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General discussion (archive)How good is Knights of the Old Republic?(72 posts)(72 posts)
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Posted December 27, 2010
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Roberttitus: Well can you use a gamepad? If you can I would be much more inclined to purchase it.
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Rohan15: It's possible. Xbox designed gamepads work better.
It's without any doubt the greatest Star Wars RPG ever made.
I have a wired 360 controller.
Is it an option to use it or do you have to use a program like Xpadder? I hate those kind of programs
Posted December 27, 2010
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Roberttitus: Is it an option to use it or do you have to use a program like Xpadder? I hate those kind of programs
Not an option AFAIK. It's still a great game, and it works better with the keyboard since it's easier to hotlink everything.
Posted December 27, 2010
I think you'll be bored by the game, based on what you've said (disliking Star Wars and Mass Effect), plus you'll find the combat even less action oriented than the games you liked.

Also, the game is very boring before things finally get moving.
Posted December 27, 2010
to me it doesn't sound like you'd like it. I like Star Wars and Mass Effect and I thought it was good but not great game. I got bored with it after awhile.


edit -I didn't see that you liked Jade Empire, which changes my opinion ever so slightly
Post edited December 27, 2010 by CaptainGyro
Posted December 27, 2010
I also don't like SW but KOTOR I & II are very nice RPG's. If You choose to check them out remember to download TSLRCM from Deadly Streams for second game (I wouldn't recommend playing KOTOR II without it).
Posted December 27, 2010
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Adokat: I think you'll be bored by the game, based on what you've said (disliking Star Wars and Mass Effect), plus you'll find the combat even less action oriented than the games you liked.

Also, the game is very boring before things finally get moving.
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GameRager: What do you mean...."get moving"? Not everyone needs to be submerged in 100% action all the time ya know. :rolleyes:

I think of it more as a space based interactive story/opera with combat thrown in.
The first planet really drags on till you find Bastilla. The quests are really tedious and the environments there are bland. Not every space opera needs plot points needlessly prolonged by busywork *eyeroll* (see how easy that was?)

Now, I actually liked the game, and I'm a far more patient gamer than most (my favorite game is Xenogears, if that gives you any idea of my preference for action versus story), but my post was specifically directed toward the TC, who I maintain will probably get real bored.
Post edited December 27, 2010 by Adokat
Posted December 27, 2010
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fisk0: I think it might be a bit more action oriented than ME, but a lot clunkier in it's controls.
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kalirion: Interface is definitely clunkier, but I wouldn't call it "more action oriented". Hell, the combat is basically turn based.
That not what I meant, sure, Mass Effect has real-time less obviously dice roll based combat, but by the little time I've spent on KOTOR I got the impression that a bigger part of KOTOR than ME consisted of combat, thus being more action oriented.
Posted December 27, 2010
It's a lot like Jade Empire, only with drastically worse combat. But yes, in your case I wouldn't say it was worth taking a chance on. It's a pretty typical Bioware game (which in and of itself is a statement packed with spoilers).
Posted December 27, 2010
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GameRager: I liked the first planet....
I think the problem with Taris is the same problem exhibited in most BioWare games, it's a tutorial in a sense and once you have played it the first time you are not keen on playing it again on your second go let alone your fifth. It's the same with KOTOR2's Peragus, Mass Effect's Eden Prime, Dragon Age's Ostagar and Mass Effect 2's Cerberus facility. Once I have played the game once I find myself impatient and getting annoyed at how drawn out these sections are as i'm no longer a n00b.
Post edited December 27, 2010 by Delixe
Posted December 27, 2010
Kotor is the last good game Bioware made.
Posted December 27, 2010
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Adokat: The first planet really drags on till you find Bastilla. The quests are really tedious and the environments there are bland. Not every space opera needs plot points needlessly prolonged by busywork *eyeroll* (see how easy that was?)

Now, I actually liked the game, and I'm a far more patient gamer than most (my favorite game is Xenogears, if that gives you any idea of my preference for action versus story), but my post was specifically directed toward the TC, who I maintain will probably get real bored.
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GameRager: I liked the first planet.....yeah it's got a bit of busywork thrown in but a.some of it is optional or has alternate ways to solve or get around it, b. it's fun to me and others I suspect to do little odd jobs here and there and stuff off the main storyline sometimes, and c. more star wars is always good star wars.....well almost always.

Also I know you directed comment to OP.....just felt like chiming in is all. :P

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Ok, I gotcha. Looking at my first post, it kind makes it seem like I was making the whole game seem bad, when really it's just really that first mission that sticks out to me as being poorly done.
Posted December 27, 2010
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Mal_Khar: I also don't like SW but KOTOR I & II are very nice RPG's. If You choose to check them out remember to download TSLRCM from Deadly Streams for second game (I wouldn't recommend playing KOTOR II without it).
Note that you have to register with Deadly Streams in order to be allowed to download the files. This is unfortunately impossible at the moment, since the latest site update seems to have broken the registration page.
Posted December 27, 2010
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Mal_Khar: I also don't like SW but KOTOR I & II are very nice RPG's. If You choose to check them out remember to download TSLRCM from Deadly Streams for second game (I wouldn't recommend playing KOTOR II without it).
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Wishbone: Note that you have to register with Deadly Streams in order to be allowed to download the files. This is unfortunately impossible at the moment, since the latest site update seems to have broken the registration page.
Wow! That's a bummer... I remember playing KOTOR II with TSLRCM this spring and it was great. I hope they fix it soon.
Posted December 27, 2010
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Adokat: Ok, I gotcha. Looking at my first post, it kind makes it seem like I was making the whole game seem bad, when really it's just really that first mission that sticks out to me as being poorly done.
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GameRager: Imagine if the star wars films(the originals) were made in KOTOR style, with a lesser known character in that period of the saga being the focus maybe.

BTW, did you get lag when playing KOTOR on PC when reaching the open worlded areas like the farms? My game lagged quite a bit back when it came out because my card apparently wasn't up to snuff.....characters would "teleport" as the screen stuttered and would go from being in a safe spot one minute as I tried to walk to an entirely different spot nearby full of enemies the next. Damn lag..

The rest of the game was ok, just those certain areas oddly enough.
I played it on XBOX originally, and then picked it up on Steam for 2 bucks years later, so I never experienced any lag.
Posted December 30, 2010
Kotor has a flaw that dozens of other great RPG's tend to have. It starts very slooooooowwwly.
It will take you a few hours to get off the first planet, and that whole 2 or 3 hours is boring. I mean VERY boring. Everyone says the game gets incredible after that, but I lost interest in it after the monotonous beginning. I never played it again.
Baldur's Gate II even has this problem. But I didn't give up on it. Thank god
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