KOTOR and KOTOR 2

Originally Posted by LeHah

I recently finished KOTOR and am now in the middle of KOTOR 2. I don't understand the overwhelming attraction to these games. In fact, I found KOTOR to be pretty dismal in terms of story - everyone aside from HK were pretty bland in their characterizations and backstory.

A lot of people cite that KOTOR 2 is an inferior sequel - but I have to admit I'm having a heck of a lot more fun with it, given it's more colorful cast.

Can anyone tell me why everyone raves about these games though? Have I just grown up past RPGs?

Really? I thought the characterizations were great, especially compared with nearly every single character in an RPG to date (I may be exaggerating a bit there, but I really did like all of the characters in the story). The villains seem a bit lacking, but overall, I really liked the emmersive quality of the games. They made you feel like you were in the Star Wars Universe. HK and Canderous are amongst the best, but Carth and Bastilla are great characters too.

The 2nd one, yeah, it does leave you with quite the let-down. Good game, but not up to par, especially considering the build up it had from the first game.

I think the thing that got me in this game was that the voice acting on a whole was fantastic. I wish you could have chosen a voice for your character too (give a few different options, like the Baldur's Gate's do...although those ones get annoying after awhile) to actually speak his or her lines, plus more customizability in you character look would have been nice. Still, I think they are amongst the best RPGs made to date.

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Originally Posted by LeHah

This is first and foremost my biggest problem with KOTOR. That you could remove the word Jedi - and it wouldn't matter. The things in the script that you can identify as "Star Wars" could be removed and not have it affect the story or characters or game any. They could've called it "Super Sci-Fi Generic RPG Game" and gotten the same rating from IGN.

Okay, yeah, I can see that. But I really don't think it would be the same game without lightsabers and such. Maybe it was just the combination of everything (plus the fact that there hadn't been a decent Star Wars game for a very long time...SNES ones if I remember correctly).

Originally Posted by LeHah

Thats what I've heard. Im waiting for the perverbial rug to be pulled out from under me.

When I played it, it was quite the noticeable thing. You're going along having a grand ol time, and then...what the fuck?! How'd I get here? Plus, very choppy story, while there...

There's nowhere I can't reach.