Posted on: October 3, 2022
sander798
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Flawed RPG, Decent Star Wars Story
This game is fun and beloved for a reason, don't get me wrong, but it has major flaws once you get familiar with it enough. On the gameplay side there are huge disparities between the power of different stats and classes as the game goes on due to how underutilized many of the systems are. For instance, a force-power-focused character (especially dark-siders) built right will start a little weak but go on to become death incarnate to a degree that honestly makes combat boring with few exceptions. The reason for this is huge area-of-effect powers with no risk of friendly fire, whereas everyone else is stuck dealing with a single enemy at a time. Furthermore, only Persuade is an important skill for the player to have (some Repair helps with one companion though), since everything else can either be done by your easily-swapped companions or simply ignored due to its trivial benefits. Another major issue has to do with the fact that the main character doesn't gain force points or powers retroactively, meaning that it is usually best to simply never level up your character for the first few hours until you change to a Jedi class, due to the level cap. Not fun. The gameplay UI is truly awful, too, since you need to constantly cycle through items and powers one at a time with no quickbar. Story wise things are better, but often still a little basic and cliche. Dialogue is nothing to write home about, and only a few quests really stand out. Your dialogue choices tend to be painfully basic and binary, with the dark side options being cartoon-villainy with no hint of cunning or tact. One of the companions is really great and lampshades these sorts of things, but he is contrasted by mostly-shallow alternatives. The plot involves some interesting elements and a famous twist, but again it's really lacking in complexity, especially compared to KOTOR 2. Alas, this game is outdone in almost every way by its flawed masterpiece of a sequel (given community patches).
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