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*semi spoiler* Mandalore is pretty damn hi level when he becomes active in your party.

If I'm recalling correctly, most start out at around six. But they automatically gain levels immediately to catch up with your PC. This includes Mandalore.

Visceris is just being a silly wabbit.

Ohhh...basic info like when certain classes can receive feats. It would also be nice to have information about said feats and force powers too.

That's because you have the pc manual. The xbox manual is missing the nice charts that every rpger likes to study.

Obviously my opinion of the graphics is subjective, but to me, they're not as impressive as the first game. However, I do admit that k2 has some sweet animations that were not in the first game. But art and graphics taken in as a whole ---do not, to me, look as pretty as the first game. A big part of the reason has to do with the stuttering problems. What good are sweet looking animations when at times, you can't see it smoothly? The art may look nice as static pictures --but not when you're playing it and the game stutters. That is a legitimate complaint. That said, the graphics are not a major complaint for me. It's not a plus for the game but hardly a game breaker. It's still an issue though. Taking in the WHOLE package, I really like this game. Very much. It's living up to the hype.

ditto.

Ummm....errrr.....the graphics and art doesn't look as pretty as Kotor 1. I may be looking through rose lensed glasses with regards to the original, but K2's graphics doesn't have that oooomph. It just doesn't seem to have that polish. Then again...Obsidian didn't spend 3 years like Bio did.

Not like I have much credibility but for what it's worth... About 9 Hours In Art & Graphics: If you've read the professional reviews, believe them. Not as pretty as KotOR 1. Bugs/Gliches/Stuttering: Present but not annoyingly so. (This ain't a Troika game) Interface: Better than KotOR 1 Story: Captivating...so far EARLY, EARLY, EARLY, verdict: Feels just like a Black Isle game off a Bioware Engine

Not the kind that you have meals on. I'm talking about the kind with numbers and words and numbers arranged on a vertical an horizonatl manner. The type that is on occasion listed on the back of rpg game manuals. The kind that was missing from kotor 1's xbox manuals but were listed on pc manuals. You! Manual writers! Where they is??

A bit of a Catch-22 eh?

I believe sentinels are skill oriented as opposed to feat oriented. If you've played Fallout, sentinels are like characters with the "skilled" trait as opposed to "gifted" characters like guardians.

IF you know the cast...DON'T spill it here!!! Spoilers forum please!

We encountered a number of minor issues during the course of the game, such as characters who'd occasionally pass through walls (no, it's not a Force power), or dialogue options that would unexpectedly throw us back into the same dialogue loop. And the game doesn't really look any better than the original, but since it tries to get away with a few new graphical effects, its frame rate is often even worse, sometimes plummeting down into the single digits during some of the more-hectic battles. Given that the game's character models and relatively small environments aren't particularly detailed or attractive to begin with, this is rather unfortunate, since a role-playing game of this caliber really deserves better. On the other hand, the lightsaber action you'll be seeing frequently throughout the second half of the game is impressive, and the characters you'll be speaking with look reasonably good, mostly because their lips (again, if they have lips) are properly synced with their speech. All things considered, The Sith Lords looks fair at best. Fortunately, graphics aren't what's most important to a high-quality RPG. ^ from the review. Sounds like a fair critique of the graphics to me. Of course, I haven't played it, but both IGN and Gamespot have the same problems with the graphics. They never said that graphics was the deal breaker. But their concerns about it are legitimate.

Critiquing reviews is like criticizing the Academy on Oscar night. I guess it can be cathartic. Heh.

Funny thing too... If you read the IGN and Gamespot reviews side by side without looking at the scores, Kassavin's review was more positive than Goldstein's. Yet people were dwelling on the Gamespot score while ignoring what was written while the reverse was true for IGN's.

Uh? Did you happen to read the entire review and listen/read the reviewer's reasons for the score? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> To tell the truth, I really didn't see anything wrong with the review. Based on what Chris A. said, he got atleast one fact wrong with the amnesia bit...but it seemed like a decent enough review. He praised the good parts and talked about the graphics problem. Overall, it was a very favorable review which should reinforce those who are already fans and would be recommended to those who really enjoyed the original. My God, and people had a cow when IGN gave a 9.3...

Fanboys will be fanboys...

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There seems to bee to much redundancy in the kotor2 forums. May I suggest that the moderators get rid of the xbox and pc specific forums? If there are any technical problems, just post on the technical forums. Otherwise, the discussion reserved for those two platforms can be had under the general discussion. Also, storyline and spoilers should be merged into one. Addition by subtraction and consolidation. Just a thought.

Wouldn't it be MUCH more feasible if the topics were about specific spoilers rather than general spoilers? EX Topic 1: Sith Lightsaber quest EX Topic 2: Carth's bipolar disorder That way, people can only be spoiled on one piece of information rather than the whole thing.

Shouldn't the Spoilers forum and Storyline discussion be combined into one? If you're discussing the story, wouldn't there be spoilers included?

Ummm... no. I don't want an action-rpg Jedi Knight 3.

Glad I didn't play NY's defense this week for my fantasy league.

go to hell <{POST_SNAPBACK}> stright up <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ladies and Gentlemen: Rocksteady and Bebop.