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Hey, morons!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 13 / 37
Date: July 15, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I just noticed that the game is supposed to come out today, which prompts me to ask the question...How the hell has this game gotten 18 reviews with ratings?!? C'mon people, don't waste everyone else's time and skew the ratings of a game you've never played. Play the game, then you can write in your reviews, whether they be fair or biased in one way or another toward Lucas. But not before hand. It's pathetic. How can you say this: "Of course I have never played it. Sounds and probably is an awesome game. I can only say good things about this game."

Trying to use an analogy, that was pretty much the same thing most people said about the Matrix II release, and there were MANY disappointed fans. See what I mean? I'm sure there are one or two ratings where the reviewer has managed to play the game before release, but these get lost in these pointless comments by everyone else that will look even more embarassing once the game comes out and people are putting in real input.

Since I have to put in a rating myself to post this, the game gets a neutral 3 out of 5.

The Greatest RPG Ever??

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: July 29, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The first review I ever read for this game hailed it as "the greatest rpg of all time". Reading this, I became disgusted at such blatant appraisal of what, more than likely, would be nothing but a mediocre-at-best game with the Star Wars license slapped on the cover. Review after review came on the internet all giving it the same title. I figured this was going to be another highly over-rated game, but I couldn't stop myself from getting it so I could be an avant-garde critic to tell people the "truth" as I thought it would be: that this game [is the worst].

With that plan in my mind, I bought the game. After playing it for about half an hour, I realized my plans had been severely halted and perhaps even pooped-on. This game was amazing already. I continued to play the game as though the game was heroine and I was Courtney Love, I was addicted. My addiction ended up coming to a halt however, not because of rehab or an overdose, but because before I had known it, I had defeated the game. After about 2 weeks of staying up playing this game 'til 6 am, I had defeated it. I then looked back at my original intentions of being a critic in the "intelligent minority" by saying that this game is about as entertaining as Jay Leno without his chin, which is, to say, not very, and I realized that I was nothing but an animal bathing in his own ignorance. It was true: this game is the greatest RPG of all time.

This game was absolutely a groundbreaking piece of software. Everything from the way the story is done, to your character development, to the ending is just about perfect. For those of you who know nothing about this game, you should keep in mind that this game changes the plot depending on what actions of morality you decide to take. It's almost like an actual virtual reality. I, being the incredible person I am, decided to turn my character into Satan himself. Did I manage? All too well, friends, all too well. My character ended up being a fully dark-sided(to put it in the game's Star Wars terms) with pale skin, snake blood-shot eyes, and veins popping out from every crevice of his face. All in all, my character was Martha Stewart. Accordingly, my characters name that I had created was "Judas Cain". The entire game changed to suit my evil character and my dark-sided actions. If you hadn't noticed already, this game is completely non-linear.

To top it all off, if you don't get this game after reading my review, it's because you have failed at life. To put it lightly, just buy this game. That's all you need to hear.

SIMPLY AWESOME!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: February 15, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I was never a fan RPG'S ,but this game engrossed me into a world of excitement and fantasy, definately buy this game and expect hours and hours and hours of RPG . At first the turn based fighting annoyed me but dont turn off your xbox ,like I almost did .If you liked morrowind get this game . I loved it.

Can a game be as good as a movie with the same setting?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: May 12, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Is it possible to have a game and a movie set in the same universe, and love the game more?

In this case, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic harkens back to an era even earlier than the Star Wars movies. Thousands of years earlier to be exact.

The Mandalorians (the originators of the armor that Boba and Jango Fett wear) were still in power then. Just as the Jedi were fending the Mandlorians off, a major upset in the balance of power took place when Darth Malak and Darth Revan turned on their allies and returned from the Mandalorian War with a Sith fleet. Only one Jedi's "battle meditation" saved the fleet and now the Jedi are in shambles, the Sith run rampant, and Mandalorian bandits abound. Your mission is to find the disparate "Star Maps" that will ultimately lead to a world crushing machine of Armageddon proportions: the Star Forge. You must beat Darth Malak before he uses the Star Forge to destroy the Republic.

In this mix of high adventure are a host of characters (nine in total) range from Mandalorians to Wookies to druids, assassin and otherwise. Each character is carefully crafted and voiced by professional actors who do an excellent job with the material. And by professional, I mean movie talent: Ethan Phillips (Neelix of Star Trek: Voyager) and Ed Asner (uh...ask your parents). Given the number of possible responses in the dialogue, it's a truly massive task.

The game system should seem familiar to many - it uses the d20 pen-and-paper role-playing game system of the Star Wars RPG, with tweaks to make it easier to use for a computer game. The abilities blend seamlessly with the game play itself. I never felt at any time that I was playing a pen-and-paper game on a computer. Additionally, the game system uses Bioware's ever-evolving game engine used in Neverwinter Nights, which makes everything easy to use.

With multiple worlds that you can fly to at any moment, multiple characters (up to three active at one time), and a dizzying number of side quests, you simply can't get to them all. It doesn't matter though, because the metaplot rumbles along in the background every time you find another Star Map on another world.

The graphics and sound are exceptional. Sun glare flares on the game's camera and darkens your character's shadow. The controller trembles when large beasts are afoot (or worse, in combat!). The sounds are all taken from the movies, so lightsabers sound like lightsabers, aliens speak in their native tongues, and starships roar just like their cinematic counterparts. This is about as close to playing a movie as it gets.

The character development is worthy of mention. Your own character can be customized by body type, gender, and appearance. Your gender modifies the plot (males can fall in love with Bastila, the pretty Jedi mentor). All this uniqueness and yet the game never falters in dealing with it - your character's head never looks out of place in any of the cut scenes. Speaking of the cut scenes, they are all done with the same in-game animations, marinating the feel of the overall game play without stepping out of the action. And of course, your own character's background has a twist.

The NPCs have their own range of personalities. Unlike the current crop of Star Wars movies, there is a careful balance between the elegantly serious Jedi and their adventuring counterparts. Bastila provides a dose of class in the group as the somewhat taciturn Jedi master, but Carth is her balance, a gravelly-voiced war veteran who believes in the power...of a good blaster, that is. My personal favorites include Canderous Ordo, a grizzled Mandalorian of too many wars who loves a good fight. And of course, everyone loves HK-47. Like AK-47, only with an "H." That's right, HK-47 is an assassin druid with a mind of his own. HK-47 is fond of calling people "meatbag," except for his master...when he remembers his place.

There are plenty of old favorites too: Sand People, Banthas, Krayt Dragons, protocol druids, it's all here. If the characters don't remind you of Star Wars, the soundtrack will. It's true to the original score and in some cases, IS the original score. It's impossible for even the mildest Star Wars fan to resist.

All that, and there's a good old-fashioned subplot involving romance and betrayal, Light Side and Dark Side. This is the story Lucas dreamed but never truly brought to life.

The game is amazing in its flexibility. There are Light- and Dark Side choices in every conversation. You can solve puzzles or blast your way through plots, help NPCs or set them against each other. There are even logic puzzles that require the player to think, something I haven't been accustomed to doing in a long time.

There are flaws, but they're minor. In one case, I ended up killing a major NPC twice. There are puzzles that result in instant death failure, a no-no in game development. And combat is turn based: the player doesn't really determine very swing of the lightsaber, but rather the battle freezes and resumes as the player provides real-time strategy. Also, the game uses the same engine as Neverwinter Nights, which means it involves a lot of walking around talking to people. A LOT.

Still, this is one of the best computer role-playing games I've ever had the pleasure of experiencing. I was thrilled when my character's romance with Bastila flourished, devastated when I saw a father-son argument between Carth and his son Dustil, and I laughed at loud at some of the spontaneous character interactions.

Can a game be as good as a movie with the same setting? Nope.

It's BETTER. I got far more bang for my buck playing Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic than I got after two hours of special effects in the movies. In this game, the special effects at least had a heart.

A must have game for all StarWars fans!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: June 26, 2004
Author: Amazon User

StarWars: Knights of the Old Republic is an awesome game. It has better writing and better character build up than the prequels. It's too bad that Lucas didn't get the creators of this game to help him with the script for Episode 3. I'm sure it won't be as exciting or as fun as playing this game. You get to create your own character and choose your path. You get to choose whether you want to follow the path of the darkside or the lightside. You also get to have some pretty exciting lightsaber duels as well.

Plus the Sith are so evil in this game they make Darth Maul look like....well Jar-Jar Binks. Darth Malek is the best StarWars villain since Darth Vader and he's only a video game character. You get to visit awesome new enviroments that haven't been seen in any of the movies. This is a totally fun game that's very challenging as well and if only the prequels were this good. I can't wait for Knights of the Old Republic 2. Just like this I'm sure it won't disapoint.

One of the best plots EVER.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: October 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Seriously, they should make in this into a movie. Because it's a lot better than the crap being shoved out into theaters currently.

This game is amazing. It's incredibly immersive, incredibly beautiful, and incredibly flat-out EXCELLENT. It feels so personal and makes me feel so warm and fuzzy inside! I know Project Ego/Fable made a huge deal about 'choosing to be whoever you want to be', but KOTOR did a lot better job of it with a lot less fuss.

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is everything you want a game to be. The graphics are smooth and fluid. You instantly fall in love with the involving characters. The controls are easy to learn. It presents a challenge. And did I mention that the plot is effing GREAT?!

I don't want to ruin ANY of the plot just in case you haven't played yet. You'll have an enormous amount of fun and 'waste' countless hours discovering it.

But I will say this...

The different worlds you can explore are flat-out amazing. The graphics are immersive and beautiful, though not outstanding, and there's so many places to go and explore it's mind-boggling. The creatures you meet and fight are very well-done. The textures are decent and the voice acting is great. On that note, did I /mention/ the dialogue trees? Best. Ever. They can go on, literally, for minutes at a time. I had so much fun picking what to say and seeing everyone else's reactions that I'd often save before talking to someone, have the convo, reload, and do it all over again with different options!

The sense of adventure is this game is awesome. There's so much land to cover and so many different experiences to.... experience. There's an amazing amount of different weapons, armor, and gadgets that will settle the mizer/D&D dork in all of us. C'mon. You know you want to.

The plot ~ absolutely brilliant, as I and many others have stated before. Immersive and complex. I don't trust myself to say any more, lest I give it away. ;)

The characters are some of the most lovable I've ever found in a game. I realized that after only fifteen hours of play that I was quite attached to them. The snotty, fiery-tempered Bastila had won a place in my heart beside the gruff Canderous and the emotionally-ridden (tee hee) Carth. Their pasts were so amazing I made my character mercilessly prod them until Canderous told me to go away-- and /no/, he didn't have any more war stories for me.

The sense of romance and kinship with your different characters is fun. I enjoyed breaking both Carth and Bastila's hearts.

Another reason why KOTOR is so great? The depth, and not just the plot and your character's amazingly twisted past. I realized the extent of my the loyalty my 'team members' had for my character near the end of the game. Mission, the street urchin, pledged not to leave me. She was absolutely stricken when I commanded Zaalbar, her wookie friend, to kill her. They both ended up being emotionally torn and I had to kill them both. Carth ran away like a wimp, Bastila chuckled evilly at my elbow, and Canderous stoutly said that he wouldn't leave me. Of course the two droids had no problem with it, and I ended up killing off the two other Jedi: the old man from the Wookie planet and the smooth-voiced Cathar. This is just ONE option through the game. Of course, the majority are a lot less crucial and final than that.

There are lots of different degrees of good through evil, and you can explore them in virtually every conversation. You can win Carth's trust or break him down. You can irritate the living hell out of Bastila or become so patronizingly sweet that she guesses that you're mocking her. And many, many options in between. For example: You can turn down a begger woman rudely, do as she asks and sell a wraid plate for her, sell the plate and take the money yourself, give her a few credits instead, or give her something like 200-400 credits -- a huge amount. It's mind-boggling, really, the choices you have and how many times you're allowed to enact them.

And on another note, all of the side quests are EXCELLENT.

I really must stop now, because this will become a novel if I don't. Just take my word for it: consider yourself extremely lucky if you haven't played this game yet, because when you do, you are going to treat yourself to one of the longest, most immersive and BEST RPGs of all time.

Best. Game. Ever.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: October 07, 2004
Author: Amazon User

KOTOR is truly an amazing game. Although the concept is like some of the other Star Wars games, non of them bring it to the level KOTOR does. Visually the game is great, with only a few minor glitches. The weapon selection is great, from the duel lightsabers to some blasters. The storyline is basic, but still interesting and it's real easy to get into. It's not an easy game, but not a hard one either - except for maybe a couple battles here and there.

That is another incredible thing about this game, the battles. Although some are quick and easy, many are awesome and intense. Especially when you get your force powers involved.

The game from beginning to end is incredible. Easily the best Star Wars game ever created. This is a must have for any Stars Wars or RPG fan.

Kotor

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: October 20, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Alhtough I was not a major star wars fan, I bought the game due to it's huge impact it was causing in the gaming world. Much to my suprise the storyline, gameplay and overall quality was terrific. It made me belive in star wars again, a faith that was lost after viewing the recent movies that lucas arts have been spewing out. Needless to say, Kotor is a wonderfull experience to have to play.

You are not the only character to have to fight the sith lord Darth Malak. Over the course of the game, you are joined by nine other people. All of which have their own stories to tell.

Carth Onasi and Juhani where the single two people who I thought had the most interesting stories. Especially Carth. Although he is rather intense, and moody, his looks and character all but make up for that. I especially (being a girl) enjoyed the twist that your relationship with him takes. But only if you play as a woman.

I had originally heard that the whole plot of the game had a unexpected twist. To which I wholeheartedly concure. Although I am not going to ruin what that was for those of you not playing.

Altogether I highly recommend you playing this game. For the amount of money and time it takes, it was a worth while experience.

Flawless

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: July 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Light or Dark? Jedi or Sith? You decide. You decide what your character says and ultimately the fate of the galaxy. I don't even like RPG's. I always found them confusing and pointless. But this game is different. It is so easy to understand and the fighting doesn't look stupid (ie. run up, punch opponent, run back, opponent runs up, opponent punches you, opponent runs back). The fighting is real time which makes it seem so much more realistic. The game is flawless. I say this because of many things.

First of all, this game is huge. It will keep you occupied for hours upon hours and you will never get bored because there are so many different things you can do.

Second: this game isn't so easy that it insults your abilities and it's not so hars that it's not even worth trying. Don't get me wrong, it's a challenging game, but it's the kind of challenge that you enjoy, not the kind of challenge that will frustrate you to no end.

Third: there are many, many unique characters with unique personalities. You can intereact with just about everyone you see. Although not everyone engages in conversation with you, just about everyone always has some passing comment to make if you try to talk to them. When you do actually have a conversation, the combinations of different things to say are limitless. You can say some good things, some bad things, and some down right hilarious things. The characters are a major plus in this game.

Fourth: The different planets are very unique and full of possibilities. Also, the inhabitants of the different planets can prove to be quite amusing. Now I haven't beaten the game yet, so I haven't been to all of the planets. But so far, they are amazing. Taris, the first planet you're on, is absolutely humongous with many different missions and stories to follow. After Taris, you have the choice of which planet you want to go to next and it's like that through the rest of the game. This really makes you feel like you're in control, as opposed to having the game control everything for you.

Fifth: In the process of playing the game, you actually feel as if you are actually in the Star Wars universe. You can interact with the people around you freely. You can make friends or enemies. You can choose your path: light side or dark side. You are in control of your destiney and the fate of the galaxy.

If you like Star Wars, you need to buy this. If you like RPG's, you need to buy this. If you like action packed adventure in video games, you need to buy this. This is a flawless game that is sure to provide you with countless hours of entertainment.

this game kicks butt- by the kessler

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: May 01, 2006
Author: Amazon User

this game rocks! it took me 31 hours to beat it once. then when i went back to play it again, it took me half as long.there is no blood or gore in this game so that is a good thing. It might be a draw back if you are some psycotic freak but that is beside the point. one really funny thing about this game is when the charecters get into arguements. if you want, you can be pretty rude to bastila. Anyways, the quests are fun and the story line is pretty good. the fighting takes some time to get used to but in the end it all comes together. the choices that you can make effect the entire game and in the end it comes down to should i be good or evil? another good thing is you can choose your gender. i like games that give you that choice. but the plot does get boring untill there is the huge twist in the game! you find out that.......... if i tell you it will ruin the game so just check it out for yourself. this game rocks. BUY IT!!!!

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