The "evil" party members actually have some personality, and the main plot doesn't feel like it is just regurgitating the same plot beats of the original trilogy. The titular Sith Lords are a little flat, but work showing the creepier cultier side of the Sith. Kreia is an interesting mentor/bad influence. In all mechanical ways it is worse then Kotor, but the characters and plot beats make the game shine. Kotor 2 is an incomplete game that is obvioulsy unpolished. The villain is lame and by building up Revan so much the story winds up undermining him. The Revan reveal does nothing for me because it mostly feels like yet another example of Bioware trying to make the player character feel like the coolest most important person in the setting. Kotor 1 is the better game, in the sense that it is complete and mostly polished, but I find the story and characters dull. Not gonna really cry over Avallone not being a part of it.
With any hope the KotoR remake will do amazing and warrant a full remake of 2 as well giving them a chance to flesh it out, even if Obsidian just like BioWare isn't a part of it. As an overall package and game KotoR still is a more complete experience even if 2 has some stronger characters and main plot elements. Where KotoR is very faithful, to a fault, to the kind of black and white morality that Star Wars presents you need that experience and setting of the stage before hand to really make the most of the subversions and questioning that 2 introduces and explores.Ģ has a lot more rough spots though due to its development troubles.
I don't think it would have been nearly as successful or strong an experience without having KotoR prior to it. KotoR 2 is just a great deconstruction of all of that. It's a little cheesy and melodramatic at times with it all, but that's what Star Wars is. It really does a fantastic job of capturing and mimicking that classic Star Wars feeling in this epic kind of journey from beginning to end. Pre-order STAR WARS: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords today before the game launches on June 8.I think KotoR is the single best piece of Star Wars media that has delivered a similar feeling of awe and surprise that the OT provided. Will you follow the light side and save the Galaxy, or succumb to the dark side and bring it all down? Lead a diverse crew of unique allies, make difficult choices with far-reaching consequences and decide your destiny. With the Jedi Order in ruin, the Republic’s only hope is a lone Jedi in exile struggling to reconnect with the Force.
You can learn more by visiting In this standalone sequel to the award-winning RPG STAR WARS: Knights of the Old Republic, the Sith Lords have hunted the Jedi to the edge of extinction and are on the verge of crushing the Old Republic.
The Sith Lords Restored Content DLC will be available post-launch as free DLC in the Nintendo eShop. Pre-order today: either the digital product, or the digital bundle with STAR WARS: Knights of the Old Republic, on the Nintendo Switch eShop. STAR WARS: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords will be available on June 8, 2022, for Nintendo Switch. Free, post-launch DLC includes ‘Restored Content’Įxperience the follow-up to the acclaimed original RPG STAR WARS Knights of the Old Republic in this epic story set in the darkest days of the Old Republic.