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The sequel to the hit console/PC game Knights of the Old Republic shipped to retailers on Tuesday. KOTOR II: The Sith Lords has been surrounded by trepidation as original developer Bioware was replaced by relative newcomer, Obsidian Entertainment. Gamespot has a review available. From the review: "you might have a much tougher time settling into The Sith Lords, since chances are you'll feel like you've played this game before, only you'll swear it looked better the first time. But, on the other hand, so what? It's just as important to note that no other game since Knights of the Old Republic has managed to deliver this excellent style of role-playing. If you're a Knights of the Old Republic fan, then you should find a certain satisfaction in knowing almost exactly what you're in for going into The Sith Lords."
FYI, the PC release is supposedly in February.
If you felt that way, I wouldn't try this game, it says that it is almost exactly the same game. Bioware has a new game they are working on right now, you may have heard of it, called Jade Empire. They are calling it a Action RPG, bioware just came and gave a presentation at my school, we got to see all the new demos, it looks just incredible, you actually get to fight people instead of choosing moves to do.
It's basically Kotor I with another "I" in the title.
I'm on the first planet now (the third "stage") and it's a nearly reskinned duplicate of the first planet in the original.
My party consists of the T3 droid from the first one, some guy who thinks he's Han Solo, and my mentor.
Who is a bitch. I hate her. While the rest of us are all headed light side, she's on her way into the red because everytime I talk to her I have to pick the "STFU, bitch" conversation option. Because I really want her to.
If I find out the Dark Siders can kill her at any point, I'm switching.
The HK droid from the priginal is sitting disabled on my Ebon Hawk. Also, my force powers and memory are gone (again)!
Aside from all these complaints (and the fact that the framerate is poor, with noticable slowdowns in large areas), it's still an awesome game. Pure Star Wars.
Go buy it.