Gutspiller
08-11-2003, 09:15 AM
Pop the new game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic into the Xbox console and what unfolds amounts to the best Star Wars movie since 1980's The Empire Strikes Back.
Actually, Knights (also known as KOTOR among the cognoscenti) in many ways is better than a movie. Consider that it is, after all, interactive, with the player getting to take the place of Mark Hamill or Natalie Portman as star of the show.
The 3-D graphics make the experience immersive. A gripping story line shapes itself in response to a wide range of player choices -- everything from gender to how you conduct conversations. The ultimate question you face is an intensely moral one -- do you align yourself with the Light or Dark Side of the Force?
KOTOR, also due for the PC in November, is currently drawing more buzz than any title in game land. Industry insiders agree that it is emblematic of the dawning of a golden age of gaming.
Wired.com (http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,59964,00.html)
Actually, Knights (also known as KOTOR among the cognoscenti) in many ways is better than a movie. Consider that it is, after all, interactive, with the player getting to take the place of Mark Hamill or Natalie Portman as star of the show.
The 3-D graphics make the experience immersive. A gripping story line shapes itself in response to a wide range of player choices -- everything from gender to how you conduct conversations. The ultimate question you face is an intensely moral one -- do you align yourself with the Light or Dark Side of the Force?
KOTOR, also due for the PC in November, is currently drawing more buzz than any title in game land. Industry insiders agree that it is emblematic of the dawning of a golden age of gaming.
Wired.com (http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,59964,00.html)