Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Smiling Bandit · Post by **Smiling Bandit** » 2003-05-27 11:12am

(PS: Mods, I'm not sure whether I should post this here or in games)

Anyone taken a look at the new trailer on the Lucasarts webpage? Great stuff. I was wondering if anyone actually cared that it would conflict with the "canon" of the EU. Since I didn't really like most of the EU, and Bioware is great at telling epic-scale stories (Baldur's Gate II) I have a feeling this will turn out to be better than anything those hack canon writers could put out.

Post by **Vympel** » 2003-05-27 11:15am

How does it conflict with the EU

Illuminatus Primus · Post by **Illuminatus Primus** » 2003-05-27 12:52pm

I just watched it. I didn't see anything conflict.

Smiling Bandit · Post by **Smiling Bandit** » 2003-05-27 03:09pm

It was my understanding it conflicts with an already-existing story about the Tales of the Jedi era.

Illuminatus Primus · Post by **Illuminatus Primus** » 2003-05-27 03:16pm

The game takes place after the Sith War with Exar Kun.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-05-27 03:36pm

There's so much blank space to put the story of the game in that it shouldn't conflict with anything.

Super-Gagme · Post by **Super-Gagme** » 2003-05-27 05:32pm

I thought it was the first Sith War, 5000 years before Yavin or something

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2003-05-27 07:01pm

I can't really imagine how it could conflict with anything of any significance. Star Wars takes place in a HUGE Galaxy, with far more adventure potential than anyone can comprehend. It also takes place over an epic time period, with thousands of years of completely empty story-potential. I see no reason why this should conflict with anything, and I don't see anything in the trailers to indicate that it will.

If it does, through some coincidence, then (perhaps unfortunately) the game will lose out to the established EU, being lower on the canon charts, but I see that as no reason to think less of the game (which looks great, BTW).

Illuminatus Primus · Post by **Illuminatus Primus** » 2003-05-27 11:36pm

Master of Ossus wrote:I can't really imagine how it could conflict with anything of any significance. Star Wars takes place in a HUGE Galaxy, with far more adventure potential than anyone can comprehend. It also takes place over an epic time period, with thousands of years of completely empty story-potential. I see no reason why this should conflict with anything, and I don't see anything in the trailers to indicate that it will.

If it does, through some coincidence, then (perhaps unfortunately) the game will lose out to the established EU, being lower on the canon charts, but I see that as no reason to think less of the game (which looks great, BTW).

I have yet to see good evidence that the games are not on par with general EU materials.

Anyhow, its already been clarified it takes place about half a century after Kun's destruction.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-05-27 11:54pm

Game stories right, IP?

Yeah, game stories I thought were considerd at least just official(Keyan and Stele Stories...also given that Keyan was shown in an NJO novel as a general would give this thought)

Illuminatus Primus · Post by **Illuminatus Primus** » 2003-05-28 12:03am

Ghost Rider wrote:Game stories right, IP?

Yeah, game stories I thought were considerd at least just official(Keyan and Stele Stories...also given that Keyan was shown in an NJO novel as a general would give this thought)

Unless they're determined to be apocryphal, the general gist of game storylines is always official as the rest of EU stories.

Axis Kast · Post by **Axis Kast** » 2003-05-29 12:30am

In general, I hope they go the NWN route with the third-person, eagle-eye view.

Unfortunately, the lack of multiplayer makes me hesitant to invest the money. I find single-player games monotonous because of the feeling of helplessness to do anything but be strung along.

Hethrir · Post by **Hethrir** » 2003-05-29 04:41am

KOTOR is gunna rock so much! I think it will be more like a cross between Morrowind and JK2.

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2003-05-29 07:18pm

Vympel wrote:How does it conflict with the EU

That all gun combat takes place at 1-2 metres?

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2003-05-29 07:20pm

Hethrir wrote:KOTOR is gunna rock so much! I think it will be more like a cross between Morrowind and JK2.

If all it is is Baldur's Gate set in Star Wars, it'll be an instant classic.

Lord of the Farce · Post by **Lord of the Farce** » 2003-05-29 10:52pm

They just better not fuck up the game with the CD Key "protection" (which Bioware has done with NWN on me)