On Friday I got a copy of Knights of the Old Republic 2 (KotOR2). Needless to say, the weekend has been dominated with playing it. Amazingly enough I still haven’t finished it yet. For those of you that didn’t play the first one on either xbox or PC, go do yourself a favor and get it. It’s by far one of the best game I’ve ever played. Needless to say, KotOR2 is pretty much more of the same.
Now, I know that a lot of you are thinking, “What? It’s just more of the same exact game?” Well, in a nutshell, yes. Granted there are a few improvements, but 95% of the game is exactly the same, just with a new/continuation of the story. What’s really nice, is that they pretty much took everything that everyone wasn’t a fan of in the first one, or stuff they wanted, and put it into the second one. The ability to have two weapons config set and ready to go, longer gameplay, dual-bladed light sabers, more weapons, etc.
What’s really creepy is that it seems as if it’s using my saved games from KotOR1 to fill in the story for this one. I’m not sure if it really is or not though, because it’s been so long since I played it, but you go to some of the same planets in both, and it’s crazy because how the story has progressed. If you haven’t played KotOR1 yet, you really should play it first before 2, just to appreciate the way the stories blend so well together.
I actually never beat the first one because I got to the end boss, and since I didn’t have light saber throw, I was practically impossible (I was light side). Then I tried to beat it again on the harder level and didn’t even get to the end boss as the dark side. So far, I haven’t had any problems with this one, so I’m imagining it’s going to be like the first. At least in this type of game it makes sense. I mean, at least in the last one, you were combating the strongest being in the universe. I suppose I shouldn’t have just been able to roll over him, but it would’ve been way cooler.
Now, I’m just hoping that they don’t have a max cap on the level of character you can have in the new one, because if it’s anywhere near where it was in the first one, I’m about done leveling up.