STAR WARS: KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC (KOTOR)

Knights of the Old Republic (KotOR) is a role-playing video game developed by BioWare and published by LucasArts. The game was released for Microsoft's Xbox on July 15, 2003, for PCs running Microsoft Windows on November 19, 2003, and later for Mac OS X. Its tagline is "Choose your path".

KotOR is the first computer role-playing game (RPG) set in the Star Wars universe. The game allows the player to either be good (light) or evil (dark) using an alignment system that tracks actions, from simple word choice to major plot decisions, based on whether they are aligned to the light side of the Force or the dark side.

The game's system is based on Wizards of the Coast's Star Wars Roleplaying Game, which is based on the d20 System role-playing game system derived from the Third Edition Dungeons & Dragons rules. Combat system is round-based. Time is divided into discrete rounds and combatants act simultaneously. The number of actions a combatant may perform each round is limited. While each round's duration is a fixed short interval of real time, the player can configure the combat system to pause at specific events or at the end of each round.

Knights of the Old Republic II (KOTOR II)

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords (KOTOR II) is a role playing video game released for PC and the Microsoft Xbox. The Xbox version was released on December 6, 2004, while the PC version was released on February 8, 2005. It was developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by LucasArts.

Overview

The game is the sequel to Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (a.k.a KOTOR or KotOR), which was widely regarded as a major commercial and critical success. The original game, however, was developed by a different company, BioWare. According to the game's producers, the change of developers was primarily due to BioWare's occupation with other titles, such as Jade Empire and Dragon Age. BioWare is understood to have recommended Obsidian as an alternative developer, having worked with many of Obsidian's key members when they were part of the now-defunct Black Isle Studios. The Sith Lords was constructed using an updated version of the original KOTOR game engine, Odyssey, which Obsidian obtained from BioWare.

The game takes place approximately five years after the conclusion of the first game, focusing on a different set of characters. The conclusion of the first game varied depending on the choices of the player, with either the Light Side or Dark Side of the Force emerging triumphant. At the beginning of The Sith Lords, players have the choice to specify (indirectly, through dialogue choices) which of Revan's outcomes they wish the sequel to follow; if the player skips the dialogue though, it's assumed that Revan was a male who followed the light side. Regardless of how the original game ended, the beginning of The Sith Lords sees the Sith Order having almost completely destroyed the Jedi Order. The character whom the player takes control of is a Jedi Knight banished from the Order, and is thought to be one of the last remaining Jedi, known simply as the Exile or Jedi Exile.

Among the new characters that join the main character are Kreia, who acts as a mentor to the main character, and Atton Rand, who acts as the ship's pilot. Several characters featured in the first game are also brought into this sequel, and a few can join the main character's party. Enemies include Darth Sion, a Sith Lord whose shattered body is held together only by "his hatred and the power of the Dark Side". The new planets which the character may visit include war-ravaged Telos, the planet of Onderon and adjacent jungle moon Dxun, and Peragus. Korriban and Dantooine, which appeared in the original game, are also revisited. The Ebon Hawk, the ship used by the main character in the first game, once again makes an appearance as the player's transportation.

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