Posted March 11, 2015
OK, first of all, though I watched and loved the original Star Wars trilogy, I wouldn't consider myself a Star Wars nerd, the expanded universe passed me by completely and I have no interest in getting into that, I found Episodes I to III to be 'meh' at best, and the only Star Wars games I played were the Mysteries of the Syth demo, some years back, and the two Rogue Squadron games on Gamecube, Rogue Leader and Rebel Strike.
I'm also not that much into CRPGs, the bulk of them weren't that big over here when they came out, and since I was never part of any secluded nerd or geek Magic: The Gathering or Dungeons & Dragons club (there weren't that many, to begin with, back in the day), I missed most of them. I distinctly remember some of my nerdier friends not letting me play their Infinity Engine games because I was a "pleb who liked Nintendo consoles and games and played the travesti that are action games, action-adventures and point and clicks" (they were mostly upset by the fact I loved Diablo and Nox -- which I still refuse to think of as a mere Diablo clone).
Some time ago, I decided to get more into some of the best classic CRPGs I missed while growing up, and when googling it a bit, I found out that the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic games are deemed two of the best CRPGs ever made. I don't use Steam and I didn't feel like tracking down a working physical copy, so as soon as GOG got them, I immediately wishlisted them both. The thing is, so far I have found all the classic RPGs that I missed to be a very hard and tiresome undertaking. I truly understand why so many people love them, but the amount of patience and dedication they require is baffling, and perhaps I'm not willing to delve all that much into a mere video game. Plus, GOG community aside, classic CRPG players tend to be super elitist and are part of secluded, closed groups that are not especially supportive and welcoming, and they usually hide behind a wall of heavy RPG lingo that most of us neophytes are immediately turned off by. Still, I have been trying really hard to get into some of those games, and I've been slowly succeeding at that, even though I'm far from a pro at them, I still get to play them my own way, with no understanding whatsoever of THAC0s or min/maxing or saving throws or whatever. I may not love them as hardcore fans do, but I agree they are some of the best games ever made, and I feel a bit sad for not having played them when they originally came out, because I would have had more time, then, to invest in video games and immerse myself in the world and lore of it all.
So, having given you all this extensive and, granted, pretty much useless background, onto KOTOR II. I understand I should have bought KOTOR and started with that one, but from my understanding KOTOR II is widely lauded as the best out of the two, and since I'm not that much into Star Wars lore and story, I thought I could bypass the first game, for now (I did the same thing with Baldur's Gate and don't regret it one bit). The thing is, on top of the game being absolutely alien and a bit on the complex side, to me, I don't even find it good to look at, and that's a big issue to me, especially since I tend to get bored of games very quickly if their artistic design is not that good. From screenshots and game play videos I watched, the game honestly seemed to look better than the one I've been playing on my computer, and it definitely was more fluid and with less stutter and low frame rates. This is particularly jarring, as the game quickly becomes unplayable to me.
Is there anything I can do to make the game look and play better, or at least make it lose the lag and increase the frame rates? Does it have anything to do with that amd .dll thing I had to rename in order to even launch the game? I mean, Jade Empire is made on the same engine, I think, it takes up double the size, has huge areas and it looks so much more beautiful and plays in a more fluid way, with no slowdowns and lag whatsoever on my computer, so I wouldn't think this problem is on my end.
I would really love to play this game, and I uninstalled it while keeping my saves (even though I advanced very little, as I found instructions to be hard to understand and missions not that interesting) because I plan on eventually revisiting it, but I would like to play it in a more... appropriate way, at least without all the low frame rate issue I experienced on my first attempt at a play through, and if I could make it look a bit better I guess it wouldn't hurt, as well.
I'm also not that much into CRPGs, the bulk of them weren't that big over here when they came out, and since I was never part of any secluded nerd or geek Magic: The Gathering or Dungeons & Dragons club (there weren't that many, to begin with, back in the day), I missed most of them. I distinctly remember some of my nerdier friends not letting me play their Infinity Engine games because I was a "pleb who liked Nintendo consoles and games and played the travesti that are action games, action-adventures and point and clicks" (they were mostly upset by the fact I loved Diablo and Nox -- which I still refuse to think of as a mere Diablo clone).
Some time ago, I decided to get more into some of the best classic CRPGs I missed while growing up, and when googling it a bit, I found out that the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic games are deemed two of the best CRPGs ever made. I don't use Steam and I didn't feel like tracking down a working physical copy, so as soon as GOG got them, I immediately wishlisted them both. The thing is, so far I have found all the classic RPGs that I missed to be a very hard and tiresome undertaking. I truly understand why so many people love them, but the amount of patience and dedication they require is baffling, and perhaps I'm not willing to delve all that much into a mere video game. Plus, GOG community aside, classic CRPG players tend to be super elitist and are part of secluded, closed groups that are not especially supportive and welcoming, and they usually hide behind a wall of heavy RPG lingo that most of us neophytes are immediately turned off by. Still, I have been trying really hard to get into some of those games, and I've been slowly succeeding at that, even though I'm far from a pro at them, I still get to play them my own way, with no understanding whatsoever of THAC0s or min/maxing or saving throws or whatever. I may not love them as hardcore fans do, but I agree they are some of the best games ever made, and I feel a bit sad for not having played them when they originally came out, because I would have had more time, then, to invest in video games and immerse myself in the world and lore of it all.
So, having given you all this extensive and, granted, pretty much useless background, onto KOTOR II. I understand I should have bought KOTOR and started with that one, but from my understanding KOTOR II is widely lauded as the best out of the two, and since I'm not that much into Star Wars lore and story, I thought I could bypass the first game, for now (I did the same thing with Baldur's Gate and don't regret it one bit). The thing is, on top of the game being absolutely alien and a bit on the complex side, to me, I don't even find it good to look at, and that's a big issue to me, especially since I tend to get bored of games very quickly if their artistic design is not that good. From screenshots and game play videos I watched, the game honestly seemed to look better than the one I've been playing on my computer, and it definitely was more fluid and with less stutter and low frame rates. This is particularly jarring, as the game quickly becomes unplayable to me.
Is there anything I can do to make the game look and play better, or at least make it lose the lag and increase the frame rates? Does it have anything to do with that amd .dll thing I had to rename in order to even launch the game? I mean, Jade Empire is made on the same engine, I think, it takes up double the size, has huge areas and it looks so much more beautiful and plays in a more fluid way, with no slowdowns and lag whatsoever on my computer, so I wouldn't think this problem is on my end.
I would really love to play this game, and I uninstalled it while keeping my saves (even though I advanced very little, as I found instructions to be hard to understand and missions not that interesting) because I plan on eventually revisiting it, but I would like to play it in a more... appropriate way, at least without all the low frame rate issue I experienced on my first attempt at a play through, and if I could make it look a bit better I guess it wouldn't hurt, as well.
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