Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 1 & 2

December 17, 2007, 12:54 PM

These games are just fantastic! I love the Star Wars series, but Im not a fan of the full on action games. So when my ex intoduced me to the first game about 4 years ago, I was in love with the idea!

A Star Wars RPG, about time! I love the choice of going between Dark and Light sides of the Force and having the good old RPG style thrown in.

Ive recently played the second game, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords and Im in love all over again!

They are just brilaint as you can be either male or female, light or dark and get different events happening depanding on your actions. I love games like this as nothing will be the same twice.

Who has experinced these lovelys?

December 17, 2007, 6:23 PM

I was fortunate enough to have played the second game first since everyone dumps the hate on that one since it wasn't made by Bioware, I think personally the first really grated at the start for me and really isn't that much better. The only things it has over it is less bugs and an actual ending, however Carth himself being the annoying prick he is almost tips it back the other way.

But in general the games are of a good quality although not the complete classics that they are sometimes touted as, the battle system is much better than most JRPG ones and having it based in the Star Wars Universe as well as HK-47 just makes it more appealing for me.

The Light/Dark thing is like most other attempts though, you're either good or bad. There's never been a game that did that right for me with having that middle ground and this is another that failed on that count. Still, Force Lightning rocks.

December 17, 2007, 6:36 PM

I have been playing both recently. I love KotOR, it was very well-made, though there are minor annoyances... KotOR 2... I didn't like it as much...

It's not JUST that a group other than Bioware made it... It's that they had like a year or two to improve on the first game/make new characters/better story. And they failed in my opinion... All they really did was make a stand-alone expansion pack for the first game where a few annoyances were fixed and many characters seemed to just be redesigned characters from the first game. I enjoy playing KotOR 2, still... It's just, I don't see it as too much of an improvement.

December 17, 2007, 6:45 PM

They had something like 14 months to create a fresh new game while Lucasarts were at every turn forcing them to cut corners to put the game out early, now Obsidian aren't that good at sequels to other developers games but they were kind of against the wall there and despite everything it was still an enjoyable game. And both games had strengths and weaknesses when looking at the characters and KOTRII had the slight edge imo.

December 23, 2007, 8:04 PM

I did have an issue when it was announced that Obsidian would take control over the sequel, but I was pleased when it turned out good. Not perfect of course, and not as brilliantly pulled of as KoTR 1, but a highly enjoyable game nonetheless.

December 30, 2007, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Scrutator

however Carth himself being the annoying prick he is almost tips it back the other way.

I am so glad someone else feels this way. I really hated Carth.

I love KotOR though. It's one of my favorite games actually. I really liked how many choices the game gives you and I enjoyed the gameplay, particularly the ability to choose between Light and Dark. I have to say though, I didn't care for the characters much, especially Carth, Bastila, Mission, Zalbaar and Juhani. Bleh. The rest were decent though and I loved HK-47. xD

I've only played about half of the second one and I like it, only not as much as the first one.

On a different note, this game made me hate wookies quite a bit.

December 30, 2007, 12:06 PM

Carth was an A**... I was tired of the game making me talk to him just to have him be emo... All whiny about what happened to him one second and acting like he doesn't care about anything the next.

Wow, Carth... You have officially won the 'Biggest P***ant of all Time' award from me... Wait... Nevermind... Second biggest... Tidus has the first one.

June 12, 2008, 7:54 PM

i agree that the first one was a better game, it also had a better story, but i prefer the characters from the second. Been a while so im not sure bout the names... the old woman, visas, the cut up guy (zion?) and the wierd he/she sith thing were all good.

July 23, 2008, 4:39 PM

I'm absolutely pleading my big brother to either download or buy this game to my computer.
I've played the game once in my life, probably two years ago. It was one of my favorite computer games that I've played since nothing.
It is quite clear that this game is a role-playing game, as you can choose character faces, your choices, and your side. You can actually fall in love with either Atton or some other girl (I forgot her name) and end up in a romance with them.
So, have you ever heard or played this game before? Did you like it or not?
Discuss on the gaming and it's quantities within, and your feelings towards it.

July 23, 2008, 8:13 PM

I've played and beaten both KOTOR and KOTOR 2. They're both on my list of favorite RPGs. I got both games for the XBox instead of the PC, though. It's funny when one of the best parts of the game is just talking to other characters.