keats

I have tried to find something on this... LA is a very strong label here as well but we don't get a lot of own attention. Most information, game versions and advertisments are the same as in the US just localized to another language. That could be the problem, though. The impression that the Bastila/Revan romance was far more detailed is a personal one. But if you translate "the Dark Lord" to german, french or dutch (or spanish but I am not sure) you end up with "male" because there is no neutral "the" here. "Dark Lord" is male and so the male article is translated as well. Furthermore most reviews that take a look at the story call Revan "him" here. Even a Wikipedia article does. I am not sure if that is an official point of view or just a continous mistake that got its own legs. "The Exile" on the other hand is gender neutral here so it is much easier to translate to whatever you want. It is very interesting, though. I have never questioned the "fact" that Revan is constructed to be male and that the Exile is quite neutral. But maybe its only because of the translation. keats

True. I wouldn't care that much at all but Revan seems to be constructed as a male character (just an impression - the whole Bastila/Revan romance seems to be much more detailed) and the Exile would be a good female character. But that's something they have to solve anyways if they continue a story where these characters are more than a sidenote. In a written history it won't be a problem and if they stick to their in-game movies then it won't be that difficult to integrate them in future cutscenes as well. But I have to agree that a movie DVD won't be such a good idea. I haven't thought about that. keats

I guess you are right. While you can find movie cuts of the FF Series and XG on eBay that have all important in-game scenes to create a complete game movie it's most likley nothing for the average customer. But a summary of KotoR 1&2 on an in-game computer won't be that different (only less stylish ). XG2 did that as well and Fallout gave you most of its history that way. If people care then they can read it and if they don't then I guess they probably won't ask themselves who these Revan and Exile guys/gals are at all. Well, back in the old days there were nice printed background stories that came with a game... keats

Thanks for your answer and your kind words concerning my spelling. ...that makes sense. I was quite sure that I have heard something about a KotoR3 way back before I played 1&2. I seem to be waiting for a lot of sequels recently but as long as they haven't denied the release of a 3rd installment there is still hope I guess. Your are right about the soldiers and I guess it's a question of personal taste until LA decides or announces what's going on in K3. Actually there is no direct hint about some kind of "Ragnarok" (would be a better desciption than judgement day) but no spaceships / no machines on the other hand seem strange in the SW universe. If they don't continue the story it would be an acceptable explanation, though. A little bit like The Lord of the Rings. Sailing to the west... I guess I check out the forums. Perhaps I find some inspiration on that. If they continue the tale of Revan and the Exile then there is no need to make them PCs. Spiritual or military leaders would be just fine. I don't think they would limit the game to people who played 1&2 that way. Actually some kind of in-game library would be suitable to give interested people the opportunity to get up to date on them. Or a DVD of the past like bundled with Xenosaga 2. keats

Hi! Well, I am new here. But don't be afraid... I don't post a lot. I have just finished KotoR 1 & 2 in a row and thought it would be a nice thing to know if there is some Add-On or KotoR3 in the works. ... and I am not sure about the end either. I didn't like it. It was to short. It was lacking the more personal part of K1. But that's common talk. Which leads me to the question if K3 should be a direct sequel to K2 or not. I Have read in this thread that there are quite different opinions. While I would favour such a sequel and seeing Revan & Bastila married with children commanding the LS forces (yeah, I like it cheesy ) I am not sure if the ending intends something that way. Kreia said something like "to fight in the war at the end of all things.". That sounded somehow meta-physical to me. Like she was refering to some kind of judegment day and not a real physical war? I know that the Exile left in the Ebon Hawk and not mystically trancends to some higher entity but perhaps that was just a matter of storytelling using pictures? I don't play games for the action. I like the stories... epic stories that sometimes can compete with some of the great books out there. But I would like to see some gameplay things in KotoR3, too. - more NPC interaction ... I like how it was done in K1 or Baldurs Gate. The NPCs actually start to talk with you about their problems and feelings and don't wait until you do some oh so good/bad stuff and it wasn't necessary to have them around at the right time in the right place... - a real romance again... - I don't want to be continously forced to team up with pre definced NPC choices... of course it is necessary to some extend but the visions of Kreia were a great way to keep her around without actually having her in the team... Atton gave a ComLink to the PC in the beginning of the game. Basically a good idea. - more Jedi items or characters that can't become Jedi to acutally take use of all that armor and blasters - more non-combat force powers - I understand that a lot of people want to be free as possible in their character creation but perhaps a predefinded PC with an own voice would support the story better. RPgaming is something that I do with other people. I don't get myself to imagine an in-depth character in front of a monitor... at least not well enough. Revan was quite an interesting idea to combine a free character with some background. A fair trade. Well, I guess that's all for the time beeing. Thanks for reading. keats PS: Don't hit me for any mistakes. English ist not my first language. Thanks