It’s great that Coruscant has finally made it’s way into a game, and I hate to be the Hater, but it’s still just another zone. Bioware has proven they have a ton of cool gimmicks in TOR, but none of that will mean anything if the gameplay isn’t any fun.

Don’t get me wrong, a lot of the stuff appears to be very cool. But, what it all boils down to, and what they refuse to talk about, is that the combat shown so far is very underwhelming. Like Mass Effect (thankfully they are addressing this in the sequel) and all the other Bioware games (yes, I thought KotOR’s combat was very weak too), I hope gameplay doesn’t end up taking a back seat to story and flash. It’s fine in a single player RPG, but if I’m going to be investing years into a game, it’s going to have to have great gameplay/combat.

An example: WoW has few gimmicks and little flash, but what it does possess is tons of… Gameplay.

Of course, all the above is my opinion – feel free to cry me a river if you disagree.