Star Wars: KoTOR Review

[Mythtify]

Man oh man..a star wars game wit ha top rating...I cant wait!

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/rpg/starwarsknightsoftor/index.html

 

[Bulsarra]

Played It Last Night

The Dist Manager for our local Gamestop hand delivered the game while I happened to be by at lunch so I got a chance to play for about 45 mins last night.

I covered the basics and was able to figure it out without opening the instruction manual which is always good.

I had some trouble with the way your character targets items like doors and containers but that may be because I didn't read the instructions and was mainly wanting an impression. (And was under intense pressure by my 8 year old nephew to at least LOOK at it before bed.)

I haven't got used to the combat yet, which is a "pick your attack and then watch" kind of style though it will log all the dice rolls and behind the scenes stuff.

And even though I'd reserved and prepaid for this game months ago and had been following its development I somehow missed that it was going to be a d20/Star Wars RPG. It was a nice surprise.

Everything else is OK. I haven't played it enough to be blown away by anything yet. The graphics are fine but nothing revolutionary...so far.

 

[John Crichton]

I played it for just about an hour before work today. Some of this will echo the linked review and the above poster but I'll share a bit of the experience -

• The game is pure fun.
• It is fast-paced, voice-acted well and generally easy to play.
• The simplified Star Wars d20 rules system that the game uses really work for me as I know that system fairly well and was able to jump right in and make a character easily, with a future Jedi class of which there are 3 choices (Guardian, Counselor, Sentinel) in mind.
• The choices you can have your character make pop up a lot and offer a good range of responses. Not all are completely straightforward and I can see playing the game again just to see what the other options do for gameplay.
• The combat is pretty cool. Which I'm not totally used to it just yet it's easy to control and offers a good deal of choices for what you want your character to be good at (I'm going the dual-melee route for the double-bladed lightsaber).
• The graphics aren't blow-you-away awesome but they more than get the job done. I can't wait to get into lightsaber combat.

Final thoughts - If you dig Star Wars, you'll love this game. Even if you don't like Star Wars I think there is enough in here to keep you interested. I'll post an update when I get farther...