The Grim Philosophy of KOTOR

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  @Phantom6.6.6 · 2 years ago

  To see a game as knights of the old republic still being talked about and discussed today shows just how amazing these games were

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• JO

  @joshua-x2b4g · 2 years ago

  "Perhaps you were expecting some surprise, for me to reveal a secret that had eluded you, something that would change your perspective of events, shatter you to your core. There is no great revelation, no great secret. There is only you."

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• KY

  @kylecurtis1130 · 1 year ago

  “Kids deserve good stories.” Yes! Absolutely. Thank you. It’s not just that they need good stories, it’s that they DESERVE them. There are not enough anymore. Please, recognize this mistake and move to fix it.

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  @jeghaterdegforfaen · 2 years ago

  I like Atton's comment on how most people in the galaxy doesn't even understand the difference between Jedi and Sith, but are caught up in their conflicts anyway. It does kind of undermind the moral high ground of the Jedi.

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• GR

  @GrimristBaselard · 2 years ago

  no other star wars could have line as deep as "To believe in an ideal is to be willing to betray it, it is something no sith or jedi has ever truly learns."

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• IN

  @INER6 · 2 years ago (edited)

  The music in kotor 2 was hauntingly great. It definitely set the tone  for the themes in the game.

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• MS

  @MsSilentGaming · 2 years ago

  I always liked how Kotor 2 mirrored Lucas's outlook on the jedi, they represent the "good" side, but can still make mistakes born of arrogance or self-righteousnes. Like how they do not join the war against the Mandalorians, but at the moment Revan appears with his "Sith" fleet, the whole order jumps to fight with him.

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• HE

  @heeho33 · 2 years ago

  G talking about good games is exactly what the world needs rn

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• GI

  @gilroyscopa · 2 years ago

  I was scared this would just be a rehash of "Philosophy of Kreia", but you proofed me wrong. Stellar job (pun intended)!

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  @ExplodingImplosion · 2 years ago

  It’s crazy to me how kotor built on the prequels practically as they came out in a way that feature films failed to roughly 10 years later

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  @willlauzon3744 · 2 years ago

  The first game was a masterpiece in many ways. It FELT like Star Wars and Revan was a very interesting character. The second game tickled mind and had Empire Strikes Back vibes.

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  @noelburland7169 · 2 years ago

  KOTOR is quintessential Star Wars mirroring the Original Trilogy in the call to adventure, stunning revelation and redemption of an apprentice while defeating the primary antagonist. It does also flip the script on the Prequel Trilogy by using the love of the two primary protagonists to turn the tide in the favour of the Jedi and the Republic, rather than contributing to their downfall like in the Prequels. The revelations that the player character was in fact the former Sith Lord Darth Revan and that the Jedi Council &quot;reprogrammed&quot; him with a new identity, in order to exploit his suppresed memories to find the Ancient Rakatan Star Forge factory, are among the greatest moments in Star Wars history.<br><br>KOTOR 2 is best described as a deconstructionalist take on Star Wars mythology and despite the rushed ending originally it is my favourite story in the lore. The game explores the impact of war on the galaxy and gives you the options to help stabilize or destabilize worlds touched by decades of war. The game also explores the reliance of the force by the Jedi and the Sith Lords Sion and Nihilus in particular. Sion and Nihilus were effectively reliant on the force to survive whereas Kreia and the Jedi Exile Meetra Surik were forced to learn how to live without it.<br><br>Sadly a proper third game never got developed and instead we ended up with the Old Republic MMO set 300 years after the events of KOTOR 2. While I do like a lot of the story of that game it almost ignores the events of KOTOR 2 and is more of a direct sequel to the first game. I suspect that&apos;s down to the fact that KOTOR and SW:TOR were developed by Bioware and KOTOR 2 by Obsidian.

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