If there is a game I have tried and failed to finish more times than any other, it is KOTOR. I've started it on the original XBOX, PC, PC (Steam) and Mac, never getting further than Dantooine. 10+ years of buying new versions of the game and giving it a shot now and again.
Last year I bought yet another edition of the game, this time for iPad. One again, I got through Dantooine, and actually finally got to a new planet, but again stalled and put the game down.
I don't know why I have failed to progress in the game so many times. It might be that I never had much experience with real WRPGs. I've beaten a lot of ARPGs (Morrowind, Witcher series, Mass Effect series), but have had little success with RPGs where you have to set the characters in motion and can't rely on your reflexes at all to stay alive.
Until now. After messing around with widescreen fixes on the PC, I decided to give the iPad version another go, and about 35 hours later I've beaten KOTOR.
The first thing I did differently was take a computer created character and auto leveled up every character, including my own. I figured there were enough characters I could just choose the ones that were taken down the paths I needed. As someone who is bad at these games it was more likely I would screw up by trying to min/max.
Once I was able to get past one of the planets I had Jedi that could heal and stun and the game became much easier. There were still some sticky points here and there, but good use of consumables and the occasional mine trap would win the day. By the end of the game I was pretty overloaded with a lot of items.
I completely ignored swoop racing because it was a pain on the iPad, and I realized it wasn't required. I didn't play much Pazaak either although I built a good deck. I didn't buy any of the really big ticket items, but I managed fine without them.
From a story standpoint, I was sadly spoiled on the major twist sometime last year. It was kind of amazing I had managed to avoid it for so long. The idea of the Sith empire is a little silly overall. It's basically an entire empire of assholes. I don't understand why it doesn't fall apart simply from everyone fighting among themselves.
I'm very interested in checking out the restored KOTOR 2 now, but I might give it a little break.
Last year I bought yet another edition of the game, this time for iPad. One again, I got through Dantooine, and actually finally got to a new planet, but again stalled and put the game down.
I don't know why I have failed to progress in the game so many times. It might be that I never had much experience with real WRPGs. I've beaten a lot of ARPGs (Morrowind, Witcher series, Mass Effect series), but have had little success with RPGs where you have to set the characters in motion and can't rely on your reflexes at all to stay alive.
Until now. After messing around with widescreen fixes on the PC, I decided to give the iPad version another go, and about 35 hours later I've beaten KOTOR.
The first thing I did differently was take a computer created character and auto leveled up every character, including my own. I figured there were enough characters I could just choose the ones that were taken down the paths I needed. As someone who is bad at these games it was more likely I would screw up by trying to min/max.
Once I was able to get past one of the planets I had Jedi that could heal and stun and the game became much easier. There were still some sticky points here and there, but good use of consumables and the occasional mine trap would win the day. By the end of the game I was pretty overloaded with a lot of items.
I completely ignored swoop racing because it was a pain on the iPad, and I realized it wasn't required. I didn't play much Pazaak either although I built a good deck. I didn't buy any of the really big ticket items, but I managed fine without them.
From a story standpoint, I was sadly spoiled on the major twist sometime last year. It was kind of amazing I had managed to avoid it for so long. The idea of the Sith empire is a little silly overall. It's basically an entire empire of assholes. I don't understand why it doesn't fall apart simply from everyone fighting among themselves.
I'm very interested in checking out the restored KOTOR 2 now, but I might give it a little break.