Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords

K. Fields
2018-11-14T14:36:47-05:00
Video Games

It took me eight years to finally get around to playing the sequel to Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Thankfully, it was worth the wait. The original KOTOR is unquestionably one of my all-time favorite computer RPGs. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords now joins it as another personal favorite. Set five years after the first game, KOTOR II continues the story of its predecessor with a new character. In KOTOR II, you play as the “Exile,” a former Jedi who was banished by the Jedi Council. I played as Horec Hano, a Jedi Sentinel and later a Jedi Weapon Master.

I installed the Restored Content Mod v1.8.5 to play KOTOR II. Tackling the main plot and most of the side missions, I got about 60 hours of game play out of it. A nice cast of characters joined me along the way, everything from a scoundrel to droids, soldiers, and other Jedi. I enjoyed the fact that you switched off of the main character at times to control other characters either solo or in teams. Although it was quite a few years since I played KOTOR, I remembered Dantooine and Korriban, planets which were featured in the sequel. There were several other planets to visit plus the jungle moon of Dxun and the “Smuggler’s Moon” of Nar Shaddaa. The story was enjoyable but there weren’t any bombshells as dramatic as the big plot twist in KOTOR.

Because the game was larger than the original, my character had more opportunities for experience points. By the end of the game, Horec Hano was just shy of making 30th level.

Horec Hano