Since then, I have been playing the game on and off, constantly being distracted by Skyrim. The wait was long, but last December, The Old Republic was finally released to the public. This was going to be amazing! It sounded like a recipe for pure, glorious triumph. When I learned this, my enthusiasm rose again to unprecedented levels. It was going to be the first truly story-driven MMO, fully voiced by hundreds of actors. I remember feeling rather unsure about that, until I heard that the developers were really stressing that this was going to be different from games like World of Warcraft, in that a deep storyline, dialogue choices and interesting NPCs were going to be a major focus of the MMO. The Old Republic would not be a singleplayer RPG like its predecessors, however. Could it be true? Yes, Bioware was working on a new game set in the Old Republic era. Then, sometime around 2008, an announcement was made. Sure, there were other great roleplaying games released by studios such as Bioware, Obsidian and Bethesda, but fans of Star Wars, and of the Old Republic era in particular, were left with faint hopes and little else to cling onto. Entire plotlines were left dangling in the air and the final few hours of the game felt like the developers were hastily trying to finish the job while the developer was calling out вЂњPencils down!вЂќДЄnd then came that long, dark time of absolute silence. Unfortunately, it was also blatantly obvious the game was simply not finished. Also, it explored the philosophical and moral aspects of the Jedi, the Sith and the Force in general in a thought-provoking way.

It was backed by an impressively complex story and some of the deepest characterisations IвЂ™ve seen. ThereвЂ™s no doubt KOTORвЂ™s successor had its merits. KOTOR 2 was, in my opinion, a bit disappointing compared to the first one. ItвЂ™s rather remarkable how I can replay the game 8 years after its original release and still love every minute of it. No wonder then, that the original Knights of the Old Republic is definitely in my top-three list of favorite video games. Like many geeks, I love Star Wars and I love roleplaying games.

Kotor 2 gameplay menu