Month: October 2012

Once upon a time (okay, until like a week ago), I was a Star Wars: The Old Republic (TOR) player. But life has a funny way of getting in the way of things (baby, work, other games), and I was never really able to devote the time I’d like to the game. I played it in beta, and for months after launch. I even got a couple of characters up to 50, including a Sith Warrior, which flew around in the Sith Fury.

Okay, fly is kind of a misnomer… space is a minor and insignificant portion of the game. The “missions” you do in this ship are on-rails affairs that feel like a Facebook or iOS game more than something in an MMO, but hey, at least the ships look cool I was very excited to see Old Republic stuff hitting the lineup, if for no other reason than giving us some new minifigure variety and a break from Clone Wars.

Bioware did a good job establishing the setting around the game, including a look and feel that was a good mix of Knights of the Old Republic and The Old Republic. There’s also a lot more potentially untapped resources in the game, assuming it can actually regain some subscribers and survive long enough to spawn a few more sets.

So how does the Sith Fury stack up in the mix of so many other EU sets? At $90, it obviously is continuing LEGO’s disturbing habits of escalating prices and shrinking sets, but there’s something about this set that merits a deeper look.

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