Review The most overhyped KOTOR review ever

Vault Dweller · Jan 13, 2004

Tags: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

<a href=http://www.nlgaming.com>Next Level Gaming</a> posted this <a href=http://www.nlgaming.com/nl/asp/id_820/nl/reviewDisp.htm>commercial<a/> of KOTOR giving it 98 out of 100.
 
 
<blockquote>You are a PC gamer that cherished every product Bioware released, the revolutionary MDK and itâ€™s sequel, the amazing Baldurâ€™s Gate series that redefined CRPGâ€™s, and Neverwinter Nights< â€“ still going strong thanks to an amazing mod community base, great add-ons and continued developer support
 
 
Along the way you come across a rag tag group of party members, nine in all, covering the entire spectrum between the light and dark side. Fans of Baldurâ€™s Gate remember the brave Minsc and his miniature space hamster, the stuck up Jaheira and the whining Imoen (ok she was your sister so you had to put up with it). The voice acting for these characters were top notch and the side quests and character development secured their place in gaming history. Knights of the Old Republic continues Biowareâ€™s of creating interesting characters that are easy to grow attached to.
 
 
The choices you are presented with, the moral questions asked through quests and how they are balanced as a dark or light side action are the stuff of philosophy classes into the duality of man
 
 
Itâ€™s been said again and again by now that Knights of the Old Republic is a great RPG that makes exceptional use of the Star Wars license. This RPG is exceptionally deep if you take the time to sink your teeth into the experience. The adventures to be had, the replayability available from the choices to be made, and the sheer experience of playing a Jedi with your own ship and crew is mind blowing. </blockquote>
 
Actually, what's mind blowing is the amount of hype in this review. My infamous biasness aside, the review serves no purpose as its exaggerates everything while making numerious references to the greatness of Bioware and telling little about the actual gameplay.
 
 
 
 
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Killzig · Jan 13, 2004

Yes, KOTOR is the apex of morality!! Force choking a man who's blatantly disrespectful to me (AND ALLOWING HIM TO LIVE) will garner me the same karmic reaction as killing off a bus load of children. This is probably one of the worst aspects of the game, the heavy handed moralizing c/o Lucas/Bioware... and lets not forget korriban where if I tell Lashowe she better respect me, I'M REVAN. I get a dark side point. Why? I didn't fib did I?

Transcendent One · Jan 13, 2004

Bioware can do no wrong

Yup, get a room with it. I'll even pay for you.

triCritical · Jan 13, 2004

Well its easy to prove quite objectionally that one should have no faith in this review. It states that Bioware made the revolutionary MDK, an obvious error. Therefore, an intelligent person should immediately note that nothing in this review should be taken seriously, for they have no credability.

Psilon · Jan 13, 2004

Um, BioWare didn't do MDK. That was Shiny. BioWare did only the sequel.

Again we see the inverse relationship between hype and accuracy.

Elwro · Jan 13, 2004

Vault Dweller said:
<The choices you are presented with, the moral questions asked through quests and how they are balanced as a dark or light side action are the stuff of philosophy classes into the duality of man

Um, yeah. There are good people and bad people. It's good to be good and it's bad to be bad. And it's good to be good when you're good but it isn't bad to be bad while you're bad - it'll only make you more bad.
But some people have killed whole cities and helped 754 starving cats, so they are neither good nor bad. They're neutral and only interested in $.
And that's almost the whole thing about morality in CRPGs.