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Dun have a Playstation :P Although I'd be willing to give up nostalgia for a game that's not going to erase when I'm half way through.You could always buy FF4 for the Playstation... But then there's no nostalgia to it, so bleh.
Go for the GBA then. The only problem with the PS version is that is have some very long loading times. But since you don't have a Playstation I guess you won't have to worry about this.peachvampiress wrote:Neon HeartDun have a PlaystationYou could always buy FF4 for the Playstation... But then there's no nostalgia to it, so bleh.Although I'd be willing to give up nostalgia for a game that's not going to erase when I'm half way through.
Apparently they released it onto GBA (which I have), but I heard it's got some weird glitches in it.
I still recommend picking up number 2 but make sure to keep your eye on Team Gizka, who are working on restoring the cut content and giving us actual endings. Also go to the downloads section and get the game fixes.Knights of the Old Republic 2 is, in most ways, extraordinarily similar to the original. All the gameplay mechanisms are the same. There are a few new force powers, more feats to acquire, and more items and upgrades. This is not a criticism: the original KOTOR was a great game.
This is not, for one simple reason: it isn't finished. By this, I don't mean that the door is left wide open for a sequel, although it is. I don't even mean that the game is buggy, although it is. The game is literally not finished.
Plot points appear and disappear at random. For example, and without spoiling anything, in the first part of the game, your actions cause a significant problem on one of the other worlds in the game. You get a quest to fix the problem. You find a way to do so. The quest abruptly ends there--there is no way to let anyone know you've solved the problem. Then, at the end game, people complain to you that you never solved this quest. And that's a minor example. Frankly, more of the end game is explained by the brief blurbs on the loading screens than anything that happens in the game itself.
The game is filled with "Huh?" moments as a result. The end game, in particular, expects you to know things that are never revealed anywhere because those aspects were cut. Side plots are built up and suddenly dropped. One of the end-game cutscenes suggests a critical decision is about to be made, then is completely ignored.
Then there's the ending itself. Sheer garbage. There's no payoff for wading through the disjointed story. There's nothing but a brief little dialog that goes nowhere.
What's particularly sad is that, what story is there is very interesting. This game was designed by the designer for Planescape: Torment, one of the great RPGs. It has a similar feel, full of regret and melancholy, and the weight of decisions made in the past. I'm quite sure a complete story was developed. Some genius decided to start cutting so the game could get out the door sooner. It's a sad waste of potential, and leaves a bitter taste.
