365 Game To Play Before You Die - #8: SW: KotOR
by mracoon
365 Game To Play Before You Die Previous 5 Games #3: Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2 #4: Quake III #5: Castle Crashers #6: Half-Life 2: Episode 1 #7: Rise of Nations #8: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Platform(s): Xbox and PC Release: 2003 Developer(s): BioWare Best Quote: Anything by HK-47 but my favourite is 'Exclamation: Damn it, Master! I am an assassination droid, not...
365 Game To Play Before You Die
Previous 5 Games
#8: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Platform(s): Xbox and PCRelease: 2003
Developer(s): BioWare
Best Quote: Anything by HK-47 but my favourite is 'Exclamation: Damn it, Master! I am an assassination droid, not a dictionary!'
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For me KOTOR is my favourite Star Wars game. I'm not a person who cared to much for the actual Star Wars universe but KOTOR made me want to find out more about the galaxy far, far away because it was so well written. All the characters from Revan to Carth to Bastila and (especially) HK-47 are amazingly well thought out and you want to know more about them and their back story. On top of that you have a fleshed out galaxy to explore using the Ebon Hawk in which there are numerous side quests to choose from.
Choice is another big deal in KOTOR. In the end all your choices come down to the binary decision of choosing good or bad but it's still fun to be able to mold your character in the way you want. Also this is one of the games which popularised moral choices so it was still a relatively fresh concept at the time.
The creation of a great world didn't have any effect on the quality of the actual gameplay mechanics. The turn-based fighting of the game is designed in a way so it feels like your actually doing more then you really are. This makes the game more active and takes away from the grind of other RPGs.
As soon as the Star War license was given to BioWare it was inevitable that they would make a game that was a masterpiece. For all the talk of developers putting more emphasis on story BioWare is one of the few that actually follow through on it. If you're a fan of RPGs, good stories, Star Wars or just good games in general, then this is must play.
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