Re: SW The Old Republic: Sith Warrior
Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 9:25 am
I wouldn't worry about Chuck secretly thinking the Sith Empire is A-OK. He's got too much content elsewhere that reflects his character as incompatible with such a mentality.
It is, I think, him mostly presenting how the Republic and Jedi look in-character from the perspective of the Imperial classes, and Bioware, frankly, I think they wanted to make Imperial players feel justified in taking down those specific Republic-aligned characters instead of just relying on "we're the bad guys, of course you're going to kill good guys". Instead they made "bad" Republic characters for the Imp PCs to fight.
If there's anything beyond that, I'd suspect it was him expressing displeasure with the Republic and Jedi failing to live up to their ideals, just as he excoriated the SGC-aligned characters in Atlantis when he reviewed "Critical Mass", aka the episode where the unpopular character Dr. Kavanaugh is suspected of being a Goa'uld agent and Dr. Weir - facing a ticking clock - decides to approve torturing him for information, then gets that decision written off by Sheppard with "You did what you had to do" when she expresses remorse for crossing the line. In this case, I think Chuck sees the behavior of Republic characters seen in these stories, or at least the characters he's criticized, as being completely unacceptable given what they're supposed to be. Violent Jedi out to kill someone who's offering them no violence, Republic operatives happy to exploit mind control, etc. Shame on them all because they're supposed to be better.
Also, IIRC he's not going to review any of the Republic class stories. I consider it something of a shame since I'd love to see him having fun with the Smuggler, or his take on the Jedi Knight story and insights into characters like Praven, Kira, and Lord Scourge. I mean, the Jedi Knight story is mostly classic Star Wars, and it's the one I've played the most over the years. And I can see him doing a FemTroooper as a dimensionally-displaced Shepard of sorts with great humor.
It is, I think, him mostly presenting how the Republic and Jedi look in-character from the perspective of the Imperial classes, and Bioware, frankly, I think they wanted to make Imperial players feel justified in taking down those specific Republic-aligned characters instead of just relying on "we're the bad guys, of course you're going to kill good guys". Instead they made "bad" Republic characters for the Imp PCs to fight.
If there's anything beyond that, I'd suspect it was him expressing displeasure with the Republic and Jedi failing to live up to their ideals, just as he excoriated the SGC-aligned characters in Atlantis when he reviewed "Critical Mass", aka the episode where the unpopular character Dr. Kavanaugh is suspected of being a Goa'uld agent and Dr. Weir - facing a ticking clock - decides to approve torturing him for information, then gets that decision written off by Sheppard with "You did what you had to do" when she expresses remorse for crossing the line. In this case, I think Chuck sees the behavior of Republic characters seen in these stories, or at least the characters he's criticized, as being completely unacceptable given what they're supposed to be. Violent Jedi out to kill someone who's offering them no violence, Republic operatives happy to exploit mind control, etc. Shame on them all because they're supposed to be better.
Also, IIRC he's not going to review any of the Republic class stories. I consider it something of a shame since I'd love to see him having fun with the Smuggler, or his take on the Jedi Knight story and insights into characters like Praven, Kira, and Lord Scourge. I mean, the Jedi Knight story is mostly classic Star Wars, and it's the one I've played the most over the years. And I can see him doing a FemTroooper as a dimensionally-displaced Shepard of sorts with great humor.