PRIMA Strategy Guide for KotOR2

[Nur Ab Sal]

yeah? what kinda bugs? are we talking like system threatning, or just anoying?

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For example it stated that you could convert Bastila to the darkside after seducing her.

[Darth Zakaria]

I'll be sure to get it just for a quick reference of all the fighting styles/skills...heck it makes a great collector's item like many of you have pointed out...

[Stargate: 2000]

I don't know why anyone would bother with guides like that since games such as KotOR are so freaking simple you would need to be a moron not to know what to do next.  Especially given the linear nature of the game.  I don't see KotOR 2 being much different from that.

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My main reason for getting the guide will be to know more about the characters, prestige classes and planets before I play the game. I can't see a reason why anyone would need the guide from an acctual gameplay stand point, just more along the lines of the pure info it might hold (even if some of it might be highly flawed).

[Craigboy2]

And it would really help me while making my fansite

[ampulator00]

I'm just getting it, just to get some info.

[Darth Jebus]

Not just with KOTOR, but anytime I've run into tough spots in any game I've played I've just gone online to get help. I've never bought a strategy guide. Not that there is anything wrong with it, it's just that in this day and age of mass communication and online entertainment, all you have to do is go to Google and type in "tips for defeating Darth Bandon" or whatever and 200,000 sites pop up.

 

Hell, you can probably download the strat guide online somewhere already.

[Rosbjerg]

I don't know why anyone would bother with guides like that since games such as KotOR are so freaking simple you would need to be a moron not to know what to do next.  Especially given the linear nature of the game.  I don't see KotOR 2 being much different from that.

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without trying to offend everyone by calling them morons! .. I agree with you! I never got stuck in KOTOR and it would only take someone 2 sec to find out where to go next .. You are given orders all the time, I mean a 7 year old kid could follow the linear story of this game! but you could use a walkthrough to see if there is a sidequest you missed .. Even though they are pretty easy to spot as well .. Everyone worth talking to had a name!

[envida]

I don't know why anyone would bother with guides like that since games such as KotOR are so freaking simple you would need to be a moron not to know what to do next.  Especially given the linear nature of the game.  I don't see KotOR 2 being much different from that.

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Well as many has already stated, the DVD enhanced guide is interesting to have for the extra info about characters, planets and stuff, not necessary for the walkthrough of the game.

No need to offend and call people morons for nothing.

[Laozi]

Having a strategy guide for KOTOR was like having a strategy guide to use the bathroom, I guess there could be a few hangups, but all and all if you really tried you could figure it out

[Ivan the Terrible]

Why, in the era of Gamefaqs.com, would anyone bother buying an 'official' strategy guide?

 

A fool and his money are soon parted.

 

EDIT: And is the often highly-flawed take of a few people uninvolved in the development on planets and characters in the game really worth buying a whole freaking strategy guide?

[MASTER]

if I need I will get but I doubt it

[mista_me]

I think that the extras sound interesting but I doubt I'll need them, and if I do someone wil have probably posted it all over the internet anyways! "

[SmkJaguar]

Some one's probably gonna get the guide on Nov 30, and end up quoting whole sections of it just to wreck it for Xbox and PC gamers alike (almost a week ahead of the general public even getting a chance to start).

 

I'm thinking the Spoiler section should go up on the 29th. But I don't think even that measure will be enough.

[KOTORFanactic]

I never bother buying strategy guides, it takes the fun out of the game, and ruins key points, by telling you the best bits. Like how to get this person to turn lightside through conversation, or how to complete a guys sidequest. In a way, startegy guides are spoilers in themselves.

[Ameorn]

I used a walkthrough that only described where to go and that there will be a cutscene at the end of the passage (for example). The game was Star Ocean btw. Antway, my point is that if they would make a guide that uses a system like that and doesn't ruin the conversations and other big part of the game, i'll probably use it after i've been through the game a couple of times on my own.

[jaguars4ever]

As our Governator would say, 'strategy guides' are for girly men! ^_^

[envida]

As out Governator would say, 'strategy guides' are for girly men!  ^_^

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Arnie is cool and so sexists it's just funny

[Nur Ab Sal]

I wonder if Arnie has ever played KOTOR...

[Sorwen]

I get strat guides for one reason and that is so I don't miss half the things in the game. Now days it is almost impossible to find everything in a game without a strat guide or access to someone who bought one. I don't care about the character info, I just care about the fact I might have to go to the dead end and use useless item A to find the hidden door to get the chance to talk to character B 20 hrs later in the game.

 

Why, in the era of Gamefaqs.com, would anyone bother buying an 'official' strategy guide?

Because it is a pain in the rear to have to keep going back to the site. I'll pay the $20(max for most) to have the thing color printed out into a book with pictures that I can just look over at. What I hate is lately(mainly bradygames, but others have been doing it too) strategy guides have been leaving out half the information.

 

I can't remember which game it was, but they left out half of the findable items. Saying something like well if you just look every where you'll find them, we will only list the first place you would find a new item. I'm glade they feel that stat up item isn't important to find in an area because you've already found one in another area. I buy these stupid things so I don't have to look at every inch of a game to find the items.

[Judge Hades]

So, you are lazy.

[Rosbjerg]

So, you are lazy.

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funny I was thinking the same thing .. why buy something for 20 $ .. If you want it that badly, print the Walkthrough and put some pictures on it! that'll save you some bucks right there ..

[BC83]

So, you are lazy.

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I am lazy and proud of it. I just want to have fun with a game and I like to have the guides on hand when I play the game. I like the simple life.

[Lord Satasn]

I wonder if Arnie has ever played KOTOR...

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I don't think Arnold would be able to work an Xbox-might be too hard for him....

lol...

[Darth333]

I get strat guides for one reason and that is so I don't miss half the things in the game.  Now days it is almost impossible to find everything in a game without a strat guide or access to someone who bought one.  I don't care about the character info, I just care about the fact I might have to go to the dead end and use useless item A to find the hidden door to get the chance to talk to character B 20 hrs later in the game.

This is something I would never do: what's the fun of going through a game when you already know what's coming ahead <_< I prefer to play it one or two times and discover what the game has to offer, especially in a RPG like KotOR. It is much more fun than using a strategy guide.

 

As for finding the hidden stuff...I prefer to look at the game files and find this stuff by myself, I can find more like this than what's mentionned in a game guide.

[Ludozee]

I used a GameFaqs strategy guide for Kotor, but only for character creation and the gameplay mechanics and as a nice summary of the feats and force powers.

These are all things which should be handled in the manual, but sadly this wasn't the case with Kotor.

I mean, I had never heard of SW d20 rules before, so how was I supposed to know how everything worked? I sure hope LA does a better job this time.