Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

THE BAD:
It didn't last forever.
Nothing that comes to mind.

SUMMARY:
When you start game you can customize your character which will govern which skills to learn. Skills that you will take with you when you become a jedi.
The game begins: You are a Republic Soldier and your space ship is under attack. A fellow soldier guides you part way through the ship with some skirmishes along the way and then heroically sacrifices himself fighting a dark Jedi so that you can join Carth, whos job and yours is to make sure a very important to the Republic Jedi, Bastilla by name, makes it safely off the ship.
Its a disaster and you crash land on the huge metropilis that is Taris. It is pure city, somewhere in there you must locate and escort Bastilla of the planet before the Sith find her and kill and/or capture her.
During your stay on Taris much of what you do on it will determine a lot later on such as if you made light or dark choices, and any skills you learn before becoming a Jedi. After a dramatic escape stealing the ship that will serve you the rest of the game you reach a planet where there is a Jedi Academy. Here you become a Jedi and during the trials you learn a lot about the Star Forge and "The Rak"
Then it is a huge search for the Star Forge where you scour and explore 5 planets for the missing pieces and a great conclusion where you are the Sith Lord and two choices present themselves: Light, and Dark.
I could put a whole lot more about this magnificient game but that would spoil it for you and much of it is meant to be a surprise or its no fun.
P.S. With almost all the 9 party members there is a sub quest with intriguing dialogue paving the way to each+ you can annoy Bastilla repeatedly and is very funny.
The combat system is also a master-piece as I have never in all my life had so much fun at turn play.
If you have this game: GREAT!
If you don't have this game: Im just wondering how you can live without it.

THE BAD:
Bug, graphics.

SUMMARY:
The story is the main draw point of the game, and is simple to any one from the hardcore fans to the new fans. The sound was good for my tv's built in speaker. The game is very addictive so I must warn, It has me hooked to RPGs.

The only problems other than bugs that are within the game is the graphics. Some times they get a bit choppy, and aren't exactly up to par with todays average. Also it's turn based, which turns off some people. But it is simple to pick up and play and isn't turn hard to learn within a couple minutes.

But this should be a great Roleplaying game, for any one. This is a must buy for every one. The game isn't as hard if you invest in the correct skills, so make sure your ready to find alternative routes through dialouge and other forms. Overall despite it cons the game is one of the best games I've ever played.

THE BAD:
few

SUMMARY:
Okay, what can I say, I rented this and a week later it became the second game I own. I'm VERY picky about spending money but this game is a must buy. Details? okay, The plot line is fantastic, character developement is rare for a game. none of your party members are without thier own individual personality quirks. Such as The Jedi Cat-woman type character that is always in danger of slipping to the dark-side. Or the insolent assasin droid that is programmed to call humans Meatbag, "It's just...you have all those squishy parts...and all that water...how the constant sloshing doesn't drive you mad, I do not know." Trust me this guy will have you rolling. me I can't play a game that doesn't have a good story, and this is one of the best.
aside from the story i suppose you want to know about gameplay. controls are simple and easy to get used to, but I do guarantee that you will mess up on switching between characters (black button) and freezing time (White button) in at least one critical area. For combat, the designers had the ingenious idea of fusing real time with turned based combat. this will annoy some, but overall I like the change. it would, however take too long to explain how it works here but trust me you'll figure it out pretty quick. Now some may claim that this game is open ended. That's a lie or at least an exageration. you are infact very limited in your choices. Only two endings are possible, light or dark. in any given situation you have no more that three or four options on how to proceed. When compared to games like morrowind this game lacks in path choices. despite this however you will find yourself drawn into the game so much that hours will go by before you even look at a clock. since this review is probably too long for most attention spans already, I'll, try to wrap up. This game combines quality plot and character developement with enjoyable gameplay to create an experience that not only lives up to the quality of Lucasarts But goes beyond to raise the bar for all Rpgs. It lacks only in that it often seems more like a movie than a game with overly long cutscenes and graphics that are a bit behind the current status quo and it lacks the open-ended quality of classics like Morrowind. However it still retains a prominent postion as one of two highly select games in my collection.

THE BAD:
You can only level up to 20. Which doesnt let you get every skill. You can't go back to previous worlds.

SUMMARY:
This was one of the best RPGs I have to say. The story was the best I have seen in a long while and the graphics were prtty good. Its even selling at a good price; its definitly one of the better Xbox games. I would play this game just to see all the endings and the reactions I would get from the charaters and NPCs you meet. This is a hard game if you want to get everything. If u have the time you should get it. Fans will love this game. Definitly a masterpiece.

THE BAD:
~turn based combat~Not being able to explore more of the planets~Can't continue after the final confrontation~Very glitchy and buggy!

SUMMARY:
This game is quite simply one of the best Rpg games that I have played. I was really surprised at the grapics as a lot of RPG games don't have the exceptional graphics like this game. At first I thought I was going to be playing as a jedi but I was playing as a soldier instead but the game finally lead me into being a jedi, but the concept of it is quite original. The game is very addictive and your into the game straight away which I like in games. Once you start playing it's obvious that Bioware has put a lot of effort into the game as it feals so life like (especially when you get down to the planet Taris). I only wish that you could of been able to customise the ship you have (hopefully in the next game you can). Turn based combat is very annoing (Grrr) as you have to wait on the other enemy to attack before making your move plus if it's on easy this makes things so much easier and it can get quite annoyed as the enemies can die easily. Excellent planets full of lush forests and big cities, this game can is very easy to marvel at. The great thing is if you don't like having swords or light sabers, is that you can actually have guns and rifles which adds more taste to the game. Your party (team) have their own issues that come into play and you can help them out with their issues. Also you can give items to yuor team mate to make them look cool. I was intrigued by the amount of dialogue in the game and that it was all spoken (very good). The enemies you fid in the game are ok nothing extremly great but ok. Controls are great along with the music (though the music can get repetitive). Glitches and bugs are an issue but you can exploit them and use them to your advantage.In all this is a great game and I strongly recommend it to all RPG fans out there and even if your not an RPG fan I still recommend it.

THE BAD:
It needs better Armors and such.

And its kinda complicated at first.

SUMMARY:
This game has all the features Star Wars fans are looking for, they have some sweet attributes for each character such as Jedi Powers and Equipment.
Each character has something awsome to show you and some cool mission to go on.

Light and Darkside options makes this game more interesting and the ending builds on the excitement.

The fighting style brings a whole new way to play RPG, the Xbox has made it so easy to do.

Its such a great game, I highly recommend it.

THE BAD:
Graphics can be a little "ugh" at times.

SUMMARY:
Well I got this game late last night, and I have already spent about 10 hours on it. I was skeptical at first becasue I don't really like RPG's all that much, but the back of the box got me interested. I took it home and started playing, and I couldn't stop. The worlds are expansive and make you feel like you are in control of a real person in the real Star Wars universe. I found it interesting that you could take two paths in the game which woukld eventually lead to different endings: the Light and the Dark side. Which side you end up on depends on the choices you make in your actions and in speaking to other people. The only thing that I found slightly annoying was that your main character does not speak at all. Now, I understand that this would have been difficult, as there are about 6 classes of characters. However, If they took a little more time and got some more voice actors, it would have made the game just a little bit better. All-in-all, I think that this is one of the best Star Wars games ever.

THE BAD:
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SUMMARY:
This game is THE best Star Wars game ever. It is classified as an RPG but has lots of action in it. The game starts with a character creator, and the only problem with this game and all other games with this feature is the lack of chracter models. You only 6 chracter models to chose from, and there are just about as many faces to chose from. There are a few more hair styles, but nothing to get excited about. You then chose your skills and feats which can be quite confusing although the game does give you some help here. THe real game starts out with your ship coming under attack. You wake up meet a guy and then choose what you will say to him from a pre-selected list of sentences as you will do for the rest of the game. Basically the rest of the game plays out like this, and it's fun. You'll then meet Bastila and follow her for a good part of the game. You'll also gaperience for each enemy you kill and somtimes you gain party members. There are 9 in all but you can sometimes pass up or, unbeknownst to you, kill your would-be party member. This is how the game is played, just like real-life. If it were Star Wars...
The story takes place thousands of years before the Star Wars movies. Our story goes that 2 former Jedi knights named Malak and Revan returned from the Mandalorian wars with a large fleet. They had gone from the Light side to the Dark side. Bastila and a group of Jedi Knights led an attack on Revan and Malak using her Battle Meditation (you aren't told specifically what it is, but later you can assume that it is the ability to see the future). Malak, the apprentice, as is accustomed in Sith training fired on Revans ship killing Revan and barely leaving Bastila and the Knights with her the time to escape. There are billions of paths you can take and there isn't just a single question from a mentor that will lead you to the Light or Dark side. I suggest you try to stay neutral. Get some light get some dark so you can play both sides.

The graphics in this game are quite good. Better than Morrowind but the game is just as large to explore. The cut scene graphics are really nice but my Xbox (God rest its soul) slowed down during some of the more intense explosions.

YOU MUST BUY KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC.