Star Wars - KOTOR Rated, Raved

Posted by simoniker on Tuesday July 15, 2003 @12:31AM from the excited-yet? dept.

Thanks to IGN Xbox for their full review of Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic, the ravenously-awaited Xbox RPG from BioWare, which has gone gold and ships on the 16th July (Wednesday) in the U.S. The review gives the game 9.5 out of 10, and concludes that KOTOR is "..an outstanding game because it covers every single angle in terms of audience expectations. It's got enough Star Wars to satisfy the fans and enough pure fun to draw in people who normally wouldn't get into role-playing games. You'll see this on several Game of the Year nomination lists." There's also a mini-review at Unlimitedlives.com which is similarly effusive, if a little brief.

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PC port. by aculeus · 2003-07-15 01:39 · Score: 3, Informative

I'm just glad they have a PC port planned as I don't own an x-box. I don't plan to get one either.
Re:Let's Hope by Matchstick · 2003-07-15 06:20 · Score: 3, Informative

The creators of all those games have left lucasarts a long time ago. Steve Purcell's involved with LucasArts' new Sam and Max game; however, Tim Schafer (having started his own company) has nothing to do with Full Throttle 2. Guess which game looks cool and which one looks crappy.

It doesn't really make sense to blame (or praise) LucasArts for games done by other development houses. They supply the IP, but in the end the designer is responsible for making a game fun.

Disclaimer: I work for Tim.