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.