| Platform: | PC | | Genre: | MMORPG / space sim | | Russian distributors: | not declared | | Foreign editor: | LucasArts | | Developer: | Sony Online Entertainment | | Number of players: | thousands | | Online: | View |
Barely half, as the online RPG Star Wars Galaxies reached for the stars. Long live the space battles in the X-Wing'ah!
Since the launch of Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided designers have made this MMORPG a lot of changes. Were added to the vehicles, mounts, and new dungeons. Players were able to build their own cities and become the Jedi ... But almost every critic thought it his duty to see that only Sony Online Entertainment was able to make "Star Wars" without the stars and the cosmos. Thank God, with the release of add-on'a Jump to Lightspeed this deficiency has been corrected.
However, the original Star Wars Galaxies, and without that contradicts the teachings of George Lucas. Jump to Lightspeed not only brought the project to the famous kinosage, but also and even more alienated from each other. For example, in the historical period covered in this add-on TIE Fighter'y could not put the energy shields. In the game, on the contrary, it is possible, and almost any spacecraft. What is the cause of such liberties, and easy to understand - for the sake of gameplay the developers are not for such "crimes", and the fans will certainly be dissatisfied. However, let's all about order.
 | Star Wars Galaxies and Station Access! |
Starting in February of this year, users of Star Wars Galaxies will join the program SOE Station Access. This program is essentially a global subscriptions to draft Sony Online Entertainment gives the right to play in EverQuest II, EverQuest, EverQuest Online Adventures, EverQuest Macintosh Edition, Planetside, Infantry Online, Cosmic Rift and Tanarus for just $ 21.99 a month. For the boxes, however, have to pay separately.
 | |  | Enemies have burnt native hut! .. The remains of the imperial base in the sands of Tatooine. | | Only using the space station, you can land on the planet. |
Space battles - Salt Jump to Lightspeed, - as promised, great battles reminiscent of the X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter. They are dynamic, beautiful in and of themselves interesting. Describe them makes no sense, better look at the screenshots.
 | Light Fighter Bungalows - one of the ships designed specifically for add-on'a - comes on the target. |
However, to gain access to high-level ships, you have to do a lot of similar and boring missions that spoils the impression of bright kosmobataly. Well, at least the writers have tried: the texts of jobs are interesting, are not devoid of humor and is literally saturated with the spirit of "Star Wars". A story is told in add-on'e, captures the very first moments. But the thing - story missions quickly run out and have to deal with prolonged Duty Missions or to seek out worthy opponents in the cosmos - as NPC, and other players. Implementation of Compound assignments (those Duty Missions) - it frankly boring and monotonous. Given that experience gives them a little, get another title (without which it is impossible to take a more advanced ship) is converted into flour. In recent years, developers are trying to rectify the situation by adding additional missions for which the addition of experience can still get a reward in the form of unique components, access to "closed" space port and so on.
Generally, from the very beginning of the game feels a strong bias in team battles, and I can not write it in the merits of the project. Besides that is not always possible to quickly find teammate ready to spend a couple of hours on a joint annihilation crowds X-wing or TIE Fighter'ov, so also is any error leads to the failure of a series of tasks. In the heat of battle thundered ship, which had to grab? Consider it a couple of hours lost ...
| What's behind the scenes? |
In addition to the space battles in the list of additions introduced in the game add-on'om, including two additional races and Ithorian Sullustan, as well as the profession of shipbuilding (Shipwright). Alas, the audience did not appreciate them. For races not sensible armor, and the usefulness of newly specialist is low: on the spacecraft almost nothing is broken, so it is suitable only for the role of supplier of missiles.
 | |  | We must pay tribute to the designers to Jump to Lightspeed: Nebula fascinating! | | Low-level X-Wing is trying to escape from the powerful Firespray - the ship, which flew Boba Fet. |
Special mention deserves the regime PvP (Player vs Player). Here, as in most kosmosimov, the decisive factor is the availability of classroom equipment on your vehicle, and the skills and prokachannost character is not as important in battles against other players. Situation where you're at loose but well destroy the completed boat, for example, TIE Advanced, quite likely. Weighty word to say and your faction: the restoration of shields or increasing damage weapons are, of course, of great importance. Spoil the impression of only the foolish restrictions left over from the original Star Wars Galaxies. For example, you can not punish the rebels, who have under your nose shoots imperial ships. You must first "declare» (Overt) itself at the station, and only then fly to search such as "declared" enemy. Immersion in the game, as you know, it does not help.
Add-on is neither successful nor a failure. It is interesting mostly to regular users Star Wars Galaxies. Lovers of space battles related without undue reverence to the "Star Wars", can advise look into Eve Online. However, whatever one may say, Jump to Lightspeed best represents the most ambitious and most controversial project, dedicated to the famous universe.
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | |  | |  | |  | |  | |  | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Our summary: The first and still the only game that combines the principles of MMORPG and space simulator. Carrot and stick | | Pros: Stellar space extraordinarily beautiful, and fighting on the spacecraft dynamic and interesting.Pilots can easily become green and novices and veterans. | | Cons: A large number of similar jobs, the mass of inconsistencies universe of "Star Wars", a certain imbalance, excessive bias towards the command igry.ALTERNATIVALuchshe than: | | Jumpgate Worse than that: | | EVE Online |
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