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Just in case anyone hadnt seen this. The framerate issues aren't really related to graphics at all. The problem is caused by all of the other systems throughout the game engine that are running. Creature AI updates, script execution, combat AI, etc. All those things take up CPU time and make it slower for the game engine to complete '1 loop' so that it can render the next frame. Which is why you'll probably find the slowest framerates in combat. The trouble with framerates is a side effect of using what was essentially a PC game engine on a console. PC engines tend to be written with convenience and flexibility in mind. But the side effect of this 'designer friendly' approach is that the game is slower. Data is stored as strings more than binary data, and string compares are rampant throughout the code, which are overly expensive (CPU-wise) operations compared to alternative approaches. Console-specific engines tend to be written a lot tighter. They tend to be far more memory efficient and clockcycle efficient. To solve these problems in KotOR2, we would have to have rewritten a lot of the engine, which the timeline for the project did not allow for. And even still, we made amazing improvements over many of the systems, it's just that we then turned around and pushed the systems harder than they had been pushed before. Early on in the project, we roughly doubled the average framerate of KotOR1, but then added a lot more stuff to the areas and the framerate went back down. We're also loading roughly 2 to 3 times the data per area load that KotOR1 loaded, but we were able to speed the loading process up enough that the load times are roughly equivalent to KotOR1. If we were loading KotOR1 levels with our changes, the load times would have been much faster. Most of the time, we considered KotOR1 the 'as bad as we can let it get' in terms of load times and framerates, then kept adding content to areas until the game slowed down to roughly the KotOR1 performance, figuring that was a safe baseline to operate from. -Akari <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Possible. I gotten a few games early from my local Best Buy. But usually only a day or so. I guess this qualifies. Usually if you ask someone to look in the back to see if its in, they will.

And then end up declaring victory for his side.

He used this alot.

We're not whining. If anything, you are. We are merely stating when it comes out. Calm down.

most stores game monday, guide tusday. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> For stores near me its game tuesday, guide wednesday. *shrug*

Im not a lawyer, but my father is one, and I really doubt anyone would copyright a video review. Not only would it be pointless as much of the review belongs to the game which is copyrighted separately, but it leads to the question why? So I think it would be okay to spread it. Just my opinion. Youre entitled to your own.

Does anyone else see the video review? Im having trouble loading the main page (not the article review) and dont see it.

Actually you need glasses. Read the last page of the review. The reviewer didn't average the five categories evenly. She (I'm assuming hilary is a girl) gave it a 9.3 <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hilary is a guy.

The score is a 9.3. IGN clearly states their scores are not averages.

Well, IGN scores always are a little screwy. Expect a lower score from Gamespot.

Ok not too much in the way of spoilers. It spoils one quest that we already sort of knew about if you read the OXM review. However, it does give away the motivation for moving from planet to planet. And it says the story falls short in the end, not comparing to the original.

Reading it now.

Ditto.

Interesting. Does this mean that such an event could occur on a planet you had previously visited?

Id think theyd feel sorry for us instead.

That could well be the case with the Jedi as a whole (given the apprentice element), but there must be something special about your character if they're gonna top the "you are revan" plot twist. Something like "you are his father's brother's flatmate from colloge's best freind's second cousin twiced removed's Mog." <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Funny movie.

Still, level shouldnt affect "medical procedures".

Sorry, I meant 9 pm Eastern time.

Theyve been updating at around 9pm daily. So I would check around then.

The only even slightly difficult thing was that energy transfer puzzle, and I figured that out just fine.

There might always be a choice, yet due to manipulation and deceit people might never realize they have that choice.

Religion is the cause of most of humanity's problems. It is an outdated defunct form of group mind philosophy to help people feel better at night. By all rights, it should have disappeared a long time ago and until it does nothing will get better.

To each his/her own.

Its not so much a shock as an added bonus. If you chose soldier or scoundrel in K1, you had to use feats to gain access to implants. If you didnt there was equipment you could never use. If the feats are given to you for free in this game that would be great.