STAR WARS™: Knights of the Old Republic

Just that. Excellent game. If you like Star Wars and RPG, this is it. The story is as profound as Baldur's Gate, and everything setted in a Star Wars universe. For this dark times the franchise is passing by, this is a good reminder of what a superb storytelling can do with a rpg with solid rules. Totally a must play.

It had to be good, otherwise George Lucas would have had the devs thrown into a sarlacc pit. Jokes aside, not only is KOTOR a creative use of the SW license, but also one of the best SW games there is. Highly recommended.

The game is an easy 5/5 without hesitation. The game is a classic Bioware game (which is no bad thing in my opinion) and it's possibly the greatest Star Wars game around, followed closely by its sequel. The story is great, albeit a little Star Wars cliché, but that's kind of to be expected. You know what's going to happen because that's what likely 'would' happen in the Star Wars universe. The voice acting is fantastic for the main sections, although there are a couple of repetitive lines on Kashyyyk. I believe a wookie repeated the exact same line of grunts 5 times over one conversation, but this is only a mild annoyance. The gameplay is generic Bioware RPG, similar to what they have nowadays with the likes of Dragonage 2 & 3, but I think it was new at the time of release from what I recall. It works well though and suits the game perfectly. Score - The music is generic SW music. If you enjoy SW, you won't have an issue here. Graphics - Starting to look dated now, sure... But they still hold up well enough. With this being an RPG though, graphics are of all but minimal importance. So to summarise - It's a great RPG in general and it's possibly some of Bioware's best work, whilst it IS one of the best titles in the SW series. The game is a must have if you are a fan of SW and/or Bioware and should be fairly high on the list if just a fan of any old RPG.

As a longtime fan of Star Wars I really enjoy the stories and the gameplay in general for KOTOR, sadly I cannot get it to work without crashing, having tried absolutely everything I could find in way of getting it to work. Hence the low score. I managed to get to the point of leaving Taris and had so much fun with the story and the characters but the ingame movies and turret minigame sequence made it impossible to progress for me sadly. Not being all that savvy when it comes to technical stuff, I usually end up confused and frustrated when I try solution after solution to fix what is effectively gamebreaking issues to no avail. If only I could get it to behave it'd get full score with me, but alas, as it stands KOTOR is dream I never got to have due to cutscene related crashes. A bane no amazing story nor adorable characters can survive. For now all I can do is hope some insanely skilled medical droid can revive this comatose gem of a game. May the force be with you (p.s. I did also try disabling the ingame movies, but that only resulted in my save refusing to load. One step forward, three back as they say.)

Absolute nostalga, both star wars and bioware at their finest, also home to one of the most craziest plot twists ever!