Those of you who were fortunate enough to experience the SWG experience pre-NGE soon discovered what could arguably be considered the most innovative, immersive, and customizable MMO produced. That is ... until the massive updates and the advent of a bunch of hippy Jedi running around all the worlds with no fear of bounty hunters or the fact the storyline took place during the Galactic Civil War when the (few) Jedi left would have been in hiding.
Anyways, if you were like me, after the massive changes, I left for other MMOs because the way they bastardized the game. Plus, being reactivated for the war left little time for playing and when I got back, I was left with a vile taste from the game.
Fortunately, a friend of my from the Corps contacted me telling me about an emulator. The server is relatively new (only about 4 months or so). For those of you who still have the game, or can obtain one from ebay, amazon, bittorrent, etc. the world of SWG is back.
Fearing I would be dismayed by the graphics, I was amazed at how I could run the entire game on my laptop with on-board video and run all the settings at max. and the graphics are surprisingly still impressive.
As many of us older gamers (EQ-beta days) understood early on, graphics can be compromised for good GUI and great storyline. Yes SWTOR has the edge on graphics, but falls way short in immersiveness and customization of characters. It reminds me of the day Nevewinter Nights 2 came out and within a month, people were flocking back to NWN1. They wanted playability and story, not just graphics.
The server is pre-NGE with an entirely different Jedi unlock of which NO ONE knows. The DEV is tight lipped about this for a reason. 6 starting professions with 31 other advanced/hybrid professions.
The main forum is:
SWG Awakening • Pre-CU ServerIf you happen to try it out, I currently have a toon working toward Bounty Hunter. Raijlin.
Look me up and hope to see you on the field of battle!
Topic: The glory of Star Wars Galaxies (Read 3578 times)