I really appreciate this video. Even as someone who has followed the game for a long time, it helps to review what's happened when dealing with a decade of stories!
I started playing this Game, when I was around 10. Now I'm 18. This game was a loyal companion throughout my teenage years and will hopefully continue to accompany me for many years to come
You grew up with such an amazing game. Same here, I played this throughout my teen years, and I would do it all over again. I've learned some legitimate life lessons from SWTOR.
This game is such a gorgeous title. Always putting out content and continuing to flesh out the universe. I love this game and the entire team. Wish I could work you with you all someday.
@@Afthrast However Hero engine was (and probably still is) the foremost engine that allows the biggest uninterrupted open spaces and zones. That's why it was chosen.
@@eddyeddyd I agree that et/kotfe might have ruined the personal story, however I'd say it still had some of the best storytelling of any MMO - allowing us to feel like an actual character, while still keeping a linear story.... I wonder, however, what makes you say that it ruined Revan? I love him from kotor and I love that we got some more grey-side magic
I’ve been playing SWTOR on and off for years since it came out. It always manages to bring me back with their awesome expansions with incredible stories. I’m so excited for Legacy of the Sith, can’t wait to see what’s gonna happen!!
When I started to play this game 10 years ago I was single, no children.Then I never thought I would keep playing it with my wife and our 6 years old daughter as well.Amazing job you have done guys!!
It will but not with the bad graphics i like the graphics but there is a big proplem in the game to stabilize fps my pc is good af but still got only 10fps in 16player raids and pvp :D
They would need to probably make a remake for that to happen. The sad truth is that eventually the game will give up. I do hope that they make some kind of remake though and put it on consoles as well because that would be dope.
@@yourfriendlyneighborhoodsaiyan I'm not sure the new expansion will be tied to it, but the novel is called Deceived. It's about Malgus, the sacking of Coruscant, and its aftermath. It features characters like Darth Angral, Eleena Daru (Malgus' lover), and Aryn Leneer, the padawan of Ven Zallow, the Jedi Master killed by Malgus in the Jedi Temple. Aryn herself just recently appeared in the game, on the Republic side of the Dark Descent update.
Agreed. As much as I love the Skywalker saga, it would be nice for Lucasfilm to give us canon stories during the old republic and even further back. Since Old Republic itself is still being updated despite being part of Legends, this shows how popular the game franchise still is to this day (and more so with the KOTOR remake).
@@JakeStaffin I agree I love the skywalker story as well. I sorta understand making some of legends non cannon since a lot of people tried turning star wars into dbz, but the people behind the old republic games wasn't one of them.
I've been playing this game for 8 years now and every minute of it was time well spent. My favourite MMO and era of the Star Wars Universe. Always great storytelling to more years to come!
Don't kill off Malgus, he's such an interesting character. One of the only Sith to gladly allow Aliens to server, there's no reason why he shouldn't have followers
I disagree. Kill him. He attack you and tried to kill you. Betrayal like this should not be rewarded. It should be punished, with death! Also the only Good Sith NPC was Mar and they killed him already! The bastards!
@@joeslayter5841 Which honestly doesn't make too much sense. Sure, one guy was able to become immortal through his hate, but that was 1 guy, where his entire existence was rage, with no higher brain function beyond rage.
So glad to see my favorite game going strong after all these years. One of my favorite moments over my years playing was the vigil that players held outside House Organa on Alderaan after the passing of Carrie Fisher. Just a beautiful community moment to share stories in General Chat and remember.
That's a good one summary of all the story for these 10 years, you make master Gnost-Dural proud👏 Ever since 2015 your team and your game have my everlasting devotion and willing to play it. May this game outlive me
@@laklomp Valkorion: You can't possibly hope to defeat me. I'm no mere force user. Dean: You're the same thing, only bigger. The same brand of cockroach I've been squashing my whole life. An ugly, evil, belly-to-the-ground supernatural piece of crap. The only difference between them and you is the size of your ego.
I remember 11/12 years ago, following every update when this game was still in development, eagerly awaiting the class trailers. It's been a while since i've played, but i still do play when i can. I'm excited for the expansion and all the changes it brings.
I started playing this game when I was about 10 with my dad who loved the game so much it’s one of the few things we truly bonded over so it will always hold a special place in my heart I still play to this day even with the dwindling number I hope this game lives on for many more decades as nothing comes close to it
Been playing since The Hutt Cartel expansion and have no plans of stopping. The kind of game that never gets old and is always a nice comforting activity for when the day gets stressful or I just need something to do.
Love this summary. I often forget important details of the story, so this is a very nice refresher. I would kinda love a more detailed version of this.
The amazing thing is you can play this whole game without ever grouping. It is truly an MMO with a single player game. I do not recommend that you play the whole game like that as grouping in the story quests is something to be enjoyed.
I can't wait to see what the next expansions will entail. I've been playing since 2014, I believe I was in the 5th grade at the time, and I'm in 12th grade currently and I still love this game to death.
I'm a 28 year old KOTOR fanatic who only ever wanted a dedicated, single player KOTOR 3 experience, so you can imagine how disappointed I was with SWTOR. Absolutely bonkers to see it still alive and putting out content 10 years later! As much as I didn't enjoy the game, I'm happy to see the continued telling of stories during the greatest era in all of Star Wars lore.
If you’re a Star Wars fan who still hasn’t given SWTOR a chance, you’re missing out. While it’s not a flawless game by any means it has some of my favorite Star Wars story telling and great expanded universe lore.
Wow, I started playing this game in 2012 when I was in 7th grade. Still playing and now I am a postgrad student. Keep that amazing storytelling! Thats why Swtor is so unique. And I would love a Operation/heroe Q storyline like you did with the Dread Masters some years ago. Still one of my faves! Maybe something like Mortis (seen in The Clone Wars) would be a great idea for Force classes?
I've been thinking the same thing lately. The story of the Dread Masters was great in how it had great build up as what seemed a side story at first but grew into something much bigger. I'd love to see something like it grow alongside the main expansion stories.
@@danielcharland1374 I'd like something like that to be an option between Flashpoints and Operations, because I don't want players overwhelmed by group content.
@@sambridgers9543 fair enough then maybe introduce it to play as 1/4/8/16 in (solo)/sm/hc/nim. I know that would be very complicated for the devs when it come to enemy/dmg scaling(...) but that way it would be great for everyone.
I’ve been playing swtor since it came out when I was 10 - I’m 20 now and I still love everything about it! I haven’t played much recently because I’ve completed all the story content, but this will always be one of my favorite game worlds to be in and I’m so excited to see what the next expansion has to offer! Thank you to the swtor team for your hard work in creating one of my all time favorite games!!
To be fair, nothing of particular significance happened there. The Meridian complex didn't mean much in the grand scheme of things. And the Mandalorian conflict is just starting. The only thing Charles could've mentioned is the final death of Tenebrae, but maybe they decided to keep it a little secret for those who haven't yet played it.
Joined the game in early 2016, back then I remember a lot of discussion among the playerbase of the game shutting down. But as the years went by those voices became more quiet and are now overwhelmed by a chorus of new hype for the expansion.
remember when this came out saw it everywhere advertised on the web when I was 10. Remembered loving the stories and then returned 3/4 years ago and found it was still going strong and released a new massive expansion kotfe. Took a break but came back and it's become one of the great star wars games.
I guess that means me😂, ive always been a fan of the franchise but never actually played this game, ive been watching some videos related to this game and it piqued my interest but i can say after watching this recap, i still dont really know what the f**k is going on here😂😂
I followed this game from it's early days of development and was so happy when it launched. When they released the whole Valkorian storyline/expac though, I wasn't into it and I fell off and haven't returned. I still have so many fond memories of playing SWTOR and I hope it does well in th future to come.
My favorite video game ever!!! I have all 8 classes ready for Legacy of the Sith and I’m currently working on new all four Republic ones again who will stay loyal to their faction beginning with Ossus.
cant wait. i love this game, wen i first downloaded it so many years ago, i said, im in it for life. dont get much time to play atm, but try to keep my 2 main charicters one jedi one sith, up to date. it was such a great time watching this story evolve over the years.
Thank you for this recap. With the story going on for so long and expansions so slow in coming, this really helped me out. I love my SWTOR so much and with Acti-Blizz and their drama over there, its good to come back to a game that I can enjoy doing solo shit with.
That was an amazing explanation of the events of the game without revealing that much of what happens so new players could experience it themselves. Nicely done. Can't wait for the update!
I have barely any knowledge of the Old Republic stuff other than it is FAR more awesome than nearly every other time period in Star Wars, the cinematic trailers and some minor bits of info about certain characters. This sort of video is super helpful! It makes me want to see all of this stuff in either animated, CG (like the cinematic trailers), or live action form some day! Cannot wait for the video game on the PS5, and I pray the rumours of the film/TV show are true!!
I played the game a ton when it originally released and have returned to it periodically, but I never touched the expansions, as I'm still trying to level through all the class stories. I really appreciate this brief overview of what I've missed and am happy to see SWTOR getting more attention than it has in a long time. I hope that the gameplay changes, QoL changes and new story coming with Legacy of the Sith will spark a renewal for the game. May the Force be with ye, devs.
man i got a chance to introduce this game to my 11 year old son recently.. he grew up watching me play it but never really cared to ask me about it until recently haha he like 1 when it came out but he started playing with me and now he loves it also. I love this game, I hope it stays around another 10 years.
Exactly. The game was doomed from the start with its over ambitious multi class storyline and they tried to condense it with Makeb into 2: Republic and Empire. With the nonsense that was the post Ziost Eternal Empire storyline, they crashed everything into a single story that really only made sense as the Jedi Knight class. Playing a Trooper main, the entire Valkorian arc broke any suspension of SW lore disbelief and the treatment of Revan's arc was unforgivable.
@@hgcenty Yeah, thats why I never going to play the expansions with my other characters other than the knight and the wrath even tough my favourite character is the imperial agent, I would never play the expansions as him.
@@hgcenty I always felt the Sith Warrior also could have easily been the commander. Its more likely the Hero of Tython but the whole Alliance and the fucking awful Zakuul arc really shouldn't have happened.
Excellent reading of the summary of in-game events. Thanks Charles and team! Been a subscriber since 2012 and curiously hopeful for the new expansion. Keep up the fantastic work please! 👍
As an avid fan from Beta onwards, I am as excited as always to see more content being created. This game is fun for the obvious reasons (story, pvp, ops, FPs, etc) but one thing that this game has that MANY games can't come close to (at least for me) is the ability to create a very powerful RP community. I have been in several guilds back when Begeren Colony and Ebon Hawk were their own servers, to now with Star Forge pathing the way for creative minds to write/act out interesting stories of their own. I made friends that I would NEVER have met otherwise, whether from other states I would otherwise never visit, to far off countries like Australia, New Zealand, Germany, etc etc. I've been a gamer my whole life and I can say with 100% surety that SWTOR created some of my fondest memories through the RP community. Some amazing duels, stories, missions, etc that established life-long friendships that transcended the game and bled over into other games and IRL comradery. I saw that this expansion is not the end for SWTOR and that the devs still have much more story and content ideas up their sleeves. For as small a team as they have, there is genuine love there for what they do and I can't wait to continue the story and adventure to continue. Thanks to the BW team for sustaining my childhood love of SW and bringing some of the most interesting times in the lore to life with this game and the KOTOR games as well!
I’m glad they kept going with the story but man I really enjoyed those class stories he most, especially when you first start off as nothing and build up your rank.
used to play this SO MUCH when first came out but around when the revan story was going on we got a new computer and since I haven't been able to play, finally got a another new personal one this chrismas that can handle SWTOR and so hyped to get back on, I had roughly kept up with the story in a bit more detail than this over the years but this is really nice for a catch up
It is, becouse this is the "canonical" main character they are using since 2015. Cinema forge recreated him from the trailers, so his jedi knight playthrough is literally the only "canon" playthrough you can find on youtube.
I played this game when it first launched and had a blast... but unfortunately watched it almost die. I'm happy to see that, despite that, it found it's bearings again and it's alive and kicking. Happy anniversary!!!
biggest weakness of the empire is the Sith always fighting amongst themselves outside of the Revanite crisis you don't really see republic vs republic, but you frequently see sith vs sith, this is why the empire eventually fails
@@Pease98 I've been holding out hoping for certain dialogue bugs to be fixed (one of them being Akaavi not recognizing the Bounty Hunter even after the Mako/Akaavi Alliance alert). It's been mentioned by others, as well as acknowledged, on the forums and hopefully that can be fixed before the expansion. I might just go ahead with the two Jedi anyway though pretty soon.
You keep saying who the canon outlander is is determined by the player, but you keep making it clear that to you it’s the Hero of Tython. And I thank you for it!
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I really appreciate this video. Even as someone who has followed the game for a long time, it helps to review what's happened when dealing with a decade of stories!
Yeah, I haven't played for some time but I always loved the rich story and amazing characters of this setting. It does Star Wars justice.
are there other videos that go more in depth? or does this explain most of it?
@@dinoandrade3640 idk men would be great to know
@@dinoandrade3640 There is a UA-cam channel called Gamer's Little Playground that goes through it all.
I started playing this Game, when I was around 10. Now I'm 18. This game was a loyal companion throughout my teenage years and will hopefully continue to accompany me for many years to come
thats awesome! May the force be with you!
Same man, I keep coming back to it, god tier game.
You grew up with such an amazing game. Same here, I played this throughout my teen years, and I would do it all over again. I've learned some legitimate life lessons from SWTOR.
That's an awesome story! Wish I knew this game as early as you* did.
They said SWTOR at the end game...I hope they create a new major expansion like knight of fallen empire and entenal throne
Started playing when I was 12, I'm 20 now and still playing. This game taught me english and because of it I'm studying Game Design now.
Nice evolution 👍🏻
started with 9, now I'm 16
Pleasantly surprised that SWTOR is still going strong ten years later.
Of course! If a game like DCUO can live after ten years. SWTOR especially can! :D
Dark side will always find a way.
Still going? Oh boi, it's about to receive maybe it's largest update to date
much longer than it's predecessor galaxies
@@AFFoC You mean three hours of content instead of two?
This game is such a gorgeous title. Always putting out content and continuing to flesh out the universe. I love this game and the entire team. Wish I could work you with you all someday.
@Woohoodoo I wish they could overhaul the graphics and animation systems but I guess Hero Engine is keeping both SWTOR and TESO back in that regard.
This game ruined Revan and et/kotfe ruined ur chars story.
@@Afthrast However Hero engine was (and probably still is) the foremost engine that allows the biggest uninterrupted open spaces and zones. That's why it was chosen.
@@eddyeddyd I agree that et/kotfe might have ruined the personal story, however I'd say it still had some of the best storytelling of any MMO - allowing us to feel like an actual character, while still keeping a linear story.... I wonder, however, what makes you say that it ruined Revan? I love him from kotor and I love that we got some more grey-side magic
Swtor is keeping legends alive
I’ve been playing SWTOR on and off for years since it came out. It always manages to bring me back with their awesome expansions with incredible stories. I’m so excited for Legacy of the Sith, can’t wait to see what’s gonna happen!!
Couldn't agree more! I just wish we could finally fight for the faction that we chose to support on odessen openly
Just wish our choices would be more meaningful.
When I started to play this game 10 years ago I was single, no children.Then I never thought I would keep playing it with my wife and our 6 years old daughter as well.Amazing job you have done guys!!
Aww that's really wholesome.
10 years of amazing storytelling. Proud to be a part of this community.
Such an amazing game and this didn't even cover a 1/10 of the stories and adventures. So excited for Legacy of the Sith!
Most importantly, they skipped the entire Dread Master arc!
Honestly I hope SWTOR lives on for ever, such an underrated gem with such a dedicated team of developers behind it!
It will but not with the bad graphics i like the graphics but there is a big proplem in the game to stabilize fps my pc is good af but still got only 10fps in 16player raids and pvp :D
@ZoneFighter1 Disney better not touch swtor cause if they do just imagine the backlash
They would need to probably make a remake for that to happen. The sad truth is that eventually the game will give up. I do hope that they make some kind of remake though and put it on consoles as well because that would be dope.
@ZoneFighter1 EA owns SWTOR I think.
@ZoneFighter1 Let them make a High Republic MMO. Leave the SWTOR to it's current team. (Maybe upgrade to new engine down the line)
Absolutely love this game! 👌
yooo
Thanks homophobe
@@shlongmanator9505 tf?
@@mrman9977 this guy is homophobic
Me tooooo
It’s nice that the old eu can live on through this game
Exactly what i thought aswell
@@KoteDarasuum this next expansion seems like it will tie in with the deceived novel, so it’s safe to say I’m excited
@@TheRagingNacho this expansion is about a novel? What is the novel about?
@@yourfriendlyneighborhoodsaiyan I'm not sure the new expansion will be tied to it, but the novel is called Deceived. It's about Malgus, the sacking of Coruscant, and its aftermath. It features characters like Darth Angral, Eleena Daru (Malgus' lover), and Aryn Leneer, the padawan of Ven Zallow, the Jedi Master killed by Malgus in the Jedi Temple. Aryn herself just recently appeared in the game, on the Republic side of the Dark Descent update.
Wonder if were gonna see abolith
Honestly, one of the best eras in Star Wars. We NEED this era now more than ever and to move away from the Skywalker era.
Agreed. As much as I love the Skywalker saga, it would be nice for Lucasfilm to give us canon stories during the old republic and even further back. Since Old Republic itself is still being updated despite being part of Legends, this shows how popular the game franchise still is to this day (and more so with the KOTOR remake).
@@JakeStaffin I agree I love the skywalker story as well. I sorta understand making some of legends non cannon since a lot of people tried turning star wars into dbz, but the people behind the old republic games wasn't one of them.
I've been playing this game for 8 years now and every minute of it was time well spent. My favourite MMO and era of the Star Wars Universe. Always great storytelling to more years to come!
Don't kill off Malgus, he's such an interesting character. One of the only Sith to gladly allow Aliens to server, there's no reason why he shouldn't have followers
I feel like there will be a choice at some point to either kill him off or let him live just like arcann in that regard
I disagree. Kill him. He attack you and tried to kill you. Betrayal like this should not be rewarded. It should be punished, with death!
Also the only Good Sith NPC was Mar and they killed him already! The bastards!
Apparently He cannot die. Your Character kills him numerous times over the story. Like a yoyo he keeps coming back.
@@joeslayter5841 Which honestly doesn't make too much sense. Sure, one guy was able to become immortal through his hate, but that was 1 guy, where his entire existence was rage, with no higher brain function beyond rage.
@@Jirodyne Right! I love Marr man. One of, if not my favourite Sith.
Narrated by Charles Boyd himself?! Christmas came early this year!!
Been playing since I was 12 I’m 20 now and still going strong now favorite mmo I’ve ever played
Same hahaha
@@Benjamin-yk5qx I'm playing since i'm 15 and now i'm 17. will play it hopefully a long time
Same, I'm 21 now. Bruh it's been a while. Just thinking about how many years has passed makes me so nostalgic 😭
So glad to see my favorite game going strong after all these years.
One of my favorite moments over my years playing was the vigil that players held outside House Organa on Alderaan after the passing of Carrie Fisher. Just a beautiful community moment to share stories in General Chat and remember.
I don't care what anybody thinks. This game is a masterpiece. Period.
I totally agree bro!
I care what some people think. And yeah, masterpiece. Everytime I'm not playing it, I wish I was playing it.
Don't be so silly it's not an Masterpiece & nowhere close.
It has it's issues but it is still great.
It sure beats the living daylights out of all recent SW movies...
Very nice recap! Sharing is everywhere I can :)
You're a loyal SWTOR player Illeva👍🏻💜
They did forget about everything after Jedi Under Siege (though I agree)
I love this era of Star Wars and I’m so glad that the old republic is still getting updates!
I can't wait for the story to continue
That's a good one summary of all the story for these 10 years, you make master Gnost-Dural proud👏
Ever since 2015 your team and your game have my everlasting devotion and willing to play it. May this game outlive me
The Story So Far - I was expecting to hear Carry on Wayward Son
Imagine they used Dean and Sam as npcs.
@@laklomp
Valkorion: You can't possibly hope to defeat me. I'm no mere force user.
Dean: You're the same thing, only bigger. The same brand of cockroach I've been squashing my whole life. An ugly, evil, belly-to-the-ground supernatural piece of crap. The only difference between them and you is the size of your ego.
I remember 11/12 years ago, following every update when this game was still in development, eagerly awaiting the class trailers. It's been a while since i've played, but i still do play when i can. I'm excited for the expansion and all the changes it brings.
I started playing this game when I was about 10 with my dad who loved the game so much it’s one of the few things we truly bonded over so it will always hold a special place in my heart I still play to this day even with the dwindling number I hope this game lives on for many more decades as nothing comes close to it
Been playing since The Hutt Cartel expansion and have no plans of stopping. The kind of game that never gets old and is always a nice comforting activity for when the day gets stressful or I just need something to do.
Good to see you StrangeGaming
I think after this we can all agree that the canonical "Outlander" is the hero of Tython, aka Solid Snake himself.
I mean how can it not be? Look at his dialogue
Love this summary. I often forget important details of the story, so this is a very nice refresher. I would kinda love a more detailed version of this.
As a lore youtuber, this is immensely helpful, thank you
The amazing thing is you can play this whole game without ever grouping. It is truly an MMO with a single player game.
I do not recommend that you play the whole game like that as grouping in the story quests is something to be enjoyed.
This is hands down the best Star Wars game out there. May it live for another 10 years.
Thank you!!! even just this video has got me Pumped up for what is next to come!!! well done
10 years of SWTOR in less than 10 minutes. Impressive! ( Love the video! ) 😍
I can't wait to see what the next expansions will entail. I've been playing since 2014, I believe I was in the 5th grade at the time, and I'm in 12th grade currently and I still love this game to death.
Exciting!!! Thanks for the recap
I'm a 28 year old KOTOR fanatic who only ever wanted a dedicated, single player KOTOR 3 experience, so you can imagine how disappointed I was with SWTOR. Absolutely bonkers to see it still alive and putting out content 10 years later! As much as I didn't enjoy the game, I'm happy to see the continued telling of stories during the greatest era in all of Star Wars lore.
If you’re a Star Wars fan who still hasn’t given SWTOR a chance, you’re missing out. While it’s not a flawless game by any means it has some of my favorite Star Wars story telling and great expanded universe lore.
I agree it was great until Knights of the Fallen Empire at which point it felt like I was watching a bad soap drama in space.
Yeah good Sleeping Aid lol
Wow, I started playing this game in 2012 when I was in 7th grade. Still playing and now I am a postgrad student. Keep that amazing storytelling! Thats why Swtor is so unique. And I would love a Operation/heroe Q storyline like you did with the Dread Masters some years ago. Still one of my faves!
Maybe something like Mortis (seen in The Clone Wars) would be a great idea for Force classes?
I've been thinking the same thing lately. The story of the Dread Masters was great in how it had great build up as what seemed a side story at first but grew into something much bigger. I'd love to see something like it grow alongside the main expansion stories.
@@danielcharland1374 I'd like something like that to be an option between Flashpoints and Operations, because I don't want players overwhelmed by group content.
@@sambridgers9543 fair enough then maybe introduce it to play as 1/4/8/16 in (solo)/sm/hc/nim. I know that would be very complicated for the devs when it come to enemy/dmg scaling(...) but that way it would be great for everyone.
@@danielcharland1374 Hell, maybe BioWare can do an abridged version of the Dread Masters arc in Flashpoints.
@@sambridgers9543 you can already play these SM OPs with 4 Players. You get a certain 'boost'.
A decade of SWTOR! Looking forward to the next video of the series. In 10 more years!
I’ve been playing swtor since it came out when I was 10 - I’m 20 now and I still love everything about it! I haven’t played much recently because I’ve completed all the story content, but this will always be one of my favorite game worlds to be in and I’m so excited to see what the next expansion has to offer! Thank you to the swtor team for your hard work in creating one of my all time favorite games!!
Shadow or Revan was one of the best expansions I've ever played through. Great memories.
Thanks for the recap! I really enjoyed reliving all that 😁 Gonna replay it again soon for sure!
Love the recap! After 10 years, it's amazing to think of how successful this game has been. I only hope for more content as time goes on.
The force is strong with this one.
My favorite MMORPG and Star Wars game ever. Can't wait to know what's next for Malgus.
Huge epic story about heroes of the Republic and the Empire
I like how it skips over Onslaught entirely, but it's a good video ^^
To be fair, nothing of particular significance happened there. The Meridian complex didn't mean much in the grand scheme of things. And the Mandalorian conflict is just starting. The only thing Charles could've mentioned is the final death of Tenebrae, but maybe they decided to keep it a little secret for those who haven't yet played it.
@@Anetron1 Fair!
This game needs more content, I love playing it.
Joined the game in early 2016, back then I remember a lot of discussion among the playerbase of the game shutting down. But as the years went by those voices became more quiet and are now overwhelmed by a chorus of new hype for the expansion.
remember when this came out saw it everywhere advertised on the web when I was 10. Remembered loving the stories and then returned 3/4 years ago and found it was still going strong and released a new massive expansion kotfe. Took a break but came back and it's become one of the great star wars games.
We really needed a "story so far" video. This game has been out for years so it's getting confusing for newcomers
I guess that means me😂, ive always been a fan of the franchise but never actually played this game, ive been watching some videos related to this game and it piqued my interest but i can say after watching this recap, i still dont really know what the f**k is going on here😂😂
I followed this game from it's early days of development and was so happy when it launched. When they released the whole Valkorian storyline/expac though, I wasn't into it and I fell off and haven't returned. I still have so many fond memories of playing SWTOR and I hope it does well in th future to come.
My favorite video game ever!!! I have all 8 classes ready for Legacy of the Sith and I’m currently working on new all four Republic ones again who will stay loyal to their faction beginning with Ossus.
"Previously on Star Wars: The Old Republic..."
cant wait. i love this game, wen i first downloaded it so many years ago, i said, im in it for life. dont get much time to play atm, but try to keep my 2 main charicters one jedi one sith, up to date. it was such a great time watching this story evolve over the years.
This game is the now the only thing that’s keeping Legends contents alive
Thank you for this recap. With the story going on for so long and expansions so slow in coming, this really helped me out. I love my SWTOR so much and with Acti-Blizz and their drama over there, its good to come back to a game that I can enjoy doing solo shit with.
That was an amazing explanation of the events of the game without revealing that much of what happens so new players could experience it themselves. Nicely done. Can't wait for the update!
Beautiful narration!
February can't get here fast enough. I should get back into SWTOR sometime after Legacy of the Sith drops.
I have barely any knowledge of the Old Republic stuff other than it is FAR more awesome than nearly every other time period in Star Wars, the cinematic trailers and some minor bits of info about certain characters.
This sort of video is super helpful! It makes me want to see all of this stuff in either animated, CG (like the cinematic trailers), or live action form some day!
Cannot wait for the video game on the PS5, and I pray the rumours of the film/TV show are true!!
I started playing it when I was 15. I’m 23 now and still love this game.
I played the game a ton when it originally released and have returned to it periodically, but I never touched the expansions, as I'm still trying to level through all the class stories.
I really appreciate this brief overview of what I've missed and am happy to see SWTOR getting more attention than it has in a long time. I hope that the gameplay changes, QoL changes and new story coming with Legacy of the Sith will spark a renewal for the game.
May the Force be with ye, devs.
man i got a chance to introduce this game to my 11 year old son recently.. he grew up watching me play it but never really cared to ask me about it until recently haha he like 1 when it came out but he started playing with me and now he loves it also. I love this game, I hope it stays around another 10 years.
I wish they would show more of the other classes in the cinematics and not just Jedi Knight. Would love to see Sith hero's or others.
Well, they chose the jedi knight to be the canonical main character and this video was focusing on the main story of the game.
Exactly. The game was doomed from the start with its over ambitious multi class storyline and they tried to condense it with Makeb into 2: Republic and Empire. With the nonsense that was the post Ziost Eternal Empire storyline, they crashed everything into a single story that really only made sense as the Jedi Knight class. Playing a Trooper main, the entire Valkorian arc broke any suspension of SW lore disbelief and the treatment of Revan's arc was unforgivable.
@@hgcenty Yeah, thats why I never going to play the expansions with my other characters other than the knight and the wrath even tough my favourite character is the imperial agent, I would never play the expansions as him.
@@hgcenty I always felt the Sith Warrior also could have easily been the commander. Its more likely the Hero of Tython but the whole Alliance and the fucking awful Zakuul arc really shouldn't have happened.
Best story-telling I've seen in any MMO together with FFXIV
This might be the best cinematic so far, seriously impressive
Very well put together and comprehensive. Thank you! I've played SWTOR years ago and I've been wondering what has happened to the lore? Great job!
Excellent reading of the summary of in-game events. Thanks Charles and team! Been a subscriber since 2012 and curiously hopeful for the new expansion. Keep up the fantastic work please! 👍
Years of work summed up in 4 minutes..really great job 👏
I don't always play this game, but when I do, I do it a LOT. So great to play, it's nice to see it's still alive after all those years
Just here after teh new cinematic legacy of the sith. Got me hyped for this game again. Thx please keep this game alive as long a possible
As an avid fan from Beta onwards, I am as excited as always to see more content being created.
This game is fun for the obvious reasons (story, pvp, ops, FPs, etc) but one thing that this game has that MANY games can't come close to (at least for me) is the ability to create a very powerful RP community. I have been in several guilds back when Begeren Colony and Ebon Hawk were their own servers, to now with Star Forge pathing the way for creative minds to write/act out interesting stories of their own.
I made friends that I would NEVER have met otherwise, whether from other states I would otherwise never visit, to far off countries like Australia, New Zealand, Germany, etc etc. I've been a gamer my whole life and I can say with 100% surety that SWTOR created some of my fondest memories through the RP community. Some amazing duels, stories, missions, etc that established life-long friendships that transcended the game and bled over into other games and IRL comradery.
I saw that this expansion is not the end for SWTOR and that the devs still have much more story and content ideas up their sleeves. For as small a team as they have, there is genuine love there for what they do and I can't wait to continue the story and adventure to continue.
Thanks to the BW team for sustaining my childhood love of SW and bringing some of the most interesting times in the lore to life with this game and the KOTOR games as well!
Dammmn, strong video!!! i enjoy recap hearing the story so smooth from u.
CAN'T! LIKE! ENOUGH!
Me: "The Story so Far? In only 7 minuets? Impossible!"
BioWare:
Me: 😱💥
as zaeed from mass effect said when it comes to surviving rage is a heck of an anestetic
I’m glad they kept going with the story but man I really enjoyed those class stories he most, especially when you first start off as nothing and build up your rank.
Thank the Force for this game. Cheers, SWTOR team!
Great job on catching us up
Easily one of the greatest Star Wars games of all time and is 100% deserving of being a Sequel to Knights of The Old Republic 1&2.
My Jedi Knight has been through it all! :)
I love this. Very helpful for someone who will be jumping into this as a new player.
Needed this so much
Awesome video! 👏🏼
I just stumbled across this video and now I can’t wait to explore the rest of your channel.
used to play this SO MUCH when first came out but around when the revan story was going on we got a new computer and since I haven't been able to play, finally got a another new personal one this chrismas that can handle SWTOR and so hyped to get back on, I had roughly kept up with the story in a bit more detail than this over the years but this is really nice for a catch up
The Jedi Knight in this is like one of Cinema Forge’s characters.
It is, becouse this is the "canonical" main character they are using since 2015. Cinema forge recreated him from the trailers, so his jedi knight playthrough is literally the only "canon" playthrough you can find on youtube.
@@attilafekete7892 “from my point of view the sith warrior is the cannon version!”
@@pedrocarvajal550 That's fine, but bioware thinks otherwise.
@@attilafekete7892 i know it was a joke, the meme of Anakin saying that from his point o view the jedi where evil…
@@pedrocarvajal550 its ok buddy the joke flew over his head
I played this game when it first launched and had a blast... but unfortunately watched it almost die. I'm happy to see that, despite that, it found it's bearings again and it's alive and kicking. Happy anniversary!!!
biggest weakness of the empire is the Sith always fighting amongst themselves outside of the Revanite crisis you don't really see republic vs republic, but you frequently see sith vs sith, this is why the empire eventually fails
Great Recap of the story of SWTOR so far... Lets hope this new expansion have some "meat" on it...
I like to belive that Tenebre is still alive in the force and is still imposing his influence into ears throughout the years such as bane or Palpatine
And what a story it was
A great video that we can share with our friends who still haven´t played yet. But I missed Mek-Sha, Onderon and Malgus´ disappearance.
As a star wars fan that loves the lore but doesn't play mmos I love these videos
Can't wait to continue the story!
Are you gonna post the remaining class arc videos for “Whispers in the Dark” soon??
@@Pease98 I've been holding out hoping for certain dialogue bugs to be fixed (one of them being Akaavi not recognizing the Bounty Hunter even after the Mako/Akaavi Alliance alert). It's been mentioned by others, as well as acknowledged, on the forums and hopefully that can be fixed before the expansion. I might just go ahead with the two Jedi anyway though pretty soon.
@@milinc yeah all I’ve really cared about is the Jedi Knight because in my mind he’s the canon outlander/commander
Thank you for your time. Awesome voice btw.
So many good memories with this game.
You keep saying who the canon outlander is is determined by the player, but you keep making it clear that to you it’s the Hero of Tython. And I thank you for it!
Same. Fits with my canon so i can't complain
You know that preview video(s) with Gnos telling the background history stories?
It’d be awesome if they made a new one like that
The Story So Far: "Darth Nox" pretty much a no body even though his power is crazy stronk