The first Knights of the Old Republic game in 2003 was, as a few people may already know, the first thing that really got me into Star Wars; to this day I still the amazed feeling of awe I had when I first set foot on Taris and looked at the beautiful city landscape, the shining sun in the game adding to the mood of the setting. The feeling was really cinched when I reached the ultimate twist in the game; that you are in fact Darth Revan, the apparently dead Sith Lord who was betrayed by his (or her) Apprentice, Sith Lords was actually a great game; sure, parts of it were rushed, and reading all the cut content makes me want to cry a little. But despite that, it was still a very satisfying game with a cliffhanger that left me going, “DAMN IT! I NEED THE THIRD ONE!” 3l2n3
In light of that – a notion that was also the feeling of countless other KOTOR fans – it’s understandable how a lot of people were upset and disappointed when, instead of the Knights of the Old Republic 3 many people had been wanting and waiting for (and even expecting) we got The Old Republic. I was among this crowd, and still am to a point, even if I’ve warmed up greatly to TOR and am now TOR being made, and whether or not making TOR instead of KOTOR 3 was a good move on Bioware’s part.
As everyone who has Kreia being vague. “Atton is a fool, and the Force looks out for ones such as him.” Ah, that really gives us some solid info. Thanks, Kreia. Thanks alot.
My point being, considering how attached we did get to the characters and how great the story was, I still feel like we needed one last installment to wrap things up and conclude those specific story lines. For example, what happened to majority of the characters from those games will be dead and the galaxy will be in a total different state.
TOR is also going to be a vastly different gameplay Empire at War. Except good this time.
Despite the fact that I do wish we had instead gotten KOTOR 3 rather than TOR, with so much of the latter being shown, I can’t help but get excited and eager for the release. Let’s face it, the game looks freakin’ awesome – as I said above, it’s WoW, but in SW form with an almost Mass Effect-type format, most notably with the World of Warcraft before, but that was only a trial. So… that doesn’t count!).
The story also seems pretty intriguing. The Jedi and Sith at war with each other certainly isn’t a new story, but in MMO format, and with the neat little tidbits we’ve been given, it certainly has the potential for epicness.
The fact that we can also play as a whole great variety of factions and species is awesome – I’m SO going to be a bounty hunter. Maybe a comic series, so that would be perfect! Please Bioware? Please…??
There’s also a whole great variation of big the game apparently is, there’s certainly room for a few more really good ones – I mean, what, no Kashyyyk? Really? Boo!
To wrap this up, I would’ve loved more than anything had they chosen to instead make Knights of the plan on picking it up as soon as it comes out.
