Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic absolutely ripped it up on Metacritic, rocking a overall 94 in its original Xbox release. A large part of the game is both searching for and learning about the mysteries of this device. You’re on the hunt for something called the “Star Forge" which is said to be the source of Malak’s power. The bad guy in question is a dude named Malak, who is not only an Ex-Jedi but also, of course, a Dark Lord of the Sith. Like any good RPG, there’s also all sorts of side elements such as mini-games that involve racing, a Star Wars-ish version of blackjack, and sometimes you’ll even need to man a cannon to shoot down enemy fighters when travelling from planet to planet.Īs far as where KOTOR lands on the Star Wars timeline, it actually takes place 4,000 years before The Empire was even a thing.
Admittedly, it seems a little dated now, with most of these choices landing on the two extremes of the “Light" and “Dark" side of the force, but it’s still cool to see in action. You can have two other party members accompany you through your adventure, and KOTOR was among the earliest games to feature all sorts of branching dialog trees complete with a morality system that not only influenced conversations, but also which party members you could have as well as the actual ending of the game itself. This becomes more and more apparent in the game as you go through character creation and then experience the round-based combat which is limited by the number of actions you can take each turn just like a tabletop game. A big reason why the game succeeded so massively is that instead of inventing their own systems, Bioware leaned heavily on the existing d20-based Star Wars tabletop RPG. Originally released on the Xbox just under ten years ago, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic ($9.99) is considered by many to be the best Star Wars game ever released, and those who don’t agree with that would at least put it among the best.
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