

Once a powerful force for good in the universe, the Jedi are now scattered and weakened, with many turning to the Dark Side and joining Malak's army. When the game begins, the Republic is at war with the Sith, led by the evil Darth Malak. Not only that, but it's a great RPG, with memorable characters, a compelling storyline, an atmospheric world (well, worlds), and a fun Force-based morality system that shapes your character's powers and personality. It's set 4,000 years before the Skywalker Saga, which means it's a rare opportunity to witness first-hand the ancient, previously unseen history of everyone's favourite galaxy far, far away. Developed by BioWare and released in 2003, Knights of the Old Republic is one of the best Star Wars games ever made. If you think you can do this and come up with ways to make Carth stop complaining, let's do this! Question 1 Revan's canonical gender is.For some people, the biggest announcement at this month's PlayStation Showcase wasn't God of War Ragnarök or Marvel's Wolverine-it was a remake of an 18-year-old Star Wars RPG.

Today, you'll be tasked with seeing how well you remember the original Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and while there will be spoilers for this game, we'll try to limit spoilers for the second game (as in no major plot twists). Where's the ambition? Where's the desire for something different?Īnd no, the player actually being Revan isn't something different. As you'll see in this quiz, the original and unique moments are outweighed by callbacks and a desire to tell the same story we've already seen a million times. Some of you will argue I'm being a nostalgic critic without being a guy in glasses, but Knights of the Old Republic is just another cliche Star Wars story. evil in the same ineffective way the prequels did. With KOTOR, all the game does is rip off iconic moments from other works and presents good vs. Traveling back in time 4,000 years before the original trilogy to do a somewhat-original story of good, evil, and Jolee Bindo? I'm all for that.īut, is KOTOR one of the series' best games? At the time of its July 2003 release, maybe, but now? It's hard for me to defend KOTOR when its sequel, even with all of the infamous cut content, does everything from gameplay to tone better.

I won't sit and lie to you: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is one of the series' most popular, groundbreaking, and even bold works. Let's push Bastila into the trash compactor! What greater weapon is there than to turn an enemy to your cause? To use their own knowledge against them?
