Speaking of lightsabers, this time around, you will have your choice from a number of "forms" of lightsaber discipline, and they are situation-specific. Of course, it never hurts to have a blaster or a lightsaber if the you-know-what hits the fan.
It’s best to get involved with everyone whenever possible, and your choices will decide how things turn out. You’ll never know which of these missions is merely a "side quest" or a necessary plot point. You are constantly faced with such decisions in your attempt to gather the remaining Jedi, provided, of course, that you can find them.Īs before, the missions are many and varied, ranging from simple "find this, go there" affairs, to solving murders, to aiding (or preventing) a military coup of a Queen and her retainers. Helping a poor soul out with a few credits will gain you points toward the light side, and conversely, telling this same beggar to flame off may tilt you toward the dark side. If you’d rather be more like Darth Vader than Yoda, that choice is available to you, through your interaction with the various denizens you encounter. This gives the game a higher replay value than a standard linear form of gameplay. In KOTOR2, your entire party can become either the pinnacle of good, or the epitome of evil. Be warned: they are not all what they initially seem to be, and their alliance to you, and indeed the Force, is directly affected by your actions.
Each of these 10 brings to the table their own strengths, weaknesses and motivations. Cut scenes will give you a lot of information, but boy howdy, do you have to earn them.Īiding you in your quest for realization are a number of characters you meet along the way. The Jedi Council have been scattered throughout the galaxy, and you need to find them, and find out why you were exiled following the Madalorian Wars.
I will not go much more into the intricacies of the plot because you don’t need spoilers here. Suffice it to say, our fine friends at Lucasarts do not wish to alienate (excuse the phrase) anyone. You see, at the outset, the game lets you know that it isn't necessary to have played the first KOTOR to enjoy the sequel, and it also acclimates you to the interface right out of the gate. This is a nice change of pace from the standard tutorial so prevalent these days. In an innovative "prelude," you are taught the basic gameplay mechanics while controlling a little droid whose task it is to restore power to the Ebon Hawk, and stabilize our exiled hero, so he will survive the trip to a distant mining colony.
He was a marginal character in the epic war between Revan and Malak (see KOTOR), and is now the alleged "Last of the Jedi."Īs the "exile" (nameable, so obviously, he is called "Alanix" in my game), you are found critically wounded aboard the legendary Ebon Hawk. In KOTOR2, you play the role of an exile. Should we expect anything less from the sequel? Hell, no! And did Lucasarts deliver? Hell, yes! The original KOTOR was an amazing hybrid of puzzle solving, combat, role-playing, twitch game, and masterful storytelling. Those of you who have read my reviews of sequels will often hear me say, "If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.: In this case, it wasn’t broke, but it was fixed in so many ways, it could almost be a separate game unto itself.Īdjectives, adverbs and pronouns to the wind, we are talking about Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords. The first ( Star Wars: Knight of the Old Republic) was rightfully crowned 2003’s "Game of the Year," and frankly, I feel that this sequel is more than a worthy follower.
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Buy 'KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC II: The Sith Lords': PCĪ: It has a light side and a dark side and it binds the universe together.Ī long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…Īctually, this is the second in a (hopefully) long series of games that takes place thousands of years before the name Luke Skywalker was ever uttered.
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