SW:KOTOR II
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shortylickens
No Lifer
- Jul 15, 2003
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Love the way the menu was redesigned. Like having multiple weapon setups.
Breaking down and making new items seemed like more trouble than it was worth.
I really enjoyed being able to turn several of my PC's into Jedi.
SILVER SABERS!!!!!!
The master classes were cool too.
The story never quite seemed to grab me in an epic way. Not like how the first game or any of the movies did. Sadly my overall experience was bland.
Breaking down and making new items seemed like more trouble than it was worth.
I really enjoyed being able to turn several of my PC's into Jedi.
SILVER SABERS!!!!!!
The master classes were cool too.
The story never quite seemed to grab me in an epic way. Not like how the first game or any of the movies did. Sadly my overall experience was bland.
Megatomic
Lifer
- Nov 9, 2000
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I got them too Nebor. I got past them by doing many many many incremental saves. I had this happen in 3 different parts of the game, the worst was on Nar Shadaa (speeder). In regards to the patch's availability:
Obsidian says it is finished and waiting on LuacaArts to QA and release. Their site says the patch is coming soon, and it has said this for weeks now.
LucasArts is silent regarding the patch. One is led to wonder if they ever intend to release the damn thing. :|
Obsidian says it is finished and waiting on LuacaArts to QA and release. Their site says the patch is coming soon, and it has said this for weeks now.
LucasArts is silent regarding the patch. One is led to wonder if they ever intend to release the damn thing. :|
I really like this game. I was on vacation last week and ended up playing a lot. The story is ok, but what is really fun is going for light/dark side quests. It seems that the other game it was an either/or choice. In KotoR 2, its not always so black and white on what will give light points or dark points. I also like that characters don't have a ceiling, so you can keep leveling and become more powerful. And there are new features like character influence...a lot of new force powers...lightsaber options....
Ok....I guess I might like this game a little too much...
Ok....I guess I might like this game a little too much...
I do dig some of the new options, such as the light/dark mastery, new powers, switching weapons, etc. I also like how they made the light/dark choices not so black & white as it was in kotor1. Let's face it, kotor1 was:
"HOMELESS BEGGER: Can you spare some credits?"
1. Give 50 credits.
2. Do nothing.
3. Kill him, his family, his friends, his pets, and yank off his johnson like Bruce Willis in Sin City.
The idea of influence was also neat. And how you could corrupt your companions from the choices you made. I didn't really like the way light side companions behaved when you went on dark-side rampages in kotor1. I would have preferred to see more companion-companion interaction like Baldurs Gate had, as well as the fact that I just can't see Disciple hanging out with you and Mandalore as you kill everything in sight.
I did not like being forced to take over particular characters. Especially since I just auto-leveled them and gave them pretty much any old equip that I didn't care about. I ended up finding myself saving right before I go back to the Ebon and stripping everyone of their equip in case I had to put it on someone (like Atton fighting the twins) else.
However, I much preferred the story and stability of kotor1.
I replayed kotor1 a few times, but, with this one, I finished LS and probably won't replay at all. Instead, I might just look into SWAT4 and Splinter Cell.
"HOMELESS BEGGER: Can you spare some credits?"
1. Give 50 credits.
2. Do nothing.
3. Kill him, his family, his friends, his pets, and yank off his johnson like Bruce Willis in Sin City.
The idea of influence was also neat. And how you could corrupt your companions from the choices you made. I didn't really like the way light side companions behaved when you went on dark-side rampages in kotor1. I would have preferred to see more companion-companion interaction like Baldurs Gate had, as well as the fact that I just can't see Disciple hanging out with you and Mandalore as you kill everything in sight.
I did not like being forced to take over particular characters. Especially since I just auto-leveled them and gave them pretty much any old equip that I didn't care about. I ended up finding myself saving right before I go back to the Ebon and stripping everyone of their equip in case I had to put it on someone (like Atton fighting the twins) else.
However, I much preferred the story and stability of kotor1.
I replayed kotor1 a few times, but, with this one, I finished LS and probably won't replay at all. Instead, I might just look into SWAT4 and Splinter Cell.
- Dec 23, 2003
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Huh, well, all I have to say is that I did not like KOTOR II as much as KOTOR I, simply because the story was not a of traditional movie-Star Wars style, or not as much as KOTOR I. Also, bugged up, likev everyone said, but that is expected (since it was also like this with the first one; at least I didn't experience any of the story-killing bugs).
I will expand upon this later. For now, bump.
The Good:
1.) Weapon switching, as mentioned (I don't remember clearly, but wasn't this part of KOTOR I, or not?); not so much because I had to switch weapons, but because it didn't look right for to be running around the city with a lightsaber-in-hand.
2.) More custom options/add-ons for weapons. Almost too much (especially with the droid components). Best, like mentioned, were the lightsaber options, not only the colors, but also the parts and the power crystals. Cyan, veridian, silver what not were cool, but maybe next game around they'll include a "variable color crystal" as an item, and you can set the color using a paint-style RGB spectrum.
3.) More power, Jedi rank classes, bonuses for perfectly dark or light alignments.
4.) Robes that flow. You don't know how important this is to a Star Wars themed game. KOTOR I had Jedi robes that 'clung' to the character's body, while KOTOR II solved this by adding a flowing tail. I believe they paid particular attention to this aspect.
The So-so stuff:
1.) Graphics. OK, I'm fine if KOTOR II used the same graphics engine as KOTOR I. I don't play this game for the graphics, and plus, KOTOR I didn't look that bad. But KOTOR II's graphics, particularly the distant horizon textures, dissappointed me. Compare Korriban from KOTOR I (the Valley of the Sith was beautiful, dispite low poly counts) to the dilapidated Korriban from KOTOR II (I know, its supposed to be, but look at the sky; that's a terrible texture). I'm reminded of Korriban and the Unknown Planet in KOTOR I the most, as the horizons looked like something modelled out of TerraGen.
2.) Lack of connection with NPC characters, and even the Exile character him/herself. None of the NPC sub-stories were nearly as developed as in KOTOR I. For instance, Bao-Dur has almost not sub-story at all. "Can I talk to you?" "Sure" "1.) Nevermind."
3.) Connections with KOTOR I were very, very limited. We get the droids, the most uninteresting characters from KOTOR I (IMHO) and a 30 second cameo of Bastila. Perhaps if a game would be made about the Exile after KOTOR II, that would be interesting.
I will continue this...
KOTOR II is by no means a bad game, KOTOR I was just better.
I will expand upon this later. For now, bump.
The Good:
1.) Weapon switching, as mentioned (I don't remember clearly, but wasn't this part of KOTOR I, or not?); not so much because I had to switch weapons, but because it didn't look right for to be running around the city with a lightsaber-in-hand.
2.) More custom options/add-ons for weapons. Almost too much (especially with the droid components). Best, like mentioned, were the lightsaber options, not only the colors, but also the parts and the power crystals. Cyan, veridian, silver what not were cool, but maybe next game around they'll include a "variable color crystal" as an item, and you can set the color using a paint-style RGB spectrum.
3.) More power, Jedi rank classes, bonuses for perfectly dark or light alignments.
4.) Robes that flow. You don't know how important this is to a Star Wars themed game. KOTOR I had Jedi robes that 'clung' to the character's body, while KOTOR II solved this by adding a flowing tail. I believe they paid particular attention to this aspect.
The So-so stuff:
1.) Graphics. OK, I'm fine if KOTOR II used the same graphics engine as KOTOR I. I don't play this game for the graphics, and plus, KOTOR I didn't look that bad. But KOTOR II's graphics, particularly the distant horizon textures, dissappointed me. Compare Korriban from KOTOR I (the Valley of the Sith was beautiful, dispite low poly counts) to the dilapidated Korriban from KOTOR II (I know, its supposed to be, but look at the sky; that's a terrible texture). I'm reminded of Korriban and the Unknown Planet in KOTOR I the most, as the horizons looked like something modelled out of TerraGen.
2.) Lack of connection with NPC characters, and even the Exile character him/herself. None of the NPC sub-stories were nearly as developed as in KOTOR I. For instance, Bao-Dur has almost not sub-story at all. "Can I talk to you?" "Sure" "1.) Nevermind."
3.) Connections with KOTOR I were very, very limited. We get the droids, the most uninteresting characters from KOTOR I (IMHO) and a 30 second cameo of Bastila. Perhaps if a game would be made about the Exile after KOTOR II, that would be interesting.
I will continue this...
KOTOR II is by no means a bad game, KOTOR I was just better.
kotor2 is semi-busted on my machine but ive been waiting on the patch for so long ive pretty much gotten to the end. (im guessing)
so...i doubt ill buy another lucas game...unless, of course, they decide to do that sam and max i was promised.
so...i doubt ill buy another lucas game...unless, of course, they decide to do that sam and max i was promised.
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