There are no fanboys screaming WHOOOOOOOO just because this music is playing. I tamped down my annoyance I like lightsabers and Jedi and Sith, I reminded myself I like this universe and this lore. Don't get me wrong, I like Star Wars - but I don't love Star Wars, and when you don't love Star Wars the behaviour of some people who do love Star Wars is enough to make you want to get in a time machine and hand out condoms to a generation of parents.Īt this stage in my life I have an almost Pavlovian reaction of irritation to Star Wars, and so it was that I almost gave up on KOTOR 2 as soon as the famous scrolling text screen rolled in. It's probably my distaste for Star Wars fandom that has prevented me taking the plunge. 'I sure am glad we don't have to play those any more.' I uninstalled it and fired up Mass Effect 3. ('Wow, this is exactly like an old school PC RPG,' I said, respect swelling in my heart. Obsidian did KOTOR 2, of course, but it did it building on BioWare's formula, and in any case that's another studio I greatly admire I'm one of those who prefers New Vegas to Fallout 3, and while Pillars of Eternity isn't to my taste, my dip into its world left me impressed. It's a strange hole in my education, since I've always been an RPG fan and will devour almost anything BioWare cares to spit out. I probably wouldn't ever have gotten around to it if it weren't for the recent major update to Obsidian's notoriously unfinished RPG sequel, and a recommendation from a friend. KOTOR and KOTOR 2 date back to a period when video games faded into the background thanks to life demands, and since I wasn't on board the first Xbox, they passed me by completely. In this episode, Brenna tackles Knight of the Old Republic 2. Indies, sale bargains, classics or just missed opportunities – nothing is safe from our ravenous team. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic has a new lease on life, giving us another chance to experience the evolution of a genre.īacklog is an irregular VG247 feature in which we take advantage of quieter times to check out games that went under our radars.

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