With the Sith hot on your trail, you lead your small, growing crew across the galaxy in search of the last few remaining Jedi Masters either to kill them for their decision to exile you or to ask for their help in fighting back against the Sith threat. The story picks up with The Exile-suffering a convenient case of amnesia-being hunted down by the Sith, and you’re soon joined by a rogueish, Han Solo-esque pilot named Atton Rand and a mysterious force-sensitive woman named Kreia. You play in the role of a Jedi named “The Exile” who was cast out by the Jedi council due to your actions in the Mandalorian Wars.
KOTOR II picks up a few years after the events of its predecessor, which took place roughly 4,000 years before the events of the films in the pre-Disney canon. If you're after the 'complete' KOTOR II package, this re-release will offer that - if not at launch. Those of you who have played this in the past on PC may already be familiar with the content (which comes courtesy of a fan-developed mod) but suffice to say this is an exciting new chapter for a game viewed by many as not living up to its full potential in its original form. A free post-launch patch - The Sith Lord Restored Content DLC - is coming which will bring this missing content back by reworking the entire final act of the game with a whole new level, hundreds of bug fixes, adjusted cutscenes, new enemy encounters, and expanded dialogue with important characters. Captured on Nintendo Switch (Handheld/Undocked)īefore we get too into the weeds, we think it bears mentioning that this re-release on modern platforms brings with it the opportunity to finally play the game KOTOR II was originally envisioned as before the demands of the deadline necessitated that the dev team cut content. As a standalone that was evidently rushed to market, KOTOR II may overall feel weaker than its predecessor, but it also does a fantastic job of maintaining the high standards previously set in storytelling and gameplay. Considering that an entirely new development team of just seven people took over for this entry while still meeting that narrow deadline, it’s truly a miracle that the final product turned out as good as it did. Much akin to how Majora’s Mask came out barely a year after Ocarina of Time changed the game, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II was fired out as soon as developer Obsidian Entertainment could possibly make it and released a little less than a year and a half after its predecessor.
After Bioware's Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic wowed audiences with its in-depth storytelling and RPG mechanics in 2003, publisher LucasArts decided that a sequel would have to be made as soon as possible.
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