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Excellent adventure!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

First let me say that this is the first RPG I've ever really played. The fact that I've never liked these kind of games before but thoroughly enjoyed SW:KotOR should tell you something.

I had no technical issues with the game. I run it at 1280X960 res just fine and only had one crash throughout. The graphics are top notch and some of the worlds are quite amazing. Little things like blowing grass, etc really help with the `you are there' effect.

The voice acting is all great to superb. The alien voices are also well done. At times you very much feel like are you in your own Star Wars movie.

While the game is excellent overall let me also say there are a few nits to pick. First is the `go into cave/tunnel and kill beastie' syndrome. This gets a bit tiresome after awhile. The puzzles I found to be much harder than I had patience for but you can find all the solutions for them online so these won't really be an issue. Do other folks actually like having these in their games? They remind me of the silly `maze' levels of first-person shooters that seem to be there just to annoy the gamer and remove the suspension of disbelief instead of enhancing it. Another quibble is that combat wraps around you and your band of three. This is fine in theory but the bad thing is that there is no real maneuver involved in any of the fights. It is more an act in picking the right weapon actions and counter actions than anything else. I realize RPGs are not combat simulators so this is not a huge issue but the short (30m is the max I think) ranges of the weapons and combat is a bit silly and the need for some tactical thought would have been nice. The turn-based aspect to the combat is certainly preferable over the first-person shooter variety here. One final complaint is the story line itself. It is interesting but not exactly original. Too bad the writers could not have come up with something a bit more unique, but then again, perhaps it is what most folks want.

Overall these are minor points and if you are a RPG fan or, especially, a Star Wars fan you will be very delighted with Knights of the Old Republic. Expect easily 40+ hours of game play for your first run through. I suspect you could easily play the game a second time to pick out quests you missed/passed and playing the `other side' of the Force.

the best video game of all time!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

if that doesnt say it all,i will elaborate.this is a star wars role playing game.you pick this dude,gather droids,a wookie,some soldiers,some jedis and such then travel many planets and getting into all sorts of high adventure!you can choose from a long list of force powers to have.there are weopons practicly falling out of the trees.unlike older rpgs,you have control of your characters during battle.you can even customize weopons with all sorts of cool upgrades.theres a lot of stuff to do but it is highly unstructured.you could pay very little attention to the actual story and still become powerful just fighting monsters.then theres a few more cool things.one is you can coax just about anybody into a fight.you remember the old days when a king just told your guy off and sent him on a perilous journey then screwed him out of his money later?well now,if he tells you off,you can dismember him and if you dont want to do the job,you dont have to.if he screws with you,more often than not you can force choke him or blast him.so no more putting up with mouthy npc authority types on a power trip!the other really cool thing is you dont have to be a good guy either.now you can go to the dark side if youd like.every decision you make can ultimately lead to a dark or light side point being gained.here are some examples of bad things that can get you dark side points.............using the jedi mind trick to force a wookie to kill his best friend,or using it to make someone commit suicide,refusing to pay docking fees,smuggling,killing witnesses,going to sith school.the story even changes for whatever style guy you run.but ultimately,you fight the same last boss,just under different circumstances.this is definately worth checking out!

Live and breath the Star Wars universe!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

No other Star Wars game makes you feel a part of the Star Wars universe better than KOTOR. If you are any kind of a Star Wars fan stop reading and buy this game. Virtually unlimited replay value for an RPG, which is saying something. KOTOR was a great value at full price but get it now because the prices are going up now that it is out of print. One of the best solo player experiences ever. A Top 10 PC game. Recommended for any pc gamer

Play tester anyone?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 23
Date: June 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I couldn't give this game a "fun" rating, because you have to be able to play a game to know if it's any fun. I ranked it a 1 because I certainly didn't have any fun with this product.

KOTOR didn't allow me that opportunity.

When I loaded the game, the framerate was something like 5 frames per second, and that was just the main menu screen. Once I got into the actual game, it ran at about 2 fps.

It's not like I was playing this on an overclocked 486 either. This was on a brand new computer that I had literally bought the week before I tried to play this game.

My specs:

Compaq Presario 4012 notebook
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ processor
512MB of RAM
ATI Mobility Xpress 200 graphics card

I spent three days mucking about with Bioware's tech support forums before I got an email back from Bioware's tech support that told me that ATI graphics cards in the family that my graphics card is in are incompatible with this game. If I wanted to play it, I'd need a card from NVIDIA.

Gee, that would have been nice to know before buying the game. Maybe they could have put something in the system requirements (Far Cry, for example, lists the compatible graphics cards in the system requirements)

Furthermore, that doesn't explain the fact that the reviewers at Gamespot (who for some inexplicable reason gave the game an 8.8 ranking) noted that they game flat-out wouldn't play on three of the four systems they tried it on. These are professional game reviewers. Surely, if a system exists that could handle this game, they would have more than one. (And one that it crashed frequently on, I might add)

The review is here:

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/starwarsknightsoftor/index.html?q=knights+of+the+old+republic

It's obvious that Bioware developed this game for one hardware configuration, and didn't playtest it on anything that didn't match that configuration. Bioware is currently blaming ATI for faulty drivers-- adbicating any responsibility they have to release a product that actually works as advertised.

Here's a word of advice: Before you buy this game-- or any game from Bioware-- make darn sure you contact their tech support staff and ask them if the game will work with your specific hardware setup. And don't accept a "should work" answer either. Otherwise, you might just wind up with a very expensive set of shiny coasters.

Lies and deception of freedom

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 17
Date: December 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

--Some minor spoilers in the review ahead--

Yes, the title suggest comtempt and perhaps anger, yet I give this game a 4, a rather high rating. Odd? Perhaps.

Regardless of the little unexplainable 'nerfing' of the jedi (lightsabers are just another melee weapon), I've had fun playing this game. To finish takes around 20 odd hours. I've now played thru it twice. Yep 40 hours gone and never to have back. Regrets? Some.

Why? Well, I now realize how woefully linear the game is. The choice they give, the apparent freedom to do what you want is all a facade. No matter how high your skill, there are some doors that you can't pick, some people you can't pursuade, and some NPC whom you cannot kill. The game gently pushes you this direction and that. When you go back to replay the game, you try your best to see if there is another route that can be taken. None. Play the game once, and you can see and do all there is. There isn't any place unlocked by the choices you make, and no special dialogue unavailable because of how dark or how light your alignement is.

t's quite silly, some of this restriction. Take, for example, Calo Nord. The bounty hunter you meet early on. When you try and fight him when you see him at the Cantina, you're dead. one shot from his blaster, no matter how high your VP (I cheated and had 600vp and 40armor when I tested), and you die. But later on, when you have to meet and fight him, he is an easy target. Yes, yes...I know the story was written for Calo Nord to come after you later in the game...but still.

Hmm...I never meant for this review to be so negative. But I'm just disappointed that a potentially GREAT game turned out to be just a good game. I did enjoy the twist in the story that you find out near the end.

ps - I enjoyed the dark alignment ending more then the pitiful light side ending.

I Can't Get Into the Game on the X-Box.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 24
Date: September 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I'll admit it I greatly prefer PC Games to console games. However, being a Star Wars fan and having numerous Star Wars X-box titles convinced me to buy one. I eagerly awaited this game but am a little disappointed. The game is getting great reviews, the graphics are good but I'm finding it boring. I literally struggle to stay awake when I playing. I think this may be due to my extreme dislike of console controls for RPG's. I'm not giving up on the game but I do think I will wait for the PC version to come out and give it another shot. If you don't mind console controls for RPG's, KoTOR should be a winner for you. Otherwise, wait for the PC version.

DOES NOT WORK ON MY GAMING LAPTOP!!!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 39
Date: December 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User

If you intend running this on a laptop I suggest you first contact BioWare to make sure it will run. I've been looking forward to this for months. Its just arrived. I have just finished loading the bloody thing on my laptop and it DOES NOT WORK. Thankyou very much BioWare and LucasArts. Not only have you stolen my money but you bums have just totally ruined my Christmas as well. Now I'm gonna be bored to death over Christmas and will instead have to sit with my family watching hour after hour of mind vegetating Christmas TV. I wouldn't mind but I have a 2Ghz processor, more than enough memory and disk space and the latest goddamn ATI graphics card. And still the piece of crap wont run. First I get the LucasArts intro, then I get the BioWare intro, then the friggin thing just siezes up. A blue arrow appears on a totally black screen and I can hear a split second of audio constantly repeating over and over again. I cant even kill the bloody thing. I have to literally switch the damn machine off and then reboot. I have lowered the graphics resolution to 600x400 with low texture - AND STILL THE PIECE OF CRAP WONT RUN. Screw you BioWare. Thanks for nothing.

WARNING - Check your graphics card before you buy!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 18
Date: February 15, 2004
Author: Amazon User

We bought this game from a national retailer without reading the (extremely) fine print on the bottom of the box. On loading, the game informed us that our computer "Failed the graphics card test." That's as far as we got. The store won't take back opened software.

The game requires a high-end ATI or NVIDIA card with OpenGL 1.4, DirectX 9.0, and Hardware Transform and Lighting compatibility. If you don't know what this means, or aren't sure if you have it, don't buy this game.

Please---it's not really that good

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 8 / 48
Date: November 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game,to be honest,is not that good. My biggest complaint is not anything to do with the system (I don't have troubles running it one bit),but with the gameplay itself. Looks like they took the good old D20 rules here (which BTW I like,but for Star Wars suck) and used them in this game. What's wrong with that you say? Well simply put---Jedi are not MEANT to be balanced character classes. They are not wrote that way,Lucas never meant them to be that way,and they are NEVER,not ONCE portrayed in the movies,comics (especially there in the comics they are even worse in them than they are in any other media),or TV shows as weak as they are in this game. It has been said time and time again though Jedi are not all powerful,a Jedi caught unawares and overwhelmed will fall---we have seen this in the movies on several occasions,but against like forces and with numbers on his side the Jedi is all but unstoppable---not so in Knights of the Old Republic though. I have on several occasions taken 3 of my Jedi characters (my main character as well) into battle at full strength and lost battles,not against Dark Jedi as you are likely thinking,but against things like---oh---SAND PEOPLE! Does everyone craft their weapons out of Cortosis (which BTW on two counts does not make something immune to lightsaber blows,but rather makes it highly resistant. Also Cortosis in all Era's was suppose to be quite rare and difficult to come by)---even the SAND PEOPLE!? Come on---please. This is my one and biggest complaint about the game,it does seem to have a good story,and for the most part has me interested in it,but it's just so hard to feel like I'm playing a Star Wars game when 3 Jedi can be taken out by 3 sand people---it's not just hard,it's frustrating and most certainly not Star Wars. I'm getting tired of playing one game after another that does it's best to be "balanced" when the writers of the fiction and background that these game designers is used is thrown out the door---QUIT using the material if you are not going to stick to the material itself (IE don't make a game about Star Wars if you are not going to make the Jedi into the near God-like figures that they are in the Star Wars Universe. No it's not fun playing those type of characters so just don't write the game in the first place---oh what's that---you want to make money---then write the game as is and it will still sell. Time and time again has shown that it will and why do you game designers think that there are so many cheat sites out there as well---people don't want to be frustrated in playing a game,it's a sad fact but people have little time these days and the need for entertainment as to be such---quit making them so hard that they take up hours upon hours of peoples time just to get past one point).

Review on the Republic

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 27
Date: May 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game looks very promising. If you have played some of Lucasart's other titles, this one should be the best one yet. It takes place 4000 years before a Phantom Menace. You can create a fully customizable character. This tile also has wookies, double-sided lightsabers, more sith, and plenty of droids to demolish. I haven't played the game, but I've read just about every forum avalible. This game looks to be very promising. A must have for all Star Wars fans.

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