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I just picked up this game (Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic). is it any good? I'm looking forward to giving it a try.
if anybody has played it, do you have any tips? |
Yes. Also, if your a noob, then try a sentinal or Guardian class. Also try to plan for either all light or all dark.
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KotOR is a truly great game. As Sir D said, the gaurdian class is a good pick for someone who is new. Light side players tend to be more effective in melee, while Dark Side players are better as force users. Light side is easier, so you should probably try it first.
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Guardian is a great class to try first. Force Jump is awesome. I have not yet played through as a consular, and I will *never* play through beginning as a scoundrel (I hate the small frame body type), but I hear a scoundrel-consular is a great dark side pick.
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I recently picked this game up myself. Are there patches needed? If so, where can I get them?
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You can pick up the V1.03 patch here ;) [ 05-31-2005, 06:49 PM: Message edited by: Hivetyrant ] |
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Worth playing. I had a good time, and have played it through about 2 1/2 times so far. The manual says this but it's worth re-emphasizing: talk lots to everyone. The NPC storylines are quite interesting, and the right conversation responses can net you light and/or dark points that you need. I also highly recommend the persuade skill to assist in your conversations.
Tips (no spoilers, since the manual tells you about becoming a Jedi): One tip to remember right at character creation is that although you have to spend your feats and force powers when you level up, you do not have to spend your skill points. This is handy for a Soldier or Scout that wants to eventually be good at Persuade. The best way of doing so is actually not to spend any points in the Persuade skill and save points until you switch to a Jedi class. All 3 Jedi classes let you spend 1 skill point for 1 point in Persuade, but Soldiers and Scouts need to spend 2 skill points for 1 point in Persuade. Another is that, as with many RPG's, you can wait to level-up if you choose. (Level 2 is the only level-up you are forced by the game to take.) The max level is 20, so if you want a character that has more Jedi levels (and therefore less levels in your starting class) you can choose to try to get along as a lower-level character until you become a Jedi. You don't even lose XP when you class-change (as you would in Baldur's Gate 2 for example) so the only drawback is the annoyance of surviving as a lower-level character until then. You can use the tables in the manual to plan out how many levels of your pre-Jedi class and your Jedi class you want based on the number of feats and force powers. |
I was just eyeing this game today. Is the gameplay pretty much like NWN? That would be a plus for me. The only SW game I've played is Jedi Outcast 2, which I couldn't get into for some reason.
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Better. Much better. Imagine Ali versus Inoki, then imagine him versus Foreman. That's the jump in gameplay.
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I'm sold then. I keep seeing it for under $20 and need something Star Wars related to keep me going. How about KOTOR 2? Is that as good?
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KotOR 2 is almost identical to KotOR 1 in gameplay, but with the addition of prestige classes, lightsaber forms and Force forms. The story in KotOR 2 is a bit darker than the one on KotOR 1, but the game feels less polished than it's predecessor.
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yes kotor has a much better story than kotor2.
kotor2 even has some recycled kotor1 planets. |
It has 1!, and the other one that is the same is far different.
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<font face="Verdana" size="3" color="#00FF00">This is my early fathers day present that I awarded myself as my kid is still in the womb. :D I just started playing as a scout. I basically just made it past the beginning. I am in Holy Crap mode right now. Everything seems so cool, I started off using my sword which was kind of funny running up to them as they are blasting away missing me. But I switched to a blaster because it seems kind of suicidal to take on people with blasters using a sword when you are a corridors length away. I have now taking a more tactical approach using a grenade than blasters. Is it me or does it seem like the technology has not developed much in 4000 years?
This is the best developed game I have seen in terms of installation. I was about half way through installation and my cd drive stopped responding. Happens when I install NWN and I dont hit browse first. With NWN and every other game I have to delete it from my hard drive and remove registry keys and start all over because it thinks it is already installed. This happened to me in KotOR and when I rebooted and poped the disc in again it basically started installing were it left off which is the way it should work. This made me a happy camper.</font> [ 06-14-2005, 02:56 PM: Message edited by: pritchke ] |
you havent even gotten to the best parts. Im going to say the first planet is boring and it gets better but somewhere around the middle of the game a part happens that really makes this game out of the ordinary.
It has a really dramatic great story. |
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Seriously though, I personally thought the first KOTOR game was truly excellent. I had a lot of fun playing it. I agree with the others about the 2nd one not having as good of a story. I do think the 2nd one had a little better replay value though, at least as far as playing once as a good character and once as an evil one. [ 06-15-2005, 03:50 AM: Message edited by: Bumbus ] |
<font face="Verdana" size="3" color="#00FF00">Can I upgrade my swoop racer? If so how? I am not quite good enough to beat the level two three time on Tatoinee and in water world I can't beat any time.</font>
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This is a good site for hints on KOTOR and many other games. This link takes you straight to the KOTOR section: http://www.uhs-hints.com/uhsweb/swkotor.php Good luck and have fun! |
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This is a good site for hints on KOTOR and many other games. This link takes you straight to the KOTOR section: http://www.uhs-hints.com/uhsweb/swkotor.php Good luck and have fun! </font>[/QUOTE]If it is frustrating you there is a mod out there that will make all the pads appear in a straight line allowing you to beat the times easy. |
I have to say that I gave up on the swoop racing. I didn't have the patience it took to practice the race, lose, rinse, repeat method over and over (it's probably just my reflexes that aren't doing the job). Since the racing seemed like a real marginal add-on (second only to pazaak), I just didn't bother. But lots of people seemed to enjoy racing. It must be nice to become the swoop champ.
Anyway - I am posting to ask if anyone else has found that combat in this game (especially after the first couple of planets) is really unbalanced (read: pretty easy)? I don't mean this as a good thing at all, because even on the difficult setting, my party is just slicing through everything (especially if I bring two other jedi along). It's still a lot of fun and a great story, but... Any thoughts? |
<font face="Verdana" size="3" color="#00FF00">Well I have finally finished, What a twist, what a ending. Time to play again as one mean b**** and take over the galaxy. No more nice stuff this time to see how evil I can get.
One of the best RPGs I have played not only does it have a good story the graphics are nice too.</font> [ 07-06-2005, 12:01 AM: Message edited by: pritchke ] |
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But when the game is that good, a slightly unbalanced combat system won't keep me from playing through again. |
<font face="Verdana" size="3" color="#009999">Starting on II now, so far very similar in terms of gameplay? I am wondering am I still the same Jedi as in this one, 5 years does not seem a long time to rule, if not how did I get the ship and robots. Hmmm? Don't tell me I am sure the story will work itself out.</font>
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