Should You Play Star Wars: The Old Republic in 2024? (Is It Worth It?)

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Summary

TLDRIn this video, Renfa gives an annual update on whether "Star Wars: The Old Republic" is still worth playing in 2024. The game is highly recommended for Star Wars fans who appreciate good storytelling and enjoy immersive roleplaying games loaded with cinematic experiences and fully voiced character interactions. Despite rumours about the game being dead, it is indeed alive and well, with broadsword now handling development, ensuring regular updates, and new content releases. Although it doesn't receive as frequent updates as it used to during its heyday, broadsword is actively enhancing the game with graphics and shader improvements, new storylines, and other features. "Star Wars: The Old Republic" is free-to-play, allowing access to over 12 years of content without the need to spend money, although there are benefits to having a VIP subscription. The gameplay resembles a single-player RPG blended with optional online components where players can choose to engage in multiplayer activities, player vs player battles, and space missions. The game also offers a robust player housing system and guild features, including capital ships. The video reassures viewers that the game remains a vibrant and fun option for new and returning players alike. With a wide array of features and a dedicated team continuing to work on the game, "Star Wars: The Old Republic" provides substantial value in terms of entertainment and community engagement.

Takeaways

  • 🎮 The game is actively maintained and updated.
  • 🌌 It offers a deep, immersive Star Wars RPG experience.
  • 🕹ī¸ Free-to-play with extensive content accessible at no cost.
  • 🔄 Regular updates and new storylines expected for 2024.
  • 🔔 Offers both single-player and multiplayer components.
  • 💡 Broadsword has been successful in enhancing the game.
  • 🎁 VIP subscription provides valuable perks and features.
  • 🏠 Extensive player housing and guild systems available.
  • 📊 Provides substantial hours of gameplay and exploration.
  • đŸŽĨ Features fully-voiced dialogues and cinematic sequences.

Timeline

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    Renfa is back with an update on whether to play 'Star Wars: The Old Republic' in 2024. Despite transitioning to Broadsword from BioWare in 2023, the game is actively developed with new storylines and graphics updates. It's recommended for Star Wars enthusiasts who enjoy storytelling and immersive gameplay. Rumors of the game being dead are false, as it's actively maintained with a significant team and future updates planned through 2025.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    The game has evolved from an MMORPG to a more single-player RPG experience with optional online components. Players can enjoy 12-13 years of content for free, with optional VIP subscriptions offering perks like additional coins, XP boosts, and premium features. The game includes comprehensive storylines, with multiple origin stories and expansions providing a rich RPG experience. Participating in group activities and expansions enhances the gameplay especially for VIP subscribers.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:15:00

    Players can enjoy deep content with solo and group-based dungeons, PVP modes, starfighter battles, crafting, and housing options. The game provides extensive activities beyond the main storyline, including seasonal content and galactic seasons offering rewards. The housing and guild systems add additional layers of engagement, offering customization and collaborative gameplay opportunities.

  • 00:15:00 - 00:20:54

    Star Wars: The Old Republic is rich in content with character customization, varying storylines, and unique character classes. The game appeals to both new and returning players with free-to-play options for extensive content exploration. Despite its age, the game remains visually appealing and actively maintained with ongoing updates planned into 2025, ensuring a valuable gaming experience with numerous customizable elements and engaging storylines.

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Video Q&A

  • Is Star Wars: The Old Republic still worth playing in 2024?

    Yes, especially if you love Star Wars, storytelling, and RPGs.

  • Has there been any recent updates or changes to the game?

    Yes, broadsword, the current developer, has been updating graphics, shaders, adding new content, and maintaining the game.

  • Is Star Wars: The Old Republic a dead game?

    No, it is still actively maintained with new content being developed.

  • What type of gameplay does Star Wars: The Old Republic offer?

    It offers a mix of single-player RPG elements and optional multiplayer content.

  • Can you play Star Wars: The Old Republic for free?

    Yes, the game is free-to-play with a wealth of content available without spending money.

  • What are the benefits of a VIP subscription in the game?

    VIP subscribers get perks like monthly coins, enhanced XP, and access to all quality-of-life features.

  • How many years of content does the game offer?

    The game provides around 12-13 years of content.

  • Does the game support multiplayer and group activities?

    Yes, players can engage in group activities, PVP, and multiplayer challenges.

  • Are there housing and guild features in the game?

    Yes, the game includes player housing, guild housing, and capital ships for guild activities.

  • Is the game being updated with new content for 2024 and beyond?

    Yes, new storylines and updates are planned throughout 2024 and 2025.

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    what is up everybody renfa here and I am
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    back with more Star Wars the Old
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    Republic and today it's time for our
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    annual update to the 2024 version of
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    should I play Star Wars republic this
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    year and the short answer to that
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    question is yes if you love Star Wars
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    and you like fun storytelling
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    action-packed gameplay fully voiced
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    immersive uh roleplaying games with lots
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    of cutcenes in cinema experiences with
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    the classic Star Wars music and the Old
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    Republic theme then yes you're going to
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    love Star Wars at the Republic if you
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    haven't played this game before or even
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    if you're a veteran who used to play the
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    game and you haven't played it in a long
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    time I know some people have made the
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    Assumption incorrectly so that the game
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    is somehow no longer being worked on
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    because it transferred to broadsword
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    away from BioWare in
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    2023 and while it's certainly not
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    receiving the amount of updates that it
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    used to get 10 years ago when it was the
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    peak of its Heyday uh broad sort has
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    been doing a very good job of bringing
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    new and fresh storylines to the table
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    and they have a pretty aggressive
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    release schedule throughout 2024 into
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    2025 and they still maintain around 50
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    people working on the game so it's still
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    a pretty fair you know sized team that's
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    continually pushing out updates they've
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    done a ton of great stuff since it got
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    on in broadsword's hands including
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    updating Graphics updating shaders
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    adding new die packs new story lines and
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    a whole bunch of other things they've
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    also launched a new server they've moved
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    all the servers to the cloud they've
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    been doing a lot of different things to
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    move the game in a New Direction now
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    that they are the active company behind
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    it so any rumors you might have heard
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    about this game being dead or in
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    maintenance mode are 100% false that is
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    not true the game is here it's here to
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    stay whether it's got 5 years in it 3
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    years in it or 10 years in it left we
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    don't know but I'm one of those people
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    who have been playing this game since
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    since it launched and I will happily
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    play this game until it sunsets I really
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    don't care who's behind it I don't care
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    who's publishing I don't care who's
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    developing all I care about is whether
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    or not I'm having fun and this is one of
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    the games that has been a staple of my
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    YouTube channel and it's been a staple
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    game for me along with Lord of the Rings
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    Online um that I've played since it
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    launched and I've played this game along
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    with Lord of the Rings online with my
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    brother and family members and community
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    members many many times over the years
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    so now that we've gotten that out of the
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    way let's actually talk about why I
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    think the game is so much fun and why I
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    think you should definitely play it in
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    2024 if you haven't already done so if
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    you've ever watched one of my videos
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    before and it's the first time tuning in
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    first and foremost make sure to like
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    subscribe hit the Bell icon so you never
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    miss an update because I play a lot of
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    different games daily streams at 8: a.m.
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    Central multistreaming on YouTube and
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    twitch there's a lot of playlists
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    because I do play tons of different
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    stuff we do movie reviews gaming news
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    tabletop stuff uh all types of video
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    games there's a Discord check all that
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    stuff out and of course of course check
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    out the playlist for Star Wars republic
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    because even though this isn't the main
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    game that I play it is one of those
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    regular staple games that's in my
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    library that I do play every single year
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    on a regular basis so you never know
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    when you're going to drop in and find me
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    playing this um on a week to week but in
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    the meantime um let's dive in I am on uh
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    one of my Jedi characters I haven't
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    actually played the recent patch that
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    launched a couple months back um which
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    is they believe the first story patch
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    that broadword has pushed out since they
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    took over because I was busy with balers
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    Gate 3 and then cyber Punk and all this
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    other stuff so we're still now I'm in
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    Rogue Trader mode I got lots of stuff
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    going on but um I just want to walk you
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    through the things that I think make
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    this game really fun to play I'm going
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    to move my streamlabs over here so it's
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    out of the way and let me just focus on
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    this so first and foremost um I just I
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    love my Jedi character now I have lots
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    of different characters uh but this is
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    my Jedi Knight um who I have a lot of
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    fun with but why do I think this game is
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    worth playing in 2024 so first and
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    foremost ignore the fact that this game
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    was launched as an mmrpg technically it
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    could still be classified as an MMO but
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    it's not really an MMO anymore what it
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    is is a single player
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    RPG that has online components that you
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    can choose to participate in if you want
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    to but you also don't have to it is by
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    no means mandatory for you to
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    participate in the MMO side of the game
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    it is very much designed these days to
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    be a single player RPG that you can jump
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    in and out of at will it's free to play
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    you can play on the free-to-play version
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    all the way up to the most current
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    expansion or the most current um content
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    which means you've got what 12 13 years
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    of content that you can play through as
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    a free-to-play player without ever
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    needing to spend a dime on this game if
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    you don't want to now I am one of those
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    people who always tells everyone every
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    year when I do the whole you know VIP
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    versus freeto playay which should I do I
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    always urge people that if you're having
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    fun and you want to support the
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    developers please consider paying you
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    should absolutely Ely be paying to play
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    this game if you're having fun playing
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    it but some of that depends on how often
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    you're playing it if you're only going
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    to be playing like once a week just stay
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    free to play you know buy occasional
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    things off the Cartel Market you know
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    some cosmetic gear and everything else
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    and you'll be fine but if you are
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    getting a lot of enjoyment out of it and
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    you want perks like the monthly coins
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    that you can spend in the store or Rex
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    XP or access to you know all the
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    different quality of life features that
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    come with having a VIP subscription go
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    for it it's like 15 bucks a month or a
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    discounted rate if you want to go bulk I
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    usually do like three-month blocks which
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    drops it down a little bit um there's no
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    reason not to pay to play this game even
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    though there is a free-to-play option
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    because you get so many perks and if
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    you're playing a lot and you get a lot
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    of enjoyment out of it why not so first
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    and foremost there's like 12 13 years of
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    content that you can play free or
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    VIP without ever getting into the
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    current content there are so you have um
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    so you have the base game which is Level
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    1 to 50 across all the origin characters
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    and there's eight different origin story
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    lines so each one of those origin story
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    lines represents about 25 to 30 hours of
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    content back in the day those are things
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    like The Smuggler storyline the Jedi
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    knight story line the you know the
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    bounty hunter story line those things
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    are still there um and there's eight of
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    them there's four on the Republic side
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    and four on the Sith side um so if you
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    want to play those out um about 25 to 30
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    hours of original story lines that are
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    unique to each one of those um Origins
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    and then you get into the expansions
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    which are sort of like single paths that
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    everyone follows so you've got you know
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    the rise of the Hut cartel um the Ravon
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    expansions the the um the two they did
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    the Knights of the um the Fallen Empire
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    story lines I don't even remember the
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    names of all the things but theyve done
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    however many expansions they've done now
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    and all of them are a lot of fun and
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    there are I would argue hundreds if not
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    thousands of hours of story lines to go
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    through just as a single player just
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    doing RPG element and going through in
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    plain but one of the things I always
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    like to point out to people is like just
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    beyond the you know the fact that we can
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    go to the Galaxy map
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    here and as you're um exploring around
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    the world around the Galaxy you can go
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    down here and you see all these
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    different planets and places you can go
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    Hoth belsavis um these are representing
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    different um these are planets and space
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    encounters that you can do if you want
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    to do um the combat with your ship um
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    there's all these different places that
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    you can go all these different planets
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    you can explore it is a big place there
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    is a lot of stuff to see and do so in
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    terms of content even if you're paying
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    to play this game for the you know 12
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    $15 a month you are getting hundreds of
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    hours of entertainment at this point all
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    of it is 100% vo so we can come in here
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    and you know have conversations with our
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    we still got a Galaxy to save um in this
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    case I don't think actually this is me
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    we're on a tight schedule none of these
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    people want to talk to me right now
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    because we don't have any story lines
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    with them um but um the Galaxy is a big
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    place and there's lot lots of planets
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    that you can go explore so you've got
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    your single player story line you've got
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    your origin story lines you've got
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    planet story lines you've got the
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    expansion story lines you've got side
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    quests and all the very various planets
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    you've got the dungeons that are on the
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    planets and then you have the dungeons
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    that are called flas points that you can
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    go do with other people which gets into
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    the second part of the game play which
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    is um if you want to go down here and do
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    group-based activity there's PVP or
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    there's um I don't do the PVP so I can't
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    speak to that too much but one of the
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    aspects they have is starf fighter so
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    you can actually do starf fighting in
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    this game if you like that or there's
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    normal PVP stuff there's Arenas
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    challenges War zones um but in terms of
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    queuing up for activities you can queue
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    up for um solo areas and solo flash
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    points so like all of these are flas
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    points so these are dungeons that you
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    can do and when you go to do dungeons
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    these days you have the option of doing
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    like veteran flash points or Master flas
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    points which give you um they group you
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    up with other people so you can go do
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    things with other players or you can go
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    do flas points on your your own and do
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    them for story purposes and you get a
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    Droid that comes along with you who acts
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    as a tank and a Healer and it allows you
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    to do the story uh of the dungeons at
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    your own pace so that you can complete
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    the storylines of these dungeons without
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    needing to get up and group up with
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    other people if you don't want to but if
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    you do want to you can go out there and
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    group up with other people um there are
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    also Uprising and operations but you got
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    to be a subscriber to take advantage of
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    those that's one of those perks where
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    it's like oh you actually want to raid
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    in this game and you want to participate
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    in operations then you need to be a
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    subscriber so there's lots of reasons
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    why you would want to be uh a subscriber
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    Beyond just quality of life there are
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    certain uh gameplay elements that are
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    locked behind the subscription because
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    they say if you're going to be playing
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    this much and you're actually going to
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    be getting this deep in the game then
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    you do need to pay to subscribe you know
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    you need to pay to subs and I'm
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    completely fine with that so there's all
  • 00:09:47
    of this going on right so you have all
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    your single player RPG storylines you
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    have group- based dungeons if you want
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    to participate in those you have you
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    know dozens of planets that you can go
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    explore then there's also Al this aspect
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    of the game which is the
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    um uh the the the actual um arcade space
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    flight stuff so your ship and each each
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    origin story gets their own ship so like
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    The Smuggler gets a ship the Jedi Knight
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    gets a ship the Bounty gets a ship
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    everybody gets different versions of
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    ships and your ships have gear so you
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    can go in here and you can do these
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    missions and there are single player
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    missions there's heroic missions um but
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    all of these missions are space flight
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    missions and this is like the arcade
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    game so it's kind of like on the rails
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    and your ship has a pre-programmed path
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    but you're just moving around and and
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    shooting targets and completing
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    objectives along the way I've got a I've
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    got a space combat video in the playlist
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    if you want to check out that in Greater
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    deal a lot of the stuff actually I've
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    got guides for so you can check that out
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    at your leisure in the in the playlist
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    below but there's this side of the game
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    as well and then you can also get into I
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    believe it's I forget the button to
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    bring it up it's h so this is the
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    galactic starf fighter if you want to
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    get into the PVP version of the game
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    there's all these different ships that
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    you can get that you can fly around if
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    you want to participate in the PVP side
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    of the game so there's strike Fighters
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    there's Scout ships like these um
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    there's
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    bombers um so this is a whole another
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    side of the game that you can get into
  • 00:11:14
    if you want to so there's that aspect of
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    it as
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    well um there's crafting which is really
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    in-depth as it's it's another part of
  • 00:11:22
    the game that you can get into um and
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    then of course there's also player
  • 00:11:25
    housing which is something where when
  • 00:11:27
    you get into player housing there's
  • 00:11:29
    your personal house and then there's the
  • 00:11:32
    um the guild house that you can get to
  • 00:11:34
    as well um if you want to go do that as
  • 00:11:37
    on top of it and there's different types
  • 00:11:39
    of housing so you have your personal
  • 00:11:40
    housing then there's the planetary Guild
  • 00:11:43
    housing and then there's your Capital
  • 00:11:45
    ships which your guilds can get which
  • 00:11:47
    allow you to um um go to as well so I
  • 00:11:50
    can go look at my um strongholds as an
  • 00:11:52
    example and I can see here's my personal
  • 00:11:55
    apartment um on corusant I have another
  • 00:11:58
    character stronghold over here and then
  • 00:11:59
    we have the guild um uh capital ship
  • 00:12:02
    that we have right here and if we wanted
  • 00:12:04
    to travel to that you could see um this
  • 00:12:05
    is a whole another espe aspect of the
  • 00:12:07
    game if you want to get into the housing
  • 00:12:09
    and the decorations and this is where
  • 00:12:10
    you can lose a ton of time because the
  • 00:12:12
    housing system is super rich super
  • 00:12:14
    detailed if you've ever played Everquest
  • 00:12:16
    2 um or Lord of the Rings online I would
  • 00:12:19
    say it's it's it's similar to both those
  • 00:12:21
    games in that it's it it is pretty deep
  • 00:12:23
    and if you really want to get into it
  • 00:12:25
    you can do a lot of fun stuff with the
  • 00:12:26
    housing and and it's a aspect of the
  • 00:12:29
    game that I got into late with Star Wars
  • 00:12:32
    republic I've enjoyed it a lot in Lord
  • 00:12:33
    of the Rings Online Everquest 2 but
  • 00:12:35
    despite the fact that I've played this
  • 00:12:36
    game since it launched I never actually
  • 00:12:37
    got into the housing until like late
  • 00:12:39
    2022 early 2023 with uh Star Wars of
  • 00:12:43
    Republic and it's super cool because
  • 00:12:45
    there's so many different levels and
  • 00:12:46
    tiers to it because there's like the
  • 00:12:48
    apartments then there's the houses then
  • 00:12:50
    there's the premium houses then there's
  • 00:12:51
    the strongholds that you can have for
  • 00:12:53
    your ship on planet and then there's the
  • 00:12:54
    capital ship as well so there's all
  • 00:12:56
    these tiers how deep you want to go and
  • 00:12:58
    that gets you into once you have a guild
  • 00:13:00
    chip you can do Guild activities and you
  • 00:13:01
    can do the invasions and then there's
  • 00:13:03
    the weeklys and then there's the
  • 00:13:05
    seasonal content and all of this other
  • 00:13:08
    stuff speaking of seasonal content like
  • 00:13:10
    um I believe it's I forget how to open
  • 00:13:12
    up the window it's this window right
  • 00:13:13
    here um there is the galactic season
  • 00:13:17
    stuff here which gives you all sorts of
  • 00:13:20
    rewards for participating um there's
  • 00:13:22
    login rewards as well as PVP season
  • 00:13:25
    stuff and Galactic Seasons you're going
  • 00:13:26
    to get um items for your house you're
  • 00:13:29
    going to get items for your character
  • 00:13:31
    you're going to get um pets and cosmetic
  • 00:13:34
    stuff a little soldiers that follow you
  • 00:13:36
    around like all sorts of different
  • 00:13:38
    quirky fun little things um as part of
  • 00:13:41
    the seasonal and daily stuff so it's
  • 00:13:43
    just when it comes down to value for
  • 00:13:46
    your money Star Wars J Republic is one
  • 00:13:49
    of those games that just it has tons of
  • 00:13:52
    it yes it's an older game now I would
  • 00:13:54
    argue that it still looks great for its
  • 00:13:57
    age but I like the stylized version of
  • 00:13:59
    this game and we could go to places like
  • 00:14:02
    um let's go to the fleet really quick
  • 00:14:04
    actually um and uh we can see you can
  • 00:14:08
    see that it's still got a healthy
  • 00:14:10
    population depending on what server
  • 00:14:11
    you're on um I've never had a problem
  • 00:14:14
    anytime I come in here and I want to
  • 00:14:15
    play and I just use the Matchmaker I've
  • 00:14:17
    got a group in 90 seconds to two minutes
  • 00:14:19
    like it's really quick to get groups
  • 00:14:20
    there's always something going on
  • 00:14:22
    there's always people playing this game
  • 00:14:25
    and so I just ignore anyone who tries to
  • 00:14:27
    naysay Star Wars republic because of
  • 00:14:29
    things like oh it's not as good as it
  • 00:14:31
    was 10 years ago or five years ago and
  • 00:14:33
    oh broadsword it's a maintenance game
  • 00:14:35
    now no that's not true that's just
  • 00:14:39
    people being negative ncies and claiming
  • 00:14:42
    that the sky is falling when it's really
  • 00:14:44
    not quick commercial break everyone to
  • 00:14:46
    celebrate and give thanks to all these
  • 00:14:48
    amazing people who keep me on the air
  • 00:14:50
    full time really appreciate the support
  • 00:14:52
    all you got to do is join as a member
  • 00:14:54
    you get access to private videos you can
  • 00:14:56
    also do super thanks on any upload or or
  • 00:14:58
    super chats stickers on any live stream
  • 00:15:00
    or Premiere you see and beyond that
  • 00:15:03
    don't forget we're multi streaming over
  • 00:15:04
    on Twitch now so you can support over
  • 00:15:06
    there as well thanks so much to
  • 00:15:08
    everybody let's get back to the video at
  • 00:15:11
    hand so value for your money lots of
  • 00:15:14
    things to do lots of ways to play lots
  • 00:15:17
    of storylines that you can do from the
  • 00:15:19
    origin stories alone are going to give
  • 00:15:21
    you a couple hundred hours of gameplay
  • 00:15:22
    just in the level 1 to 50 content and
  • 00:15:24
    then you can start working characters
  • 00:15:25
    through the various expansions you can
  • 00:15:27
    boost a car if you want to
  • 00:15:29
    I haven't even dug into the cartel store
  • 00:15:31
    yet um that looks really weird on screen
  • 00:15:33
    cuz I'm in a loading area where there's
  • 00:15:35
    other people um looks like we've got
  • 00:15:37
    Christmas decorations going on right now
  • 00:15:39
    and turn around you can you see we're on
  • 00:15:40
    the fleet now there's people everywhere
  • 00:15:43
    um we can run around and see all the
  • 00:15:46
    decorations um and like I said I think
  • 00:15:48
    the game looks really good I don't have
  • 00:15:51
    any issues with it um I know some people
  • 00:15:53
    would say it looks dated I don't know
  • 00:15:54
    who those people are because I think it
  • 00:15:56
    looks great even as it is
  • 00:15:59
    um and obviously you know they're
  • 00:16:01
    updating uh uh broadsword has been
  • 00:16:04
    updating like I said they updated
  • 00:16:05
    shaders and graphics and added a bunch
  • 00:16:08
    of new die packs they pushed new servers
  • 00:16:10
    out um they pushed all the servers to
  • 00:16:13
    the cloud now um and there's just
  • 00:16:16
    they're constantly doing things to make
  • 00:16:18
    the game better and they're working on
  • 00:16:19
    additional story content throughout 2024
  • 00:16:21
    and 2025 so even if you were to come
  • 00:16:24
    into this game right let's just let's
  • 00:16:26
    just say for the sake of argument for
  • 00:16:27
    the sake of the naysayers if broadword
  • 00:16:29
    were to suddenly decid that they were
  • 00:16:30
    going to give up the Ghost 2 years down
  • 00:16:32
    the road right in 2026 the game's going
  • 00:16:35
    to Sunset you're going to get two more
  • 00:16:37
    years of the game being ran which gives
  • 00:16:39
    you two years to play all of the first
  • 00:16:42
    12 13 years of content that you've never
  • 00:16:44
    played before if you're someone who's
  • 00:16:46
    never played Star Wars or the public
  • 00:16:47
    before or if you're someone who hasn't
  • 00:16:49
    played since like the Hut cartel days
  • 00:16:51
    you've got I don't know how many
  • 00:16:53
    expansions have released there but it's
  • 00:16:54
    hundreds of hours of entertainment
  • 00:16:57
    that's free to play if you're just going
  • 00:16:59
    to play once a week or if you're going
  • 00:17:00
    to be playing more than that you can hop
  • 00:17:01
    on here and go hhog and get a VIP
  • 00:17:04
    subscription and go from there um so
  • 00:17:07
    there's just lots and lots and stuff to
  • 00:17:08
    do and that doesn't even get us into the
  • 00:17:11
    Cartel Market which this is an area
  • 00:17:13
    where um you can either buy point you
  • 00:17:16
    can either buy the coins with real money
  • 00:17:17
    or you can earn coins through your
  • 00:17:19
    monthly subscription there are so many
  • 00:17:21
    cool things in here it's all cosmetic
  • 00:17:23
    stuff but it's like armor packs um
  • 00:17:26
    weapon packs die packs um different
  • 00:17:31
    types like we can look at all these
  • 00:17:32
    different things that are like
  • 00:17:34
    categories appearance customizations
  • 00:17:36
    armor consumables dieses item
  • 00:17:38
    modifications decoration mounts pets and
  • 00:17:40
    companions toys and emotes weapons
  • 00:17:42
    unlocks like I mean just going through
  • 00:17:44
    here and look at all the different
  • 00:17:45
    weapon types you can get um it there's
  • 00:17:48
    just so much cool stuff in this game for
  • 00:17:51
    people who really want to go whole hog
  • 00:17:53
    and I've had a lot of fun um we can
  • 00:17:55
    actually out to um this is one of the
  • 00:17:58
    servers let's go back out to character
  • 00:18:00
    creation um and we just take a look
  • 00:18:01
    because I've got on this server in
  • 00:18:03
    particular I've got characters on I
  • 00:18:04
    think every single server other than the
  • 00:18:07
    new one which is the the Asiatic server
  • 00:18:09
    or is it Oceanic or ASI I think it's
  • 00:18:11
    Asiatic um is the new server but these
  • 00:18:13
    are the characters um like I said I'm
  • 00:18:15
    not actively playing right now um but
  • 00:18:18
    I've got my Gunslinger here I've got
  • 00:18:20
    this is a cosmetic set from the store um
  • 00:18:24
    this guy's got uh um I can't remember
  • 00:18:27
    what he has now I've got my sorcerer
  • 00:18:29
    I've got my other scoundrel which just
  • 00:18:30
    doing here I've got a mercenary here
  • 00:18:32
    this is a a set I found in game um can I
  • 00:18:36
    draw his pistols here I can't um and
  • 00:18:38
    I've got different characters on
  • 00:18:39
    different servers so um like I said you
  • 00:18:42
    can do lots of different things in this
  • 00:18:44
    game play a lot of different origin
  • 00:18:46
    story lines do whatever you want like if
  • 00:18:48
    you've never played before and you want
  • 00:18:50
    to create a character you can either
  • 00:18:52
    start off right away um and get a level
  • 00:18:54
    70 character and play Onslaught in
  • 00:18:56
    Legacy of the Sith which is the most
  • 00:18:57
    recent EXP expansions or you can get
  • 00:18:59
    into um the Old Republic which is the
  • 00:19:01
    level 1 to 50 content which is the
  • 00:19:03
    origin stories where you get you know
  • 00:19:05
    about 25 hours of storyline per origin
  • 00:19:07
    character and they're unique to each
  • 00:19:09
    story so you don't have to repeat any of
  • 00:19:11
    the like side quests and Planet missions
  • 00:19:13
    or anything else you could just do that
  • 00:19:15
    character storyline and if you want to
  • 00:19:17
    go in here and I'll just give you a
  • 00:19:18
    quick look at this while we're sitting
  • 00:19:19
    here um choose Republic or Sith Empire
  • 00:19:23
    get into the character creation and
  • 00:19:24
    that's when you this is when you get
  • 00:19:25
    into this whole aspect of you know what
  • 00:19:28
    is the storyline that you want to do you
  • 00:19:30
    want to do the Jedi knight story the
  • 00:19:31
    Jedi consol story The Smuggler story The
  • 00:19:34
    Trooper story and then there's the whole
  • 00:19:36
    what do you want your fighting style to
  • 00:19:38
    be do you want to be a
  • 00:19:39
    gunslinger do you want to be a
  • 00:19:42
    scoundrel do you want to be an operative
  • 00:19:45
    you know these are the changes they made
  • 00:19:47
    um uh I think the year before last where
  • 00:19:49
    they changed all the classes up and they
  • 00:19:50
    made everything to where you could do
  • 00:19:53
    any side any style now instead of being
  • 00:19:55
    locked to the story that you have so
  • 00:19:57
    there's just I would say again value for
  • 00:20:00
    money um considering this game has
  • 00:20:03
    hundreds if not thousands of hours of
  • 00:20:04
    entertainment for free because it's been
  • 00:20:06
    around 12 13 years and then you have all
  • 00:20:09
    these other things you can do if you
  • 00:20:10
    want to go
  • 00:20:11
    VIP why wouldn't you play this game if
  • 00:20:14
    you're looking for a great Star Wars RPG
  • 00:20:18
    and you haven't played this game or you
  • 00:20:19
    haven't played in a long time give it a
  • 00:20:21
    shot 2024 you have nothing to lose
  • 00:20:23
    considering it's a free-to-play game
  • 00:20:25
    nothing to lose and I think you're going
  • 00:20:27
    to find yourself pleasantly surprised by
  • 00:20:29
    The Cinematic storytelling the fact that
  • 00:20:31
    it's fully voiced um all with animation
  • 00:20:33
    sequences and everything um it's a great
  • 00:20:35
    game it's a lot of fun hopefully I'll
  • 00:20:37
    see you in Star Wars republic in 2024
  • 00:20:39
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