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[ronniecross2]

As a fan of both the Dragon Age and Mass Effect franchise, this game has always appealed to me, though I've never gone the full way to actually buying the game. The reason being, I watched some of the films as a kid and while they were fun, I never really connected with them. I didn't learn and appreciate the lore and, while I understand the star wars universe is very deep, from the movies I never really got past the surface. 

 

Today, it's on the humble bundle. So, I'm really tempted. But I'm still hampered by the doubt that I may not be able to identify with it. I'm more into gamrs than movies, so if you give me a story, I'm more likely to identify with it in game form. But does this game assume the player has wide knowledge of the Star Wars universe taken from the films? Would the game be lost on me if I haven't done the prior research before playing it?

 

Also, while this is a little more off topic, being a humble bundle, there are other star wars games for the price. I understand that some of these are likely to assume knowledge, while others are likely to be a standard format with a star wars skin (Empires at War looks like an example of this). But one (or 2) of the other games on the list that appeal to me are the force unleashed games. So if any of you have played the force unleashed games, I ask the same question, do they assume a knowledge of the universe, and will the games be lost on me if my knowledge on the movies is limited?

[OutlawJT]

If you have seen all 6 movies and remember them that should be more than enough background for any of the games. KOTOR takes place 4000 years before the movies and has it's own unique and unattached story that it focuses on. Mainly, you just need to have a decent understanding of what the Jedi are to fully appreciate the game. Any other knowledge of the Star Wars universe would offer little more than appreciation of an easter egg here and there in the game. Still, the game is more than good enough to stand on it's own. If you lack that understanding of Jedi it only takes till partway through the second planet in the game to get up to speed. It is an excellent game and it follows a similar combat system to Dragon Age and a similar story flow to both Dragon Age and Mass Effect. Which is to say a set beginning and a set end but with intermediate chapters that can be approached in any order (though most players have a developed preference of order). If you're a huge Bioware fan it is actually a must play as it set the style they have used ever since for their major releases.

 

As to the other games, most of them are decently self contained so you can enjoy them without outside knowledge of the universe. A couple of them (Force Unleashed, Republic Commando, Jedi Knight, off the top of my head) are still enjoyable without that knowledge but are much more enjoyable if you have it. Force Unleashed and it's sequel are greatly benefited by the original trilogy, more specifically all scenes involving Darth Vader and the Emperor. Republic Commando is greatly benefited by all of the scenes involving clone soldiers in the 2nd and 3rd prequel films. Jedi Knight benefits greatly from some of the comics/novels in the expanded universe as it's main character actually features prominently in some of it. None of it is necessary to enjoy the game, but you'd probably enjoy it a lot more if you're familiar with what I referenced.

[ronniecross2]

Thank you very much for an excellent response! I went ahead and bought the bundle :-) 

[Teligth]

Thank you very much for an excellent response! I went ahead and bought the bundle :-) 

Yeah honestly if you are mildly interested in space samurai with laser swords and magic; you'll have a blast. KOTOR was the first Bioware game i've played and the beginning is a little slow, but it does pick up for sure once you leave the first world.

[PLUSH HYENA of DOOM]

As someone who never liked any of the Star Wars films, though admitting there were some nice concepts involved, and has absolutely no knowledge whatsoever of any of the Star Wars comics, novels and so forth, I think I can be reasonably sure in saying that KotOR doesn't really require ANY prior knowledge of Star Wars whatsoever to be thoroughly enjoyable and coherent.

 

To me the KotOR games were what Star Wars always should have been, could have been... and wasn't.

 

The characters and situations within KotOR explain themselves as the game progresses perfectly well, requiring no knowledge of six rubbish films (pauses whilst he gets pelted with plastic lightsabers by embittered fans) which, let's be honest, don't really have any direct relevance to the game anyway, save the basic infrastructure of the Jedi, Sith, Republic, etc and those elements are explained in-game to a sufficient degree. There are plenty of NPCs to talk to to figure out what's going on.

Doubtless there are all sorts of little details in KotOR which, if you KNOW the films, mean something that won't be obvious to someone who's never seen the films, but... Hell, if you've never heard of a Rancor before and didn't know it was in a film once, just taking a quick look at it tells you all you need to know about it...

 

Want a game with great characters and story but didn't like or never saw the films? Play KotOR and just ignore the fact that it says Star Wars on the box. The game can stand alone more than happily.

[rayvioletta]

both of the Knights of the Old Republic single player games are only vaguely connected to the Star Wars movies. the games take place a very long time before the movies and the philosophies and powers of the jedi and sith are explored more than sufficiently in the games that you don't really require any knowledge at all of the movies to enjoy them. there are some nice touches for movie fans, seeing some of the same places and alien races, using the same force abilities from the movies... but they're comparable to homages and easter eggs in many ways, you don't need to know about Baldur's Gate to enjoy Dragon Age: Origins but you might get some extra enjoyment from finding a nod to the spiritual predecessor. or in other terms, you don't have to have seen the Indiana Jones movies to enjoy Fate of Atlantis (the real Indy4)

[Yeaimmanerd1]

The games are from well before the films came out, theres no common characters or any fo that, you really don't need a deep awareness of the films or the expanded universe. You will be fine going into it just having had seen the films and not gotten super into it. It's a great game, enjoy.

[PLUSH HYENA of DOOM]

I have a friend who has never seen any of the SW films in her life but thoroughly loves the KotOR games.

Case proven.

[Yeaimmanerd1]

I have a friend who has never seen any of the SW films in her life but thoroughly loves the KotOR games.

Case proven.

 

Interesting, she should check out the films.

 

But yeah KOTOR is a good game on its own, I mean it was made for the masses frankly so it needs to be that way,

[Exile Isan]

Yeah, I wouldn't say you would need to have seen the movies to play this game. It's helpful with lore and everything but not necessary. Probably because these games are set 4,000 before ANH, right? It was 4,000 years right? I can't remember it been way too long since I played KotOR.