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Bioware probably figured most people would be eager to get to the starforge and rescue Bastilla by that point in that game, so they didn't want to hold people up with side-quests.

I'd like the levels to be less closed-in and repetitive in KOTOR 2. A lot of the wilderness areas in KOTOR felt way too Diablo II esque. And I agree they should put more stuff to do in the wilderness areas then just one random encounter after another. I thought the dungeon and city areas were well done in KOTOR, though the cities could have been bigger. The computer hacking made the dungeon levels fun.

Yeah, I'm sure they'll write good dialogue. The question is whether there'll be enough dialogue options. The dialogue in KOTOR was well-written, just mostly restricted to the good guy response, the psycho response or the apathetic response.

Lol. Lucas can call them whatever he wants. Point is, they don't use the dark side of the force, and they won't use it. The way I see it, they're light side Jedi that just don't believe everything the council says goes. At the very least they're far more inclined towards the light side then the dark side.

That's why there need to be more dialogue options, dark and light.

In the Valhalla games interview, I read that there were complaints about KOTOR's dark side role-playing options being mostly petty and thuggish. I agree with this, but I also think the game's Light side role-playing options needed improvement. Most of the light side dialogue options were too self-righteous and submissive. My worst was the dialogue with Juhani. If you wanted to turn her, then unless you had high persuade skill, the only dialogue options you could choose that would get her to cooperate were the most annoying and self-righteous ones like "The first step to knowledge is admitting you are ignorant." Now why the hell would I want to say something like that? Also, a lot of the dialogue options for light side suggest you have to agree with everything the Jedi council said, though there were some exceptions. Basically just because you're light side shouldn't mean you have to be a goody goody. How about being able to play a more defiant light side Jedi, like Qui Gon, or someone like Jolee?