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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.

  2. Re:Action game with Darth Vader? by Torgo's+Pizza · · Score: 5, Funny
    After reading some of the comments to my original post, I can see that I'm right on this. I mean, what is the marketing department going to do to hype up the game?

    Play as Darth Vader! The action includes:

    Pacing on the bridge of your Star Destroyer!

    One, two, three, turn, One, two, three, turn, choke officer, One, two, three, turn...

    Interview Bounty Hunters!

    Darth: I need a bounty hunter to go after Cmmdr. Solo. Tell me about yourself.

    Boba Fett: Well, I'm a people person. I'm good with a blaster and have a pretty cool backpack.

    Darth: I see. I find your lack of experience disturbing.

    Give status reports to the Emperor!

    Darth: My Master. During our last game turn we were able to harvest enough resources from our harvestors to enable our AT-AT rush to succeed. By building five new armories and researching new technology, we were able to increase our worker production by 33%!

    Emperor: Excellent Lord Vader! Your game ranking has increased!

    Build your own SimDeath Star!

    Darth: Let's see. Need to move this here, build that. Wait! What do you mean my droids are revolting? Now what's that symbol over my stormtroopers heads? Aren't they happy with that rec room I just built?

    Preorder your copy today!