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Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords | 
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| From: LucasArts Entertainment
Category: Video Games
List Price: $49.99
Buy New: $17.27
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Rating:  206 reviews
Sales Rank: 282
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows Xp
Genre: role_playing_games
ESRB: Teen
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows 2000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 1.1
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: 32618
Model: 32618
UPC: 023272326180
EAN: 0023272326180
ASIN: B00027CXEM
Release Date: February 8, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 2-3 business days
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| Features:
| • | Sequel to the award-winning role-playing game | | • | All-new Force powers, weapons, locations, characters and classes | | • | Cameo appearances from memorable characters of the first game | | • | Choose the light or the dark side of the Force based on your characters actions as you progress through the story | | • | For 1 player |
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Product Description
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords is the next chapter to Knights of the Old Republic saga. It's five years after the first game and the Jedi are being crushed by the Sith. The twisted wrecknamed Darth Sion will bring down the Republic, unless a lone Jedi can reconnect with the Force. You will guide this Jedi and make an important decision: Do you follow the Light or succumb to the Dark?
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| Customer Reviews: Read 201 more reviews...
 Like the first game, with a few whistles August 18, 2008
If you played and liked Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic, you'll love this game. If you haven't played Knights I, but love Star Wars, LucasArts, or Obsidian Entertainment, you'll love this game.
The original Knights, produced by BioWare, is still one of my favorite games ever, and this game is more or less the same. They've fine tuned some of the details, and added a few tweaks. Most notably is the addition of the "Influence" system. The characters aren't as deep (in my opinion) but they're not just one dimension, either. In your dialogues with your companions, you have the potential to gain or lose influence with them. Gaining influence adjusts them to your alignment (good or evil), and eventually *SPOILER* some of your characters can become your Jedi/Sith apprentices.
They've also added more combat behaviors and several Lightsaber Forms with different bonuses/costs. Plus, you start the game as a Jedi Class, with the option to become a Prestige Class based on your alignment later in the game.
Also, there is no need to play Knights 1 first. Early in the game, you will be asked to describe whether Revan was light/dark and male/female. This has some direct implications: i.e. return of some of the Knights 1 NPCs depending on whether Revan was light or dark. (Some NPCs will "forget" that Revan was a woman on occasion, and still call her "him".)
The only thing I can really complain about is that this game is slightly buggy on Vista. After the game *should* load, (i.e. you click GAME in the quicklaunch), Vista will announce that SWKotORII has stopped working... You just have to try again. And again. Eventually, it will launch, and it'll be good for hours upon hours of extended play (which was how the game was designed to be played).
Okay, I lied. The ending also sucks. LucasArts pressured Obsidian to push forward the release date, so after you defeat the final antagonist, you can ask them for an "eplilogue" about the characters, then you have a 30 second cutscene. That's it. There is no glorious ending of gratitude or conquest like in Knights I, but the rest of the game is well worth it.
 I was mislead by negative reviews!!!!! August 18, 2008
Earlier this year after playing the first KOTOR game, I had read so many bad reviews about KOTOR 2 that I decided to just avoid this game. However, when rumors started to really fly that a third installment was possibly coming, I decided that I must play through The Sith Lords to be "caught up" in the KOTOR saga. Boy am I glad I did!
To me, Kotor and Kotor 2 are one big story, just like how the Star Wars movies flow together. If you are going to play both, I highly recommend the original KOTOR first so the story flows smoothly and also so the characters in KOTOR won't feel watered down. The larger selection of powers in this second game really add to the fun, and playing time was much longer--much to the dismay of the chores I need to get done around the house. ;)
I didn't have any problems with unfinished tasks, unless I left them that way on purpose or I simply didn't catch on to the "trigger event" in time. The ending had a few choppy graphics, but the voice acting more than made up for it so I could simply listen to what happens in the end-game wrap up. If dialog got passed over quickly due to a glitch, I could simply go back and read it in the Messages tool.
I also liked that even though the final battle in KOTOR was tough, KOTOR 2 was tougher and very imaginative. What worked in the first game didn't always work so well in the second, and vice versa. This keeps the two titles distinct concerning tactics and strategy, and far from boring. KOTOR 2 also had a talent for lulling me into a habit concerning the use of force powers and combat, and then it would throw something at me that would force me to change my style quickly (and it actually got me killed a couple of times when I didn't adapt!)
I had no problem with how the character starts out, and I also didn't have any problems with the ending. I enjoyed creating new Jedi and seeing some familiar "faces" and locations from the first game.
If you like Knights of the Old Republic, go ahead and get The Sith Lords to add to your enjoyment of this era of Star Wars.
I woke up this morning with a deep seated desire to play KOTOR... August 10, 2008
The second-generation of BioWare's wonderful rpgs (preceeded by the inovative KOTOR and followed by Mass Effect, which will change the face of rpgaming forever), KOTOR II: The Sith Lords suffers only from being the middle child in a family of brilliant games. Where KOTOR was the first of its kind, with the ability to choose your path and play your way, The Sith Lords brings little new to the game besides new story.
*SPOILERS* You are the nameless Jedi Exile (cannonically female, incontrast to the male Reven from KOTOR I), banished from the republic for your part in the Mandalorian War. But now you have returned, the last Jedi to remain. Charismatic to a fault, if you rise into the Light your companions will rise with you, if you fall into the Dark they will fall with you. Love, like in BioWare's other rpgs, ensues in the cold metal of the Ebon Hawk (misteriously now in the pocession of the Exile). If you are female, you have the tragically devoted love of the simpering Disciple. If male, the half-alien Handmaiden earns your love. They along with the rest of your organic companions can become Jedi to repopulate the republic (in a strictly Jedi sense of course). *END SPOILERS*
In short, if you loved KOTOR, get KOTOR II: The Sith Lords. If you're new to the series, you'll love this. If your not, you'll like this game better. Still play, just be warned its not he original, despite the better graphics.
Wonderful Game! August 9, 2008
As a preface to this review, let me say that there is a common problem with this game not having sound on Windows Vista,
this can usually be fixed by replacing a dll file which can be downloaded here:
files.filefront.com/Mss32dll/;6695046;/fileinfo.html
I did not know this however, so I played through the the entire game without sound because the game is that good.
After I found the solution to the sound problem, the game became even better, which is saying a lot.
Be warned though, this game is a mix of a lot of dialog sequences and battle sequences,
you have to like this genre to like all the dialog.
The story however (which is driven by the dialog sequences), is compelling, although somewhat incomplete,
but the incompleteness will be mostly fixed by a mod for this game that's 3+ years in the making,
just google "TSLRP"
Also, while the story of this game isn't dependent on having played the first game,
you will get more out of the story if you have played it.
I hope that you find this review helpful...
My Reviw Of KotOR 2 (Lightside and Male Character) July 4, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
**WARNING** This Review Contains Some Spoilers!!
KotOR 2 The Sith Lords, Despite being one of the most sad games youll ever play, is extraordinarily great despite being rushed out the door.
It says that your character from the previous game went missing and its all depressing because instead of Thinking you lived happily ever after and had little revans with bastila, Your character is Presumed dead.
It also took to long and the opportunities to get influence were to spread out, and this proved to be very frustrating because when you get influence you can talk to your characters and especially Kreia, T3-M4 and HK-47 and find out what the freaking hell hapened to Your Character from kotor1.
Plus, all the major things that happen with your character happen at the end so, for example atton becomes a jedi 2 minutes before you go to malachor!
But the Story line is very Gripping and I sometimes get choked up towards the end when you watch whatever the heck the ship you fly away on fly off into the galaxy.
In other news, the only few bugs I have encountered are when in speech it zooms through the response to when you respond, and you have no idea what the npc just said.
There are also a few bugs with atris' academy on telos when you first go there.
This game is sweet, but It is a CRIME how the game developers rushed it out the door. This game... It coulve been great. =(
but if i had a choice id choose the first one over this one.
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