Knights of the Old Republic takes everything from all the good RPG's
and combines them together to get an all around great game. The
gameplay is a mix of turnbase / real time fighting. You get what you'd
expect from a Star Wars game with the sound. The graphics are the
normal graphics for an Xbox, nothing that mind blowing.
First off, the gameplay. I'm not a fan of Turnbase fighting. Not at
all. But there are those games that are so good that you learn to love
the turnbase action. This game is a mix of both real time and turnbase.
While you're playing a game, you seem to be walking along, nothing bad
is happening, and then all of a sudden, BOOM! You're surrounded by 6
baddies. That's annoying, right? You have to be extremely cautious
wherever you go. With KOTOR though, it's the fact of whether you WANT
to fight, rather than HAVE to. You see a pack of Twilek thugs? Wow,
that one has a big blaster, I think we should stay clear of them.
That's it. Simple as that. The fighting, as I said before, is a mix of
that. You can disengage combat whenever you want. Just click a button,
and you can run away. It's not like you wait turns. Youmerely press a
button, and your character attacks, and sometime, the enemy will attack
at the same time, it's only a matter of timing.
Next, we'll move the the graphics. Maybe it's just me, but I wasn't
that blown away by the graphics. They weren't really trying to push the
graphics as they wanted nice framerates for the game. But perhaps the
game can get a bit too much action, and the graphics cause a bit of a
problem. You can face off against 4 people and the framerate will start
to slow, and then you might find yourself running towards the enemy you
wanted to escape from. Nonetheless, the graphics surpass that of many
other games, and their recognition in this game is abundantly clear at
times.
Third, the sound. You can't expect anything less than great with the
sound in this game. It's Star Wars! They're gonna be dishing out all
they can to make this game feel like it's a movie. From the voiceovers
to the beeping of the electronics on the Ebon Hawk, you're getting
top-notch sound. For some reason, and I have yet to name it though, if
you have an Xbox 360, you will hear short spurts of static. This does
not effect how the people sound, you can still hear them talking, but
it gets to be quite a scarer during the game. You'll be sitting there
and all of a sudden static will come in loudly. So if you have a 360,
be warned.
Now it's time for the final section of this mid-story. This is the
plot. Star Wars was started out with many plot holes. Mostly due to the
fact that it started out at Episode IV, and ended with Episode III.
None the less, this game helps explain all the hardships the Jedi and
the Republic went through to get where the Movies left off. Following
your character, a soldier who is very strong in the force, you meet
many characters along your way, some join you, others need your help.
Depending on what path you choose, you could get 2 endings. A good one,
or a bad one. Or, if you feel the bad way is good and vice versa. In
the end, it all boils down to a secret that not many would guess.
In conclusion, this game was great. The graphics, the sound, the
gameplay, the plot, everything. Nothing will match up to this game in a
long time. You don't need to be a fan of Star Wars to love this game.
Now, if you don't mind, I must go finish my story in KOTOR II.
