Also, I've have never played it, but Phantasy Star Online, I heard that it was very dissapointing to those who loved the original versions, BUT if you've never played them before, then it's good because you don't have anything to base it on, it's basically somewhat like Final Fantasy or so people say...aslo
I would like to do a short bit of preaching on how good KOTOR really was...I love star wars, but I've never really liked any games, until I seen this one...I picked it up after hearing how great it was and everyone was right....you don't HAVE to be a star wars fan, in fact the game could be called anything, they could call it some other name, or make it totally original name and people would still love it, reason is that the only thing that makes it star wars are the people and characters and things in it, you could take the story and tweak it so that it was just another place in space, that just ahppen to have the force and light sabers, another great thing, is you don't have to know about star wars at all, the game explains the story as tho you would never know, and they don't refer to things in the movie, another part where it could be anything but star wars, except that they dceided to theme the game on it.........kinda like Star Wars Battlefields, it could be World War 2 themed, and there is one, and it could be a futuristic fighter, they just happened to use star wars theme, if this makes any sense...long story short, it's just a great RPG that happens to be based on the star wars galaxy, but in no way really refers to the stories in the movies, and could be all alone as one game or movie by itself..........
Another RPG i found, which i didn't really care for was Shenmue 2, in fact I thought it was plain horrible....but mostly for this reason, the game was a total remake, graphics and all, which used very plain jane ugly flat faced Dreamcast graphics, supposedly Shenmue 3 will come out, and it will be better, i think if they expand beyond what they have it will be awesome, first and foremost, the city is about the size of those free roam cities in grand theft auto, we don't need loading screens in between different sections...the fighting is actually quite good, and the story too, but it was cut short in 2 showing that a sequel must be coming...more on fighting, it uses a real fighting engine found in another fighting game, it allows realistic moves from several martial arts and also combos, then they throw in a few quick time events, where you have to push a series of buttons in the right order at the right time, they incorporate these into fight also...it's unique twist....the classic arcade games, found in random places are great also, and allow for some fun free roaming for finding new things....the collectables were kinda dumb, they were like action figureds in those little quarter machines, like madden cards, but they didn't do a thing, except waste money, and show that you did some extra searching the cities............but it was a good game, just no work put into it, if they expand beyond their city size, take out some load screens, pump up the graphics, add some details and put in more fights, put in some transportation, such as cabs, or cars, and also make the story feel done, but also allow for sequel it would be awesome, and i think all of these things will be included in the 3, so i would rent shenmue 2, just before shenmue 3 comes out, which as of rght now isn't looking good, hehe, like i said shenmue 2 sucked, but had lots of potential, but still it sucked no one bought it except for a few like me that love the story and just wanted more story, so no sales, no profits, no sequel YET................
Best RPG series ever made, IMO.
