# Star Wars Galaxies or Shadowbane? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 21, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-galaxies-or-shadowbane/163162 "2003-03-21T17:38:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![oceans\_11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b2d939/32.png) [@oceans\_11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oceans_11)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-galaxies-or-shadowbane/163162/1 "2003-03-21T17:38:31Z")
Help me decide! ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-galaxies-or-shadowbane/163162/2 "2003-03-21T18:14:43Z")
I’m positively erect over Galaxies… hrh ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-galaxies-or-shadowbane/163162/3 "2003-03-21T18:58:33Z")
Do you need to play the game before the end of the year? If so, go with “Shadowbane,” since “Galaxies” [isn’t going to be released anytime soon](http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2003-03-17&res=l). On the other hand, I don’t care for Verant, I now hate LucasArts, and any love I had for the _Star Wars_ series has been beaten out of me. But I’m _still_ somewhat looking forward to “Galaxies.” So that’s got to say something, either about the potential of the game or my stupidity. ---
**Author:** ![oceans\_11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b2d939/32.png) [@oceans\_11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oceans_11)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-galaxies-or-shadowbane/163162/4 "2003-03-21T19:27:40Z")
**hrhomer** - erect? I gotta see _those_ screenshots… **SolGrundy** - I understood a release date of April 15ish? ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-galaxies-or-shadowbane/163162/5 "2003-03-21T20:00:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by oceans\_11 \* > **hrhomer- erect? I gotta see _those_ screenshots…** Eww. > [@](#): > > **SolGrundy** - I understood a release date of April 15ish? \*\* [It was delayed.](http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/starwarsgalaxiesaned/news_2912862.html) ---
**Author:** ![c\_goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@c\_goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_goat)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-galaxies-or-shadowbane/163162/6 "2003-03-21T20:17:48Z")
I’m interested in SWG also. I played EverQuest and got bored fast, but I’m hoping SWG will have more interesting things to do other than getting killed. Any beta testers out there that can tell us if the game is good? ---
**Author:** ![dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorkusmalorkusmafia/32/7266_2.png) [@dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorkusmalorkusmafia)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-galaxies-or-shadowbane/163162/7 "2003-03-21T21:34:33Z")
I beta tested Shadowbane but didn’t last very long. The game is like Diablo but with many more people. There is no first person point of view. If you like Diablo give it a shot, otherwise there are other MMORPG’s out there that are better.