Kotor

[Itsmeee]

Dude a Starwars RPG! I'm so addicted to this game! It combines just the right mix of RPG and starwars so neither kills the other but instead they work together to give you a very cinimatic experience! Its so awesome! the graphics sounds weapons...I'm sorry I'd write more about it but I gotta go play it!

Anyone hopelessly addicted?

[DiscoDave]

I was a couple weeks ago. Basically spent a weekend doing nothing but sleeping and playing KOTOR.

Awesome game. I wrote a more detailed review, which is now buried under this forum. ;)

How far have you gotten?

[Itsmeee]

Dantoinne then I had an error related to my 3.10 Catalyst drivers. I can keep going but I'll get random crashes so I wanted to go to the new 4.1's because they fix the problem. But to install those I need SP1. For that I needed to update progs that were incompatible with SP1. But now SP1 won't run...I'm sad...

[dusk]

I played through this game 3 times... force choke is the coolest thing ever. DiscoDave's review is worth reading, the game is as great as he says it is (I pasted it below for easy access).

Star Wars: KotOR Review
I've been hearing for a while that huge sprawling interactive environments and multiple paths are the future of gaming. When I hear these ideas, my mind flashes back to a few years ago when AI was going to be the next big thing, and by the year 2005 we'd see truly intelligent artificial intelligence.

Mmhmm.

Without spreading this review to discussions of AI, I must say that if this the huge sprawling interactive environments, then bring them on. As I look at my favorite games (Zelda64, Deus Ex, Grand Theft Auto...), they all feature the same chemistry: huge worlds, and interactive quests.

KotOR belongs on that list, as it shares the same elements.

I finished it in 24 hours of gaming. Your mileage may vary, but let me be clear on this. After that 24 hours of gaming, I had a thirst to replay it as an evil character (I played a noble Jedi Guardian the first time through). I'm not done with this game, believe me.

For fear of a totally disorganized review, let me start with the story.

As I was playing, I had realized something...Bioware, the developer, has a better idea of the Star Wars Universe than George Lucas. I know, it sounds odd. But I challenge you to play it for yourself and tell me I'm wrong. The story itself is far more compelling than any of Star Wars movies, which makes sense beings as the movies don't take 24 hours. But this game has a greater story than all of the Star Wars movies combined.

It's involved, the action feels driven by the story, and believe me...there are plot twists you will NOT see coming, and not because they're absurd.

The game also gives the impression that the Jedi Order are not simple war machines...a feeling I get from the latest Star Wars movies. They're diplomats first, and warriors only to back that up.

Sound is perfect, music is flawless, voice acting is superb, graphics are very good, the characters are funny when they should be funny, intense when they should be intense...I really have a hard problem finding faults with this game.

If I don't list the faults, however, I'll give the impression that I'm biased. The biggest fault, I'd say, deals with equipment. Every item you ever get over the entire game is stored in one huge stockpile that you take with you everywhere you go. That makes it really difficult to keep track of important stuff, and while it's certainly possible to dump some of the crap, it's not as easy to do as it should be.

I promise you, by the end of the game, you'll have stockloads of crap. That makes accessing the latest datapad to learn about a key plot point or a particular puzzle you're having problems a bit of a pain.

Some of the minigames, particularly the ship defense (you take a turret and shoot down incoming fighters before they can blow up your ship) get a bit pointless. It's cool the first time, interesting the second, and after that...eehhh.

Additionally, while all dialogue is recorded, it seems reasonable to expect that clicking on a particular quest will pull back relevant conversations serving as a reference.

That's about it on the side of the faults, but you can have faith in this...they prove quite insignificant when compared to the light side of this game. HAHA! GET IT?!?! STAR WARS REFERENCES IN A STAR WARS GAME! HAHA...HAH....hahah....hah.....yeeeea.

9.5/10.

The combat system is amazing, while taking a little while to get used to, it becomes very fluid and fun.

And when you finally play through this game 2 or 3 times, make sure you go evil at least once :D

[DiscoDave]

Originally posted by itsmeee
Dantoinne then I had an error related to my 3.10 Catalyst drivers. I can keep going but I'll get random crashes so I wanted to go to the new 4.1's because they fix the problem. But to install those I need SP1. For that I needed to update progs that were incompatible with SP1. But now SP1 won't run...I'm sad...
lol...saddest post EVAR!

Update those programs, install the service pack, get the drivers, PLAY KOTOR! ;)

[Itsmeee]

I just did...but same problem. It took me almost 2 days to get them working and its all for not.

[Itsmeee]

Originally posted by Ender


bout said it all.

[DiscoDave]

Originally posted by Itsmeee
bout said it all.
It's a typo, though...it should be Endor. ;)

[Dr. Deezee]

I played through it back in July (yeah, one of the few people I know who played it on an XBox) and every single time I tried to go through as a light side character, I ended up dark side sooner or later.
:buttkick:

[Stumanji]

Played through on the Dark Side the first (and only) time I beat the game. This is hands down the best Star Wars game released. I was very impressed with this game.

I planned on purchasing it, but alas, Financial Aid has to go towards school and rent, so I was out of luck.

[DiscoDave]

I was the opposite. I tried playing evil, but I couldn't do it.

I'm so weak! :mad:

[Verbal]

I didn't think it was that great. I bought it, played it for about four days, and haven't really touched it since. I guess what really got me turned off to it was that I got to level 13 and then I had to reformat and I lost all my save games. Who the crap wants to rebeat it? So, I haven't really played it much since then. Mission pisses me off.