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Unfortunately, the interface for juggling your partyвЂ™s abilities or switching weapons mid-fight is clunky. Most characters have only a few activated abilities, which makes managing those abilities generally simple.

The actual combat bounces back and forth between being dreadfully boring and panic-inducing. I also appreciated, however, that the underlying game system (based on the pen-and-paper Star Wars Roleplaying Game by Wizards of the Coast) gives you enough flexibility to play a more highly optimized character if you want to. I was happy to find, in turn, that the gameвЂ™s suggested paths are good enough to get you from start to finish with limited frustration. Journeying through the game I played a scoundrel (and later a Jedi Sentinel) with the recommended stats. A few reused voice actors also caused me to do double takes, especially when I realized that one actor served both as a revered Jedi Master and a major antagonist. That peculiarity, as well as the cutscenes, really give away the gameвЂ™s age. The visuals still hold up reasonably well, but depending on the resolution you choose you may find that the menus and pause screens inhabit a laughably small area of the screen. Interactions with party members, and their different reactions to quest choices are present, but less obvious than the relationship tracking ratings used by modern Bioware RPGs. Though I found myself missing modern RPG standards at times, it is still fascinating to see their nascent forms as they existed in KotOR. The quest log system is better than some older RPGs, with your active quests given reasonably clear descriptions that are easy enough to follow, but thereвЂ™s no quest tracker or map integration to make finding your objectives easier. The combat system suffers from unforgiving randomness and awkward AI pathfinding, and its inventory system lacks all but the simplest sorting mechanism that will leave you wishing for a search feature. The introduction to the gamesвЂ™ controls is provided by a 4th-wall-breaking and clearly doomed ensign who kindly and calmly guides you through the interface while the ship youвЂ™re on is under attack. As well-loved as KotOR is, it will also make you appreciate some of the features of RPGs we now consider standard.

Not all of the elements of the game inspired that kind of warm recollection, however. With KoTOR though, the opening moments drew me in with a memory that I hadnвЂ™t expect to value as much as I did. Games like Skyrim and Dragon Age: Inquisition allow complete customization of a character thereвЂ™s little incentive to stick with a familiar face over multiple play throughs.

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Starting the PC version from GOG, I was struck with how rare that experience is today. I was looking at the pre-made face of the character I played the first time I tried the game back in 2003 on the original Xbox. The first time I booted up Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic for this review, I went clicking through the character creation screen and quickly found myself lockedin an unexpected a moment of nostalgia.

In case youвЂ™ve somehow remained unspoiled of the gamesвЂ™ famous story, IвЂ™ve kept this review as spoiler-free as possible. Set 4,000 years before the events of The Phantom Menace, the story of the Sith Lords Revan and Malak is one of the most well-known in the Star Wars Expanded Universe. The first Star Wars video game to take on the RPG genre, Knights of the Old Republic was developed by BioWare and released for the original Xbox in 2003, later releasing for both PC and Mac. The classic roleplaying game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic has one of the best Jedi-centric stories out there, and remains fun and playable.