EGM/CGW Show Knights of the Old Republic 2 Details 28
An anonymous reader writes "The Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic official forums are buzzing with new details on the Obsidian Entertainment-developed Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords for Xbox/PC, as discussed in this month's new EGM and CGW magazines [not yet available online, sadly]. Apparently, 'you will not play the same character', although 'you pilot the Ebon Hawk.. [and] start out as a Jedi' - the game 'picks up 5 years after the end of the first KOTOR', and returning roles are also confirmed for 'R2-D2-esque droid T3-M4' and 'another bot that bears a suspicious resemblance to the original's irascible 'meatbag'-loathing HK-47'."
Re:Oh goody! (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Oh goody! (Score:2)
But then again, I can't patch it. It's a pirated copy. DOH!
Re:Oh goody! (Score:2)
That dork must've broken down and started to play at work. tsk tsk!
Wasn't awfully buggy (Score:2)
This is good news (Score:5, Insightful)
With KOTOR, I am absolutely thrilled (but not in the least bit surprised) that there will be a sequel. The original game wasn't really groundbreaking, or even all that innovative. But it was an extremely polished game, with fantastic art and audio, a great storyline, and solid gameplay. It was also extremely long (took me almost 50 hours, and I didn't do nearly everything). All in all it made for some of the best gaming goodness I've had in years.
Probably the best thing about KOTOR is that it restored my faith in Star Wars. Episode I and II put a severe dent in my appreciation for Droids, Wookies, and blasters... but KOTOR made me feel GOOD about Star Wars again. It was (almost) like a religious experience.
*sniff*
Re:This is good news (Score:1)
Re:This is good news (Score:5, Insightful)
I disagree with you on that point. The game brought mainstream aspects of the RPG which had previously only been appreciated by the hardcore. I can personally say this becuase I hooked 3 non-rpg fans on the game (people who despised the genré).
'You just spent 50 hours beating the game...now you are going to replay it with a slightly different character???' Although the game is fairly linear, the feeling of freedom was really groundbreaking in that it was appreciated by the, uh amateur RPG player. All 3 people after beating the game were drawn in by the story and all beat it again as the opposite (interestingly enough all were light the first time).
KOTOR was groundbreaking in its overall appeal to the non-RPG gamer, a feat not easily accomplished by true role playing games. By creating a more public interest in the game, Bioware has guaranteed us gamers a more corporate interest in RPGs
Re:This is good news (Score:1)
Re:WHat about Bioware??? (Score:3, Informative)
Re:WHat about Bioware??? (Score:4, Informative)
Thank Goodness (Score:1)
The first one was one of the best games I played last year. I Actually went through twice, which is a rarity for me when it comes to 30 hour games. The story was good and HK-47 was pretty funny.
Lucas should get the meatbags who wrote KOTOR to write the next Star Wars, but we all know that won't happen.
How will it start off? (Score:1, Insightful)
Re:How will it start off? (Score:2, Informative)
KOTOR 2: A New Attack of the Menacing Sequel (Score:1)
Which ending? (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Which ending? (Score:5, Informative)
This is a pretty subtle way of doing it. I probably would have gone ahead and started off with a little questionaire at the beginning, but that would probably be too blatant for most people.
That's how I understood it, anyways.
Re:Which ending? (Score:2, Insightful)
Also, it could result in the game having little to do with the previous games story line, because main events in the game will not be able to rely on events from the past game (unless the whole storyline of the game were to change based on the answers you give).
It will be interesting to
Re:Which ending? (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Which ending? (Score:2)
Hawking magazines is news? (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Hawking magazines is news? (Score:3, Informative)
However, as I understand it, we can still discuss the information contained in the article, and there's plenty of good info (name, developer, recurring characters) available in the summary article and there - it's all in the threads on the messageboard. I imagine we'll get more info when/if 1UP post the full previews on the Web.
So of course we're not g
Where is it? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Where is it? (Score:5, Informative)
http://chouzan.net/crap/neowin/kotor2_001.jpg
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Re:Where is it? (Score:3, Informative)
KOTOR2, because it's being written for XBox, doesn't give the developers any time to improve the engine, add DX9 shaders or anything "contemporary" to the game. So really, it shouldn't be called KOTOR2, it should be a "mission pack". The game engine will very likely look, feel and play just like KOTOR, with perhaps a few UI tweaks.
The minor bit of good news is that because this is a mission pack, the game should be out rather quickly because there's less bug checking need