So long story short, I never got the chance to play either KotOR for xbox. I recently got it for PC but my friend ruined the first game by telling me that the main character is darth revan or malak or whatever. Is it still worth playing through the first one before KotOR 2 just so I understand/ enjoy the smaller parts of KotOR 2 or should I just start with the second one?
KotOR 1 is widely considered to be the better of the two. Play it, and wait for the KotOR 2 Restoration Project to be released (hopefully soon) and then play it. They are both great games. The first one is still a great game even if you know about Revan. There are plenty of surprises and such besides, and knowing the "big secret" certainly didn't stop me from replaying the game.
Restoration project? What is it restoring, and when is it going to be finished? And obviously the story won't have the same feel if I play it knowing what I do, but will I still feel satisfied after completing it (kotor1)?
Restoration project? What is it restoring, and when is it going to be finished? And obviously the story won't have the same feel if I play it knowing what I do, but will I still feel satisfied after completing it (kotor1)?0N1_L3G3ND
It's a mod that will restore cut content from the game, and hopfully improve the rather lame ending portion of KotOR 2. It's been in the works forever, but from what I can see is hopefully approaching a public release.
You'll still feel satisfied playing KotOR 1. It's not like the Revan thing is what the entire game rests on. You'll have lots of fun roleplaying as the goodie-goodie Jedi, or an utterly evil Sith. (or something in-between... but that's no fun is it?)
it saddens me that you had to find out imo the best part of the story without actually playing through it. fortunately I was able to get to that part and experience it without spoilers, and it's a really well planned out story. i'd still recommend playing through KOTOR before KOTOR 2, because frankly KOTOR is a better game. I replayed KOTOR 5 times and KOTOR 2 twice, so dont worry about the spoiler ruining the experience too much, although it really is a shame. but seeing as I replayed the first one alot and still had fun each time tryihng out new things, i wouuldn't worry about not having fun or anything like that because you certainly will.
the beginning takes a while (you dont start off with awesome Jedi like status and Jedi powers obviously) but once you get off the first planet it gets really fun, well it did for me anyway.
If the story is all you care about, there's no reason to play it now. Reading the script would kind of help you finish games much quicker if that's all you want from a game.
It's still a fun game to play, and the personalities of your party are awesome.
Its totally worth it to play KOTOR, its an excellent game with a great story, characters and it has tremendous reply value. KOTOR 2 on the other hand is a real let down. If you play any of the kotor games just make sure you play the first one.
I actually figuired out the great "twist" in the original KoTOR quite a while before it actually occured in the storyline... but yeah, it was still a fun playthrough. I still don't consider it one of the greatest RPGs as so many herald it to be, however. I save that spot for Planescape: Torment ;)
I revealed the ending to a friend by accident... *smack my head* Felt like an ass for doing that. I feel for you, man. That twist took me by surprise and I won't lie to you, it was one of the highlights of the game.
Still, I've played Kotor 7 times or something. It's starting to get old, during my last playthrough I though: "Maybe this is the last time I play this game..." That's a first.
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