Grooben

LucasArts is pretty much the biggest **** for continuity to exist. If it's in the game LucasArts probably accepts it as legit, even if it's completely retarded and lacking in continuity. Personally, I'd been wanting to see a Basilisk since Canderous first told me about it in KOTOR, I was severely disappointed with KOTOR2's pretend vessel called a basilisk. We can't help that LucasArts is about as intelligent as your common rock.

It didn't really occur to me that I had to spend the vast majority of a week playing a game just in order to have opinions about it. Nevermind that though, I dwell in a free country and at 22 hours or 122 hours, I can develop and express my opinions. That you *HAVE* to play for a set period of time in order to be taken seriously is ridiculous. However, that's how you want to float so go for it. Lame as all hell. Lame game, lame people who think I need to spend 40+ hours to determine a game I've already determined as crap to be crap, lame lameness. Next time I find a poor sequel of a game (any one of the slew of turds EA considers games) I'll be sure to play it for a few months before I determine it's crap, just for you. Come on people, I don't need to know 100% of the stuff in KOTOR2 to have figured out that it's a huge letdown. Frankly, 22 hours is a fair amount of test time to determine it's worthiness. I beat KOTOR in a similar amount of time my first time, and I proceeded to replay KOTOR about 8 times. Set your bars at 40+, I enjoy free time, not being a slave.

Oh I didn't really race through it so much. I just can't cope with Xbox controls. My guy kept bashing even though he had security. So when I'd broken 70% of all the items in the game, I got to the point that I stopped paying attention and started mauling things to death/openness. I can't stand lightside, Carth, or Kreia. They're all unnatural, creepy, and I simply can't handle being good. Carth needs to be smacked upside the head, Kreia needs to wear pants, and lightside needs to stop letting people "live". (ooh, idle citizen! CRUSH...CRUSH....CRUSH....CRUSH...) Bioware handed off the opportunity for Kotor2, and NWN2, so they could focus on Jade Empire. Black Isle - black hunk of rock Obsidian - black rock Too convenient, ok? Obsidian = lovechild of Bioware.

Lets just hope that Bioware does any future KOTOR releases, that any future KOTORs also have HK-47 actually in more than 10-20% of the game (how long did I get with HK-47? Exactly enough time to do jack). Now I love Black Isle, but if Bioware still is of the opinion giving KOTOR2 to Obsidian was wise, I see dark times looming ahead for gamers of all platforms. I cannot possibly conceive of a good reason to play KOTOR2 a second time. I played evil, and absolutely nothing made sense ever. Why goto the bridge to kill Nihilus if I'm just blowing up the bloody ship anyway? Why not let Kreia win? I have no complaints to that (obvious reason why, Obsidian opted for a plot option that'd ruin LucasArts' Star Wars continuity, and thus were forced with only one option. Great idea). My KOTOR love interest joined me, yet in KOTOR2 Kreia predicts Handmaiden attemps to forget me. What a sense of accomplishment. If I couldn't manage to jumble together my purpose, at least I failed at love. Woohoo! More irritating wookiees! Can I get a party FULL of those irritating beasts, please? Sure, they may be neat to some people, but really all they are is big, loud, annoying tribals. Nothing against tribals, but at least tribals will kill me for more valid reasons. Nothing is explained. Nothing is logical. Nothing in KOTOR2 except the pleasant lack of Carth made it worth my 22 hours. There are some imporvements which are nice, I admit. Nothing exceedingly exceptional, though. Not only did I never understand plot-wise what was going on, I also never understood what I was supposed to be doing. Tracking down Jedi Masters, sure, why? Information about my exile? What do I care? Not much, apparently, I never really found out any good solid information. I'll hope that it's way better on PC, and keep hoping till I'm proven correct or wrong... *prays to Bioware*