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Star Wars - KOTOR Combats Sith

Posted by simoniker on from the bioware-trains-young-paduan dept.

Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to the IGN Xbox preview of Bioware's Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic, the Xbox RPG that's now a couple of weeks away from release (and has a PC version shipping in October.) The article suggests that "..serious pen-and-paper role playing fans will appreciate all of the stat-heavy terminology deep within the game's menu system but run-of-the-mill Star Wars fans will still get a kick out of all of the Greedos, wookies and laser blasts going on", and according to another preview at GamePro, this title from the renowned PC RPG creators has a "..battle system [which] is perhaps KOTOR's most singular achievement - it looks like it belongs in an action RPG, but it's actually turn-based and not far removed from the Baldur's Gate fight engine."

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  1. Wait for the PC version... by LordYUK · · Score: 2, Informative

    The PC version was pushed back because of SWG from what I remember... but it will have an additional planet, and probably some extra quests or something revolving around said planet.

    Also, it will be more like BG than NWN, as the NWN campaign quite frankly stunk. Note, I think that the appeal of NWN is for the toolset, not the boxed campaign.

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  2. Older RPGs by Gr33nNight · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Am I the only one who wishes Bioware would make more RPGs in the vein of Baldurs Gate, Icewind Dale and Planescape: Torment? Those were excellent games, and took forever to get through. Im very disappointed in these new 3D RPGs, that are a whole lot of flash, but (to me) not very fun.

    1. Re:Older RPGs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Or even Black Isle. Planescape: Torment and Icewind Dale were not developed by Bioware. Look out for Lionheart in the future, that could give you what you are looking for.

  3. Ugh.. by CashCarSTAR · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Baldur's Gate style fighting

    Count me out. That was the ugliest mess I've seen in a long time.

    Give me the old Gold-Box combat. That is still wicked fun.

  4. It's Rodians, doof! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Greedos? GREEDOS?! *Ahem* The correct term is Rodians. Greedo was the proper name of one particular Rodian who did not, incidentally, shoot first.

    1. Re:It's Rodians, doof! by paulcammish · · Score: 2, Informative
      Two geek points to that man.

      One for correcting the Rodian thing, and the other for insisting that he didnt shoot first!

      Oh, and one for me for being about to post the whole Rodian thing myself.

  5. Re:Knights of the Old Republic by Drakin · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It looks close to a SW version of NWN... although, there's a few big differences.

    1) You can play as only human.
    2) Limited classes. Soldier, scout and scoundrel to start, with Jedi classes opening up later in game.
    3) No multiplayer!

    and you know what? These issues likely have the existance of SWG to blame.

    Hmm... surprised nobody made a SW mod for NWN yet...

  6. This isn't our first 3D title by DaveCBio · · Score: 5, Informative

    That was MDK2. Neverwinter Nights was also fully 3D, but from an isometric POV.