Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

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Universal acclaim- based on 2309 Ratings

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  1. RevanJedi
    Mar 5, 2021
    10
    If you hadn't played this in 2003 I highly recommend this. It is $10 on an xbox one and series x. So I'm not going to lie (cuz i would get dark side points ) but the combat and movement are kinda janky. But this is all covered up by the 40 hours of god tier story. I see some people complaining about the graphics and animations but when you start up a game from 2003 you gotta know whatIf you hadn't played this in 2003 I highly recommend this. It is $10 on an xbox one and series x. So I'm not going to lie (cuz i would get dark side points ) but the combat and movement are kinda janky. But this is all covered up by the 40 hours of god tier story. I see some people complaining about the graphics and animations but when you start up a game from 2003 you gotta know what you're getting into(and the graphics are still better than cyberpunk). The companions and NPC's are so interesting. but the best part is that the game is only as long as you want it to be. like if you want to find everything and learn everything you can do that. If you just want to do everything that is necesary thats fine you do that. Overall this is one of the GOATS in terms of gaming.… Expand
  2. Flavius91
    May 2, 2021
    10
    A masterpiece. Story, atmosphere, dialog and so on. The Force is and it will always be strong with this game.
  3. Roguejedi92
    Sep 22, 2021
    10
    Arguably one of the best RPG’s of all time, and the best Star Wars video game ever made. This is partially due to its excellent story and characters, all within a satisfying role playing adventure that gives you the freedom to choose your dialogue and your path between light and dark sides. Character’s such as Bastilla, Canderous, HK-47, Mission, Carth, T3, are written excellently byArguably one of the best RPG’s of all time, and the best Star Wars video game ever made. This is partially due to its excellent story and characters, all within a satisfying role playing adventure that gives you the freedom to choose your dialogue and your path between light and dark sides. Character’s such as Bastilla, Canderous, HK-47, Mission, Carth, T3, are written excellently by BioWare, and the voice acting and story still hold up (even if the graphics and some gameplay mechanics don’t).… Expand
  4. Charlesdexter
    May 10, 2022
    10
    Just finished it. It was amazing: everything, from the sub-games, the plot, the game play, the combat system, the exploration. Couldn't think I could stand a so old graphic but yet it was a very satisfying experience. Can't wait to see the remake.
  5. Mephistopheles_
    Feb 25, 2022
    10
    The best piece of Star Wars you can experience. Any true Star Wars fan or fan of video games in general needs to get over the aged gameplay elements and graphics in order see one of the most genius video game stories in history.
  6. AV-
    Apr 28, 2022
    10
    the best star wars game when it comes to the story. really shows how exciting star wars can be even if there are no skywalkers in it
  7. Uriels
    Jun 6, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Groundbreaking title, clearly showing what could be done in Star Wars franchise as long as wokies were not allowed to sabotage the work.

    Your class will change to a Jedi soon after Taris prologue, so try to avoid taking feats for melee weapons, there's literally one weapon in base unmodded game that compares to lightsabers.    … Expand
  8. bruh1232
    Sep 16, 2022
    10
    really good baby oldschool best game storytelling epic everything good but need mods
  9. JasonBaro
    Jul 25, 2022
    10
    This game is awesome. Have played through to the end way to many times and keep discovering (or rediscovering) things I missed.

    The graphics are very dated and gameplay doesn't stand up to todays standard, but if you want to experience a deep and surprisingly good Star Wars story, you should accept the old looks and UI and try it. Really hope there will be a similar Star Wars game    This game is awesome. Have played through to the end way to many times and keep discovering (or rediscovering) things I missed.

    The graphics are very dated and gameplay doesn't stand up to todays standard, but if you want to experience a deep and surprisingly good Star Wars story, you should accept the old looks and UI and try it.

    Really hope there will be a similar Star Wars game sometimes in the future: Single player, RPG, deep story, character development, companions, loot etc.    … Expand
  10. Gildorlnglorion
    Oct 30, 2022
    10
    Kotor is the best Star Wars game ever made. It was developed by people who put all their love for the franchise into this one game. 10/10
  11. Lagosta_Comuna
    Sep 13, 2022
    10
    BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM DE MAIS CXARA incri9vewl simplesmente mt foda amor star wras
  12. MVILLANEZ
    Nov 19, 2022
    10
    The history of this game is so deep and well narrated, mechanics are fun and Its Beautifuly made.
  13. AdoMobA
    Mar 17, 2023
    10
    Pros
    - one of the best Star Wars stories ever told, better than most movies and like 95% of all of the books
    - actual ROLEPLAYING in an RPG - fun build variety supporting everything from single bladed lightsaber, through two lightsabers, dual bladed lightsabers and even the dreaded Gun Jedi if you are feeling weird - fantastic party members that support you throughout the whole story    Pros
    - one of the best Star Wars stories ever told, better than most movies and like 95% of all of the books
    - actual ROLEPLAYING in an RPG
    - fun build variety supporting everything from single bladed lightsaber, through two lightsabers, dual bladed lightsabers and even the dreaded Gun Jedi if you are feeling weird
    - fantastic party members that support you throughout the whole story
    - a morality system that actually affects gameplay
    - one of the best twists in all of gaming

    Cons
    - the game came out in 2003 so yeah, it feels extremely clunky by today's standards
    - the turret minigame after leaving starports gets annoying after the first time you play it

    Knights of the Old Republic is one of the best Star Wars games ever made. Hell it is one of the best RPGs ever made. In the day and age when the term Roleplaying Game is slapped on anything that has zero roleplaying, but it has a skill tree, KotOR stands out as one of the best games ever made.

    The Light and Dark side conflict affords you different benefits for the various force powers. Unlocking different skills affords you with access to different solutions for the game's many sidequests. On top of that, you can have your party pick up your slack. For example, my Jedi Knight was hopeless with locks and demolitions so I brought Mission everywhere as she was my key to a lot of areas that would be otherwise locked off for me.

    Besides Mission, every other party member is a standout on their own, with interesting stories to tell. I actually love how much support each of the Light and Dark characters gets as you have party members like HK-47 and Canderous Ordo who are purely with you for the Dark side players.

    When it comes to the story, it remains interesting throughout the whole 40 hour run time. It also has one of the greatest and most spoiled twists in all of gaming, still effective after 20 years this game has been out.

    If you are a fan of RPGs please give this older title a chance as this actually deserves its reputation of a classic masterpiece.    … Expand
  14. KentKouh
    Jun 25, 2023
    10
    Best RPG game of all time, it offers incredible story, characters, level design is fantastic, soundtrack is god tier. I simply have no negative to say with this game.
  15. Keron_Heruman
    Aug 24, 2023
    10
    Absolutely awesome, with all the essence of the Star Wars lore and mechanics and gameplay up there with the best cRPG... History and characters are incredible
  16. Kajemby
    Jan 2, 2010
    9
    I agree with Ome Gee. If you bought this game thinking it was something other than an RPG, maybe you should learn to read. No, really, as the box has RPG all over it, as does the Steam download. Also, Bioware only make RPGs', so expecting anything else was a little silly. So, yeah, as an action game it would score low, but as it is not a third person shooter, these scores are not I agree with Ome Gee. If you bought this game thinking it was something other than an RPG, maybe you should learn to read. No, really, as the box has RPG all over it, as does the Steam download. Also, Bioware only make RPGs', so expecting anything else was a little silly. So, yeah, as an action game it would score low, but as it is not a third person shooter, these scores are not valid. If it was scored low as an RPG however, I respect that peoples tastes are different. Personally I think it is a brilliant game, with a great storyline, and a lot of tactical combat. The only problem that I had with it on the first play through is the level cap, but if you play it through again, then you can plan your character better. Also I understand that the cap was for gameplay balance towards the end of the game. Definately give this game a chance.… Expand
  17. LoganG.
    Jan 4, 2004
    9
    Great all around, except for many instances of horrible framerate and crashes on a computer with a processor and graphics card much higher than the system requirements.
  18. DionA.
    Mar 19, 2004
    9
    Anyone who gave this game any lower than a 9 has no bran. It's as simple as that.
  19. Sintax
    Nov 24, 2003
    9
    Best rpg since deus ex - period.
  20. FatZilla
    Dec 10, 2003
    9
    Igor - I think you should sit down and get to know the game before you start to THINK you know anything about the game! "There are only 3 classes (and 3 jedi classes which you can't unlock until far far into the game)" You haven't even passed Taris? and still you think you know all about the game! That is just lame... The Uniqe thing about this game is that you DON'T need Igor - I think you should sit down and get to know the game before you start to THINK you know anything about the game! "There are only 3 classes (and 3 jedi classes which you can't unlock until far far into the game)" You haven't even passed Taris? and still you think you know all about the game! That is just lame... The Uniqe thing about this game is that you DON'T need anymore than the 6 classes... you have everything you need, with all the skills you can improve, that makes up for all the "missing" classes you speak of... Of the main characters I have: a droid computer expert, a strong warrior, a warrior healer, a twi tech and 4 different jedi's each with different powers! There is no need to have 20+ classes, and that was plain stupid to even suggest it, and compare to SW Galaxies!!! This is a single player game for christ sake, with a main story!!! Galaxies is a whole world, trying to reflect different lives you can live! Well if you were even smart enough to notice, this doesn't work well in single player games, to be a bountyhunter or a smith.... I don't know about you, but I can never in my wildest dreams see a bounty hunter save the galaxy or become a jedi knight. You have the choice in the game(if you go the dark path) to make money collecting a few bounties as a side quest. The game dosn't use the Neverwinter Nights engine, this one is much more complex. If you notice then you will see light shining back from the twi'leks skin and so on. I can't even believe you would say that it uses the same graphics engine as NwN... when you get close to the grapichs in NwN you wil see how bad it really was, even in the highest resolutions. Besides the NwN engine was never constructed to run the HUGE inviroments in SWKotOR! It was totally crazy to even suggest it is the same engine! "You can only be human. Thought you could be one of those Twi'leks or Wookies? Well too bad, you can't even choose your race (NWN had 8). That's sad, because even in Jedi Academy there are 6 races you could choose from and that's an FPS" You want it to be like Jedi Academy?? Even if you choose another race, it is just another skin.. no different voice, nothing special, not even another name! If you took your time and compleeted more than just the first 5% of the game, you would know that you get to have many different races and caracters on your ship (9 besides the main caracter) and that you can take control over them as you pleese. Your main caracter is the one who speaks to people but you should be fine with that because in JK it is only the action it is about, so action only with a wookie in KotOR should not be your problem. "combat is supposed to have variety, a strategy of executing the right moves at the right time, and so far the only thing I see myself doing is changing to melee weapons when the enemy gets in point blank range of one of my party members" Well thanks for pointing another great thing about KotOR out. If you choose hard difficulty the game can be hard enough... and there will be a time when you have to change strategy... but my team goes like this: 1 melee, 1 middlerange with 2 blasters, and a sniper (long range). some places in the game you have to go alone and that changes everything. I agree in that Taris is the planet that takes most time and can be long sometimes, even though it is still great. But after Taris I couldn't stop myself again, I just had to see what happened next. The game took 50 hours to complete and I don't think I got all sidequests... a game that long and that good is very hard to find today. Well im off... got to play KotOR again to see how the dark side is :D Igor-->nothing personal, I juist think you should know something about a game before you go on and talk about it.… Expand
  21. DrewL.
    May 14, 2004
    9
    I think a lot of the negative comments on here are because people want a different game. Some want FPS, others want Tekken, one would rather play Neverwinter Nights. Fine. But this is a Star Wars RPG with a strong storyline. The story (no spoilers) means that the player PC MUST be Human. There are no Dwarves or Elves here. However, you have total control over 9 other potential party I think a lot of the negative comments on here are because people want a different game. Some want FPS, others want Tekken, one would rather play Neverwinter Nights. Fine. But this is a Star Wars RPG with a strong storyline. The story (no spoilers) means that the player PC MUST be Human. There are no Dwarves or Elves here. However, you have total control over 9 other potential party members including Twileks and Wookies. This is a great game with tremendous graphics that sucked me in for five straight days while I completed it. Now I'm starting all over again from the beginning and it is just as fun. The only complaint I have is that later battles are comparatively easier than early ones because the encounters are non-linear and don't seem to "level-up" along with the characters.… Expand
  22. MattM.
    Jul 8, 2004
    9
    This game is almost perfect except that the combat gets a little lengthy and as William said that Malak is made up and it ruins the Exar Kun story.
  23. B.Bhatti
    Aug 24, 2004
    9
    The only thing that detracts from this game is the constant, absolute CONSTANT running around you have to do. Despite this, the game excels in every area, attracting non-RPG players to a simple interface and control set up. Trust me, the only things you will need to run this game are your mouse and a space-bar (for quick pause). The story and music were excellent (the music won an award The only thing that detracts from this game is the constant, absolute CONSTANT running around you have to do. Despite this, the game excels in every area, attracting non-RPG players to a simple interface and control set up. Trust me, the only things you will need to run this game are your mouse and a space-bar (for quick pause). The story and music were excellent (the music won an award from PC Gamer) and this game also ended up with GOTY from PC Gamer. Character creation is a tad bit shallow, but once you get past that, the great story starts. Oh and the beginning is a bit slow, but dont worry as soon as you get out of the apartments, the fun will start!… Expand
  24. FlaccidMember
    Nov 23, 2003
    9
    This game is a pretty good mix of Baldur's Gate story and the action of NWN's singleplayer. While it doesn't succeed at having as great a story as the BG games, it is a TON better than the stuff from Ep. 1 and 2 in the movies. Overall Great Game.
  25. DavidB.
    Oct 15, 2007
    9
    The storyline is very intriguing. Wish we could of seen what happened after the ending squence. ( where did the characters go...) But still an amazing game.
  26. OmeGee
    Dec 16, 2009
    9
    Giving this game a bad score for being an RPG is silly, giving a game made in 2003 a bad score for not having next gen graphics a bad score is silly. KOTOR is a wonderfully deep RPG based in a living Star Wars universe. The game is wonderful. The only reason it didn't get a perfect score is because I found the controls to be less than intuitive. Otherwise, this is a spectacular game.
  27. Chris
    Sep 19, 2009
    9
    If you have played NWN, or any other rpg that had a similar interface and enjoyed it, This game is for you! It takes the classic story and features of starwars and incoroprates it into a great game. After seeing some other reviews from other players, who gave it a low score, is truly pathetic. Complaining about a point n click game. Obviously someone dosent know anything about role If you have played NWN, or any other rpg that had a similar interface and enjoyed it, This game is for you! It takes the classic story and features of starwars and incoroprates it into a great game. After seeing some other reviews from other players, who gave it a low score, is truly pathetic. Complaining about a point n click game. Obviously someone dosent know anything about role playing??? None-the-less I would have ranked this game 10, but the only thing that kept it back was some clutter on the user interface.… Expand
  28. PetertheGamer
    Nov 26, 2003
    9
    Loads of fun, but very buggy. On my machine it crashed every 2 hours.
  29. Higher_Standard
    Aug 17, 2010
    9
    Not ported very well for the pc, I've even got an entire save that corrupted itself and forced me to start over. Overall the kotor experience is still intact.
  30. user1234
    Nov 10, 2010
    9
    There's too much text in dialog, but you can skip that. The combat could have been more involved for shooter kids, but it serves right at being fully stat-based (as an RPG should, anyway). Your moves shouldn't matter too much apart from your built character, so these complaints about the game being "for kids" I can see as biased. Apart from all this, loved the variety in missions andThere's too much text in dialog, but you can skip that. The combat could have been more involved for shooter kids, but it serves right at being fully stat-based (as an RPG should, anyway). Your moves shouldn't matter too much apart from your built character, so these complaints about the game being "for kids" I can see as biased. Apart from all this, loved the variety in missions and story. The age of it all hardly makes any difference. Having said that, producing a current-gen game of same amount varied content would require too much resources with all the hi-def visuals developers overuse these days. If you love Star Wars, love RPG, aren't a fan of purely reaction-based (first person) games, this is your cup of tea.… Expand
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#2 Best PC Game of 2003
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#1 Most Discussed PC Game of 2003
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#2 Most Shared PC Game of 2003

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Metascore
93

Universal acclaim - based on 33 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 33
  3. Negative: 0 out of 33
  1. Game Informer
    95
    The level of control that you have over your characters' actions is truly remarkable... Simply put, this is the best thing to happen to Star Wars since the original trilogy. [Feb 2004, p.112]
  2. Total Video Games
    90
    This is a class act that builds and extends the Star Wars game franchise and PC gamers are getting something their kindred XBOX owners loved to bits and will not be disappointed in any way.
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  3. GameZone
    95
    It offers some pretty fundamental improvements over the Xbox version and stands as one of the best PC RPGs out there.
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