r/kotor

I still don’t think people who didn’t play them back in the day understand how insane Knights of the Old Republic 1 and 2 felt when they came out.

Before every RPG had giant morality systems and cinematic dialogue trees, KOTOR already had choices that actually made you stop and think. And the reveal in KOTOR 1 absolutely melted people’s brains at the time. Everybody at school was trying not to spoil it for each other.

Then KOTOR 2 came along and somehow got even darker and weirder. Kreia is still one of the most interesting characters I’ve ever seen in a game because she didn’t just do the typical “light side good, dark side bad” thing. The whole game felt lonely and philosophical in a way Star Wars almost never does. Most games at the time gave you “bad guy” choices that were basically just being rude in conversations. KOTOR let you become an actual menace to the galaxy for no reason other than “because I can.”

Also, that era of gaming just hit different:

• getting lost on Taris for hours
• realizing your choices actually changed companions
• hearing the Ebon Hawk music
• discovering there were entire planets you missed dialogue on because of alignment choices

The combat hasn’t aged perfectly, sure, but the writing and atmosphere still carry those games hard.

Honestly one of the greatest RPG duos ever made.

Hello everyone! I put a lot of hours on the first game back when I was a kid and finished my last playthrough two years ago. However, I never played the second one.

I'm kind of tired playing as humans in Star Wars games and since currently I'm sitting on a weak laptop I can't play SWTOR. So I thought it'll be a good idea to play Kotor 2 as a twi'lek PC.

But I wonder if such mod (and there are plenty of them) may break my Immersion? Obviously the game was designed around human PC but maybe, just maybe, the dialogue won't create dissonance in a long run? How often PC is referred to by it's race?

Title. I just finished Taris and went to Dantooine. I've come across a few bugs and one in particular is driving me nuts. There's about a 50% chance that when I enter a cut scene, the game glitches out and sends me to my desktop. When I enter the game again, it just does the same, the only fix I've found is to reboot it which is really annoying. I heard the community patch fixes a lot of bugs so I want to try it, but would it break the game from the point I'm at?

Edit: I haven't patched the resolution or touched anything other than the game's settings, been playing it square with black bars on the side

For years, I have heard people talk about how KOTOR is the best star wars game ever. While I understood the excellent twist in the story, I never grasped why people loved to replay the game over and over again. It just seemed so outdated.

But I recently decided to give it another go (I've never gotten more than an hour into it before giving up). This time, I decided to watch a guide on how the combat worked before jumping in. That's when I discovered: It's just Star Wars Dungeons and Dragons!

I played DnD as a kid and understand the mechanics very well. When this hit me, I was blown away! Now Im several hours in, understanding how to level my character, what armor/weapons to use, and the combat makes SO MUCH MORE SENSE! Im hooked!

Haven't seen it posted much but theres been a killer KOTOR fan film that released. I had thebpleasure of interviewing the writer/director recently and would to share it here.

This is a PSA to SAVE OFTEN AND IN DIFFERENT SLOTS. (as the game tells you to do)

My husband was 26 hours deep into a save, had beaten all ten rounds of Pazaak on Yavin, entering the Kashyyyk lower shadowlands, and.... the game corrupted. both his auto save and the ONE save he was using corrupted. So now he is starting the game over.

I DID warn him to save in multiple slots just before this... maybe this time he will do it. (second PSA, always listen to your wife 😉 )

Are you saving and reloading every time you encounter the glitch?

Have you accepted defeat and just run at 60 fps?

Any other useful work arounds or suggestions?

The game looks so amazing at 144 or 240 frames but I found myself last night just accepting defeat and starting my new save locked at 60 fps after encountering the glitch on every fight in KOTOR 2 mining ship😔

It’s my first ever playthrough of KotoR 2 and I’m hyped.

so i want to start playing kotor 2 but none of the vanilla character presets speak to me and i also cant for the life of me find any preset mods on nexus or deadlystream besides like a few that look too old for me as im trying to find a 20 year old looking preset or somewhere between that so does anyone have any mods like this? i mean i found one mod the revan head mod but i cant make it work i installed it correctly but it doesnt replace the preset

Hi.

I'm making a new character for a new KOTOR run. Want to try Scoundrel but what makes the most sense both thematically and mechanically as they level and progress in Jedi training?

I'll preface this by saying I absolutely love KotoR and come back to the game at least once a year for a bit. I mainly play it on PC but would love to have it on Steam Deck. My only problem is that the game crashes quite a bit on the deck and I can't narrow down exactly why or what the fix is. Often times cutscenes seem to kill the game but also things like interacting with the work bench. Sometimes the game crashes when I'm just running around.

Is this something anyone else has faced?

And what are the best crystals to go with each?

Unlike your blank slate charecter in kotor 1 you early on learn your kotor 2 charecter is a pre established Jedi General.

They already know a whole lot, yet most of the dialogue is set up in a way where they don't know anything including things they should. Obviously this was done for the sake of rpg gameplay purposes. The only times they suddenly will talk about their past events is when others bring it up.

It's really funny to imagine they are just screwing with everybody.

I am trying to narrow down my starting a build a bit and even though I’m not trying to min max to the minute details I do like to play optimally.

My biggest questions is with starting skills and getting recovered mines and things opened for XP early on (especially when forced solo).

I’m planning on doing sentinel into weapon master.

Starting attributes:

10 in strength, 12 in charisma, and 14 for the rest. (Going to 16 int then 18 con)

Is it worth it going to 16 int? Or straight con then dex?

Starting skills:

My biggest question is if I should spend points for 2 in demolition (4 points) here?

I know weapon master will give me demo as a class skill. I was thinking just starting with 2 to try and recover early mines (or should I go 1?).

Other than that I was going to spread them out between persuade, awareness, computer use, and security. Oh and 1 in treat injury for the opening mission.

Starting feat:

Repair as class skill one? I know I’ll need to get that one going

What are people’s thoughts on dex focused weapon master after sentinel? I want to dual wield and do a bit of force buffs maybe a couple powers, but mostly end up melee.

Thgouhts on attribute/skill/feats starting or progression? Do I even spend more on demo? Is it worth getting the points at the start for the XP even if cross classed?

Thanks for the help in advance!