Designer Ramblings: Beyond Kotor 2

[Meshugger]

...and again, just good stuff.

[BC83]

I just love ramblings don't you. Thanks Chris.

[nightcleaver]

What happens if there is too much replayability?

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Is there such a thing?

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Think about it, a world where no one who played Kotor 2 is ever seen or heard from again

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So *that's* the dark secret of this game, the big twist...

 

[Darque]

How very interesting.

[Azure79]

I'm giddy as a Japanese School Girl!

 

Which is pretty freakin scary if you know what I look like.

[jaguars4ever]

Yeah, Fallout is one of my favorite RPG's of all time (and KotOR of course ), but I still think Planescape : Torment is better.

[Zach Morris]

I was at Fry electronics in Downers Grove the other day. First time that chain is in Illinois. They had a bunch of copies of fallout/fallout2. It was a two for one case for 4.99! I bought it and am now playing that to tie my wait over. It should help since I have to wait for Feb.

[Spook]

Great that more different endings have been aded.

[KOTORFanactic]

I've run out of Thanking related puns

 

Thx Mr.Avellone

Nice to know we have more than two endings.

Hopefully

[Master Jedi]

Chris did you do something ot akari to make him disappear so you could be come the favourite with us forum guys, you're doing a good job with your ramblings

[Lifthransir Bane]

Chris did you do something ot akari to make him disappear so you could be come the favourite with us forum guys, you're doing a good job with your ramblings

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I think Akari said that he was right off to work on some new project (might have been NWN2), didn't he?

[213374U]

That sounds nice.

[forgion]

Now we must find how many possible ending are there.That very good

[Ameorn]

I love you obsidian! I really do!! Great feature, thanks Chris.

 

 

Couldn't stay out of the forums for very long... i'm so weak...

[starwarskid15_19]

thanks chris.

 

i know what you mean ameorn i was gonna leave sunday but i left for like a half hour

[Ameorn]

thanks chris. 

 

i know what you mean ameorn i was gonna leave sunday but i left for like a half hour

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This forum has some kind of power, we don't know about... what are the devs' hiding from us?? :ph34r:

[Darth Somethingorother]

Maybe Akari's working on the PC version. <kicks can on the pavement dejectedly> lucky...

[Elladan]

Replayability=more for your money. The story and the replay value is what I'm really looking forward to in KOTORII.

[Judge Hades]

Its about time a game company puts forth that effort. Its good to know and I hope you continue that in future games.

[Exar_Kun]

/Begin Rambling

 

I don't know if you've ever played Fallout, but if you haven't, you should. One of the best role-playing games ever made.

 

In any event, one of the many cool things about Fallout (which may have been done in previous games that I am ignorant of) is that the choices you made with each city you visited in the game caused a different splash screen at the end of the game, describing what happened to the locale in the future as a result of your actions.

 

The same sort of effect is present in Kotor2, though it does not only apply to planets and their people, but it also extends to your companions as well, depending on how you treated them or how horribly you broke them to your will - if they survived at all.

 

Splash screens didn't mesh with the Star Wars aesthetic though, so we had to pick a different means of displaying the information within the genre aesthetics. In any event, I wanted to let you guys know so that aside from: Your character's gender, your character's light side/dark side leanings, the 4 different answers to your questions about what happened in K1, you ALSO get variations based on how you solved each planet and how you dealt with each of your companions, so the permutations can get extensive.

 

In any event, it's all done in the name of replayability - hopefully, each person who plays the game should have some key experiences that are different, and get a different perspective on the story (and beyond).

 

/End Rambling

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damn, looks like im playin this game 10-15 times :D

[Judge Hades]

You would be playing it that many times anyway.

[Jedi Master D Murda]

damn, looks like im playin this game 10-15 times  :D

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Only 10-15 times?! I dang near played Kotor 60 times... 52 to be exact.

 

Looks like I'll be playing this game so long K3 will be out and I will have to put that aside because I won't be done with K2 yet.

[Judge Hades]

Last I heard K3 was cancelled and LucasArts fired the staff.

[Jedi Master D Murda]

Last I heard K3 was cancelled and LucasArts fired the staff.

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Nevertheless I'm sure there will be one.

[Naso]

If it's in-house at LA now, it's the kiss of death, so let's hope it's been scrapped. Nothing good shall pass their blighted threshold.