Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (Xbox)

Given the hit and miss nature of Star Wars games, and the fact that ordinarily I loathe Role Playing Games, you would think I would have been tempted to give Knights of the Old Republic(KOTOR from this point in) a skip, no matter how much hype it got. Tempted to skip it I was, until one summer holidays when I had too much time on my hands, too much money, and decided to plonk down the cash for it anyway, figuring if I didn't like it, I could always sell it off. As I mentioned, the game is an RPG, where you take a character, whom you customise, through the game from a 3D third-person point of view, trying to complete tasks and find out information, while doing ...

As someone who generally shies away from RPG's, and having only a casual interest in Star Wars, even I found the hype surrounding this game to be irresistible, and parted with my £40 on the day of its release. As a 'first timer' I kept my receipt safer than usual, in case the plethora of XP's, DC's, and HP's etc got too overpowering for my usually action-thirsty gaming taste. Fortunately, my faith in word of mouth proved to be deserved. It's superb. Quality and polish are evident from the intro, in the form of some stunning cinematic sequences. Although set millennia before Episodes I & III of the films, the official licence is used ...

Having been disappointed with some of the Star Wars games I have played in the past, I was sceptical about all of the good reviews that KOTOR received. After playing the game, any doubts I had about ever seeing a good star wars game were gone. The game is absolutely amazing, and the fact that it is set thousands of years before Luke and Anakin Skywalker came onto the scene means that it doesn't interfere with the plot of any of the films, and leaves the game completely open ended. In short, you get to determine the fate of the galaxy through your decisions. At the start of the game, you can choose between three different types of character - soldier, ...