Lendrik Posted February 27, 2005 Posted February 27, 2005 I haven't got the game yet, and I've read so many negative posts here and other forums. Is this game worth buying for a KOTOR1 fan? Should I wait for the patch and then buy the game? As a side note, it seems to be the sad trend with modern computer games. So many of them are released unfinished and ridden with bugs.
T7nowhere Posted February 27, 2005 Posted February 27, 2005 Despite the flaws in TSL it still has a great story, but if you can wait for the patch you might want to hold off. T7nowhere's KotOR Mods
Darth Frog Posted February 27, 2005 Posted February 27, 2005 I haven't got the game yet, and I've read so many negative posts here and other forums. Is this game worth buying for a KOTOR1 fan? Should I wait for the patch and then buy the game? Unless you have a problematic graphics card - e.g. ATI whose OpenGL drivers are *still* notoriously poor - I'd say go out and get it ASAP. Despite a few flaws it is an excellent game and even more engrossing than KotOR I. If you are a KotOR fan then you don't really have a choice. :D If you make named saves whenever you land on a planet/station and quick-save judiciously during play then there should be little trouble. There are two problems that I have encountered: (1) swoop-racing doesn't work right on the PC (2) crossing map/area boundaries or triggering a cutscene will drop you out of Stealth mode, and in some cases it will teleport the rest of your party to where the controlled character is The first isn't terribly important and the second is manageable if you know about it (quick-save heartily).
Meshugger Posted February 27, 2005 Posted February 27, 2005 Wait for the patch, then buy it (hopefully it takes care of most of the bugs). Then when you played it, read the "Cut ending stuff"-thread in the spoilers forum. And after that, go and sign the petition, which can also be found in the spoilers forum. "Some men see things as they are and say why?""I dream things that never were and say why not?"- George Bernard Shaw"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."- Friedrich Nietzsche "The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it." - Some guy
thepixiesrock Posted February 27, 2005 Posted February 27, 2005 Wait for the patch, then buy it (hopefully it takes care of most of the bugs). Then when you played it, read the "Cut ending stuff"-thread in the spoilers forum. And after that, go and sign the petition, which can also be found in the spoilers forum. ... Lou Gutman, P.I.- It's like I'm not even trying anymore!http://theatomicdanger.iforumer.com/index....theatomicdangerOne billion b-balls dribbling simultaneously throughout the galaxy. One trillion b-balls being slam dunked through a hoop throughout the galaxy. I can feel every single b-ball that has ever existed at my fingertips. I can feel their collective knowledge channeling through my viens. Every jumpshot, every rebound and three-pointer, every layup, dunk, and free throw. I am there.
Meshugger Posted February 27, 2005 Posted February 27, 2005 Wait for the patch, then buy it (hopefully it takes care of most of the bugs). Then when you played it, read the "Cut ending stuff"-thread in the spoilers forum. And after that, go and sign the petition, which can also be found in the spoilers forum. ... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The path of enlightment is never easy "Some men see things as they are and say why?""I dream things that never were and say why not?"- George Bernard Shaw"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."- Friedrich Nietzsche "The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it." - Some guy
thepixiesrock Posted February 27, 2005 Posted February 27, 2005 Haha Lou Gutman, P.I.- It's like I'm not even trying anymore!http://theatomicdanger.iforumer.com/index....theatomicdangerOne billion b-balls dribbling simultaneously throughout the galaxy. One trillion b-balls being slam dunked through a hoop throughout the galaxy. I can feel every single b-ball that has ever existed at my fingertips. I can feel their collective knowledge channeling through my viens. Every jumpshot, every rebound and three-pointer, every layup, dunk, and free throw. I am there.
Wild Storm Posted February 27, 2005 Posted February 27, 2005 Unless you have a problematic graphics card - e.g. ATI whose OpenGL drivers are *still* notoriously poor - I'd say go out and get it ASAP. Despite a few flaws it is an excellent game and even more engrossing than KotOR I. If you are a KotOR fan then you don't really have a choice. I have an ATI Graphics Card and I have yet to encounter a problem with it.
ShadowPaladin V1.0 Posted February 27, 2005 Posted February 27, 2005 If you have a PC your not exactly spoiled for choice when it comes to RPGs. I have to agree with Volourn. Bioware is pretty much dead now. Deals like this kills development studios. 478327[/snapback]
213374U Posted February 27, 2005 Posted February 27, 2005 Get it. You might be lucky and not run into any bugs. And don't pay too much attention to the negative posts. IMO the pros offset the cons by far. - When he is best, he is a little worse than a man, and when he is worst, he is little better than a beast.
Master Dahvernas Posted February 27, 2005 Posted February 27, 2005 Wait for the patch(es). This game is very buggy and in completely ruins the execution of the (somewhat) engrossing storyline and characters sometimes.
Darth Frog Posted February 27, 2005 Posted February 27, 2005 Unless you have a problematic graphics card - e.g. ATI whose OpenGL drivers are *still* notoriously poor - I'd say go out and get it ASAP. Despite a few flaws it is an excellent game and even more engrossing than KotOR I. If you are a KotOR fan then you don't really have a choice. I have an ATI Graphics Card and I have yet to encounter a problem with it. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Knock on wood then, you're lucky. I played KotOR I on an ATI card (9800XT) and did not have any problems either, except choppiness when there was smog on the screen. However, I switched to nVIDIA because I hated the general swapping around of driver versions or even mixing parts of different versions according to which game I wanted to play. And from what I heard that still seems pretty much state of the art with ATI cards today - just look in the tech forums of the games you play. So if you own an ATI card then you're in general better off browsing the tech support forums before plunking down money for a game. The situation is even worse with notebook chips because these often cannot be used with generic reference drivers and the update frequency for notebook graphics chip drivers seems to be about once per year.
Grimlock Posted February 27, 2005 Posted February 27, 2005 Buy it. I encountered NO Bugs/Glitches or any problems with the game. I've no idea why I've not had any problems with it, but there's so many people complaining it's 'Buggy'.. didn't encounter any technical issues when I did it!
Ekkest Posted February 27, 2005 Posted February 27, 2005 In my first two games I had no bugs. In my third I got one every twenty minutes. But I can swoop race in my third game, and that makes it all right. Buy it.
Icon Posted February 27, 2005 Posted February 27, 2005 I've got an ATI X800, had one crash in three playthroughs. I wouldn't put a lot of stock in what you hear on forums. People are far more likely to cry about something than praise it. End result, negativity is always a "popular" trend. Buy the game.
Eplebit Posted February 27, 2005 Posted February 27, 2005 Buy it, then wait for the patch and start playing the second it's out The game is great, so you should play it. You could probably play through the game now and still have a very good time. But lots of bugs do detract from the experience more than waiting a few weeks as far as I can see. So I would wait.
Gorth Posted February 27, 2005 Posted February 27, 2005 The actual game is great. Whether or not you'll be able to play seems like a hit or miss chance. Some people (like myself) plays through the game twice and encounter 1 (one) crash. Other can't seem to get the game started at all. It probably depends very much on your hardware and software configuration. It might be the chipset, it might be overclocking, it might be crappy drivers that doesn't behave quite as specified in the standards, it might be... Ask yourself, was your system designed for speed, price, compatibility etc. ? “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
Taran'atar Posted February 28, 2005 Posted February 28, 2005 Don't pay much attention to fan reviews. They're always biased one way or the other. Either the fanboys will be saying that it's the greatest game ever made in the history of mankind, or they'll be proclaiming it to be the "Worst. Game. Ever." With sequels and media tie-ins it's usually the latter. Hate's cool apparently. KOTOR fanboys complain about bugs, but I think they're looking at the original through rose-colored filters. The fact is that unpatched KOTOR was far worse bug-wise than KOTOR 2.
Lendrik Posted February 28, 2005 Author Posted February 28, 2005 Thank you all for your replies. Seeing as the patch is on its way, I'll wait for it and then buy the game. It's alright, i've got tons of other brilliant games to be occupied with. :D
jaguars4ever Posted February 28, 2005 Posted February 28, 2005 Thank you all for your replies. Seeing as the patch is on its way, I'll wait for it and then buy the game. It's alright, i've got tons of other brilliant games to be occupied with. :D <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Good man. I mean if you've waited this long, you may as well wait a little longer for a more polished product (hopefully).
Horus Posted February 28, 2005 Posted February 28, 2005 Patch is in progression (No matter when it'll release.) so if your machine meets the minimum requirement or better... It's worth to risk, man! Got and buy it!!! Beware old ATI or onboard cards. Painful issue happen with them.
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