r/kotor

I want to role play a single saber duelist. I really don’t care about “using” the force. Is Dex important if you pump strength and constitution? Or is constitution important if you focus Dex?

I plan on dumping wisdom and charisma but I’ve heard intelligence is really important in KOTOR2. What are some good starting attributes for the kinda build I’m describing??

Thanks everyone for your thoughts. May the force be with you all!

This game has some clear 'go to' weapons. The Baragwin Assault Blade is the best melee weapon, for example, and Saul Karath's pistol is the best blaster. But I've currently got Canderous and Zaalbar taking turns with the Chieftain's Gaffi Stick- something you would normally be expected to turn in to Czerka Corp and forget about. Turns out it's a pretty strong 2-handed weapon which also does poison damage. I also have Bastila switching between a pair of Mandalorian Heavy Pistols and a lightsaber/Genoharadan blade combo! It works...

This got me thinking: what other lesser-used but actually good weapons are out there?

I recall that in kotor1 it was always adviced to save your levels so you have more force powers/jedi levels. Currently replaying kotor2 and I was wondering... does it also work here? I was looking through the wiki and it seems sith assassin/jedi watchmen might benefit of this for more sneak attack feats.

However, does it even work to stay a lower level and when you're lv15 (without spending the levels) prestige? Or does Kreia not get the option untill you are actually leveled up?

[Note: this post contains spoilers, but also for some other RPG, but only notably for Dragon Age Inquisition. The minor spoilers for Pillars of Eternity 1 and Mass Effect 2 are not consequential to the gameplay experience.]

This should have been a home run for me, but the experience of completing KOTOR 2 in 2026 was quite mixed if not underwhelming. I played KOTOR 1 pretty much when it came out, as a teenager, and absolutely loved it. Meanwhile, I discovered that Chris Avellone's writing is a part of most of my favourite RPG experiences, including writing my favourite NPC companion in CRPGs, Durance in Pillars of Eternity 2. So naturally I was extremely interested in seeing how Kreia plays out, and happy that the minor spoiler of having awareness 'she is not who she seems' was not affecting regular narrative experience at all. (Since this is disclosed to the player already from Peragus onwards).

I was aware that the experience would be different simply due to age, my own as well as of the game. But leaving the dated gameplay mechanics aside, my high hopes for narrative delivery also fell a bit flat. I love the overarching structure of the story as a critique of the Force, as well as a meta-critique of a fixed written narrative in the context of a choice-laden ('interactive') game. But it does not hit as hard, neither philosophically nor through Kreia as the main agent of this delivery, when I compare it to some other RPGs that attempted similar or comparable things.

Kreia's plot twist did not carry a full reverberation into the lore of the universe (even though it manifestly had the ambition to do so), as did for example Solas' in DA: Inquisition, the DLC Trespasser (the only truly great part of that game imo). It felt like the ramifications of her whole arc and setup were nowhere to be seen, rather they are simply cut short by the player who ironically has little choice (since you can't really finish the game by achieving her Force-less vision of the Galaxy, unless I am mistaken?). Meanwhile, when Solas >!transforms from party member to a narrative antagonist,!< you feel the twist at the level of the deep lore (the story of the 'Veil' separating the spirit world from the 'real' world) but also within the character's own personal tragedy. I guess to keep this analysis brief, I would say that Kreia did not feel like a fully realized tragic character.

The world shattering perspective on the Force was highly intriguing to chase throughout the otherwise bland and dull levels of the game. Yet it didn't have a significant payoff, for example when compared with the plot twist about the world of Eora in Pillars of Eternity 1. That whole lore/universe was recast in the players eyes, the feeling was 'suddenly it all makes (another) sense'. Whereas Kreia's 'revelation' somehow left the whole world exactly as it is, conceptually in my experience as a player, and effectively in the SW by the inconsequential ending.

I was positively surprised by how the game treated the other companions, which perhaps does not achieve as much praise from the reviews since. The way you had to rely on individual companions and the choices you made for them in their own segments of the game was refreshing, and it reminded me of that 'party'/NPC companion feeling of playing through Mass Effect 2. In fact, I found it more consequential aspect of the game throughout the whole journey, than the much more celebrated ME2 experience where it only really happens in the oft discussed 'suicide mission' finale.

Overall then, the KOTOR 2 experience in 2026 seems a bit faded not only due to the 'incomplete' aspect of it, but because other RPGs managed to achieve higher notes in the individual aspects of the narrative where KOTOR 2 is the most ambitious. Happy to hear counterpoints on this conclusion of "KOTOR 2 in RPG context", and please let me know if you think I gravely missed something -- admittedly this is a much belated first playthrough anyway.

Some sources say 6’1, some people say he’s a short king

personally I play KOTOR I on Xbox One, looks and plays perfectly and I don't mind the aspect ratio. but TSL I obviously gotta play on PC for the restored content mod. I've heard the switch version for I is good too, anyone here main that version?

In KOTOR 1, the game only shows you the name of a container when you hover over it, without telling you whether it's empty or not. You have to take the extra time to walk over and check it out, just to find there's nothing in there. Here's a small (revertible) patch that adds " (empty)" to the end of empty container names when you hover over it. It'll update as soon as it becomes empty, even while you're still hovering over it, and it'll show empty even if you've never opened it.

Here's a screenshot of it in action:

https://preview.redd.it/ystzr0er00bh1.png?width=1252&format=png&auto=webp&s=61d176767efebdb86a0afb05de0428c596c0f5dd

Deadly Stream link: https://deadlystream.com/files/file/3006-k1-marked-empty-containers

It'll also be released natively in an upcoming version of the KOTOR Patch Manager, a launcher for patches. In the meantime, if you already use KPM, this mod is compatible, just as long as you hit Apply for the patches from KPM first and then apply my patch afterwards.

KPM: https://github.com/LaneDibello/Kotor-Patch-Manager

Hope it helps, and let me know if you have any questions or issues!

What’s up team

I have played the original KOTORs a handful of times each on the og Xbox throughout the years. I wanted to see if people have mod recommendations or lists that didn’t interfere with each other and added more customization or unique things to the game without breaking it.

Overall goal is to get a new experience compared to vanilla and definitely want a restored content mod for KOTOR II. Y’alls time and expertise is much appreciated.