SWTOR in 2023 | New Player, First Impressions 

As someone who was/is a content creator for this game. This has to be the most real new player experience video I’ve ever seen. It’s fair, and compelling. And I appreciate that man. Hope you’re still enjoying the game!

As an old KOTOR fan, I basically played SWTOR as a single player game with expansions for each character class. My favorite was the Imperial Agent.

You have crafting, housing, new story coming at higher lvl, events. There is so much more for you to find out. This is a good game. Good to see people making videos of this game still this day.

You saying this game came out 12 years ago aged me like curdled milk, I can’t believe it was that long ago 😭 loving these types of vids on your channel!!!

Ah. SWTOR. So many good memories! This game is like OSRS to me. Even though I take breaks every now and then, something about it keeps me coming back for more. It also helps that I am a huge Star Wars nerd! :) So for the whole "Crew Skills" debacle that you had. They actually do kind of introduce it early on in your journey. So, after you finish your starting planet (i.e. Korriban in your case) Once you get to the Imperial Fleet station and you get off the elevator for the first time reaching the main floor, there should have been a terminal with some missions waiting for you, and in that terminal is a mission to go learn about said "Crew Skills". I will agree that its not really in your face about it and doesn't really stand out. So yeah, they kind of introduce them but not really... Either way at the end of the day, I am glad you were able to enjoy the game and hope you continue to have fun! Maybe I will see you around the Galaxy.

Glad you like it. SWTOR is really a hidden gem in the MMO space. Been playing since beta test and launch so it's great to see new players get into it. For me the Sith Warrior class storyline is by far the best. Then the Sith Inquisitor and Imperial Agent stories are tied for second.

awesome video, i’m a big SWTOR fan and you really did it justice. love seeing new players come to the game 🙏🏼

This game has always been under rated, I remember pre ordering this game when it came out, was 12 crazy it’s been this long honestly

Still go back to it all the time. To get the most out of the expansions i recommend doing it as a sith warrior. However my favorite story is definitely the imperial agent. Sniper goes brrrr with burst damage too so super fun in pvp.

I went through a big SWTOR kick earlier this year and really enjoyed it. I played through all of the force user storylines, and my favourite so far has been a light side Sith Warrior. I will definitely be going back to play the other classes sometime soon. Glad to see you enjoyed the game as well

Really enjoyed this video. I've always felt that SWTOR is underrated and I love knowing that people are still discovering it for the first time. My personal favorite class story was Imperial Agent, but honestly I like all of them.

I played the game at launch, but due to playing WoW fulltime, I couldn't continue with SWTOR. I just started playing again, funnily enough, around the time you released this video that I just found tonight! I would say your experience was pretty spot-on with mine (minus your tech issues, thankfully). The funniest part was finding the zoom out option, which I thought I had looked for and not found previously and ended up finding after doing some Googling. I am almost finished with the Jedi Consular (Sage/Telekinetics) storyline, then I plan on bouncing between factions to get through all of them. I already have my order laid out too, based on how others have rated the storyline. Great video, and I've subbed after watching a few other of yours on similar topics.

I didn't think I'd be inspired to give the game a second chance, but here we are. Absolutely great video man!

One of the wins is that when you buy 30 days of subscription, you gain preferred status. Even when your subscription expires you get to keep every expansion you unlocked plus some subscription features for your account permanently. This game is extremely generous with its content.

I love playing SWTOR. Unfortunately, I don't have much time right now to play it due to work commitments but I want to get back into it soon. A very fair evaluation of this game. Liked watching the playthrough.

Been playing MMO's since 1999 with EQ1. I've played or tried almost every popular MMO out there. SWTOR is one of my favorites that I always come back to. The stories are great and it made me fall in love with the Star Wars universe. Also its cool to see other still picking uup the game in 2023 and enjoying it. Lastly, I really enjoyed the format of your video so new sub from me. Looking for to more content. Keep it up.

You’re experience is funnily enough exactly how my first impressions were! I was kinda skeptical and confused when i started out. Now I’ve spent over 500 hours on it and multiple subscriptions, it’s just such an amazing game.

I've been playing swtor for a little over 4 or 5 years now. I was mostly solo play then I decided to join a guild to access more group content and for someone to show me the ropes regarding certain group content. Also, guides, googling my questions brought up resources including content creator guides...ssoooo many. I've completed all origin stories and made it through all expansions and released content on one character, I'm looking forward to completing all the extra content on my other characters. Glad to hear you are enjoying the game!

I've been a sub since launch. It's great to see another fair review oif the game. It's also good to know that you're going to continue playing. Welcome to the swtor community.

Ive been playing for a good 3 or 4 years now and i still love it like the day i started. I love that they continue to update and add stuff. Hopefully the new Dev team keeps up the good work.

I've been playing since 2019 and started subscribing because I had not been able to play due to my computer being unable to handle the game beforehand, even though I had briefly tried to. Since then I have amassed a massive amount of hours in the game. I actually have the game through Steam now, although I started with the regular SWTOR client...and I have never had the problem of dealing with the ToC screens every time I logged in. Since SWTOR became available through Steam, I have had 4,750 hours and have completed all 8 class stories (several of them quite a few times over). I tend to play for the story, doing Flashpoints solo on story mode. I have done some Operations, some group Flashpoints, quite a bit of PvP (although I still suck), and GSF (which is super hard, but still kinda fun if I'm in the mood to get my ass handed to me like a hat). I am kind of amazed you didn't see the crew skills earlier when you first went to Fleet. There is a little kiosk in the Crew Skill/Strongholds area that has a quest to learn a crew skill. You learn the crew skill you choose, then immediately interact with the trainer again. You won't be able to learn the level 500 crew skills unlock that takes you to level 700 (the crew skill cap), but you get XP for just interacting immediately. I do it for every new toon I am leveling when I first get to Fleet. Most of the time I get just Slicing as it is easy quick cash while questing. Although any and all of the gathering skills can earn you cash on the GTN by selling the materials. Look into videos by Swtorista about anything you want to learn more about. She is an invaluable resource. My favorite storylines: 1. Jedi Knight (Light Side) - My main is a Concentration Sentinel (mirror of the Marauder) on Satele Shan 2. Sith Inquisitor (Light or Dark) - My main on Star Forge is a Lightning Sorcerer, but now learning Madness Sorcerer spec. I also have a Lightning Sorc going through the KotFE expansion on Satele Shan presently. The voice of the male SI is Euan Morton, whose real-life son is Iain Armitage...young Sheldon Cooper on Young Sheldon. If you ever decide to play another SI as a female, there is a way to flirt with Talos Drelik that is good for a laugh! I won't say what my favorite romance is in the base game from all of the classes, but Ashara is almost bottom of the list. She's a great companion, especially if you set her to damage or tank, but otherwise a tad annoying. 3. Bounty Hunter - At first I wouldn't say I liked it, but now I really like it. Dark or Light, I always make sure to go full-out Mandalorian! 4. Sith Warrior (Light Side) - I am playing through the class again on two different toons one a full Light Side, the other a full Dark Side, to do the romance I have not done with one of the companions, which can be either a Dark Side or Light Side companion...I won't say more. There are two romancable companions for the SW. 5. Imperial Agent (Light Side) - This is actually probably the strongest storyline with the most divergences of where you can take it. It's James Bond in Star Wars. My first playthrough was Dark Side and a Chiss (very Admiral Thrawn), but my favorite playthrough was a Human and Light Side. 6. Republic Trooper (Light Side mainly) - I am a sucker for military stories, and this is a really good one, but a lot of people are not fond of it. If you've played Mass Effect, the female Trooper is the same voice as the Female Sheperd in ME, Jennifer Hale (who also voices Satele Shan and a few other small characters in SWTOR, including reprising Bastila Shan in the Jedi Consular story, from KOTOR). I had to do a playthrough of the Trooper as a FemShep cosplay...it was a lot of fun, but expensive in Space Barbie terms. 7. Smuggler - I love this story, but you have to be in the right mood and frame of mind. Basically, there are A LOT of comedic opportunities with the Smuggler, and it is the most breezy storyline. But, like I said...you have to be in the mood. Some quests are just flat-out comedy. I love the Gunslinger spec, and other players like the Scoundrel spec (which I don't), which were the original ways to play the class. Oh, you do get a Wookie companion at one point, but he ain't the greatest at healing. 8. Jedi Consular (Light Side) - I have yet to try this Dark Side, but this is the slowest-moving story. Lots of lore. The male JC is voiced by Nolan North aka Nathan Drake from Uncharted, but he is kinda boring as the character, the female-voiced SI is better. The story is a bit bland overall compared to the others. I don't hate it at all, it's just really slow.

This took me back, man! All the things you questioned or were confused about, i was also confused about back in the day. Except some of the newer things. The map on screen like that used to not be a thing. Just minimap. Level sync didnt exist. the quick travels you had to manually interact with to unlock and if you missed one, youd have to hike it there again 😅 abilities you had to pay for. Its come a long way. And a new dev studio is working on it so theres being new life breathed into it. Thank you for the great video 🎉

Good videos mate, appreciate the detail and effort that goes in. Thankyou on behalf of everyone searching for a game to play in 2024.

Dude I'm so happy that I found your channel! You, Sir Dark Lord of The Empire, have some serious narrative skills combined with AAA-quality editing. No matter where your journey continues, be it dragons or galaxies, I'll be watching ^_^

Great video, glad you liked the game too. Take the time to go through all the options if you are worried about screen clutter. Hiding the gigantic nameplate over your head will make a huge difference right off the bat, but I'd also take out a lot of the extraneous combat "flytext" as well. Its rare that you need to see that Khem Val is healing for 2067 health every second in combat, you won't miss stuff like that when you disable it.

Nice Man very honest and good review . Swtor vet here. Good to have you in the club .

I'm glad you had a good experience trying the game and continue to enjoy finishing up your character story and seeing how alt stories run some interesting parallels to them. Hopefully You'll find helpful guildmates .etc to explain some of the mechanics, I will point out that at launch the game actually had a slower intro experience with voiced NPC quests explaining things like class differences and quests to make you look at the crafting skills, but they got ripped out in an attempt to streamline the new player experience. While it may be faster now, I don't really favor "streamlining" by just removing or nerfing content. Inquisiotr was aso the class that got me in love with the game, I originally made a bounty hunter and intended the Inq just to be my alt for when friends were online to co-op with, but the story ended up sucking me in and the inq became my main instead, really enjoyed roleplaying the rags to riches emancipated slave to sith story it had going on.

This video made me subscribe, I’ve been on the fence about this game for so long just like a lot of mmorpgs I’ve been told to play, and you broke it down just beautifully, thank you sir I’m gonna be playing this tomorrow!

Your mmo first impressions videos are exactly what I needed right now 👌

ngl its trippy seeing someone form opinions on the game as it is now, with all the nostalgia of playing the game for years, this is awesome

As an RS sub of yours I’m glad to see you branching out. I know you took some heat for talking about it on Twitter along with face cam stuff, but this video was quality! Keep it up man

Been playing this for ten years...and yet I still watched all this!😅 Great, I sent it to a chap who has it on his list to play. Thanks

so glad to see people enjoying the game still. Loved this game growing up !!

New favorite channel!! ❤❤

Been playing off and on for 10+ years and I keep coming back when new content is released or need some good ole fashioned pew pew killing joys. The combat clutter is fixable with removing a bunch of the name tags and other stats that are generally useless. I generally just keep on screen what I’m doing and how the damage is affecting my character. Strongholds and operations are super fun, and operations is where I get most of my social contact. Loved your review of the game, felt fresh to see a completely new player having fun and getting to relive those memories myself. Noing on Star Forge Republic side if on at the same time hit me up. And have fun!!

I’ve been looking for an mmo to play since I’m fairly new to the genre in general and your thorough video made me take the leap on this game. I appreciate it because I like to get a general sense of what a game is about so I usually research games in advance and this video just popped up in my recommendations. Great video 10/10

It warms my heart that you made this video, still love SWTOR after learning about it 10+ years ago! I think its a masterpiece, a work of art, not just a game. Thank you for showing and commenting your experience for us!

The game used to be a true MMO in the fact you had to group for alot of the content, but when player numbers started to dwindle they made it more solo friendly with optional co-op

I have really enjoyed your new player experience video. I have played this game quite a lot. Did all the 8 quest lines but stopped playing it some time ago. It is nice to see that the game is still active to this day and gets positive reviews as well. I think this is Bioware's one of finest work when it comes to story telling and this is the Bioware I miss a lot nowadays. I hope you have fun with this game.

This was a very well and thorough made review! Good job, its rare to see people reviewing games and covering them this well. I really enjoyed the Bounty Hunter story as well as the Sith Warrior and the Trooper story. Imperial agent also is pretty good once you get into it.

Fantastic video, I’m playing the game rn and it gives me a very good general feeling !

very good video! i took such a long break and now i've started it again and i'm so excited! they've already done a lot of work on it and i'm really looking forward to more! the game is really cool!

Oh man I am so glad that SWTOR is getting love. Also really glad to see you overall enjoyed your time in the game! Thanks for the video, it was entertaining to watch and have a great day :)

Had some of my best times gaming with this one back in 2012-2014. Good old times.

I really like your writing and narrative style. I've played SWTOR since beta and I found your review to be very interestring, and your criticisms to be very accurate.

First game review I actually enjoyed watching / hearing in a long time. The game looks ok, I might have even played it 'back in the day' ( can't remember ), but your commentary and explanations for how your perspective changed while playing made me install it. Keep up doing future game reviews as you did one, please.

I played this when it first came out and it was soo good! I miss it sometimes

Not sure if anyone has mentioned it, the bug of having to accept the eula everytime you boot the game is a steam launcher issue that can be solved by either switching to the client from the swtor website or grabbing the eula.settings file from that launcher (need to startup the launcher at least once for it to generate) and putting it in the main folder for the game in steam

You can move your character by holding down both mouse buttons. I use my mouse for movement and my keyboard entirely for combat, can use the pause menu to create your own custom keybinds to your faveourite abilities

This looks great! Thanks for the vid!

Thank you for this video. I started playing this game for the first time today and I'm enjoying it so much. ❤

I’ve been playing since first grade, and I’ve watched it evolve over the years and it always amazed me

Since you're enjoying the story that you can dig into in the planets and with the story for your class, I HIGHLY recommend the Imperial Agent. It is arguably the BEST class story in the game... and I frickin' HATE spy game b.s. THAT is how good it is, that even somebody who hates that stuff absolutely loves the story. Also, I feel like this is a genuinely fantastic and accurate assessment for things in the game, both the good and the bad. Well done, mate!

One of my favorite MMO's of all time. Next to Elder Scrolls Online. Thank you for making a very relatively quick review as a SWTOR player. Playing this game reminds me of why im a Star Wars fan!

You should do more RU-vid on SWTOR. I’ve been playing it since it first came out. It was very refreshing to see you take on it! Maybe a play through vids.

Great review , I have played most of the MMOs available and think this is the most underated and deserves more love . It is the most voice acted game ever released , the combat fluidity feels like World of Warcraft, which is rare to find. The different PVP objectives are unique, creative and fun. The dungeons/flashpoints have great stories and unique boss mechanics. Overall it feels like alot of effort has been put into the creation of SWTOR and I appreciate it.

I love to see people love this game. I've spent days of playtime in this game, over 8 with my first character. I wonder if I could get back to try all the expansions after a long time away..

In 2016 they had the Dark vs Light event. There was a 12x XP boost for everything. The players asked for the boost to stay when it ended, so BioWare compromised with a 6x XP boost to Class and Planetary missions. This way players could level up mainly from the best part of the game, the Class missions. Heroic then Planetary missions are my second and third best way to level, especially with the up-to-date gear rewards.

great video. I would say about crew skills, send your crew out often. It increases their level and when they get to level 50 they are equal to a top level player character. Definite force multiplier.

i really enjoyed this video, it goes in-depth about everything that i as a player that has played for a long time have forgot. and its fun to see the game from a "noobs" pov. really hope that we can see some more videos from you playing swtor :)

Love swtor! working my way through all the class stories im 4/8 so far!

WELCOME TO THE MARA CLUB!!! Was my first character as well many many years ago

I used to play SWTOR years ago, personally my fave was the 'light side' of the Sith Warrior line, but I remember having a TON of fun on my Bounty Hunter too

I started playing this game when it launched, and didn't quite understand it at the time, so I wrote it off because I was excited that I got my own copy of WoW Cataclysm. That being said, I came back to this game later and fell in love with how they improved it considerably, I started playing as a Dark Side Bounty Hunter Merc, and loved the interactions with the NPCs in their storyline, but I actually finished the Trooper storyline first 😂

You can completely customize all the information the game gives you, damage numbers, name plates, number of quickbars and even move everything around in the settings and interface editor. The Jedi knight story is my personal favorite, playing as a Jedi that slowly is corrupted by the dark side is so satisfying and ties well with the expansions.

Hey mate, great video, it really took me back. My favourite story line is the Sith Warrior, and I tend to run it as an old school Juggernaut, the story for both light and dark is fun and engaging, so I recommend both. Small hit about trade skills, you can use them in Flashpoints to unlock short cuts and other hidden mechanisms, if there are the right lvl of course.

This is the first game I followed from its deep initial development through to beyond release. Was in high school through its development and graduated and played the hell out of it in college.

Ayo, never throght u would play this! Awesome dude!

Best review winner!

Wish i could go back and experience everything for the first time like you. Great video and great game

I agree with your overall assessment of the game. I started playing SWTOR at launch and over time, took breaks of varying lengths to focus upon other games. I keep coming back to this one! This time around, I finished all of the class story lines, and I must concur that the finest of them all is the Imperial Agent. My advice? Save that one for last. You won't regret it!

played this when it first came out with two of my friends. we had two bounty hunters and a sith it was hilarious amounts of fun.

as somebody who wasnt sure about whether to download the game or not, this video tremendously helped me choose. thank you for the in depth detail and honest opinion

I’ve played a ton of this game since release and it kinda fell off for me a ways back (partly related to a pc issue) you’ve mentally revived it for me with your explanation. This really reminded me of a smoothed out version of the 2012 videos talking about the game lol. I appreciate you breathing life into the game for me and hopefully many others. Also LOL at all the random systems you had to slowly figure out along the way, I was a complete noob for over 6 months to be quite honest until I joined a guild who loved PvP and wouldn’t let me not know what’s going on.

God, this made me so nostalgic. Might see if it runs on the Deck and finally go through the stories I have left to complete.

Just started this and loving it

Glad to see a positive video of a new player perspective in 2023! There is still so much story left to uncover! A nice note is that by subscribing just one time unlocks all the expansions forever, even when your subscription runs out! As for favorite Origin story, I'd have to say Imperial Agent, followed by Jedi Knight as a close second.

One thing you might want to also add to your thoughts. Could be talking about player base size, queue times for pvp/raid times, etc.

If you didnt know, there actually is a quest on the fleet, and on the first world after your starter world (on Dromund Kaas and Coruscant) called priority missions. And it gives you a mission to learn about crew skills xD But you’d have to click the priority missions terminal to see it. Also mentions intros to pvp and other things.

Ive been playing the game for an extremely long time. (2013 i think i started) i went from Heavy PVE and progression to only PVP (Shoutout Orchestrated Chaos) then back to PVE (The Mandalorians) and absolutely loved every bit of it. I played as a PT/Commando Bounty Hunter and the feeling of having a weapon for any and every situation felt amazing. I hunted down Jedi, Troopers and political figures for not only cash but for the rush. I felt immersed in the game and it was great. I log on once in a while to scratch that itch but alas, time isnt on my side much anymore like back in the day. Hopefully i can log on again and perhaps make a jedi to get that old feeling of nostalgia again. Hope you enjoyed playing. Cheers ✊🏿

Started playing SWTOR again after several years and I'm loving the quality of life improvements they have added over the years. I mostly play on the Empire side of the Star Forge server and I joined a guild (The Courageous) that has a guild activity every day at 9PM CST. Honestly, if I hadn't found a guild that is so active I probably would have quit again.

My tips: once you get control of your character, explore the menus, adjust your hotkeys and layout. Subscribe for AT LEAST 1 month. Once sib runs out, you wont have as many restrictions, or may decide to continue the sub. Utilize your legacy storage by purchasing the cheapest stronghold when u pick up the mission from holo dude on fleet. Store your credits. Make a toon for each crafting/gathering skill as materials go in a shared "bag" for toons on the server. And ask questions in chat. Genchat can troll, but on a large vets love helping newbies.

Nice video man. I'm a long time player but I enjoy seeing others trying out the game & ending up liking it. I recommend it to my friends but very few have felt the need to continue which is a lil disappointing lol. As for me, in 2022 is when I finally finished all 8 storylines & I began my journey back in the beginning of 2017. I took a few breaks here & there, once for a year I think but I always came back to finish what I started lol. \m/

Your vids are very nice!!! Great work

One of, if not the most immersive games I have ever played. Watching this I remembered things about each zone which I haven't thought about for years :D Brilliant game, Brilliant video.

I still love playing through stories I've already completed. I was surprised when in a re play through I recognized the voice of one of my favorite audio book narrators in multiple cut scenes.

The TOS agreement thing on every launch seems to be exclusive to playing on Steam and it's still happening today. The standalone client doesn't suffer from this issue. You could create a ticket, but it doesn't exactly have a reputation of actually fixing bugs... It's still a fun game today (I started playing last year for the first time) and I think the Inquisitor story is among the most fun ones, good pick! One thing I struggle with is the character progression. I remember at early levels I was one-shotting about everything. Of course mobs at the start are easy to get the player acquainted with combat, but I miss the feeling of getting stronger as I level up due to the level sync holding me back while enemies still get stronger. I think the level sync is great during leveling and story progression, but when you finish and are supposed to be a powerful warrior in your story, is it right that a random bandit or small animal on a starter planet still kills you with ease...?

Try 2FA on the account to see if the TOS stops popping up on the launcher. I've not seen the TOS for years lol. Great video, nice to see such honest reviews.

I myself have been playing it for a couple weeks now, and it has drained much of my time and I'm quite enjoying things. I did the Sith Warrior campaign and did the quests all the way to 80 with the expansions etc. Some worse than others I can't see myself campaigning the whole thing again save for the origin stories, and I'm playing through the Jedi equivalent now. I will say I agree that is most definitely worth your time considering the lackluster state of other MMOs right now.

As a player since 2014 I say welcome. My only regret for the game was I missed the title you get or playing at the very beginning. The fix for the terms is to not use Steam, if you delete and reinstall through swtor's website it get's rid of the issue. Also the first time you go to the fleet you get an intro to gathering trainers. When you get off the elevator the first time you run straight ahead to the mission terminal there and it has one called introduction to gathering.

OH damn took me 2 mins to realize this was the legendary Waydot from RS, I now have full trust in this video

Nice video, very informative. dloading the game to give it a try

I loved swtor at launch but got bored with rather repetitive endgame content at the time. Friend got into it recently and I decided to give it a go over the holidays. This video brought back many good memories and got me smiling a lot. Hope we all enjoy it for many years to come. Cheers !

As I have played this game since the beginning, I sometimes watch these to understand what hurdles new players go through, as I seriously *don't* remember a thing. 12 years? Bloody hell, I feel so old now. Another thing is, the game is vastly different than it was all those years ago, so, there's that. Honestly, Inquisitor might be my one of my favourite stories. Also Sith Warrior and Imperial Agent - and you are bound to hear that IA is the *BEST* story in the game, and I would not disagree with that statement, as it is quite amazing. Pubside stories are... there. For Jedi Knight, you gotta basically do homework, seeing as it is basically KOTOR 3, and reading the Revan book fills up a lot of gaps. Also makes the otherwise utterly boring story engaging. My advice on playing pubside - play it Dark. It's a lot more fun and you don't end up like a goody two shoes preacher most of the time.

i love this game been playing for 3 months i have 35 toons 10 are 70 and above i joined a really cool guild they were very helpful

Lot's of great memories in this game. I played in 2011-2013, 2015-2016, 2020.

My favourite story was the jedi knight, followed by the warrior and agent, I played this game so much in the past and am getting back into it after a two year break.

hell yeah, a fellow Canadian content creator :D

Grats !!!

Really enjoyed this video