Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic
by LucasArts Entertainment
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Video Game Reviews of Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic
Customer Review: KOTOR the 2003 Game of the Year
Summary: 5 Stars
When i bought this game, ti was originally to stop my friend naggingf at me to get it. When i did, well i was glsad to have bought it. The storyline is awesome,a nd i have beaten it a lot. Another friend of mine, didnt think much of it and he thought it kind of sucked, but later on, he got an X-box, and he bought that game to try it out. He said it was awesome. Last year, we were talking about it and i asked him how could u have thught this game sucked?
ok Pros
Addicting storyline
Awesome powers
Darkside oppourtunitys
need i go on?
Cons
NONE AT ALL! well, ok one. This is a type of addicitng game that u might wanna stay up all night palying. Its one of those games that u play, and ur parent comes into ur room aat about 10:00 and tells u 2 turn off the game & go 2 bed.
Customer Review: One of the most addicting games that I've ever played.
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a huge Star Wars fan, but I don't really like RPG's all that much (at least not video games; I do play DnD). That said, this game absolutely blew me away. As a DnD player, I knew that there wouldn't be a learning curve on the game since it uses the D20 system. Knowing the system really helped with feat selection and such, as there really wasn't anything outlandishly new. I was, however, a little disappointed with the small number of Force powers that were in the game. I don't think that I would bother having my main character be a Jedi Consular, as you can really get a decent amount of Force powers even with a Jedi Guardian (and if you have some Wisdom enhancing items, you can use those powers often as well).
The character creation system is pretty standard. I was slightly disappointed that you have to be human, as I really wanted to create a lightsaber-wielding Wookie, but for the purpose of the story, it won't take you long to figure out that being human is definitely a good thing on Taris. And the fact that a Wookie eventually joined my party later adequetely mollified me. In fact, it really doesn't matter too much what kind of character you make, because the party members that you pick up throughout the game pretty much have everything covered.
One small warning without giving too much away: in your travels you will meet a party member, and in order to explore his backstory you will need your main character to have a decent rank in the repair skill. It's not really a big deal if you're set on making a Soldier/Jedi Guardian that is amazing in melee combat but will not be able to raise that skill too much. But for you perfectionists that like to explore every single aspect of the game, you should keep this in mind.
And another note to you perfectionists: you will not explore every aspect of the game in one run. This is because your actions throughout the game will determine whether you become a hero for the Light Side of the Force or fall to the Dark Side. Naturally, there are two different endings. And I imagine that the game experience is a bit different as well. I personally stuck to the Light Side, which can be a little more difficult at times since you'll be helping people more. However, this also means that you will do more side quests. I imagine that the Dark Side would be somewhat of a guilty pleasure, as you can just kill people that seek your aid and you can progress through the game a little faster by taking the "quick and easy path." There is also the third option of pretty much balancing yourself and being neutral. Respond as an evil Sith occasionally, and sometimes as a valiant Jedi. And you can usually respond neutrally as well.
Overall, I'd say that the aspect of this game that shines the brightest is the story and the characterization that takes place (this is another reason to stick with the Light Side: oftentimes you can just tell your party members to shut the hell up and gain dark side points, but you won't get to explore their backstories and discover their motivations). Anyone that is a Star Wars fan will thoroughly enjoy playing a game with a story that is nearly on-par with the movies (and even better than the prequels!) Obviously the story is a bit restricted since it IS a video game and meant to be played, but the plot is certainly better than any video game I've played before (and when I was younger I did play games like Golden Sun and Baldur's Gate; KOTOR beats them hands down). And most of it is pretty new territory, as the game takes place a few thousand years before the movies.
I'll close with a few warnings. First, you'd better have a good graphics card if you want to play this game. You should be fine if you meet the minimum system requirements, but the first time I tried to install this game on my older computer (still not that old though) it didn't have a good enough graphics card. The computer that it's on now still doesn't meet the recommended system requirements, but it's more or less fine. That leads me into my final warning: there are some bugs with the game. After only a few hours, at a certain point the game would freeze up, and occasionally exit to Windows. I was worried that I wouldn't be able to complete the game because it happened many times. I downloaded the updates for the game, and this did help some, but it didn't completely solve the problem. Eventually I turned off something silly like grass effects or shadows and that caused it to happen much less frequently.
I guess all that is left to say is that if you're a Star Wars fan you should buy this game. Even if you're not, it's still worth playing through, especially if you like RPG's. Oh, and this goes without saying, but quick save often.
Customer Review: Maybe there was too much hype?
Summary: 3 Stars
My friends bought Xboxes soley for this game. They swear by it. Like them, I'm a big fan of the Black Isle/Bioware RPG's. I've played through Baldur's Gate 2, Planescape: Torment, Fallout and Neverwinter Nights and loved all of them. My friends told me to get this game, so I did (for PC, obviously). I put in maybe 25 hours into KotOR. It was OK. I had some (at times, major) graphical glitches, but that can be overlooked if the game is great. This wasn't great. The gameplay seemed way to repetitive, and I found the worlds that were to be explored rather boring.
My opinions are biased, however. I've never been a huge fan of Star Wars. I liked the originals (before Lucas destroyed them). However, I found the newer ones to be disappointing. All of that left a bad taste in my mouth for the series in general.
Customer Review: pretty good game
Summary: 4 Stars
I am a ten year old star wars fan and I think this game is one of the best starwars games ever. I'm not done with it yet, but it's been so cool so far. I mean, in the game you become a jedi and you have to do everything a real jedi would do. Like build your own lightsaber. Sure it takes a while to build it, but there are so many things you do in that time. You go on many planets, you meet many people, plus you get a lot of playing time, but it's a lot of fun. Overall It's very good!!!!!!!Customer Review: This is the best game ever!!
Summary: 5 Stars
The reason I liked this game so much was the story line. It gives you choices to whether you want go to the light side or dark side and you could enhance a variety of Jedi powers. I have played this game serveral times and each time is different. The first time I went through this game I relied a lot on my swordsmanship with my lightsaber. The second time I played this game I relied more on my Jedi powers. Either way you play it I developed a different set of moves. It was awesome! Also I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU CAN PLAY A WOMAN!! In every other Star Wars Game (except this sequel)you have to play a man and it gets a little irritating when you like adventure games just as much as any guy. I give the story line and the capabilities of the Jedi FIVE STARS!