Knights of the Old Republic Review, part 2
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I spent a few more hours with KOTOR last night, and I like it more. I’ve figured out the subtleties of the combat system, so it’s no longer annoying. I’ve also stopped transporting back to the hideout every few minutes to heal. It seems like once you clear an area and move on, it remembers that. It just reloads the bad guys if you leave an area prematurely — going back to a previous level or teleporting back to your home base — probably to discourage you from doing that. It worked on me.
There’s also a great sense of satisfaction in completing a quest. I only had to cheat once last — I had to lookup a walk-thru on GameSpot to figure out one section. But it turned out that I just didn’t understand how to do something rather than not knowing exactly what to do.
In summary, a very very fun game.
caroline on 4 August 2003 at 1:56 pm | Permalink
make that a *giant* geek :P~~
Jeff on 11 February 2004 at 10:39 am | Permalink
I hate the issue having to do with trying to evade in combat. Four specific issues:
1.You have to turn your back to the enemy;
2.If you are “engaged” with an enemy it always keeps your view with the enemy, so you mine as well be running blindly backwards;
3.If you decide to avoid combat and you are not in solo mode, your party will still attack; and
4.If you decide to run and you are in combat, your party will continue to fight.
I think that there should be an abort attack, and that if you the leader aborts, the option should pop up if you want the rest of your party to abort. Then, if you all abort they should follow the leader to regroup.
phil on 14 February 2004 at 3:30 pm | Permalink
Yeah, that is a problem. There is a way to switch out of combat mode (button B, I think) so you can see where you’re running. Maybe if you did that for everyone in the party? Probably not, since the enemy would keep attacking and you other party members automatically engage. I have been fond of switching into solo mde and scouting with stealth on. There’s also a saved game on the OXM disc this month that suuposedly has super-poerful characters are the beginning of the game. I haven’t had a chance to play with it yet, however.