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General discussionRelease: STAR WARS®: Knights of the Old Republic(169 posts)(169 posts)
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Posted October 28, 2014
Choose your path!

<i>Star Wars</i>&reg;: Knights of the Old Republic, a BioWare-developed open-ended RPG classic set in a galaxy far, far away, is available 20% off on GOG.com. That's only $9.99 for the first week!

<i>Star Wars</i>&reg;: Knights of the Old Republic takes us back four thousand years before the rise of the Galactic Empire, as the Republic verges on collapse. Darth Malak, last surviving apprentice of the Dark Lord Revan, has unleashed an invincible Sith armada upon an unsuspecting galaxy. Crushing all resistance, Malak’s war of conquest has left the Jedi Order scattered and vulnerable as countless Knights fall in battle, and many more swear allegiance to the new Sith Master. In the skies above the Outer Rim world of Taris, a Jedi battle fleet engages the forces of Darth Malak in a desperate effort to halt the Sith's galactic domination. Hundreds of Jedi Knights have already fallen in battle against the ruthless Sith. You are the last hope of the Jedi Order. Can you master the awesome power of the Force™ on your quest to save the Republic? Or will you fall to the lure of the dark side? Hero or villain, savior or conqueror... you alone will determine the destiny of the entire galaxy!

From the amazing story, through great mechanics, down to the awesome musical score composed by Jeremy Soule, <i>Star Wars</i>&reg;: Knights of the Old Republic delivers upon the promise of creating a gateway into the universe imagined by George Lucas! Get it DRM-Free, for only $9.99 on GOG.com!

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Post edited October 30, 2014 by G-Doc
Posted October 28, 2014
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ricki42: The forum post yesterday mentioned a Linux release. Will that still come later, or was this a mistake?
My guess is that the mentioning of Linux was a mistake they made in the non-finished leaked press release.
Posted October 28, 2014
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DrearierSpider: So here's my situation: I beat Mass Effect 1 & 2, trying so hard to like them but I never could. Is this game all that similar to that series, to the point that I shouldn't bother, or are there enough differences that I may like it?

Some of the problems I had with ME were the abhorrent level design (not only as far as layout/lack of explorable areas, but I felt like I was walking through rooms where all the props were cardboard cutouts), meh combat, and the shear volume of sidequests as well as how useless the rewards were and how uninteresting the sub-plots of them were.
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Siegor: Well, the level design is similar since Kotor was a sort of percursor of the Mass Effect series. The combat is quite diferent (and in my humble opinion better). Think of it as "Real Time Turns". But what is best about the game is the story and the characters. If you like that then Kotor is a safe buy.
Thanks for the advice. Are the sidequests as useless and boring as in Mass Effect though?
Posted October 28, 2014
Can we expect the OST to be added at some point?
Posted October 28, 2014
You did a great job bringing KotOR here (that was something I didn't actually expect to happen).
Well, you do have a knack for finding the best stuff, that's for sure. :-)
Posted October 28, 2014
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Siegor: Well, the level design is similar since Kotor was a sort of percursor of the Mass Effect series. The combat is quite diferent (and in my humble opinion better). Think of it as "Real Time Turns". But what is best about the game is the story and the characters. If you like that then Kotor is a safe buy.
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DrearierSpider: Thanks for the advice. Are the sidequests as useless and boring as in Mass Effect though?
I'd say some are hit or miss. Trying not to spoil too much but let's say you see a guy being bullied: you can help him or join in with the bullies and all you get is a slight alignment change (this would be one of the "misses"). However I see that as flavour rather than a sidequest.
Keep in mind that I quite like the whole Star wars universe so I might be a little biased. ;)
Posted October 28, 2014
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Sachys: If anyone gets this and has trouble with getting a widescreen resolution working, I highly reccommend Flawless Widescreen:
http://www.flawlesswidescreen.org/
(also works for a bunch of other games)
Oh, thank you!
Posted October 28, 2014
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OdanUrr: Can we expect the OST to be added at some point?
There hasn't been an official release of the soundtrack, so that's not likely ;)
Posted October 28, 2014
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haydenaurion:
no worries. i found it seemed to make it fairly stable as well.
Posted October 28, 2014
KOTOR 2 as well? What do you think guys?
Posted October 28, 2014
I know that Aspyr owns the right of the ports of the original, but in the case that the sequel gets released on GOG, could you think about porting it over to OS X and Linux?

That would be awesome.
Posted October 28, 2014
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OdanUrr: Can we expect the OST to be added at some point?
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Laserschwert: There hasn't been an official release of the soundtrack, so that's not likely ;)
Actually, some of the tracks were made available on the LucasArts website at the time.
Posted October 28, 2014
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Laserschwert: There hasn't been an official release of the soundtrack, so that's not likely ;)
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OdanUrr: Actually, some of the tracks were made available on the LucasArts website at the time.
LucasArts website... :(
Posted October 28, 2014
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DrearierSpider: Thanks for the advice. Are the sidequests as useless and boring as in Mass Effect though?
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Siegor: I'd say some are hit or miss. Trying not to spoil too much but let's say you see a guy being bullied: you can help him or join in with the bullies and all you get is a slight alignment change (this would be one of the "misses"). However I see that as flavour rather than a sidequest.
Keep in mind that I quite like the whole Star wars universe so I might be a little biased. ;)
Again, thanks. I'll probably wait for a discount but it's worth looking into IMO.
Posted October 28, 2014
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Siegor: Well, the level design is similar since Kotor was a sort of percursor of the Mass Effect series. The combat is quite diferent (and in my humble opinion better). Think of it as "Real Time Turns". But what is best about the game is the story and the characters. If you like that then Kotor is a safe buy.
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DrearierSpider: Thanks for the advice. Are the sidequests as useless and boring as in Mass Effect though?
I think there were decent sidequests, more like extra things to do that make the world feel lived in. And Pazaak is a fun distraction. If you were close to liking Mass Effect, and think you can handle pausable real time combat similar to neverwinter nights (the precursor to this) you will probably like KOTOR. I kept hoping ME would make me feel like KOTOR did all those years ago, and it never did. I remember, I got this game for Christmas, and for like a week I was up till 4 am every night. Just could not put it down, gripping till the brilliant end.
Post edited October 28, 2014 by saluk
Posted October 28, 2014
And.... insta-buy/bought.

I've heard so much about this game...

Welcome Disney Interactive to GoG.com :)
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