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Audience Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Binding: Video Game
Brand: ACTIVISION
EAN: 0023272997151
Label: Activision
Manufacturer: Activision
Manufacturer Maximum Age: 216 months
Manufacturer Minimum Age: 132 months
Number Of Items: 1
Platform: Xbox
Publisher: Activision
Release Date: September 12, 2003
Studio: Activision
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Editorial Review:Amazon.co.uk Review:Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic takes place just a few years after the Mandolorian Wars, thousands of years before the events in the
Star Wars movies we know and love. Two Jedi, master Revan and his apprentice Malak, led the Republic's forces to victory and pursued the Mandalorians into deep space only to return as Dark Jedi at the head of a huge fleet of Sith warships. Its your task to find out why.
The storyline could have been a standard coming-of-age yarn but is instead a genuinely interesting adventure that gradually unravels your connection with these events. The game's planet-hopping adventures are driven by your exploration of these connections and how they relate to your larger goal of discovering the source of the Sith's surprise fleet. During your adventure you can explore side quests minor (such as racing swoops or gambling) and major (such as uncovering the fascinating back stories of your companions).
Star Wars fans will get a kick out of the rich lore introduced in the game, particularly the Tatooine storyline that reveals the origin and history of the Sand People.
Gameplay is an abbreviated form of Wizards of the Coast's d20 Star Wars RPG game system. The player creates a character as a member of one of three starting classes (soldier, smuggler, scout) and then later chooses a Jedi class (guardian, consular, sentinel). Joining the player's character are other Jedi, warriors, thieves, droids, a wookiee and even a Mandolorian. Combat is real-time turn-based, meaning the turns are seamless but the player has the option of pausing the action at any time to issue orders or direct any character to use a certain Force power, ability, feat or item.
Graphics range from adequate to exceptional. Lightsaber graphics and environmental effects (like waving grass, clouds and weather) bring the world to life. Complete with sounds straight out of the movies, the thrilling combat is pure
Star Wars.
All in all,
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is a masterpiece of
Star Wars gaming. The pacing, balance of action and dialogue, clever puzzles and quests and loving attention to detail have set the bar very high for role-playing games in general and
Star Wars games in particular. Consider this a must-have game. --
Mike Fehlauer
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This is my fave game EVER on the xbox! and one of the few that i have played right to the end. I love the aspect of being 'good' or 'evil' and how your character can change in looks depending on which side they are on!. The adventure part of the game is great some interesting puzzles, lots of choice to make, lots of gameplay. The graphics are pretty good and for the hard core star wars fan (which im not i'm afriad) there are some recognisable aliens and such like. I can honestly say i enjoyed every ...
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Even though we have now got the xbox 360 and ps3 i would highly recommend this game to anyone, this game is highly addictive as you always want to know whats next in the story..the beauty about this game for me and for all people that play this game is the interactive factor..you can either stay on the good side with the Jedi's or lean towards the dark side depending on your responces..ive done about 20 hours of gameplay and im probs a third of the way through the game..
The other really ...
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...Even though the sequel was around the same level Kotor is still my favorite because of the characters and the storyling which is entralling. Buy this game!!! i can't say enough good things about it and for this reason i'm going to keep it short.
This game is epic one of the best ever made and if you like this one, which you should do, then get KOTOR 2.
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I remember when this game came out and I really wanted to play it, but I couldn't as I only had a Playstation 2 and didn't want to buy an Xbox at the time as it was too expensive. So when I eventually got round to buying one in 2004 when the price was slashed to under £100 I couldn't resist any longer. Anyway this was one of the first games that I bought for it and it is now in my all time games top ten and I have been playing videogames since the Atari 2600 over 20 years ago.
There are ...
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There are no spoilers in this review.
KOTOR is fun and the ability to finally be a Jedi (with a lightsaber!) in an RPG game is a dream come true. The standard Bioware character progression system is one of the best in the business (based on D&D).
The main storyline itself was not groundbreaking, but does have an absolutely fantastic twist in it that you'll never see coming. However, most stories are blatantly based on Star Wars movie subplots and this makes the game feel a little ...
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