Introduction
So: Lightsabers. Check
Wookiees. Check.
Millennium Falcon-like spaceship. Check.
Compelling story. Check.
Star Wars Knights Of The Old Republic is game for everyone, mechanics are intresting and also graphics are really vintage and it's.... awesome.
Mechanics and others
Knights of the Old Republic has the look of an action title, not a console RPG. In fact, it'll end up having more in common, in terms of visuals, with this fall's Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy than you might expect. The locations in KOTOR are so beautifully rendered, you've got to think that George Lucas himself would want to pay a visit to Bioware to find out how they created such impressive digital mountains and buildings.
Sound
So the music in Knights Of The Old Republic is really incredible, many games nowadays don't have such good soundtrack. They're all outstanding from top to bottom and consistently deliver heavy doses of personality and emotion that help make this such a compelling Star Wars story.
Storyline and other quests
Normally setting a Star Wars game 4000 years before the events of the movies we all know, would be a recipe for mediocrity. But you've got to hand it to Bioware for mimicking the entire feel of the first Star Wars movie but with original characters and an original storyline.
There are multiple side missions that will help expand your understanding of the story as well. So in Knights you may:
- collect a few bounties that you've hunted down.
- reunite a woman and her droid so they can resume their extremely unhealthy relationship.
- fight alongside Wookiees in a fight for freedom.
- try a murder case or two as a Jedi attorney.
- get thrown in and escape from prison once or twice.
- smuggle for the Star Wars mafia.
To sum up
Knights of the Old Republic is an outstanding game because it covers every single angle in terms of audience expectations. It's got enough Star Wars to satisfy the fans and enough pure fun to draw in people who normally wouldn't get into role-playing games. You'll see this on several Game of the Year nomination lists if not at the very top soon enough.
I love that game it's 10/10 <3