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No KOTOR For PS2, Darth Vader Playable?

Posted by simoniker on from the deep-and-heavy-breathing dept.

Thanks to IGN PS2 for their second Playstation 2 rumor round-up, including plenty of questionable whisperings (GTA4 is referenced as possibly being called 'Sin City', though this was a notable April Fool's gag), but at least one official confirmation, from Lucasarts, following some online confusion, that "There are no plans for to develop Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic for the PS2. We are concentrating fully on the development of the PC version of the game." The rest of the rumor-mongering has at least one intriguing tip, the claim that LucasArts are developing "a third-person perspective action-adventure game [which] enables players to take on the role of Darth Vader."

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  1. Am I the only one? by magsymp · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Who thinks that basically all the Star Wars Games/Movies are on the downfall? I mean I tried this game at a friends house and it's not amazing. Grated I think it's better than alot of the junk I have tried on the X-Box but according the me, the last good game/movie involved with the Star Wars franchise was Tie Fighter, which was what? 1996? *drool*... God I loved that game. The feeling of being so puny when you used the regular Tie... and then the power of the Tie Advanced. I think I just soiled myself... oops Anyhoo... whatever.

    1. Re:Am I the only one? by superultra · · Score: 3, Insightful

      You probably haven't played KOTOR enough then. I played X-Wing and Tie Fighter and, yes, Rebel Assault back in the day and KOTOR is right up there with them in terms of recreating the Star Wars experience. You're also neglecting to mention Raven's Jedi Knight work. It's not groundbreaking but is definitely solid as far as FPS's go. And Level 5's work on Rogue Squadron/leader far outshines the Force Commanders of the Star Wars bunch. The Lucasarts Indiana Jones adventure games I played as a kid were so amazing that I wanted so badly for them to do the same with Star Wars. KOTOR is right up there with those. It makes you feel like you really *are* Han Solo, or Luke Skywalker, or even Darth Vader. It takes some time to get into it, maybe a good hour or two, but KOTOR is easily one of the best Star Wars games ever crafted.

  2. Re:Shame by dakryx · · Score: 2, Insightful

    So let me get this straight, you were willing to buy it for ps2, but for PC you would d pirate it? Does that make sense to anyone else?