Posted on: May 3, 2016

badbones777

Games: 919 Reviews: 8

Classic Star Wars fun

Set well before any of the films in the era of the Old Republic, this is a game that is able to feel familiar yet fresh. It's Star Wars so you know where you are with the setting, yet at the same time being unrelated directly to the films in any real way, they have room to breathe and no restraints or expectations to fulfill. It's a solid RPG with a pausable realtime type of system that works really well. You can queue up orders for your party and there are enough characters you can recruit on your adventure that you can have several party builds. Being a pretty old game there are potentially some issues running on modern hardware. I got it running fine on Windows 10 after not having played it since about 2004 or 05 or so and while it ran just fine right away I did have to do a bit of searching about and looking on the games forum on GoG to work out how to get it to run fullscreen and not postage stamp-o-vision, and add in cut content. Despite the potential to have to do a little bit of legwork, it's worth every penny to be able to revisit this classic though.

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Posted on: August 28, 2016

haegemonn

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Games: 210 Reviews: 5

Better than the movies

KOTOR is one of the few sci-fi RPGs out there, and one of the best. It's also an amazing RPG regardless of setting. The solid gameplay, the immersive music, the breathtaking (for its time, and still holding today) visuals, the well-fleshed characters - everything comes together beautifully. The best part of it, though, is the story. I really wished the movies were as complex and atmospheric as KOTOR's. Another great thing about KOTOR is that you can see the origins of BioWare's later signature gameplay (paragon vs renegade system, romance within party, etc.) right here. It's like a journey in time, and after playing it every BioWare RPG becomes, in a sense, predictable - from Dragon Age and Jade Empire to Mass Effect. What else can I say? If you're an RPG fan, play it! If you're a sci-fi nerd, play it! If you're a Star Wars buff, play it! If you like great music, play it! If you like video games, play it now!

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Posted on: September 26, 2016

Hunterblewis

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Games: 70 Reviews: 1

Great game GOG needs work

This game to this day is the most immersive you will get in the starwars universe. If you like a proffesonally written story in your games that works well with the gameplay then this is the game for you. I only have one complaint and its not for Bioware. It's for GOG, get off your butts and make this game backwards compatable also make it work with the GOG client. 5 of 9 games I own dont work with it.

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Posted on: March 4, 2017

danzig78

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Games: 28 Reviews: 4

Unique among its kind

This game accomplished something so few games have. It felt like actually existing in the star wars universe. I found it to be completely absorbing. I can't believe the price here. I am going to play this again. I would like to add my voice to the chorus and say this game is one of the best I have ever played. The second was okay but not quite like the magic of the first.

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Posted on: March 9, 2017

BobiPanov

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Games: 179 Reviews: 4

A personal favorite

I absolutely adore this game, I was a kid when I first played this game. I envy everyone who will play this game for the first time and experience the wonderful story, character development and nonlinear gameplay. From technical point of view the GOG version runs smoothly on my Linux (Linux Mint 18 Sarah) laptop (using Wine of course). I recommend this game to any Star Wars fan or old school game enthusiast.

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