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Star Wars - KOTOR Rated, Raved

Posted by simoniker on 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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  1. Let's Hope by Jonsey · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Let's hope we don't get another stinker of a SW: Game.

    Remember when they were so good? Dark Forces. Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight. Tie Fighter. What happened to the good ol' Lucas Games engine? Hell, DotT, Sam & Max, Indy Games, Full Throttle! (Yes, a new one is coming, but... why not 4 years ago? : p )

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  2. Bioware by Stachey · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Bioware have an impressive back catalogue of rpg's. Give them a wicked license and an immersive world that we are all familar with...and well it's got to be a winner:/

  3. Microsoft screws us again.. by darkmayo · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Is there no end to there treachery....

    First it was Halo.. which should have been the sweetest Multiplayer FPS for the PC.... nope.. Xbox gets it

    Now its Blizzards Starcraft :Ghost and Star Wars Knights of the Old republic...

    I am just waiting to hear Halflife 2 and Doom 3 being Xbox titles first as well.....

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    1. Re:Microsoft screws us again.. by Mike+Hawk · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Hypocrisy!

      The rate of complaining about Halo (a Microsoft PUBLICATION) being XBOX "exclusive" is far greater than the amount of complaining about GTA3 and GTA:VC (not SCEA publications) being PS2 "exclusive". To complain about only one just because one hates Microsoft betrays one's motives and allows everyone to see the amount of logic that went into your post.

      Noone complains when Zelda is exclusive to Gamecube...

  4. Re:PC port. by Elwood+P+Dowd · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yeah. I sure am glad that Bungie planned a PC and Mac port for Halo, too.

    I know, bad example.

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  5. buy an xbox and quit crying. by sw33tjimmy · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Heaven forbid a company look after it's own interests. Treachery? It really bugs me when people think the world (or MS in this case) owes them something.

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