whats with the praise for knights of the old republic?

ok so my friends lent me it like 5 months ago and i played it the day i got it and imo the fighting is absolute crap. so i forgot all about it than a few days ago i got told by loads of people to play it and i go back in and my views havent changed. it would been better had they just let us fight normally...

so what is the game praised for? it sure as hell cant be the fight system

ok so my friends lent me it like 5 months ago and i played it the day i got it and imo the fighting is absolute crap. so i forgot all about it than a few days ago i got told by loads of people to play it and i go back in and my views havent changed. it would been better had they just let us fight normally...

so what is the game praised for? it sure as hell cant be the fight system

Also.. it is an older game. If you play an xbox game you can't really expect it to feel like it was meant for the 360.

Speaking of which, does any know if kotor is actually backwards compatible now? I heard that there was a ton of glitches when you tried to use it on a 360 that made it practically unplayable.

ok so my friends lent me it like 5 months ago and i played it the day i got it and imo the fighting is absolute crap. so i forgot all about it than a few days ago i got told by loads of people to play it and i go back in and my views havent changed. it would been better had they just let us fight normally...

so what is the game praised for? it sure as hell cant be the fight system

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I agree with you the battle system is awful and it ruined the whole game for me it sucks.

I never beat the second one. Obsidian was rushed by Lucas Arts to get the second one out by Christmas that year, and boy does it show. That thing is incredibly buggy and incomplete. But... the parts that are fine are actually improvements over the gameplay in the first game, and I really like the atmosphere and characters. Team Gizka has been working on restoring some of the content to the PC game, but waiting for that is like waiting for Duke Nukem Forever to come out. Not sure how it's coming along.

KotOR is amazing. Great characters, great story, and lots of cool Jedi/Sith moves and powers. :)

Well, the battle system was partially turn based, which made it more than just the typical 3rd person shooter / brawler. The story line showed up and amazed people that star wars wasn't all about the prequels (which did not meet expectations). It was an RPG that appeared to have some real depth to it, allowing for multiple discussion trees at first glance, heck you even get to kill one of the main characters early on in the game if you so desire. Really there is only one thing I didn't like in it, and that was the whiny Carth... The sequel however lacked any polish what-so-ever.raahsnavj

Well that's why I didn't like the battle system it was very turn-based to me and I don't like Trun based Rpg's

maybe the combat. the combat isn't as good as in mass effectmayforcebeyou

It's an RPG that probably why you don't like it that much, it was a fantastic game imo.bigd575

Let me guess you played for five minutes and said it was "stupid". Every RPG is bad at first before you gain any decent skills or armors and weapons. KOTOR does s*** until you get more into like every RPG.Iceman8012

There are a couple of reasons why KOTOR is awesome (some of which have been mentioned by other users thus far). It's a ton of fun (especially dark side...), a great narrative and gameplay experience, is one of the best uses of the star wars license, giving you the best 'jedi' experience/feeling, has a great amount of force powers, and many different quest types (like playing detective early on, that part was cool). I remember being in the middle of playing it one day when a mate of mine came round (I was playing dark side on this run through), and decided to save some guy, then threaten and kill him. Which gave my mate a good laugh...

I'm also one of those that thought that the second one was almost as good as the original. I liked the story, and it gave me exactly what I wanted, more KOTOR goodness. I've played through both quite a number of time. It's one of my favourite series' ever, and pretty much got me into RPG's...

Well, of course you think it's crap. The game is several years old, and compared with newer and upcoming titles, it's not much. But at the time it was a great game, and so people who played it and loved it at the time naturally think it is a classic.ZZsharpshooter

Well, of course you think it's crap. The game is several years old, and compared with newer and upcoming titles, it's not much. But at the time it was a great game, and so people who played it and loved it at the time naturally think it is a classic.ZZsharpshooter

Let me guess you played for five minutes and said it was "stupid". Every RPG is bad at first before you gain any decent skills or armors and weapons. KOTOR does s*** until you get more into like every RPG.Iceman8012

Theres alot that they did right.

They created an incredibly true universe which captured the spirit of Star Wars while still doing something fresh and unique with it, everything from the characters to the music. The dialogue system was fantastic and allowed for incredible freedom in playing the game how you wanted and defining your character. The whole good/evil choice system was great and really deep. The combat was simple, strategic and yet appealing to action fans as well as RPG fans.

And most of all, they created what I think is easily one of the best stories put into a game. Its well written and thought out and it carries alot of emotional punch. Add the good/evil roleplaying to it and its just an unforgettable expericne.

I thought the combat was great