much of SWG.

Posted: 2005-08-22 01:31am
by SylasGaunt
InnocentBystander wrote:Yes, World of Warcraft is definatly fun, I've heard that many folks like Guild Wars, though it is an MMO of the masses, so be warned!
Odd, I only saw an obnoxious player for the first time just tonight.. guess I'm lucky.

Posted: 2005-08-22 01:44am
by Beowulf
InnocentBystander wrote:Yes, World of Warcraft is definatly fun, I've heard that many folks like Guild Wars, though it is an MMO of the masses, so be warned!
Fairly certain Chardok has GW already...