A Review of the new Star Wars MMO from Bioware, Star Wars: The Old Republic. As the spiritual successor to the Knights of the Old Republic RPGs, is this highly anticipated game a worthy addition to the MMO genre?

Tuesday, December 20th , is perhaps the most important date on a Star Wars fan’s calendar: the release date for BioWare’s long-awaited MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic (TOR). A joint venture between one of the biggest IP’s in existence and one of the best RPG developers, TOR marks a new level in game design in terms of sheer ambition and scale. With initial development costs in the $80 million range, BioWare and its parent company EA are surely expecting great things from this corporate superhero “team-up.” But will the game live up to the massive expectations set for it by both parent company and fanbase? While the aforementioned fans are fervent in their adoration for the game, many have yet to actually get their hands on the game, and many of those that do have panned the game as being just another WoW clone, and expect it to go the way of the dinosaur and Warhammer Online.

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