Fixed that for ya.

Gee, who saw that one coming?

You are quite correct. And as far as I am concerned, Bioware./EA/LA has no one to blame but themselves. Call yourself the second coming in MMO gaming enough times and you better deliver the goods, particularly when you have killed a game like SWG, beloved to many who would otherwise have been strong TOR supporters. Oh well. I lost SWG, but watching TOR crash and burn is some consolation at least.

I am not sure how much of a fight one can put up over what is ultimately a matter of taste: one palate’s fine wine is another palate’s cheap plonk. It’d also amount to crude contrarianism to hop on every relevant post on a blog like this one and shout about TOR’s merits, given the host’s implacable (if quite entertaining) dislike of the game and the subgenre which it represents. I’m still subbed and happy, and I can always turn to the Spinkses, Shintars, Targeters, Tremaynes et al whose commentary is generally positive.

Still, I don’t think I have ever seen so much critical passion for any game from those who have never played it. The thirst for TOR bad news, fake or real, is remarkable in some quarters, and it’s not just SynCaine by any means.

For example, no matter what horrible, broken, unfair, craptastic feature a dev fixes on an MMO, somebody will pipe up and claim that it is was their favorite thing about the game. I have seen it happen in the forums countless times.

As for expectations, setting those is the job of the studio. If literally hundreds of thousands of people walk away from your game, blaming them for anything, even unrealistic expectations, is a cop out.