[Kyero Fox]

Originally Posted by Skyfall

After sitting on the fence with this one for a good while (No, I don't consider going back to WoW at this point. For good or ill, I'd like to think I have quit it for good this time) I finally caved in and preordered the game. Having always been a KOTOR fan this is bound to tickle my fancy presentation and aesthetics wise. And seeing the first batch of available game copies is going to be limited in numbers, I sure didn't want to find myself in a situation where I want to try it out, only to find out they are "out of stock" and having to wait for several months until they manage to expand their server capacity and release the next batch.

What I find pretty eyebrow-rising though is them calling this a "global release". It seems that "Global" constitutes North America and about 2/3 of EU for people at EA and Bioware. Suffice to say, I was not amused to find out the Digital Edition is locked for me, because "not available in your country". Sure, I live in EU so importing a physical copy from amazon.uk is a piece of cake, but it really adds unnecessary hassle, not to mention running the risk of having the game getting stuck in some post office along the way due to Christmas roadblocks that tend to happen around said time there (The game being released on 20th and all). And ordering an express international delivery actually costs more than the game itself! (Though might opt to anyway, seeing I don't want to risk waiting until january due to post office overload ... le sigh).

So ... yeah. Excited about the game and for a scenery change from the WoW-like fantasy lands that have been flooding the market (While I love typical fantasy settings, a change of pace definitely won't hurt), but the way EA/Bioware are handling their digital distribution has left me less than impressed. Global Release ... *snicker*. At least I won't have any problems playing it in terms of latency, got to feel for people in Australia and that side of the world in general, with all the servers being located in EU and NA. The ping will likely be a killer, especially early in with the servers flooded and untested for such strain, even if one goes through the trouble of importing a copy all the way over.

Would you like to join us all when we pick a animesuki server?