Is KOTOR still good in 2022?

[Dragon of Dojima]

So I bought the game after hearing so many great things about it. But because the game is pretty dated I decided to download a few mods to enhance the experience. But because of the time and maintenance of some mods (and the fact that some aren't very compatible with others and makes the game crash), I wanted to try to play the game without any mods at all. So I just wanted to ask. Is the game worth playing without ANY enhancing mods in 2022? Will the experience still be good even though the game is pretty old?

After playing the game for the first time, I had the finished the story (Light Side) and I truly have no words to describe it. An incredible journey. I started KOTOR 2 but I have some fatigue with the mechanics so I'll hold off on that for now until I'm ready to get back into it.

Thank you all for replying to this Discussion. May the force be with you!

[bad_fur_day1]

Yes of course.

[AC Denton]

If it was good then it'll be good now. The game hasn't changed, your mindset has. It's onl;y "dated" or bad if you want it to be.
It's a great game.
You will want the resolution patch though to use higher resolutions with a scaled UI/HUD, but really that's all.

[Dragon of Dojima]

Originally posted by bad_fur_day1:

Yes of course.

That's a relief. I just wanted to make sure that the game still holds up even though it's aged. Thank you my friend!

[Dragon of Dojima]

Originally posted by Captain Denton of the Unreliable:

If it was good then it'll be good now. The game hasn't changed, your mindset has. It's onl;y "dated" or bad if you want it to be.
It's a great game.
You will want the resolution patch though to use higher resolutions with a scaled UI/HUD, but really that's all.

That's good to know. When I say dated I mean aged not that's it's gone bad or anything. But thanks again for the reply

[AJ_]

I replayed the game over the past few days, first time since I initially played it in the early 2000's. I didn't install any mods, except widescreen fix.

The game still holds up amazingly. It actually confirmed my suspicions that some games were in fact better in those days. The story is so compelling and it keeps you playing because you want to know how it ends. I hope we will ever see such a good story-based RPG again, that isnt just a remake or tainted by cheap DLC / bloated cosmetics / microtransactions

[N-Ding the Rice Farmer™]

It has definitely aged and is janky in places, but as someone who played this for the first time in 2021, it is certainly still great.

[Innocent]

I've replayed it a few months ago since I never finished it, and had a blast. The story, characters and voice acting are great. The graphics have suffered a bit but nothing awful.

[kmpt]

Your experience will be better with mods.

[sick duck]

Its fine. Just the graphics are early 2000s, and that was the awkward adolescence of videogame graphics when just about everything in 3D graphics looked bad and aged poorly. Didn't really get graphics good enough to stand the test of time until recently, like the first dark souls and witcher 3 is the first game I can think of in 2015 to really do expressions properly because even the wrinkles and the eyeballs are animated.

[LvlySpacerLady]

I installed it a long time ago, on another computer. Now I have a different computer but I haven't been able to play it for about a year now. I love the game, but disappointed that I can't play it.

[N-Ding the Rice Farmer™]

Keeping on topic but switching focus to the sequel, please play KOTOR 2 with the restored content mod. I see you have it on your account but have no recorded time, so I assume you have yet to play it. The restored content mod is basically essential in playing it since it adds a lot of the important cut content.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=485537937&searchtext=

That's obviously IF you're gonna play KOTOR 2. If you end up not enjoying 1, you won't enjoy 2.

[Schaldach]

YES

[SuSpencefulGaming]

Kotor will always be worth playing. Especially with mods. Sprucing up the textures, graphics, and weapons skins with mods is a game changer. Don't forget the widescreen fix.

[Sin]

Originally posted by Ryan | "Rex":

So I bought the game after hearing so many great things about it. But because the game is pretty dated I decided to download a few mods to enhance the experience. But because of the time and maintenance of some mods (and the fact that some aren't very compatible with others and makes the game crash), I wanted to try to play the game without any mods at all. So I just wanted to ask. Is the game worth playing without ANY enhancing mods in 2022? Will the experience still be good even though the game is pretty old?

it is dated by now (to be honest, it was dated back when it first released) but the story experience is great regardless. Well told, fun to experience and the janky gameplay systems don't drag you out of it too much. This is a roleplaying game with limited choice but strong story, so as long as you treat it as such and not as an action game you should have fun with it.

The second title is one upping this but it also REQUIRES the unofficial patch. Kotor 2 is as buggy as vampire the masquerade bloodlines and there is no way in hell you don't run into savegame destroying issues without the unofficial patch, luckily Kotor 1 did not have these issues, though if there is an unofficial patch it is likely useful just to fix broken talents and abilitys, the occasional quest trigger or transition bug.

The restoration mods are a mixed bag, I had huge troubles getting kotor 1 to work with them and some of the content restored is so clearly unfinished that you don't have to guess why it was cut to begin with. On the other hand: some nice dialogue / ingame cutscenes are restored aswell ..so it is a trade off.

[matthias242]

I agree to the other posters and totally recommend the game. It's on sale right now so the best moment to grab it.

I recently bought it for Nintendo Switch as well and just started a new campaign. The thrid time i bought it - and no regret - the money is well spent and supports development on future iterations of the saga, too.

The gfx on Switch seem to look a little better polished than an unmodded PC version. It's a bit fiddly to change resolution on PC to get a reaonable screen ratio along the way. Still there are plenty of vids that show how to modify stuff to your liking.