Poll: Star Wars The Old Republic: Which side do you choose?

[Razor Z7]

Despite not played the SWTOR beta, overall I would choose the Sith Empire. They have a better backstory, the powers are insane, and who doesn't like the evil guys?

 

[WhiteFangofWhoa]

Republic. In the Beta I actually had difficulty selecting some of the nastier choices even after I'd decided to play against type. Also, the Sith lords/dark Jedi have always been a lot more fun to defeat or humiliate. They're basically Force-powered bullies who kowtow to whoever the biggest, strongest bully is.

 

[Sean Steele]

Smuggler, because in a world where you have all powerful Sith and Jedi who are at one with the dark and light side respectively, bounty hunters and troopers in more metal plating then the Death Star, Superspies weaving the whole thing under toe it takes a certain level of balls to be the guy that just shows up with a gun and the instinct to kick people in the balls.

 

[ShadowsofHope]

So a question for the people who've been in the beta. If you go it alone in the game, how much does The Old Republic feel like Knights of the Old Republic? Because I really like KotOR as it is (just finished another playthrough of it today, actually).

If you've played either of the KotOR games to the end, you will find SWTOR is pretty much a combination of the two games in terms of story and dialogue quality (so in other words, your personal story arcs play out very much like the KotOR series), you are just simply sharing that experience with millions of other people in an MMO setting. Every story arc mission is completely your own, and no one else can interfere (they are blocked from it). Flashpoints and Heroic missions are the multi-player raid material of the game.

Essentially, every character class you can play in the game is a small part of the larger puzzle/story of the game. If you play them all, you will develop the entire story for both sides, dark side/light side for every decision you make.

OT: Empire first with Bounty Hunter (simply fucking spectacular story and execution) and Sith Inquisitor (fun just to play the smartass former slave with force lightning powers), and then on to Republic for Trooper and Jedi Knight. I'm also going to be playing Imperial Agent, just not sure when. As for Smuggler? Eh, probably be the last one I do - the Smuggler concept just doesn't appeal to me as much as the others.