Off Topic Discussion Megathread

[SturmChurro]

SWTOR really didn't age well with its animations and effects :P.
It's not exactly a pretty game but I can live with that, but damn the animations and visual effects are uh.
Not good...
I remember this back from when I played too that I thought the animations felt stiff and clumsy, after so long tho and with especially FFXIV today in mind tho it's kinda painful.

I really do want to play the Jedi Knight story tho, I played all of the Imperial ones and never really got around to the Jedi Knight one beyond lvl 20 or so I think.
After looking back at the game again I now remember why I mained Assassin and Sorcerer, Assassins animations aren't good either but they're easier to deal with and I also remember the spec I played was like a battle mage of sorts.

The nostalgia towards the game is pretty strong, I really did love that game a lot.
I have a hard time going back to MMO's like these tho because it always feels a little like a waste of time when games are on such a decline.
It's the same with Blade and Soul too, I really loved that MMO too and I've thought about it a lot since I quit.
But going back to it is a bit eh, all I can think of is how it's probably not going to last much longer and it makes putting more time into it feel a bit iffy.

If they actually do shut down SWTOR at some point in the relatively near future tho I really hope they make an offline mode first.
It'd be a real shame to lose all of that story content because the story content is genuinely pretty great and I think most of it is solo:able now at least ( if not all? ).

I went back and played SWTOR a few years ago (really just logged in), and I thought the exact same thing after having played FFXIV and other games for a few years. It was really jarring. I have been thinking of playing that game, but it wouldn't really be to play it as an mmorpg. I would just play it for the storyline(s) really. Just haven't found the time to do so (not a priority). It is the game that got me more into mmorpgs, so I also have a good amount of nostalgia for it. Apparently, it's actually quite the cash cow for EA or Bioware, from what I have heard, and that really surprised me. It's in 'decline', but the whales have kept it and Bioware afloat for years. I don't really see them shutting it down 'soon' anymore, unless Bioware goes under, and/or EA has another replacement.