Better than NWN. Not that I got past the first half of the 2nd chapter of the OC in NWN (but I did do a good bit of editor/DM work with it, untill I could no longer stomach it, anway).
The combat is pretty much NWN, but the third person perspective and control scheme make it more enjoyable (atleast as far as realtime combat goes). Sadly, though, its all very easy and doesn't require much strategy or planning. I think my whole party got wiped out 2-3 times max, within a 37hr period.
The game system is a rather generic D20 setup. The classes are horribly boring. Skill heavy class, feat heavy class, mix-of-the-two class. Jedi's classes are similar: force heavy class, feat heavy class, skill heavy class. Nothing really to get excited about.
I really thought the skills were pretty boring in implementation. Computer Use lets you hack into computers and kill people remotely...boring. Repair skill lets you repair droids and program them to go on kill sprees...boring. Security skill lets you unlock doors/chests...Bash works just as well. Demolitions...lets you disarm/retrive mines, place them. Not worth the effort, considering the mines do so little damage.
I guess you could play the game using stealth, laying mines as traps, etc, but it just seems like it would be horribly boring, considering how slowly the characters move while stealthed.
The dialogue was typical bioware. It does give you lots of options for being a mean bastard, though, which was enjoyable. You can do some really mean bastard things in the game.
I thought the level design was pretty, but boring. The main problem is the game takes place on about 6 or 7 different planets, and the gameplay areas on each planet are rather small and rigid. Feels like a themepark more than anything. Never got the sense that I was exploring or finding some remote, out of the way place. Hard to suspend disblief that you've found some remote, hidden temple when its a hop skip and jump away from civilization.
All that to say that I did enjoy it for the most part. It wasn't too tedious, and it was enjoyable being a complete dark side bastard. But 'the greatest game evar?' Forget about it.
The combat is pretty much NWN, but the third person perspective and control scheme make it more enjoyable (atleast as far as realtime combat goes). Sadly, though, its all very easy and doesn't require much strategy or planning. I think my whole party got wiped out 2-3 times max, within a 37hr period.
The game system is a rather generic D20 setup. The classes are horribly boring. Skill heavy class, feat heavy class, mix-of-the-two class. Jedi's classes are similar: force heavy class, feat heavy class, skill heavy class. Nothing really to get excited about.
I really thought the skills were pretty boring in implementation. Computer Use lets you hack into computers and kill people remotely...boring. Repair skill lets you repair droids and program them to go on kill sprees...boring. Security skill lets you unlock doors/chests...Bash works just as well. Demolitions...lets you disarm/retrive mines, place them. Not worth the effort, considering the mines do so little damage.
I guess you could play the game using stealth, laying mines as traps, etc, but it just seems like it would be horribly boring, considering how slowly the characters move while stealthed.
The dialogue was typical bioware. It does give you lots of options for being a mean bastard, though, which was enjoyable. You can do some really mean bastard things in the game.
I thought the level design was pretty, but boring. The main problem is the game takes place on about 6 or 7 different planets, and the gameplay areas on each planet are rather small and rigid. Feels like a themepark more than anything. Never got the sense that I was exploring or finding some remote, out of the way place. Hard to suspend disblief that you've found some remote, hidden temple when its a hop skip and jump away from civilization.
All that to say that I did enjoy it for the most part. It wasn't too tedious, and it was enjoyable being a complete dark side bastard. But 'the greatest game evar?' Forget about it.
