Saturday, June 12, 2004

Knights of the Old Republic

A four hour session on this game this afternoon finally polished it off.
 
Wow.
 
This knocks the last two Star Wars films into a cocked stormtroopers helmet. Epic in scope, with fantastic characters, twists and turns, spectacular environments from space stations to underwater bases to the dune sea of Tatooine and the forests of Kashyyk. Space battles, light sabres that you can customise (I went for a blue blade), betrayals and a hint of romance. It is difficult to talk about it in detail without spoilers but my character's gradual descent to the dark side and her final triumph is one of my most supremely satisying gaming experiences ever. Worth buying an xbox just for this game alone, particularly if you can pick it up cheaply.
 
 The question now is which game I'm going to go back to next. I have Harvest Moon on gamecube to get stuck into although I think I fancy continuing the two player co-op game on Baldur's Gate:Dark Alliance II that I have on the go with Jamie. Grand Theft Auto , Crimson Skies, Beyond Good and Evil and Prince of Persia are all crying for attention as well.
 
Decisions, decisions ...
 

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