Poll: KotOR vs Mass Effect
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What? How is ME a copy of KOTOR...they're both RPGS in a Sci-fi setting...and thats it.
Anyways they are both great games and both are dirt cheap so why not get both. If I HAD to pick one it'd be ME because the replayability it has surpasses KOTOR in my book. That and KOTOR being old as dirt (graphically speaking) didn't age as well as other games.
Anyways they are both great games and both are dirt cheap so why not get both. If I HAD to pick one it'd be ME because the replayability it has surpasses KOTOR in my book. That and KOTOR being old as dirt (graphically speaking) didn't age as well as other games.
While KoTOR is great and everything, I voted Mass Effect. Mostly because
1) Original Setting outside of an Established Universe.
2) Downloadable Content
3) Upcoming Sequel will use the save data from the Old Mass Effect.
Though in actuality both are worth having.
1) Original Setting outside of an Established Universe.
2) Downloadable Content
3) Upcoming Sequel will use the save data from the Old Mass Effect.
Though in actuality both are worth having.
At first, I was a huge fan of KotOR 1 over the sequel, I thought the story was far superior, but a 'recent' (last six months) playthrough of KotOR2 really struck me as to just how deep it could be. We see HK-47's character actually expand beyond just the humourous assassin droid as he becomes Revan's mouthpiece for conveying some of his philosophies to the Exile, Kreia's manipulative, mothering, harsh, caring and ridiculously convoluted teaching methods all rolled into one...it was an excellent story and if there'd just been an extra six months polish (fuck you LucasArts. Fuck you.) on it then it would have blown KotOR1 out of the water and stomped all over it.
You had to look harder at KotOR2 to appreciate the intricacies I found. The story really came off as less good than it could have been if you didn't explore all the sidequest dialogue options available to you, but if you did everything (as you should have been doing for a game like this
) it was an excellent experience. One I would freely recommend to everyone.
Is Team Gizka finished yet by the way? \o/
As for KotOR Vs. Mass Effect: Not a fair comparison by any means. Two different games made in drastically different times with different capabilities for their platforms and Mass Effect hasn't even 'finished' yet. I'll wait til we get Mass Effect 3 and KotOR 3 before I make a final decision on that.
You had to look harder at KotOR2 to appreciate the intricacies I found. The story really came off as less good than it could have been if you didn't explore all the sidequest dialogue options available to you, but if you did everything (as you should have been doing for a game like this
) it was an excellent experience. One I would freely recommend to everyone.Is Team Gizka finished yet by the way? \o/
As for KotOR Vs. Mass Effect: Not a fair comparison by any means. Two different games made in drastically different times with different capabilities for their platforms and Mass Effect hasn't even 'finished' yet. I'll wait til we get Mass Effect 3 and KotOR 3 before I make a final decision on that.
Mass Effect had much better gameplay as far as combat goes, KOTOR'S adapted D&D stuff was really getting old. ME also wins as far as graphics, voice acting, and production quality go. However Kotor had a better story and, aside from Shepherd, better characters.
ME's aggravating Mako is balanced by KOTOR's annoying as hell spaceship shooter sections. Actually, the Mako was more endurable for me.
ME's aggravating Mako is balanced by KOTOR's annoying as hell spaceship shooter sections. Actually, the Mako was more endurable for me.
I recently checked, and they're in closed beta.Amnestic said:
I vastly prefer KotOR to Mass Effect. I love ME, but I just recently replayed KotOR, and I had forgotten how good it was. I like the combat, I think the characters are more likable. And the inventory system was much better than Mass Effect's system with the omnigels and whatnot.
Seriously. Get both. I know where I live, I can snag a new copy of Mass Effect for $18. KOTOR is a much older game so I can only assume it'd be just as cheap if not more so. I can't say for sure, as I've never needed another copy, so I've never looked.
Both games are an amazing experience. Both are totally worth the collective cost.
Both games are an amazing experience. Both are totally worth the collective cost.
Mass Effect.
I thought KOTOR was pretty dull; the semi realtime semi turn based combat was pretty clunky and the black and white way in which it deals with the choice between dark side or light side makes it one of the worst offenders in the 'choose between being a saint or eating a baby' school of moral choices, which I find uninteresting and grating.
I thought KOTOR was pretty dull; the semi realtime semi turn based combat was pretty clunky and the black and white way in which it deals with the choice between dark side or light side makes it one of the worst offenders in the 'choose between being a saint or eating a baby' school of moral choices, which I find uninteresting and grating.
I found KOTOR to be a snoozefest.
I love Mass Effect, no matter how incredibly shitty this last DLC was.
I love Mass Effect, no matter how incredibly shitty this last DLC was.
