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On 05 Apr 2011 08:21:08 GMT, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg, mcv wrote: 

>I didn't really care all that much about the light side/dark side choices
>in KotOR, other than as an interesting excercise, and the effect it'd have
>on the story.
>

I greatly enjoyed turning Bastilla, and having Zaalbar shoot Mission Vao. The
light side version, not as good, IIRC.

>Interestingly, I'm currently playing KotOR2, and I really do care quite a
>lot about even the simplest answers in the many conversations. It's really
>not all the brilliant a game, and most of the time, the game doesn't care
>at all what I answer. But I do. It's really not all that brilliant a game,
>and reportedly, it has no ending, but along the way, I'm facing a lot of
>good questions that have no easy answer. Was the Jedi Council right? Was
>I right in confronting the Mandalorians? It makes me think really hard
>about decisions that I as a player never made, but that my character did
>make, and that part works very well. This is something I'd love to see in
>every RPG. It really touches on the core of what roleplaying should be
>about. I'd be a lot happier if my regular p&p RPG group had some of that.
>

Yup. "Influence" in Kotor 2 is a brilliant idea. Something that carried over
into the Mass Effect universe in ME 2, I've heard, as loyalty.

Kotor 2 is one of those games where you'll know when the fun's stopped, and
you'll probably wish that there was more to it in the end.

-- 
Zag

No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had
spent more time alone with my computer.' ~Dan(i) Bunten

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  Re: Dragon Age 2 already down in price ... T987654321 <qwrtz123@gmail.com> - 2011-04-02 16:40 -0700
    Re: Dragon Age 2 already down in price ... Werner Punz <werpu@gmx.at> - 2011-04-03 22:11 +0200
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      Re: Dragon Age 2 already down in price ... Rob Wynne <doc@america.net> - 2011-04-04 14:30 +0000
        Re: Dragon Age 2 already down in price ... "Andrew Rybenkov" <arybenkov@gmail.com> - 2011-04-04 19:41 +0400
          Re: Dragon Age 2 already down in price ... WDS <Bill@seurer.net> - 2011-04-04 14:01 -0500
            Re: Dragon Age 2 already down in price ... Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> - 2011-04-04 14:26 -0500
              Re: Dragon Age 2 already down in price ... WDS <Bill@seurer.net> - 2011-04-04 14:30 -0500
                Re: Dragon Age 2 already down in price ... mcv <mcvmcv@xs4all.nl> - 2011-04-05 08:21 +0000
                Re: Dragon Age 2 already down in price ... Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> - 2011-04-07 00:17 -0500
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          Re: Dragon Age 2 already down in price ... Rob Wynne <doc@america.net> - 2011-04-05 12:58 +0000
            Re: Dragon Age 2 already down in price ... Werner Punz <werpu@gmx.at> - 2011-04-05 15:48 +0200
              Re: Dragon Age 2 already down in price ... Rob Wynne <doc@america.net> - 2011-04-05 13:59 +0000
  Re: Dragon Age 2 already down in price ... "Andrew Rybenkov" <arybenkov@gmail.com> - 2011-04-04 20:33 +0400
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