# A little late but... Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic is a spectactular game. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 14, 2004, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-late-but-star-wars-knights-of-the-old-republic-is-a-spectactular-game/274761 "2004-11-14T21:00:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-late-but-star-wars-knights-of-the-old-republic-is-a-spectactular-game/274761/21 "2004-11-15T01:50:39Z")
Read the OP again. He isn’t finished. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-late-but-star-wars-knights-of-the-old-republic-is-a-spectactular-game/274761/22 "2004-11-15T01:55:24Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > Ehhh…On the one hand, the game is over a year old, on the other hand, I would hate to have known Revan was still alive. > > Can the OP ask that “SPOILERS!” be added to the thread title? ARGH!! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-late-but-star-wars-knights-of-the-old-republic-is-a-spectactular-game/274761/23 "2004-11-15T01:56:44Z")
Please. No. Spoilers. Guess I should have said something at the begining. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-late-but-star-wars-knights-of-the-old-republic-is-a-spectactular-game/274761/24 "2004-11-15T02:01:35Z")
Well, I feel validated by THAT reaction! :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-late-but-star-wars-knights-of-the-old-republic-is-a-spectactular-game/274761/25 "2004-11-15T02:03:28Z")
Well, crap. I apologize profusely to you, Stinkpalm, and I’ll bow out of this conversation since it’s obvious I don’t know where to draw the line. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-late-but-star-wars-knights-of-the-old-republic-is-a-spectactular-game/274761/26 "2004-11-15T02:04:53Z")
> [@Stinkpalm](#): > > Please. > > No. > > Spoilers. > > Guess I should have said something at the begining. > > ☹ Obviously some people weren’t reading closely. 😛 Play the game. It’s worth it. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-late-but-star-wars-knights-of-the-old-republic-is-a-spectactular-game/274761/27 "2004-11-15T02:09:09Z")
Don’t feel too bad. FTR, I was already pretty sure that somehow, someway Revan was around somewhere because they tell you so many different times that Revan is dead that he must actually be alive if they are going to go to such great lengths to “remind you” that he’s dead. And I figured that darkness was in the future because of the title of the sequal. So no hard feelings, just leave the details out of this thread please! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-late-but-star-wars-knights-of-the-old-republic-is-a-spectactular-game/274761/28 "2004-11-15T08:48:38Z")
My policy regarding games I haven’t played, movies I haven’t seen, and books I haven’t read is to ASSUME there are going to be spoilers in EVERY thread about that movie/game/book. Even if they aren’t boxed. Even if they aren’t mentioned in the title. Even if someone asks that they not be included in the thread. Therefore I don’t open or start any threads about that topic. Now when people blindside you with, say, a _Discworld_ spoiler in a _Star Wars_ thread, _that’s_ when I get mad. Remember also that there aren’t universal guidelines on what is and isn’t a “spoiler”. A friend of mine recently told me some key details about a movie I was about to watch even after I literally told him “SHUT UP!” several times. After he blurted it out and I tried to explain to him how it might lessen my enjoyment of the movie he was completely dumbfounded. He couldn’t comprehend the concept of a spoiler outside of huge twist-endings a la _The Sixth Sense_ and _Empire Strikes Back_. This isn’t supposed to sound rude, I’m just trying to save you some grief in the future. ---
**Author:** ![velveeta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/13edae/32.png) [@velveeta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velveeta)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-late-but-star-wars-knights-of-the-old-republic-is-a-spectactular-game/274761/29 "2004-11-15T13:33:39Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > While the first one is one of my favorite games, I don’t think I’m going to like the second one as much. From what I’ve read, they’re continuing the story as if the dark side won in the first game, hence invoking the old tired “the galaxy has fallen into darkness” scenario. I don’t tend to like “dark” toned games, so I’m thinking I won’t like in the second what was my favorite part about the first – the story. I have heard from several different sources that there are a set of questions or tasks in the beginning that gather information on how you played the first game - if you were male/female, light/dark, who died, etc… Don’t hold me to that though. I was busy playing Halo 2 and haven’t been watching the KOTOR II news as closely as I was before. There’s a nice [preview](http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/rpg/kotor2/preview_6112913.html) over at Gamespot. ---
**Author:** ![velveeta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/13edae/32.png) [@velveeta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velveeta)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-late-but-star-wars-knights-of-the-old-republic-is-a-spectactular-game/274761/30 "2004-11-15T13:47:59Z")
I meant to add, the fact that this game is made by Black Isle (now Obsidian) is reason enough to buy it. They’ve produced some of the greatest RPGs of all time in Planescape: Torment and Fallout 2 as well as the Baldur’s Gate games in conjunction with Bioware. If you have a hankerin’ for another Bioware game, then Jade Empire will be released soon. It’s basically KOTOR with Kung-Fu, and the inital buzz has been very positive. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-late-but-star-wars-knights-of-the-old-republic-is-a-spectactular-game/274761/31 "2004-11-15T14:07:28Z")
There’s an echo in here… echo in here… echo… echo… Btw, Black Isle didn’t have anything to do with Baldur’s Gate 1 or 2 other than publishing them. ---
**Author:** ![velveeta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/13edae/32.png) [@velveeta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velveeta)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-late-but-star-wars-knights-of-the-old-republic-is-a-spectactular-game/274761/32 "2004-11-15T14:19:42Z")
> [@Silentgoldfish](#): > > There’s an echo in here… echo in here… echo… echo… > > Btw, Black Isle didn’t have anything to do with Baldur’s Gate 1 or 2 other than publishing them. Sorry, I skimmed. ---
**Author:** ![velveeta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/13edae/32.png) [@velveeta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velveeta)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-late-but-star-wars-knights-of-the-old-republic-is-a-spectactular-game/274761/33 "2004-11-15T14:33:39Z")
> [@Silentgoldfish](#): > > Btw, Black Isle didn’t have anything to do with Baldur’s Gate 1 or 2 other than publishing them. You’re right. They are listed as co-publisher for Baldur’s Gate 2, and developer for both the BG: Dark Alliance games. Here are the breakdowns: [BIOWARE](http://www.gamestats.com/objects/026/026717.html?fromint=1) [Black Isle](http://www.gamestats.com/objects/027/027142.html?fromint=1) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-late-but-star-wars-knights-of-the-old-republic-is-a-spectactular-game/274761.md?page=1)