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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. 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.

  2. 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...

  3. 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.