Star Wars Galaxies: New Game Experience Review

The guys at 1Up have published a short review of LucasArts and Sony Online’s “New Game Experience” rollout for Star Wars Galaxies, giving the update a fairly negative score of 4.1/10. Their unhappy conclusion:

SWG vets really got the shaft with this update. I first logged in to find all my old weapons-which had originally cost me a fortune-listed as “disabled.” Shopping for new ones resulted in nothing but bugged vendors with bugged firearms…and since the new quests cater to lower levels, I literally lacked anything to do.

Disgusted, I used one of my 10 free respec tokens (provided to all veteran characters) to become a Jedi, only to discover that my default quest for a lightsaber wouldn’t even start. Sadly, everything cool about the now-common Jedi class-at one time the pinnacle of SWG achievement-got neutered, and longtime Jedi players have nothing to show for their hard work except a couple of marginally more powerful items. Talk about a letdown.