This game is FUN! Have you ever wanted to be the noble Jedi Knight who saves the galaxy with a rag-tag crew of misfits in a memorable ship that's practically a character in its own right? This is the game for you. Have you ever wanted to bask in the power of the dark side and cause a family to murder each other over a misunderstanding while your assassin droid applauds in the background? This is the game for you. Whether you decide to take over the Sith Empire or lead the Old Republic to victory, you will have a blast doing it. While new, real-time action oriented gamers might balk at the seemingly archaic D20 system, the action is fluid enough that you practically forget about the dice rolls in the background and learn how to maximize your damage output to swiftly and decisively defeat your enemies. There's a solid 40+ hours of gameplay here, and with 12 different potential class combinations and two paths (light or dark) with two different endings and a ton of ways to get to those endings across seven planets, a capital ship and a space station. The story is almost perfect, and it's a shame a third was never made, and that the second has had to wait for a dedicated fanbase to finish themselves. It stands alone as the best Star Wars content since the Original Trilogy, and easily holds up even today in the Disney Era of Star Wars. There are only two games I've ever bought 3 times - Morrowind, and Knights of the Old Republic; this game is high quality with a ton of content from an era when studios cared more about original content that microtransactions and DLC. One last thing to note is that there is still a dedicated fan base for this game and its sequel, with a ton of great mods out there. I also highly recommend the Knights of the Old Republic and Tales of the Jedi comic series, originally published by Dark Horse, that serve as a good foundational backstory to the events and era of the game.
