STAR WARS™: Knights of the Old Republic

If you love RPG's you'll love this game. A fantastic storyline steeped in lore. Great game mechanics and the ability to craft your Jedi in the manner you like via level up system. The NPC companions are very interesting and their back stories help add to the experience. I'd easily rank this game up there with Baldur's Gate because it really is that dang good. I rate it as: Get it now!

This game is an absolute Bioware, and Star Wars, classic. It was revolutionary for it's time as it brought cRPG to the masses with it's incredibly accessible, yet deep, gameplay. A wonderfully fleshed out world, familiar, yet different. It's set thousands of years before the original trilogy, and features worlds familiar and new. The characters are deep, have motivations, can be funny, sad, and tragic. The story line is memorable. If this is your first time playing, I pray it hasn't been spoiled for you. Combat is faux-realtime, with a turn based engine underneath, and with all the pausing and queuing you would expect. This is the game that set Bioware on the trajectory toward Mass Effect. Don't miss it, it's a wonderful classic that everyone should play.

BioWare and LucasArts created not only the greatest Star Wars game of all time but in my opinion, the greatest RPG ever! A compelling story, identifiable and realistic characters, and top notch gameplay make this my all time favorite game. If you haven't had the opportunity, play this game. If you have, play it again for the first time...or 30th.

...but if you're having issues, please post in the game subforum. http://www.gog.com/forum/star_wars_knights_of_the_old_republic#1414636202 Since the site update, a bug has occurred where the game-specific subforums for games you own are no longer automatically added under the "Community" tab. In the games own subforum, not only will you find a host of people already playing this game currently, but a selection of solutions to common issues that you wouldn't find in the game's own subforum.

KOTOR for sure was a milestone when first released. But nowadays there are not to many reasons to play it. The narrative is still good. Not outstanding but good. And of course there are the Star Wars music and sound effects. Gameplay wise it lacks the tactical depth and rich character development options of Biowares older D&D adaptions but also the top-notch voice acting and story presentation of Mass Effect and other modern RPGs. The first world (8-12h of playtime) is especially tedious. It gets better once you gain access to Jedi powers and a space ship but never reaches the point where it's fun to play just for its mechanics. Oh and the game tends to crash now and then, particularly during video sequences. Always save before leaving a planet!