Wow within a five year span here on earth there are plenty of new things that get created. The items could be made by the same company and look similar I would have no problem with that but using the same items from the previous game and slapping a new name on them is just plain being lazy.
Look at the Sith mask aka the hunters mask for starters. Instead of designing a new mask they just use the old mask from K1. Good thing the Sith wrote their names on the back of their masks in those days otherwise they would be confused as all hell.
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Yer right about consumer goods, but military hardware doesn't change with the seasons. You see some new stuff and you see lots and lots of stuff that has been around for decades. Some countries were still using WWII Soviet tanks in the 80s and probably more recently. AK-47s, Kalishnikovs, these've been around for decades.
I'm not saying "Don't bemoan Obsidian's failure to needlessly fully replace all the gear from KOTOR 1" if that's how you feel, just don't expect your argument that it's somehow ridiculous to hold much water. You just wanted something different and you're disappointed.
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I hate when people get all technical and ****. Bottom line, the Obsidian Devs were lazy bastards and made up some ****ty excuse to hide the fact that they reused practically every armor piece graphic from the first KotOR. Why the **** are you mentioning WWII and Russian weapons? This is a KotOR 2 forum what the **** do we care. I see the comparison you're trying to make, but in this case it's just dumb. ****head.