oddball

Not that my opinion differs from many others, or that it will be taken with arms wide open, but I do have an opinion to express about this game. I do not own KOTOR 2, but I do own KOTOR. When I first played KOTOR I was expecting it to be another lame, failed attempt at reviving the Star Wars franchise within the video game industry. I was very wrong to assume this; I loved every second of KOTOR. When I finished the game I was literally in awe at the quality that the game had succeeded in brining from the very beginning. Nearly every aspect of the game was perfect, and this is coming from a gamer who doesn't even like RPG's. Fast forward a year later and you have reviews from well respected publications praising the sequel. I'm generally not the type of gamer who follows what other people say without first delving deep into the community and really finding out how the game holds up. So I started searching around gaming forums and to my surprise I come to realize that many people are unsatisfied with the quality of the game as a whole. Now some people really got hung up on the ending, and others were disgusted at how many bugs the game had. But more to my surprise was how others were standing up for Obsidian as well as Lucas Arts in their tight lipped approach at acknowledging these failures. In my opinion it is the job the game developer to put out a solid game that delivers on all fronts. This isn't always possible with a story line because that is subject to taste; but the stability of a game is well within the hands of a game developer. If they fail to hold up to their end of the bargain then it is your job as the consumer to bring this to their attention. A patch is indeed coming out for KOTOR 2, which should solve many of the crashing problems, but there still is the matter of the ending... I believe that Lucas Arts is at fault for pushing an Xmas release which did not allow Obsidian to finish the game on time; but I also think that Obsidian is at fault for not delivering a worthy predecessor to such a great game. From what I read, there are many flaws in the dialogue, cut-scenes, as well as the bugs and story which doesn't fit together. For those of you who did enjoy the game, that's great. I'm glad to hear that you were satisfied with your $50 commitment. But there are still those who are completely unsatisfied with what they expected to be an over-all good, stable game. I am not going to purchase KOTOR 2 for the mere reason that I don't want to ruin my experience with the first. Now if there is a content patch released that fixes many of these errors/bugs and the ending, then I will purchase the game.