Light Side, Dark Side... which path will i take?


Finally, after months of anticipation, the official site of Star Wars, Knights of the Old Republic, The Sith Lords, (KOTOR II) is up and running!

The game is slated for release on the X Box, on November of this year, and on the PC, February 2005. Argh!! February 2005!!? Why? Why is there such a large gap in the different console release!?

I really cannot wait for this game to be released. Which path shall i take this time, The Dark Side, or The Light Side? Ive played the first installment of the game and it ROCKS! Best RPG ever! One of the best game ive ever played in terms of storyline, character development and a diversified plot with numerous subplots. And for an added bonus, you can choose which side to take, the Dark Side, or the Light side?

In the first installment of the game, i played twice, one of each side and i must say, its trully a wonderful experience, being able to be witness 2 different points of view of a storyline. Crush the evil Sith, or Crush the Jedi Council... The decision to choose which side is not made early in the game. Throughout the game, watever deeds you have done, will contribute whether youve done good, or bad. You can switch sides in the middle of the game and at anytime. See your character's profile and appearance look sinister and pale, or glorious and wise. Slowly, youll see a shift in the direction youre going in the storyline and youll barely noticed it. Fantastic game...

The first game has over 60 hours gameplay and +++ if you do many subplots. i thoroughly enjoy every single minute of this game.

It came to surprise for me that this game will ultimately be the best game ive played. Having being developed by Bioware, makers of Neverwinter Nights and its subsidiary expansions, ive enjoyed playing Neverwinter Nights and its fantasy settings. It was one of the best Forgotten Realms campaign setting that ive played. Multiplayer features were top notch and i enjoyed playing online with friends from other countries.

While enjoying this game, i came across KOTOR I being developed by bioware too. I wasnt paying too much attention to this game previously because Neverwinter Nights was the rage at that time. So i told myself, what the heck, this game is being made by bioware, and bioware developed really good fantasy RPG games, with classic titles like the Baldur's Gate Series. So i looked around, got to know about the game. When i got to know a little more about the game, i was getting alittle interested. At that time it was about less than a month before the game is being released and i haven decide properly if im gonna really buy this game, much less if im gonna enjoy this game because firstly, it is RPG, but its in a Star "Warsy" setting. Im not a fan of star wars. Secondly, graphics were good, but not up to my expectation of being a solid RPG.

When i bought this game, boy was i wrong... I was hooked! The game was released on November 2003, that was right after O levels. Perfect timing. I ve got loads of time in my hands, so thats why i bought this game. I played virtually non-stop for i think about 3 to 4 weeks. (mind you... 60 hours of roleplay is very long.) I even got ill during the course of play because my biological clock was severely shifted, after playing until the wee hours of the morning in such a short notice.

I played and played and the game was wonderful. Its like youre watching a movie! Except that its 60 hours long. Why i said its being played like a movie? Firstly, the storyline is engaging. You get to control what kind of story you like to craft. Secondly, the character are soo believable and real. Thirdly, conversation between character are carefully and fully scripted and VOICED! Meaning that they hired professional actors to lend their voice talents that drive the emotional aspects of the characters that were in the game. Over 50,000 lines of scripts were voiced! ( you can imagine how big this game was... 4 cds, totalling close to 4gb just to install) but it was worth it, and i listen every single line that was available till the end. Thats why i said its like a movie the characters were like acting and the cutscenes were wonderfully done.


Besides this game that im anticipating (very highly. Hopefully the expectations live up to its predecessors) there are other games that im waiting to come out to. I dont play that many games in truth, and my selection of games are very picky and selective. First of all, my friend is going to buy Halo 2, which is coming out in november of this year. I will then be able to play on OUR X box. Halo, the first installment is really good. Though i dont have a chance to complete the game ( my friend did, because the x box was at his house) i dont mind at all. Also coming out this november is Prince of Persia, Warrior Within. A mixture of adventure, action and puzzle with gorgeous graphics, since i played the first game, it was one of the most beautifully crafted game in terms of graphic ( and the prince looked handsome too even though he is 3D.. LOL!) other games include games like Neverwinter Nights 2, slated for 2006, next year. Dragon Age, another new RPG being developed by Bioware, with a release date that is still unknown, possibly in 2007. Also another adventure game which is seriously underate and unknown to many because it was not made in the US is The Longest Journey II, Dreamfall. This adventure game will be released in late 2005. The first game, which i happened to come across accidentally, blew my mind away at this beautifully crafted piece of game with amazing and original storyline. I cannot really tell you what is the storyline because it is soo complex.

Well that wraps it up at what im gonna say about games. stay tune, while i talk about the latest TV series that are not shown in Singapore's broadcasting channels but it one of the most promising series yet!