STAR WARS™ Knights of the Old Republic™ II - The Sith Lords™

I played this and Kotor 1 on my Phone when i first got it a few years back, and i was blown away by the world building, impactful story, and companions. Now, playing on pc (with mods no less) makes this much better.

The best game I've ever played. I have played countless hours of this game (outside of my Steam hours as well). This is the best Star Wars story out of all of the lore. Make sure to play KOTOR1 first and then play KOTOR2 with TSLRCM installed to make sure you get the complete story as intended by the original lead writer (he even said the game should be played with TSLRCM). HIghly suggest anyone play this game that hasn't already played it.

The game was fun when I was a kid, but playing again I never felt like was ever having any fun.

What a game it COULD'VE BEEN if devs could've finished it properly. Even in its noticeably unpolished state it's an absolute legend. Also, that's the Star Wars everyone wanted after Lucas. Both wider and deeper, not this shallow fancy Disney bullshit. This game is something that we've lost. But yet it's something we can find still. I envy those who can play it for the first time. *runs away crying*

Best Star Wars game. Played it countless times growing up. I recommend going to the workshop and downloading TSLRCM. It adds cut content and fixes a bunch of bugs. :)

This game was 5/5 but now is big bug when I defeat enemy I can't move. It can be solved by load, but it destroy game.

Functionality doesn't work anymore. You can't explode mines with lightning. And it's not working properly anymore with mass effect...

While this version of the game has some technical issues (e.g. being unable to move after finishing fights), it is a great experience if you can overlook them, featuring a story, characters, and settings that surpass the first game, in my opinion. Even as a relatively casual Star Wars fan, I really enjoyed this

Great story and cast of characters. I recommend the restored content mod for a fuller experience.

this game is a masterpiece, make sure you get the extended mod from the workshop

There is a reason when Steam promotes a "May the 4th" sale, Knights of the Old Republic 1 & 2 are at the top of the list. They are classics that should be experienced by you, gamer. Two choice saturated games that run on "real-time" turn based combat. Dated in numerous ways, yet each with golden cores that make it absolutely worth digging through the calcified crust of age.

Be wary, this game runs off of a 3.x D&D Star Wars system, which can add a lot of "game knowledge" overhead that some of us absolute degenerates live to ingest and process. If you are not a dyed-in-the-wool TTRPG nerd and for some reason dislike having 30+ feats to choose through, don't fret too much. KotoR1 & 2 are not especially difficult games, especially because they rewards power for combat through exploration and roleplaying. The stuff you'll be doing the other 2/3rds of the time, besides combat. The recommended build paths in game are... o-kay, so auto-leveling and equipping bigger numbers will see you through normal difficulty. Alternatively, you can destroy the game. Breaking open the carapace, then spine of 3.x numbers bloat to become a living God. Laughing condescendingly as you dissolve the game's final boss in a tide of Force Lightnings.

Both games are thoughtful examinations of the Star Wars universe. To me, that's the main appeal. If you've watched a Star Wars film and wished for more substantive exploration of the themes, KotoR 1 is here for you. There is war, there is philosophy, there is pazaak. You will experience the highs and lows of force-hood and a great hero's journey.

With KotoR 2 DOWNLOAD THE MOD THAT IMPLEMENTS VAST QUANTITIES OF CUT CONTENT. The Sith Lords Restored Content Modification (TSLRCM) is a 15-year in the making restoration. Today, it is available in the steam workshop as a one button fix. KotoR 2 is the interesting deconstruction of Star Wars, period. An examination of the jedi, their sibling sith, and how the galaxy contorts around these powers into twisted paradigms. A uniquely bitter experience, like hot coffee. Deeply satisfying and wakening.

I wrote this review once and applied it to both games.

Great game, game keeps crashing on malachor . 9/10 not as bullshit as Kotor 1 star forge.

How I long for a remastering of this game. Still, the game, with all its faults and flaws, remains an incredible addition to the Star Wars universe, certainly for those interested in the many potential philosophical perspectives on what the Force is. I play this for the story, but would love to see a remaster of it and it's predecessor KOTOR I.

2nd best Star Wars game ever made.

It's just the first game but slightly more... involved?

The first had a better store so that is the deciding point.

One of the best Star Wars experiences I have ever played. Loved the story and the gameplay. 10/10 just as good as the first one if not better!

STAR WARS Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, although a mouthful, is an incredibly complex and grim sequel to the first game. For every A New Hope, there is The Empire Strikes Back, and KOTOR2 is precisely that! It takes what worked from the first, and greatly expanded upon it!

First and foremost, the setting. The narrative and world building are far more dark and dreary than the predecessor, fitting for the name of this sequel. Sith Lords have made a comeback, and are far more numerous than in the first game! Whereas the main villain was Malak in the first, this game is a bit more complicated. You have several major antagonists, and just like in the first, this game has another twist. The world building is a tad more dark, and I find that the settings are more dull or seemingly lifeless compared to the first game, however that is to be expected with the dark direction this story has taken. With Sith Lords everywhere, and war far more rampant, the dreariness is well fit and doesn't take away from the experience. The narrative itself is a lot more complicated than the previous game, although it is still easy enough to follow for young adults. It's just less of a black and white story, and more of shades of grey.

The game plays fairly the same, but with more abilities and a new cast of characters in addition to recurring old characters! You see character growth with recurring characters, far better than you would in the current canon, and new characters that feel just as fleshed out as the band of misfits from the first! This time, the characters are even more varied, and there are even more romance options--some of which lock you out of romance with other characters due to their complete polar opposite personalities! Furthermore, the Dark Side corruption is much more apparent in this game than its sequel, with darkened veins, even darker shading around the eyes, paler skin, and glowing Sith eyes! Your allies do carry this corruption. Of course, just because of this darker setting, doesn't mean you have to follow the Dark Side, as this game is still very open to multiple play-styles, and you can choose to be Grey or strictly Light. This can also reflect on allies, causing them to smile more, color return to their faces, and an overall healthier and smoother look to their skin! This game has even more replay-ability than the first!

All in all, KOTOR2 serves as the perfect sequel to the first KOTOR, and if you've already played the first, this is a must! Even if you haven't, and you're stuck deciding between the two, then perhaps this may appeal to you more if you won't be buying anything else for a long while. This game provides more replay-ability with its many branching paths and it's expansive story.

This game was probably a few months of development away from being one of the greatest RPG's ever made. The philosophy and the writing is top notch. The gameplay was much improved from the original. It introduces many memorable characters that have lived on in fan's hearts for years. However, you can tell that huge portions of the game where either cut out or drastically shortened due to an encroaching deadline. I don't know if this game will ever get the remake treatment it probably deserves, but I hope if it ever does that it'll finally get all the love it deserved.

Also the relatively recent patch that makes it playable on modern machines is amazing. Thank You Obsidian!

Have always loved this game since I was a child, have played through it at least 20 times over the years.

While never completed due to time constraints, this is Obsidian's first (that im aware of) smash hit. The foundations of this game set up New Vegas, and there are many comparisons to be made. So needless to say, it outshines its prequel (but not New Vegas). Which is still a very high bar. Its amazing that the studio to make two of the greatest game of my generation, went on the make Outerworlds. Idk what happened to the future, but somewhere between 2005 to 2010, we ended up in the bad timeline

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☑ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☑ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☑ Old Fashioned
☐ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☑ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☑ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☑ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☑ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

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This is one of the best RPG games of all time imo. I have enjoyed this game on multiple consoles and PC's and it is a go to for me anytime I want some nostalgia.

personally i didn't enjoy it as much as the first game, but it is still awesome. quality RPG.

yeah if you can get past all the freaking bugs and game breaking moments

10/10 easily the best star wars story across any medium for me

make sure you play with the content restored mod tho

SYSTEMS FAILING MASTER

If you want a Star Wars story that challenges it's own concept while having a complicated a relationship with an old lady, this game is for you.

P.S : pazaak is as addictive as gwent

This game. I keep coming back to this unfinished beauty of a game. Across multiple separate hardware set ups, platforms and times in my life i keep coming back to this.

I just like the story really, gameplay is easy enough for me watch TV and play it at the same time. happy days

Ofcourse i'd recommend this game, but I'm not I'm not gonna force it down your throat... I didn't choose that power on this playthrough.

bioware used to be seriously

kotor is their best game

this one is pretty much the same thing but a bit uglier and sillier

It can not possible get better than this. Peak Star Wars video gaming. Runs great on my M16 R2, just had to use nvidia profile inspector to reduce the fps below 60 and no issues!

Where do you begin when describing one of the greatest games ever made? I've been returning to this incredible, nostalgia-laden gem since it was on Xbox. The player-created mods have only advanced and rounded out edges that the production failed to polish to it's newfound perfection. This game is an incredible example of a dying genre of rich, story-driven games that centered themselves on quality instead of cash-grabbing. Each layer of this game is created by your choices as you move through an intergalactic world of mystery and intrigue one morality-driven choice at a time. This game achieves a level of excellence rarely found in games throughout history, and almost never found in modern gaming which is so high FPS-driven. Anyone reading this is probably returning to once again to relive the experience, and for you, welcome back. I promise you it will be as good as the last time you picked this up. If you are lucky enough to be playing this for the first time, I couldn't be happier for you or more excited for this adventure into this magical world. May The Force Be With You.

Every RPG fan needs to play both Knights of the Old Republic games. This sequel improves upon some gameplay features, but both are absolutely worth it for the story and characters alone.

I can't review this games I use so many mods to fix it but im use to it I shock how good this story was but kinda felt empty when I beat it because the story end without a 3rd one

For the first time, I don't even know what to say. But I feel I must say something. So here it goes... "It's a MASTERPIECE! Plain and simple!" Though the game itself is not as plain and simple as it may seem, considering the Star Wars universe. It's full of shadows and undertones. You can't be so sure of anyone or anything, contrary to KOTOR One, where the stakes and pretty much everything were already known right from the beginning. And I could write a huge sheet about this game...

I WILL NOT! This game can speak for itself if you dare to give it a try yourself. The only question is... Will you dare?! In case you do, don't forget to include Restored Content. It's mandatory at this point. And may the Force be with you!

One of my absolute favourite games!! Definitely needs the restored content mod but fantastic game and characters

if you are into modding it can be really fun but i would say play the game one time with no mods to get the hang of the game first before installing any mods including the all of restore content mods you might have peferred the game without the planet M7-48 i mean its bring you more story but that planet makes you feel like you need to a rocket scientist to find master vash or maybe thats just me but its good lots childhood memoreis definitely a top star wars game in my book

if you know abt kotor you are already aware both games are stupendous. play the game, use the restored content mod

Somehow ran better for me than the first game. Even though I would say its not as good as the first game. A definite must play.

This is a classic game that still holds value and many hours of great gameplay.

KotOR II is my favourite game of all time. There is no end to the amount of praise I could heap onto this game, with its superb dialogue, voice acting, character writing and fundamental understanding of the RPG genre. In an era that sees the Star Wars IP devastated by incompetent yes-men and ideologues, this game shines that much brighter as a beacon of the potential this universe has for competent, nuanced storytelling. A must-play, even for those who aren't fans of Star Wars.

My favorite starwars story, for it's darkness, depth, and adversity to the typical starwars story.

One of my favorite games of all time. Plays great on SteamDeck. Just buy it. Turn all your friends into Jedi. Ignore everything Kreia says and tell her to shut up.

KOTOR 2 has a big tonal shift compared to its predecessor, one i was not ready for coming fresh from the first game. I personally prefer the original but i think it's pretty undeniable that this one has better writing and more complex characters. There's one character in particular that steals the show, you'll know which one by the end. And by the end i mean the mod that adds the ending to the game since it isn't in originally due to deadline. Make sure to install this one before playing as the game will feel incomplete without it!

I've probably got 100, 200 hours played when combined with the original DVD version and the Android version. It's one of the best stories ever told in a video game and definitely the best Star Wars content I've seen.

Great game, sad that it was never finished, still pretty good especially with some mods. I didn't enjoy it as much as the last game, I feel like the Protaganist of this game lives in the shadow of Revan from the last, also IDK if its just me, but the companions were far less interesting than the last game. The only two I really liked were Kreia, and Vissis.

The good ol' days when Bioware and Obsidian were actually competing to make good games.

Love this game. It is kinda hard to play on a new system sadly

Childhood Classic with the ability to play the cut content was awesome. I'm looking forward to play more

Just like the first game, KOTOR II is clunky and outdated in some regards (get mods like Restored Content mod), but is absolutely worth playing because of its terrific story, character development, and atmosphere.

Its tone is noticeably different from the first game--KOTOR I has a much more optimistic and traditional plot, while TSL has a darker, more introspective story. Many characters are disillusioned with both the Jedi and Sith, seeing them as two sides to the same coin. There's a lot to unpack in the different characters' feelings towards both factions, exploring their philosophies and motivations was fascinating and offered a more complex narrative than what I'm used to in Star Wars games. The tone of KOTOR I really encourages a light side play style (for me), whereas KOTOR II's darker, morally ambiguous narrative blurs the line, which adds new perspective to the decision-making and role-playing for me.

If you enjoyed the first game, TSL is definitely worth playing.

good great game. Beat it on xbox and did a sith run. got so overpowered near the end and destroyed everyone. very fun and lots of ways to customize your character like your lightsaber.

While the game requires modding to fully appreciate in it's whole and intended way, the experience has been wonderful! My only qualms as of now are the lack of any gauge that shows your companions' influence and an almost game-breaking bug that I encountered partway through the moon of Nar Shaddaa. After a quest, I didn't get an item required to move on with the story and rescue my jedi, so I had to use the command console to skip forward forcefully. But I admit, those are quite small qualms for me, and overall I think more people need to experience this masterpiece!

KOTOR came out in 2003, and the sequel was even better than the first. We learn more about the Republic before the Battle of Yavin and the Rise of the Galactic Empire...no matter how old the game gets, it is still an amazing game to play over and over again.