So if someone asked me right now what the best Co-Op game that I ever played was my response immediately would be, Star Wars the Old Republic. *insert record scratch here* "Wait, what isn't that an MMO?" So let me start again. Star Wars the Old Republic (SWTOR) is the new MMO on the block. An MMORPG is a Massi...whatever it's an online game where hundred...thousands or maybe even millions of people play in a universe not soooo unlike our own (remember in the 80s that scare about virtual reality? it's totally here and has been for a long time, it's video games and MMOs are the top tier of that experience, if done right.)
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| My Sith Warrior |
MMOers run around in armor, or robes and wield swords or magic or now "The Force". SWTOR is the new MMO in a long chain of MMOs. My experience in Video Games began when I was a tiny child with the ATARI and I've fairly stayed with the latest and greatest technology since then. In 2002 my then girlfriend and I picked up Everquest and spent the next couple of years until World of Warcraft arrived in the lands of Norrath killing snakes that kicked and dealing with 8 year olds that stole their brothers accounts and trained us with Orcs. World of Warcraft dropped and we were lucky enough to land into friends and family beta due to our connections in the gaming world (her brother in law). We then played Humans fighting Orcs or Orcs fighting Humans and then when Blood Elves dropped we basically just played them because they are so hawt and hilarious until Blizzard decided to destroy Azeroth in Cataclysm (what is with MMOs wanting to destroy themselves? ie-EQ2).
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| Flashpoint |
So why is SWTOR the best Co-Op game of all time? A large contigency of gamers play with their siblings, partners and or children. These days that means handing the controller back and forth, being stuck in PVP land or having to play on two different consoles across really crappy internet. Great games come out, Dragon Age, Mass Effect, Skyrim, with epic open world feel like MMOs, but there are absolutely no multi player aspects and honestly having two Shepards running around would be weird anyway, there's only one hero here!
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| Our naughty Jedis |
So my now fiancee (yea same as the girlfriend from way back) and I really love to play games together. It's basically what we do to spend time together. We enjoy the feel of MMOs, but we just don't have the time for the daily progression something like World of Warcraft requires to stay current. We don't mind playing Dragon Age for six months during our busy schedule, but we can't play that together. Handing the controller back and forth for Dead Space was awesome, and necessary that game is intense, but it just isn't the same as sharing the world together as equal heroes and kicking ass!
In SWTOR we can do just that. We login, group up, we can say whatever the hell we want in the cut scenes and the game randoms which answer will be there for us to see across the screen. Her character talks and my character seems to be checking out her ass, which is very true to real life, doesn't mean I'm not listening! We group up in what they call a flashpoint, which is basically a group instance where we all get to control the speech. Hilarity ensues when one person wants a badguy to die and the other three roll a speech answer that allows him or her to live. Don't worry flashpoints can be redone once a day if you want to see different scenarios play out.
We finally get to Co-Op through a dynamic world that recognizes us as equal heroes. And those thousands of other players are periphery, I barely know that other "heroes" are running around too, because the story instances are private and well I turn off general chat.
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| Our Jedi Light Side Crew |
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| My Shepard voiced Trooper named Morrigen |
So if you and your girlfriend/boyfriend/brother/sister/M.. ok you get the point the other gamer in your life that you like to play games with want a new game to play that feels like it could very well be the next big MMO for the casual RPG enthusiast, then pick up SWTOR and start playing.
There are a million other reasons to play, I mean lightsabers, hello?!
So if someone asked me right now what the best Co-Op game that I ever played was my response immediately would be, Star Wars the Old Republic. *insert record scratch here* "Wait, what isn't that an MMO?" So let me start again. Star Wars the Old Republic (SWTOR) is the new MMO on the block. An MMORPG is a Massi...whatever it's an online game where hundred...thousands or maybe even millions of people play in a universe not soooo unlike our own (remember in the 80s that scare about virtual reality? it's totally here and has been for a long time, it's video games and MMOs are the top tier of that experience, if done right.) 
I admit that I am really liking SWTOR. It definitely feels more co-op than MMO. Which for me is great. Great post!
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