A very interesting sci-fi RPG. And, I'm assuming being a Star Wars fan helps. (Awesome game)
And I'm completely nuts for morale systems, where you can raise your character as good or evil. (Or in this case, Jedi or Sith.)
Pros:
The game takes you to several familiar places from the Star Wars galaxy (like Tatooine, Yavin, Kashyaak), and a few new places (like Koriban, or that stupid-fish planet), and features several alien races from the movies. It also has a bit of Philosophy, with the two opposing sects of Jedi (passive-aggressive meditators) and Sith (aggressive-warring conquerers).
The story is very good. It made me feel bad for some characters, and really hate others. (Carth; that pompous nitwit.) And as the robot chicken guy would say, "What a twist!"
From what I've read in some reviews, some people don't like the combat system. It's a turn-based attack system, like in Final Fantasy, only it gives you the freedom to run around in circles if you wanted, instead of attacking. The system's allrite, but I feel kind-of lazy. If they pimped it out like Fable, where you had to attack the enemy instead of push a button to attack, that would be better. But as it is, it's alrite.
Cons:
Gamewise, this game is excellent. But, there are a LOT of technical problems that bother me. For instance:
-I HATE the underwater/space suit. Worst invention ever. It takes the character's slow pace and slows it down even more. Horrible.
-Why are the characters always carrying around weapons? I mean, you'd probably get tired carrying around a huge cannon or a sword all the time, right? Why not put them away outside of combat?
-Movie scenes; that brief clip of a spaceship taking off takes about a minute for my computer to load. Maybe a streaming video would work better?
-Sometimes, it just won't let you bypass cutscenes/characters talking, which is bad if you have to reload several times because you keep dying after that 5 minute scene.
-I like games with large levels. More to explore. The problem with KOTOR is they didn't bother to give you a 'run' button, so you have to explore these large levels at a brisk jog.
-Some areas seem unecessarily large, for no real reason. (The water-planet comes to mind. It's just large, so you have walk around for a few minutes before finding anything worthwhile. It seems pointlessly large and mostly empty.)
-if you are moving too fast in an area, your teammates lag behind, getting stuck on corners and such, and you won't be able to exit the area until they catch up.
-There are a number of glitches if you have a secondary character equipped, and you try to talk to someone. Sometimes you end up teleporting back 30 feet.