I admit, I was a little worried. After all the hubbub surrounding Star Wars: The Old Republic's rocky transition to free-to-play and the departure of much of its creative team, I was half prepared to boot up the Rise of the Hutt Cartel expansion and hear BioWare developers filling in for actor David Hayter's original voice work for the Jedi Knight. Happily, that's not the case. The last year might have been rough for BioWare, but Rise of the Hutt Cartel reveals refuses to flinch on the promise to deliver entertaining, fully voiced stories that shame the writing and production quality of its competitors.
Even better, Hutt Cartel reveals that SWTOR's design team has learned a few important lessons at the gameplay level as well, and while the Force isn't quite with all of ROTHC's individual components, there's certainly enough agreeable content to warrant a return to SWTOR.
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