Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided Review

Overall Rating

MMORPG,
Plenty of professions to master,
Join the Rebel or the Imperial forces,
Everything to do with Star Wars and more,

You may play this game for longer than expected!

Ok, the first thing that must be said is that I'm not a Star Wars fan.. I've barly watched one whole movie! But still the game, Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided is great with plenty of things to do.

Star Wars Galaxy's is completly based on Star Wars - there is nothing else in the game that shouldn't be (well at least I think so) there.

Character design is very good, every detail of your avatar can be changed, if your half way through the game and decide you need a hair cut just contact an "Image Designer" these are not npc's they are other players and can change your appearance. There are 8 races to choose from so for customability - the skies the limit!

Right, there are tons of proffesions to master, these professions are basically "Careers" here's a small list of the basic profs to earn
: Marksman
: Brawler
: Medic
: Scout
: Artisan
After each prof there are many sub - profs that go even further such as Smuggler, Carbineer and such. With all these profs there are numerous things to do - Artisan for instance is someone that crafts items using minerals that they can harvest themselves, the special thing about SwG is that everything is craftable, Everthing. There are player-built cities and they advance through by getting a Mayor and can build the city up for the better. Architects is a spin off profession of Artisan - they are capable of building massive buildings, houses and furnature - these Artisans can open up their own shop and sell-off their makings.

Star Wars is based on the forces of good and evil (you can decide who is who), Rebels and the Imperials. It has been a long battle between both of them and you can join in and help each of their causes doing missions and gaining faction points which later can be traded in for special armours. Ultimatly you can decide which side to join, and when you have made your decision it's advisable to join a guild that is Imp/rebel based, there is no pressure on which faction to join but choose carefully *cough* Join Rebels! *cough*

The game is completly immersive and completly customizable. If you're a Star Wars fan that loves Rpg's then this is a very good buy - at the prices now it's a good time to join in! first 30 days are free but you DO need a valid credit card number to start playing. Its approx $15 a month - £10 about.

The graphical side of the game is incredible, with great graphics like this in a MMORPG is a great joy - lag? whats lag?! "laggy" gameplay barely exists in SwG if you have 512k + then there is no problem.

I purchased the game for £20 so the value for money is great and highly recommended that you should get it to!

I gave SwG a final rating of 10, it is a great game and I'm not a "fan" of SW, even though I dont mind SW I still think it's worth a try. SwG imho is quite addictive and will "suck you in" anything can be acheived in the game which in some games fail to offer, good game.

*Logs on to SwG* :-P