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Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords is a video game that consists of 6 releases
Set about five years after the events of the first game, the galaxy is on the verge of falling into complete anarchy. As the last undecided Jedi, you must choose your path: either walk the path of a Jedi, or embrace the dark side and destroy the old order.
Overview
KOTOR II was the unfortunate child of a rushed production schedule, and as such has been definitively labeled as the lesser of the KOTOR games. KOTOR II maintains all of the core gameplay of KOTOR, while making subtle alterations and improvement to the UI, such as the ability to see whether a container is empty without having to open it, as you did in the first KOTOR. Another major addition was the inclusion of a party influence system which made your companions react to your decisions according to their personal moral codes. For example, if you ran around killing people with a goody-two shoes in our party, you would lose influence with them, while you would gain influence with the sadistic warrior. Overall KOTOR II's gameplay was much improved over the first, although it was plagued by bugs and glitches, likely as a result of it's already rushed production. There is currently a mod indevelopment by Team Gizka to restore the cut content of this game for the PC. It is currently in closed beta stage.Gameplay Changes
Gameplay in KOTOR II remains mostly unchanged from the original Knights of the Old Republic, although the process and controls were streamlined to be more efficient. Additions such as a shortcut button to automaticall switch from ranged to melee weapons and the ability to see if a container was empty without having to open it were natural additions to the game, along with several other minor improvements. The one major addition to the gameplay was the party influence system, which directly tied into the dialogue system. Whereas in the original Knights of the Old Republic, any dialogue tree could be entered into with your party members as long as you had sufficient experience, in KOTOR II you needed to have enough influence with that party member to access some dialogue trees. If the player character performs actions or says things that a party member agrees with, then the player will gain influence with that party member. If the player character acts in a way that irks their party members, then the player will lose influence. Party influence was vital to fully learn the backstories of your companions, and a high influence was also necessary to train your companions as Jedi. Although the influence system was touted as a major feature, it was not implemented into the final game heavily.Opening Crawl
It is a perilous time for thegalaxy. A brutal civil war has
all but destroyed the Jedi
Order, leaving the ailing
Republic on the verge of
collapse.
Amid the turmoil, the evil
Sith have spread across the
galaxy, hunting down and
destroying the remaining
Jedi Knights.
Narrowly escaping a deadly
Sith ambush, the last known
Jedi clings to life aboard a
battered freighter near the
ravaged world of Peragus....
Story
Kreia, a major character in The Sith Lords
Cameos
Two popular characters from the original game make cameos in KOTOR 2. Carth Onasi will appear and inquire to the Exile if she knows of Revan's current whereabouts. When it turns out the Exile does not know what happened to Revan, a short scene of a conversation between Carth and Bastilla Shan plays, discussing why Revan left, and where he might be. If the player played the original KOTOR darkside, Bastilla will appear in a Sith Holocron on Korriban. Also on Korriban, there is a cave that the Exile must be an extremely high level to enter. Upon entering this cave, the Exile is shown Force apparitions of Revan and Malak, in addition to another aappearance by Bastilla. Revan wears his mask however, so the player does not see his face.In addition to these, HK-47 and T3-M4 both return as party members in this edition. Aslo returning is Canderous Ordo, but he goes only by the name Mandalore, and never removes his helmet. It is only towards the end of the game that the player discovers that Mandalore is in fact Canderous. No other party members from the original KOTOR appear in KOTOR II.
Locations
KOTOR II Included a comparable amount of planets to the original KOTOR, all of them fully explorable:
Peragus II- A mining facility on an asteroid, the game begins in this mostly abandoned area, with the Exile having to gain access to the Hangar bay and escape.
Telos IV- A planet ravaged by Sith orbital bombardment during the Jedi Civil War, it is now the subject of a massive restoration effort, with the surface being terraformed back to a habitable environment, and the massive Citadel Station orbiting overheard.
Dantooine in KOTOR 2
Korriban- Another returning planet from the original KOTOR, Korriban, the former seat of Sith power, has fallen into ruin. After Revan left known space, the remaining Sith turned against each other, and their empire collapsed. Nothing remains now but ruins and tombs.
Onderon- A planet in the throes of a civil war between it's monarchy and it's military. Onderon is also considering seceding form the Republic.
Dxun- A moon orbiting Onderon, Dxun is covered in jungles and ruins, including the tomb of ancient Sith Freedon Nadd. A secret Mandalorian conclave calls this moon home, led by Canderous Ordo, who has assumed the title of Mandalore.
Malachor V
Malachor V- The planet where the final battles of the Mandalorian war took place. The hulks of ships destroyed in the final battle between Republic and Mandalorian forces clutter the planet's orbit.
Vista
The PC version of Knights of the Old Republic 2, does not work with Windows Vista. No patch has been released by Windows or Obsidian Entertainment to fix this problem. There are a number of ways that COULD fix this problem found through google and various KOTOR forum sites, but there is no definitive way to fix the game, it simply does not boot.Cut Content
Due to time constraints during the development of the game a lot of content got cut from the final project. The list of cut content is extensive and includes a lost Droid Factory, multiple endings, ways to kill off various members of your party. After release some players began to notice large gaps in the story line and after investigating the install data found a lot of cut content and unused sound clips. This eventually created the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II The Sith Lords Restoration Project who set about fixing bugs in the game and remaking the cut content. The last update on their website was made on the 22nd of October 2007 and features release candidate 1.0b10 which aparently reduces the final tally of cut content and bugs from 889 to just 16.
| Game Name | Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords |
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Dec. 6, 2004
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KOTOR 2 KOTOR II KOTOR:TSL |
Trivia
Which of the following is not a lightsaber form you can learn in KOTOR II?
- Soresu
- Juyo
- Jar`Kai
- Niman
User Reviews
| Platform | User Reviews | Avg. Score |
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| All Reviews | 7 reviews |
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| Xbox | 6 reviews |
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| PC | 1 review |
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