Star Wars: The Old Republic - Galactic Starfighter

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  • Summary: TAKE YOUR BATTLE TO SPACE!

    Experience intense 12v12 free flight dogfighting in space in the new Free-to-Play Star Wars: The Old Republic Digital Expansion, Galactic Starfighter. FIGHT IN MULTIPLE BATTLE ZONES Travel to multiple space locations and fight through exciting battles with    TAKE YOUR BATTLE TO SPACE!

    Experience intense 12v12 free flight dogfighting in space in the new Free-to-Play Star Wars: The Old Republic Digital Expansion, Galactic Starfighter.

    FIGHT IN MULTIPLE BATTLE ZONES
    Travel to multiple space locations and fight through exciting battles with different gameplay modes.

    BATTLE ZONES:

    THE LOST SHIPYARDS
    Defend or attack this critical Imperial starship construction and repair yard, hidden away in an uncharted asteroid field.

    KUAT MESAS
    Battle for valuable resources in this massive ore mining and shipping complex located in a high-altitude region of cliffs and mesas.

    GAMEPLAY MODES:

    TEAM DEATHMATCH
    Fight enemy Starfighters in the ultimate test of battle. The goal is simple: destroy the most enemy players. Along the way, you can pick up power-ups to turn the tide of battle!

    DOMINATION
    Take control of critical points around the battle zone and gain points for your team as you maintain control by capturing and defending these objectives.

    CUSTOMIZE YOUR STARFIGHTER
    Choose from a variety of unique ships and unlock an abundant set of new weapons, powers and abilities as you advance!

    EARN REQUISITION
    Advance and earn valuable requisition, a new type of experience points that you can use to unlock new weapons, powers, abilities, and more.

    VARIANTS
    Specialize your ship role by unlocking variants with different components and abilities that further define your role in battle.

    SHIP COMPONENTS:

    Customize your starfighter with various components including engines and weapons that offer a wide range of exciting abilities, maneuvers and appearances.

    PREMIUM SHIPS
    Purchase premium ships for a completely unique visual look for your ship variants and gain a boost in requisition as you battle.

    BLASTER AND ENGINE TRAIL COLORS
    Make your starfighter stand out with new paint jobs, blaster colors, and engine trail colors available in the Cartel Market!

    MASTER A VARIETY OF SHIP ROLES
    From a Scout to a Gunship, master various ship roles that suit your combat style.

    BOMBER
    Specialized in using proximity mines and automated drones to defend and support its team, the Bomber is a tough ship with the strongest hull of any starfighter role.

    GUNSHIP
    As the heavy firepower of a starfighter squadron, gunships dispatch enemy vessels at extreme range before they can retaliate.
    SCOUT Fast and agile, scouts are designed to quickly investigate contested regions and capture critical objectives before the enemy can react. STRIKE FIGHTER Whether dogfighting or targeting large mission objectives, strike fighters use a wide array of powerful weapons to eliminate their foes and are built for one purpose: direct combat. ASSIGN COMPANIONS AND CREW Assign up to four crew members and take advantage of their special abilities in battle. CREW MEMBERS Fight with your ground game companions (unlocked by character) or choose new crew members available as part of Galactic Starfighter, each with their own unique set of abilities. COPILOT AND SUPPORT CREW Assign one of your crew members to be a copilot to leverage their active abilities. The remaining members are your Support Crew and provide passive ability bonuses much like a stat boost. JUMPSTART YOUR PROGRESSION Jumpstart your progression with the following items: FLEET REQUISITION Requisition gained from one starship can be made available to other ships in your fleet by converting your starship requisition into fleet requisition using Cartel Coins. STARFIGHTER PASSES As a Preferred Status Player or a Free-to-Play player, you can purchase weekly or monthly Starfighter Passes from the Cartel Market for faster leveling and progression beginning January 14, 2014. For Subscribers, maximum leveling and progression is included as a Subscriber benefit. EARN GROUND GAME REWARDS Play Galactic Starfighter and gain additional XP and Credits that give your ground game characters a boost. TACTICAL FLASHPOINT: KUAT DRIVE YARDS Both the Republic and the Empire are calling on their greatest warriors to join the fight for control of the Kuat Drive Yards, a highly contested orbital shipyard with one of the most prolific warship manufacturing facilities in the galaxy. Get ready to seize Kuat's valuable facilities for your faction in this new Tactical Flashpoint - now live! ROLE NEUTRAL GROUPING In this new 'Tactical Flashpoint,' players Level 15+ can quickly join a group of four players of any role and within a similar level range - making it easily accessible to a wide spectrum of players. FIGHT DYNAMIC SCENARIOS Experience a multitude of different combat scenarios as objectives, maps, and enemies can change each time you play through the Flashpoint. EARN VALUABLE REWARDS Gain Kuat Drive Yards reputation to unlock exciting rewards like the "KDY Orbital Lifter" mount, unique Starfighter Paint Jobs, new cosmetic outfits and more!    … Expand

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  2. Mixed: 1 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. GameSpot
    Feb 11, 2014
    80
    In essence, this is a standalone experience for Star Wars fans looking for a raucous thrill ride without all the massively multiplayer thrills. The Old Republic has needed this missing piece for some time now, and now that it has arrived, it's time to be the Jedi or Sith you've always wanted to be.
  2. DarkStation
    Jan 6, 2014
    80
    Galactic Starfighter shows a lot of promise and there’s a great deal of potentially awesome additions outside of new maps and game mods (like dogfighting!).
  3. CD-Action
    Feb 10, 2014
    70
    The expansion introducing 12-a-side PvP battles in space lets you modify your starfighter heavily and offers a solid arcade gameplay that works great as a part of a bigger game. [02/2014, p.65]
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  1. Aliengmr
    Feb 19, 2014
    4
    Had "Jump to Lightspeed" (The add-on to SW Galaxies) never existed I might have been more generous. It set the bar for what a space add-on forHad "Jump to Lightspeed" (The add-on to SW Galaxies) never existed I might have been more generous. It set the bar for what a space add-on for a SW MMO should be. Galactic Starfighter comes no where close to that. Not even the same galaxy. If you are looking for even the slightest reminder of JTL, move right along, GSF is not what you want. In fact you will probably hate it more just knowing what was possible several years ago.

    Simply put as it is right now, in its current state, GSF is boring. Like everything else with SWTOR, the gameplay is very basic. Its PVP that, unless you are really good, you will get stomped right out of the gate since you are matched with player with superior equipment. Never mind the fact that the controls are such that scoring hits is pretty difficult to master even if you weren't matched with higher tier players.

    GSF is for hardcore PVPers that want a challenge. In that respect its okay, though no where near as good as JTL. For everyone else, you will play a few rounds and get bored. If you are like me you will think back to JTL and instantly resent this pathetic excuse for a space add-on.

    There is likely more to come for GSF but its foundation is extremely lacking. If you are wondering whether its worth subscribing for, its not, plain and simple. I gave this a 4/10 for the effort, but that's pretty generous.    … Expand
  2. long5hot
    Nov 30, 2014
    4
    I viewed this with interest and anticipation when it first came out. It promised at long last to deliver a Star Wars based dogfighting game,I viewed this with interest and anticipation when it first came out. It promised at long last to deliver a Star Wars based dogfighting game, with potential to be expanded into so much more. However, for me it failed to hit the mark and quickly saw me delete SWTOR from my hard drive. The rest of SWTOR held no interest for me, I'd only downloaded it for this expansion. So why was I so disappointed?

    The answer is simple. It employs a basic server-side model. Hence the game will only work for you if your ping is very low - sub 100 at a minimum, preferably sub 50. I live in Australia, the servers were in the US, and my ping was 250 at least.

    The server-side model meant that I'd tell my plane to change course, and half a second later it would do so. I'd tell my guns to fire, half second delay, they'd shoot. Because of the delay my ship as seen on the server was never exactly where I saw it, so I couldn't fly too close to the scenery or I'd collide with it. It also meant I had absolutely zero chance of ever ever hitting an enemy, and that I was easy pickings for enemies I had no hope of avoiding, because they'd shoot me down before they were even flying towards me (as I saw it). Hence, the game was unplayable.

    This has several possible solutions. One: I move to the USA (not going to happen). Two: They open Australian servers which are then well-populated (also not going to happen). Three: They institute a client-side model of ship positioning and hit detection, which would improve the experience immensely but leave the game wide open to hacking, or Four: they implement a form of Host State Rewind which has been done successfully in MWO and War Thunder and which makes those games playable at higher pings. If that last option was ever introduced to SWTOR then I would consider checking this out once more, but otherwise this remains on my long list of disappointing games that failed to live up to their potential.    … Expand

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