Why I Unsubscribed from The Old Republic

Star Wars: The Old Republic, the venerable franchise’s latest venture into the crowded MMORPG scene, lost approximately 400,000 subscribers between the end of February and the beginning of April.  I’m one of them, kind of; I didn’t realize I still had an active subscription to the game until I noticed an unfamiliar charge on my credit card a week ago.  Upon figuring out what it was, I promptly unsubscribed.  I should’ve done so three months ago when I stopped playing, but I’m a dumb ass.  If TOR were a piece of furniture, it would be that book case I forgot about upstairs for almost a year. TOR and I never really clicked.  We were acquaintances but never friends.  Although I spent many a Saturday night with TOR, I quickly grew bored with it and replaced it with cooler games.  It was just kind of ok; nothing it did impressed me Continue Reading