Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 The Sith Lords
Most people at least know of the genius that was Kotor 1. The dramatic story of Revan and his followers. I wont spoil the rest! Anyway it's a great game, so when this came out I was expecting somthing BIG. What I got....was a bit different, not in a bad way....but different.
Eat this Sith scum!
The Story:Easily the best story I have ever seen in a video game. In my opinion Kotor 2 beats the Kotor 1 story, not by alot, but by a small amount. The story is about a Jedi who was exiled from the Jedi Order after following Revan and Malak and an asortment of other Jedi (all of whom turned into Sith later). What is interesting about this is that said Jedi Exile was the ONLY Jedi who came back to face trial. The Exile treks across the Galaxy as a traveler. Soon however he finds himself trapped on a mining station called Peragus with Sith on his tail. The rest of the story is up to you. Two crazy Sith Lords are on your tail with armies of specially trained SIth assasins and the Jedi have disappeared. Your overall mission is to find them. Why? That is up to you. Revenge or Confusion as to why you were exiled are only two of the many reasons.
Much of the story is told through your party members, my favorite of whom is Kreia. During your time on your ship you will talk and find out about your party members. This is the time your game comes to life. Each party member has a personality. To open up new conversations with him/her you must gain influence by saying things that he/she likes. Sometimes if you are evil or good and your party member is the opposite of you, you have to manipulate or persuade your party member to see things your way. But be careful! If your party member loses to much influence with you they may stop talking to you all together.
Overall the story is great!
10/10
Damn Jedi! Always interfereing with the plans of the Sith!
Gameplay:Almost exactly like Kotor 1, though this is not a bad thing I would expect that the developers would put some effort into trying to expan upon the gameplay with a new combat system. However, there are new force moves and new traits. Like Kotor 1 there are many side quests which act as buffers for the main story or simply to get a few extra credits. My main complaint is the loading times. Many quests and jobs have you go to another section of the planet you are on at the time and the loading times are atrocious! Unlike Kotor 1 the gameplay is more fluid. Less lags during combat and especially lightsabre battles.
Overall, good but not innovative:
7.5/10
Choose your path! Be a ruthless Sith lord or a peaceful Jedi!
Graphics:The graphics are good for it's time. However they are nothing amazing. What really makes you enjoy the graphics is the atmosphere. The game feels...almost desolate. The galaxy has just come out of a war and the Galactic Republic is on the brink of desturction. Knowing this and the dark and un-colorful graphics make the world seem a bit depressing...which may be a good thing!
Overall, dark mediocre graphics
8/10
Come to the dark side young Jedi!
Sound:Amazing! Much better then the Kotor 1 music and sound score. Once again the darkness of the game is shown in the music. Dark amibiences play with the occasional light star wars song. Absouloutly amazing and enjoyable music!
Overall, amazing music!
10/10
Good:
Amazing Story
Choose your own alignment
Party members
Hk-47 (meatbag
Dark depressing feel
Choose your own path!
Bad:
Normal graphics
Rushed release date (resulting in HUGE amounts of content to be scrapped)
Same old combat system
Good ending but a bit unexplanitory
Loading times! Ugh!
Final Comments:
Great game. As good as the first for sure. However, because of Lucasarts rushed release date huge amounts of content was scrapped. However if you get the computer version there are mods that can fix this. This game is one of the greats...get it!
Final Score:
35.5/40
Originally Posted by Justice and Mercy
