I was playing KotOR1 today and found myself wishing for some of the small, but crucial improvements the second game makes to the gaming experience. Not to mention that, thanks to the latest ATI drivers, KotOR1 now runs far worse on my computer...
I did a search and read several posts that talk of the improvements that were made, but none that really discuss them to any degree. So what were people's favourite aspects of the second game?
For me:
1) Larger, cleaner interface. It wasn't until I reinstalled the first game that I really noticed how small the menus were!
2) I thought the maps were generally better designed. Smaller, more indicative of where you were supposed to go. I hated Tatooine in the first game - those huge wide open stretches of sand that took forever to cross!
3) Speeded up walking in the space-suits; walking in the space-suits/diver suits in KotOR1 was painfully slow.
4) You don't have to use the gun turret on the Ebon Hawk (except when on Peragus, and then it doesn't matter if you don't get all the Sith) - this filled me with dread in KotOR1.
5) The dialogue in many places feels a lot more 'natural' - in KotOR1, especially in the beginning, some of the dialogue sounded stilted and intended to provide the player with specific information rather than sounding like normal conversation.
Other improvements are much more my own opinion...I like the NPCs a lot better in the second game, but then I really did detest Bastila in the first game