![]() Using the Star Wars Roleplaying Game and its d20 combat system, players engage in round-based combat where combatants attack and react at the same time. The opening minutes of the story plunge players straight into combat and it is here that the port really gets its first test. Whether it was in my hands or docked to my projector, none of the magic of the various characters, planets, or combat is lost as the pacing of the story and the mysteries that unfold come quick as players are thrown right into action on a Republic ship under attack by the Sith. The scaling used for the port makes the resolution change nearly perfect making it a better experience than playing it on my PC. While the graphics are dated given the time of release, it does not take away from the stellar story and world-building that exists from the opening crawl. Thankfully, the Nintendo Switch port for Knights of the Old Republic took me right back to 2003, playing the game on my Xbox on a 24 inch CRT TV. This alone gave me all the hope I needed to jump back into one of my favorite Star Wars stories. As someone who has experienced a catastrophic glitch on the last mission more than once on PC, I was admittedly worried about what the twenty-year-old game would play like on the Nintendo Switch.Īspyr, who will be working with Sony for the upcoming remake, has a long history with the franchise as the developer for the Knights of the Old Republic ports for Mac OS X, iOS, and Android. ![]() Anyone who has experienced Knights of the Old Republic on the PC knows the pain that comes with the plethora of bugs that players experience even today. While the remake of Knights of the Old Republic is likely at the forefront of the minds of Star Wars fans, developer Aspyr looks to give fans of the franchise something to hold them over by bringing Knights of the Old Republic to the Nintendo Switch. Following the success of Knights of the Old Republic on Xbox, the groundbreaking RPG would go on to influence beloved franchises Jade Empire, Mass Effect, and Dragon Age while spawning a franchise of its own with a sequel and the basis for the massively online player role-playing game Star Wars: The Old Republic. Whether the player was to be the hero or villain of the story was left to their choice as their decisions and moral aliment shaped the fate of the galaxy. Players traveled the galaxy gaining party members, uncovering mysteries, and honing their connection to the Force all to defeat the sinister Dark Lord of the Sith, Dark Malak. Like never before players were thrown into an adventure set 4,000 years before the events of the films. Nearly twenty years ago, BioWare shook up the role-playing game (RPG) landscape with the release of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic on the original Xbox.
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