Not many people don’t know about of the science fiction franchise “Star Wars”. The movies have been one of the legendary fiction from its time to the present. The story is still growing and expanding in to a complex yet entertaining and exciting modern entertainment. Star Wars Galaxies is one of those games that will give you the chance to live in the world of Star Wars. The game is a MMORPG and there can be no other greater treat for star wars fans and online gamers then this game.
The game is set on the original events from episode IV to episode V, The game was launched having 10 planets: Tatooine, Naboo, Corellia, Talus,
Rori, Dantooine, Lok, Yavin IV, Endor, and Dathomir. More planets were added on the releases of the three expansions after its first release. Two of the new planets were Kashyyyk and Mustafar. In addition to planets, 12 space zones are also persent, there is also deep space which is usually a place for high level players and PvP (Player Versus Player) battles. The planets were well designed in respect to the film and were later improved to provide further details of the planets. Deep space is a very big area mostly containing space stations if near a planet and space debris and other anomalies.
The game features almost all the cameos from the film. Some points of interest for players would be R2-D2, C-3PO, their escape pod on Tatooine, the abandoned Rebel bases on Dantooine. Ewoks and Rancors are also present on their places to be battled with. The characters who are present in the game are Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia, Darth Vader, Chewbacca, Emperor Palpatine, Admiral Ackbar, Jan Dodonna, Boba Fett, Jabba, Borvo the Hutt, Bib Fortuna, Salacious Crumb, Captain Panaka, Max Rebo, Wedge Antilles, Gavyn Sykes, Watto, HK-47, Boss Nass etc. A mind blowing treat for Star War fans.
The gameplay consists of professions that can be chosen. In other words classes. The classes are Jedi, Bounty Hunter, Smuggler, Commando, Spy, Officer, Medic, Entertainer, Trader making the main classes of total nine but players can choose additional secondary professions from three categories. Before the class choosing, players have to select their species from ten different species which are as follows Human, Twi’lek, Zabrak, Wookiee, Trandoshan, Rodian, Mon Calamari, Bothan, Sullustan and Ithorian. Adding more choices to the game, one of the game expansions allows the players to pilot space ships which allows the players to choose ships from a lot of variety.
Coming to the Game Graphics the Online Game might seem old for its time but it was released
five years ago, so at that time the game graphics were at top of the line. The graphics are still not that bad but not overly good either. The game combat system is mostly based to be First Person Shooter. Players can either make things automatic which has a downside to decreased experience gain but players can manually do the combat as well, making the game flexible for both type of players. In addition, players can place buildings of their own like vehicle repair garages, shuttle ports, cloning facilities, hospitals, cantinas etc where they can maintain, decorate and interact with other Online Game Players. Gameplay encourages realistic social behavior such as it’s player based economy and other real-life social phenomena like a complicated division of labor.
Overall the game is very complex with interactions. Those who like to sit hours and hours playing virtual Star Wars lives wouldn’t find any better game then Star War Galaxies. The game is one of the Best MMO’s ever to be created. Its a five star attraction.