14 February, 2005

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II, the Sith Lords

I was a big fan of the first KOTOR, if you know what that is. One of the best games for the XBOX in my opinion. Released in July 2003, I remember many well-spent days and nights during Calculus class with this game. It is epic, good storyline, captivating sound and graphics, interesting characters. It has it all. My favourite is the combat, I hope they continue to make a few more games in the series while improvising the visuals more and more.

In KOTOR2 you are a Jedi Exile. The game drags on without revealing your true identity..

... bla bla bla. I didn't finish this article neither do I have the time. But I want to make ONE point.

Companies like BioWare should not outsource their games and let other companies ruin a sequel. The first KOTOR was AMAZING but I believe KOTOR2 was a rushed mess, it was great, definately not as good as the first one though. There could have been so much more in this sequel, yet the feeling I get from it is a greyish color just signifying a neutral position, this game is worse than its prequel but just average. Try it if you liked the first one.

I hope BioWare does release a decent sequel soon, KOTOR3 should use a new engine with a few more character emotions, I was sick of seeing the same emotion when a character you talk to twists their head to the right after every other line of speech.