Kotor2 is really what flips star wars on it's head in regards to the force,jedi,sith,mandos etc it is a philosophical mind flay and asks so much more questions than we originally had with the view of all these themes and factions
Selling a game that you know cannot be completed on the platform that the game is meant for is NOT UNDERSTANDABLE. It's Criminal! This game should never have shipped and it is irrelevant how "supposedly" buggy the source content was. Part of the porting process should have been to remove such bugs!
But that would require some effort , we can't have now can we ? Lets just put the minimal amount of effort needed and the sheep will buy it no matter how busted it is because it's Star Wars .
@@saula8948 Yeah, No, the moment I heard that bugs prevent the completion of the game, I IMMEDIATELY ceased thought of purchasing the game. Sometimes game reviews actually do tell you what you need to know.
@@Megasuperq That is about the worst excuse imaginable. If you said that Obsidian isn't going out of their way to fix bugs, I wouldn't care. They likely haven't touched the title in a decade or more, and won't touch the title again. When another company is attempting to make money by porting this old title and finds game breaking bugs, yeah I do expect them to fix it, if they don't want to be hit with refunds and/or false advertising, anti-consumer practices lawsuits.
Yes I’ll be waiting for the “patch removing shit that should never have shipped so messed up in the first place” before I add this to kotor one that I’m halfway through for the first time since it first shipped.
yeah i was gonna wait for the patch anyway, but now i'm more hesitant, especially with the buzzing sound and not being able to finish the game, even if they patch the second one, if they don't fix the buzzing i may still avoid it cause that'd drive me mad
wow. i'm a little surprised the dialogue skipping thing transferred over to the switch. don't expect it to get fixed though. it's an engine specific bug that would probably need a complex workaround. when playing the game for around 2 hours, this is known to happen. it's a time based thing, and the only thing you can do to ward it off is shut down the game, and make sure to load a save from before the bug started happening. because its a bug with the engine, the people responsible for fixing it are the engine creators, not the game creators, and i believe that engine has been discontinued. take my words with a grain of salt though. this is, after all, the internet.
When Skyrim originally released there was a claw door that wouldn't open preventing you from beating the main story until it was patched and that's considered one of the most played games of all time.
For those wondering how to get past the Basilisk crash glitch 👇 When you’re picking your party before you enter the basilisk press Left stick 3 times and enter the cheat menu. select warp and go to 504OND, it takes you right outside on the sky ramp.
yeah, but then think of the 90's X-Men cartoon and look at modern Marvel shows on Disney Plus, just saying, personally, i think they're not really trying
@@nunyabizness6376 i almost don't want to believe you, that's the sad thing, they're really doing a number on us, cause we want to believe they're trying, but we know they're not
From what I know the dialogue skipping bug is caused from a memory leak when the game is running for a long time. Usually it's fixed by quitting out and restarting the game. It's especially apparent on the switch since most of the time you're not actually quitting out the game but rather sleeping it and so it may happen more frequently.
Random question. I bought a Switch OLED a week ago and yesterday I was playing fortnite for like two hours portable when my switch said my right joy con wasn’t connected to the tablet. No matter how many times I took it off and back on it would not reconnect. Joy cons are updated same as the console. I turned it off and back on and it seemed to fix the issue. Anyone else have this problem?
How did you get pass the crashes on Switch and other bugs that have been a big issue? I’ve been playing it for my own review and I keep hitting a wall with crashes (deep into Nar Shadaa) and a few other spots with big issues.
@@PaulieWalnuts13 Not trying to use the cheats to play through TBH. And in reality, it should work fine without me needing to use that to play through normally.
@@jakejameslugo it's a really just a warp past like 4 mins of play/dialog on the hard stop game breaking spot. you just miss the basilisk drop. them having mandolins nam flashbacks and you getting to joke that you just had one handy. then you run to the ramp and thats where the warp takes you. never open the cheat menu again and your good.
that sucks, i could'nt imagine playing the game with that honestly, i have autism and constant noises and things like that really hinder my experience with things, which sucks cause i really want to play KOTOR 2 again and the switch is my only real option
I was thinking to myself this game actually looks better than I remember. Now this video explains it lol. Still my favourite series of all time. There NEEDS to be a third.
I can't believe it, Kotor 2 has been out for how many years with all it's problems documented and they still not only not adress the issues, it also has new ones and still hasn't developed the new DLC for it. Compare this to how Quake 1 was essentially remastered with new content and overhauled to fit with modern systems.
I'm with Matty on the Peragus intro, I enjoy it and it's a great tone setter for the rest of the game. I much prefer playing through it than I do Taris on KOTOR.
They probably should have done what most companies forget to do, ship the game complete…I think dlc for a remake or remaster is an astounding waste of time to the consumer. When I want to play a game I’ve played before I want it all at once. Even without the game breaking bug why would I want to play a lesser version of a game without dlc that fundamentally makes the game better? This strategy has me worried about the development of the KOTOR remake.
Well if people are willing to fork over the moneyz that is what is going to continue to happen , these people barely put any effort in this , it's absolutely busted and people are still sucking their nuts . Oh yeah lets not forget about the KOTOR remake if you honestly think it's going to be an incredible game you are delusional , with all the staff that is 90 % sjw crack heads good luck , they are going to make a mediocre game and everybody will praise it like it's a gift from god himself because most ,, gamers ,, are dumb as cork and will accept anything you give them as long as it's not garbage or has microtransactions in the game .
@@harshbalwani9736 oh I forgot everything Sony makes is a perfect game with 0 bugs and glitches. Sony also had a exclusive partnership with the guy making Abandoned and he’s being called a scammer. Being partnered with Sony doesn’t mean Jack shit.
I was going to wait regardless because I'm buying the Physical from LRG. I know people don't like that LRG is slow with their releases and that availability is also an issue, but 1 thing that LRG benefits from is that they often release their games with all patches and content added so you can play as intended via that cartridge without needing downloads.
A serious game breaking bug? In KOTOR II? Say it aint so! What a surprise!!!!! This was exactly what happened with the original PC game. If I recall it was even in the SAME SPOT (the Basilisk crash). I played this eagerly on PC after playing KOTOR 1 and loving it. It was no where near as good as KOTOR, worse story, bugs, but luckily I could reload a save to get around the game breaking bug. KOTOR II was the reason I did not buy Fallout: New Vegas. As soon as that dropped it was again reported to be full of bugs. Notably, in the intro, where you wake up and a doctor is talking to you, the animation could cause his entire head to rotate and turn upside down on their neck. Found it very hard to trust anything from Obsidian after KOTOR II and the reviews of Fallout: New Vegas. Can't believe that so many years later KOTOR II is still being released with the same bug in it.
I am a big fan of KOTOR2, Honestly I would suggest it on PC over the switch (both KOTOR 2 and KOTOR remastered are mostly based on some of the mods popular anyway)! With mods, you can add so much content beyond just the restored content mod, Hell you can even add raytracing!
I really like what Peragus is trying to do actually, Exile feels a lot more grounded and feels like a warbroken veteran than some plucky hero due to that establishment in Peragus.
How do people not get a lightsaber until late into the game? I've always gotten mine after you encounter Visas Marr, because you get the parts you need from doing the Telos quest and fighting Visas.
He’s not joking. Flurry is THE optimal feat for light-side characters. I actually did the math on optimal builds for each alignment, and the optimal light-side build is all about stacking “extra attack” effects. Master flurry gives you an extra attack with no downsides, two-weapon fighting makes dual-wielding hit more often, force/knight/master speed gives 2 free extra attacks at the highest tier, and the juyo lightsaber form gives you an extra attack at the cost of defense. That’s 6 attacks total in a single turn, and with your protagonist’s custom lightsaber crystal and a few EXTREMELY effective upgrades for your lightsaber, each attack does significant damage in its own right. Get the finesse feat early on, and you can put basically all of your points into dexterity. Pick the Jedi Weaponmaster prestige class when it becomes available and you get some more passive feats that improve damage and accuracy with lightsabers. Whenever you get force powers, stack self-buffs. Viola, now you do mega-uber-ultra damage and are completely unkillable. Have fun. If anyone’s curious, the optimal dark side build is all about the force lightning. Start as a Jedi Consular and go into Sith Lord once it becomes available. Get the “battle precognition” ability which adds your wisdom bonus to defense, and put basically all your stat points into wisdom. Given that wisdom’s basic function is to make your force powers harder to save against and increase FP on level-up, you will basically have UNLIMITED POWER!!! (Note: dark side characters don’t have access to the same kinds of buffs that light-side characters do, so you will never be quite as tanky) Use the “force form” that increases damage of force powers by 50%, but increases the cost by and additional 50% FP. The extra cost doesn’t really matter, because you have UNLIMITED POWER!!! from your high wisdom score. I found myself doing triple-digit damage in a huge AOE surprisingly early in the game. Oh, and tip for the newbies: for the protagonist, sink all the points you can into persuade and awareness, as these open up the most conversation options. Your teammates (particularly Bao-dur and T3-M4, as they have the highest base intelligence and therefore skill points) can handle basically any skill-check you need them to, with the exception of conversational ones. Strictly speaking, every skill has conversation options associated with it, but awareness has the most (with repair and computer use being a distant second and third) and persuade is ONLY available to the protagonist.
The auto skipping dialog bug I have noticed will be intermittently fixed by either reloading the save or saving and quitting and reloading. Not an ideal fix but a fix no less.
@@professorbaxtercarelessdre1075 unfortunately because it's a bug with the engine and not the game, that's probably unlikely. All games made in that engine will have the bug, so even Kotor 1 has it. The engine itself, Odyssey, has been retired, so there's nobody left to fix the bug, and so there's not much the port developers can really do about it.
@@Rin-qj7zt well that sucks, i really want to play KOTOR 2 again but if bugs still exist that would prevent me from completing the game, or that humming sound being there constantly, i don't think i can look passed that stuff
Hey, Matty, are you about gaming in general or Xbox PC? or whats the deal? I'd love to hear more PS news or more gaming news in general from you! You're nice to listen to and seem like a cool dude!
So glad you said something about the lack of combat barks for KOTOR 1. Now I know never to play the Switch version. I couldn’t imagine the game without those.
How does this make you feel about the remake being made by the sake studio? Especially when given the rumor about Microsoft originally turning down the remake due to the developer behind it.
I’m going to buy KOTOR 1 for switch and play it for the first time since it’s a good port and it just went on sale so why not so I can wait for KOTOR 2
I wish you got a lightsaber earlier. I think finding one on the Ebon Hawk (Revan's?) Directly after Peragus would have been perfect. I also loved Peragus.
It annoys me that nobody ever addresses the dialogue text size. The PC version of KOTOR 2 has tiny text when you run the game at modern resolutions, and there is nothing you can do to change it. There aren't any mods to address it because the text is hard coded. Interestingly, on the iPad version from a couple years ago, they bypassed this by putting in a completely new text system (text was blue and looked completely different). In the Switch version, they actually made the original text system look normal at modern resolutions for the first time in the game's history. It's a shame the Switch version has so many issues, because the text size alone is a non-starter for me on PC.
@@DnVFMVs Different playthroughs, and just loving the story. The two games are my place of Zen when times are tough. It's easy to go and get lost in the lore.
Thanks to the brutally honest assessment iv decided to pick up this game after all. I fell in love with the first game back in the day but never played the second. I'll wait till it's been patched up tho
Great review Matty, thanks for the info! Am I going crazy here or is a Lo-Fi version of the Restored Jedi Temple Song playing in the background of this video? Awesome!
That buzzing has always been in KOTOR2 in every iteration of the game I’ve played and owned(I have played all of them). I thought it was just part of the game.
@@cotyselen2282 its been so many years since i played KOTOR 2 i think i vaguely recall it being there when i played it on PC back then but i think it wasn't as loud as it sounds here, hopefully they can at least make it less pronounced with the patch
hey Matty, thanks for the review and info, i bought KOTOR 1 on switch recently cause of your review and i'm enjoying it, loved the story of KOTOR 2 more myself, are you planning on an update video when they release the restored content patch on Switch? would love your thoughts on that when it does :D
I know most people will hate this but the first KOTOR was even better on mobile, graphics were fantastic, and it had full controller support. The ideal way to play though would be on something like one of the larger iPad models, or on a phone if you have one of those controllers like the Razer Kishi or Backbone.
Nintendo needs to get its act together still, no sale) heavy sale games, over priced items, low quality games being allowed, old games no heavy sales. Steam is allowing 2+ dollars for both KOTOR games.
The problem with the Steam version of KOTOR II is, while the quality of life updates are great, the Workshop is actually NOT the best place for mods, unless you're only using ONE mod. In order to have mods be guaranteed to be compatible with one another, you really need to manually install them on KOTOR II. If you're only using TSLRCM though, Workshop is fine. Also, the dialogue skipping bug was actually made WORSE by the Aspyr update from 2015 on PC. I was excited for the Switch release of 2, but I'll definitely be waiting until TSLRCM is out for it and the bugs are ironed out.
Somthing ya missed there are mod type things in kotor 2 if ya double click the left analog you can spawn in anything or raise stuff and all that idk if I missed you say this in the video but that's a thing so you can spawn a lightsaber with a white crystal on peragus
Thank you for answering my question of whether or not to buy this. That sound is horrible, and I don't like that they removed audio from the first game. Guess I'll buy Legend of Mana or something instead for my retro RPG on the go.
I was unable to complete KOTOR 1 and 2!!! I loved both of them. I love starwars. Played both on Xbox and both games froze and got corrupted save files as I was very deep in the game.
I remember some awesome glitches on the original Kotor in the OG Xbox. I had one save file where I could somehow go re-do everything on Talis despite the fact that I wasn't supposed to go there anymore. I was super powered up and at end game levels. The funniest save glitch I had was that Everytime I saved and came back onto my ship, I had a new clone of Zaalbar waiting. I could eventually have an army of Wookies on my ship. I gotta say it was fun venturing around with two Zalbaars as my bodyguards.
It really sucks that the only way to get a physical copy is through Limited Run for now anyway. Why? This isn't some niche game, The Jedi Knight Collection released as a physical release. I hope that once the additional content is released on the Switch they release a physical copy with both games.
While there’s no mod to get a lightsaber right off the bat, the “Cheat Menu” from KOTOR 1 on Switch makes a return in this one so you can always just “Cheat” a lightsaber into your inventory. I think there’s also “Stage Select” that I’ve been to afraid to tinker with but I think it may even let you skip Peragus with it. I’ve been loving the portability of the Switch port. Sure, the PC version gets you a lot more, but I can’t play the PC version laying in bed with my sleeping wife or at my In-Laws house lol.
@@SkorpionSSs I have, unfortunately, having just recently talked my wife into letting me get a Switch, and already having an aging Xbox One, there’s absolutely, positively no way I’ll be able to talk her into another console. That being said, Steam Deck would likely be a solid pick for a portable KOTOR2 if someone already has one or it’s in their budget! I hadn’t thought of that!
To defend Kotor 1 on switch. The sound bytes have been all fixed as well as quite a few other things. Still listening to this video will edit. Edit: Yeah. I love Kotor 2, but I justppayed on Xbox og and it was pretty okay. No crazy buzzing. Finishable. Hair physics and better particle effects. Kind of crazy there are so many issues.
Im just upset that we still havent gotten the old kotors on playstation, I still have my original pc copies but man it would be so nice to have that on my current console lol
are they as noticeable? its been years since i played it on PC when it first released, can't remember if it was that loud, and is it always there or only for a time or on a certain mission?
There is actually a new game breaking bug that the developers tried to hide , the fessed up a few days ago. I was playing through it and the constant frame stutters and crashes now this bug has killed my enjoyment so I've put it down.
@@Alexthelion93 yeah sadly this is one of those times it would have been better left on the shelf. lol. not every console needs a port esp this dogwater system
@@bernardoblanchetramirez6032 exactly, the switch has some absolutely amazing games I absolutely loved Kotor 1 but the developers really fucked this release lol
about to play this game for the first time. last time i had the itch for something like this i ended up buying mass effect, i been playing a ton of new vegas and was looking for something else to scratch the itch and have great storytelling like that, hope i love this game. i dont mind bad graphics usually but i hate how clunky and not intuitive a lot of the old games can be, thats why I couldnt play original fallout, felt like controls were in another language lol
The restoration mod dlc was scrapped due to legal reasons. It's only for PC. And the dialogue skipping this has always been an issue on the PC version for years. It doesn't do it on the Xbox version though. Must be a PC issue this is a PC port.
Can you play KOTOR 2 with mods on Steam Deck? I am guessing not, as I don’t think mods are supported on Steam Deck, but I’d love to be wrong about this.
I somewhat disagree with the flurry being the best move, it was that, or power attack, or the lightning storm. But regardless it was definitely one of the best 3 power moves. Though I definitely used heal a lot more.
I enjoyed Knights of the Old Republic 2 but honestly it’s not my favorite Star Wars game. The gameplay is good but the story itself was a bit confusing and a bit glitchy(especially the ending). Also for some odd reason my PC version would not give me the scene with Bastila(and yet I picked all the dialogue choices that involved Revan being on the light side). The first one is better and less confusing. I really hope the remastered version that comes out next year will be great. Not doing a pre-order though lol 😆
it's a full remake from the ground up not a remaster not to get things confused, so it's gonna be totally different combat and gameplay but we'll just have to see how it turns out
You're not alone. I loved the hell out of KOTOR, I was obsessed with it. KOTOR 2 came along and I was so turned off by the tone change. I get that some people like that, but it was a real slog for me. My son OTOH loves it, so to each his own.
Even without the restored content patch I can play it while waiting for my steam deck. And since I'm giving my switch to my niece it shouldn't go to waste.
Kotor2 is really what flips star wars on it's head in regards to the force,jedi,sith,mandos etc it is a philosophical mind flay and asks so much more questions than we originally had with the view of all these themes and factions
Kotor 2 was deep
now we just get hollow garbage on the rare occasion we even get a star wars game
@@colinw1692 What? Jedi: Fallen Order was fantastic.
Truly it was the only star wars property ever that truly got me invested in the actual philosophy of the force and good/light sides
@@brianhollo1 It was but it can't be compared to Kotor 2, it's a completely different style of game.
Selling a game that you know cannot be completed on the platform that the game is meant for is NOT UNDERSTANDABLE. It's Criminal! This game should never have shipped and it is irrelevant how "supposedly" buggy the source content was. Part of the porting process should have been to remove such bugs!
But that would require some effort , we can't have now can we ? Lets just put the minimal amount of effort needed and the sheep will buy it no matter how busted it is because it's Star Wars .
@@saula8948 Yeah, No, the moment I heard that bugs prevent the completion of the game, I IMMEDIATELY ceased thought of purchasing the game. Sometimes game reviews actually do tell you what you need to know.
@@Megasuperq That is about the worst excuse imaginable. If you said that Obsidian isn't going out of their way to fix bugs, I wouldn't care. They likely haven't touched the title in a decade or more, and won't touch the title again. When another company is attempting to make money by porting this old title and finds game breaking bugs, yeah I do expect them to fix it, if they don't want to be hit with refunds and/or false advertising, anti-consumer practices lawsuits.
Yes I’ll be waiting for the “patch removing shit that should never have shipped so messed up in the first place” before I add this to kotor one that I’m halfway through for the first time since it first shipped.
yeah i was gonna wait for the patch anyway, but now i'm more hesitant, especially with the buzzing sound and not being able to finish the game, even if they patch the second one, if they don't fix the buzzing i may still avoid it cause that'd drive me mad
Same here, I bought it cause it's one of my all time favs but I'm waiting for patch + restored content mod to touch it
100% agree. I could never understand why people would want to skip peragus. This game is all about the story, it sets the mood.
Legend has it that some people are still waiting for the restore contact DLC
wow. i'm a little surprised the dialogue skipping thing transferred over to the switch. don't expect it to get fixed though. it's an engine specific bug that would probably need a complex workaround. when playing the game for around 2 hours, this is known to happen. it's a time based thing, and the only thing you can do to ward it off is shut down the game, and make sure to load a save from before the bug started happening. because its a bug with the engine, the people responsible for fixing it are the engine creators, not the game creators, and i believe that engine has been discontinued.
take my words with a grain of salt though. this is, after all, the internet.
When Skyrim originally released there was a claw door that wouldn't open preventing you from beating the main story until it was patched and that's considered one of the most played games of all time.
Exactly. Even now there are bugs and glitches that can break your game yet we still love it.
Not fair comparing to Skyrim, a lot of people have never even played the main story in that because there is so many other things to do.
For those wondering how to get past the Basilisk crash glitch 👇
When you’re picking your party before you enter the basilisk press Left stick 3 times and enter the cheat menu. select warp and go to 504OND, it takes you right outside on the sky ramp.
Thanks for this.
Amazing that a relatively small studio (at the time) wrote a more lore accurate, moving, thought provoking star wars story than stoopid disney could
yeah, but then think of the 90's X-Men cartoon and look at modern Marvel shows on Disney Plus, just saying, personally, i think they're not really trying
@@professorbaxtercarelessdre1075 exactly. They want to traumatize us as adults and ruin our childhoods.
@@nunyabizness6376 i almost don't want to believe you, that's the sad thing, they're really doing a number on us, cause we want to believe they're trying, but we know they're not
@@professorbaxtercarelessdre1075 Disney doesn't care about long time fans, they care about the children who they can manipulate the minds of.
@@neowolf09 and diehard fans who'll spend money to see every Marvel film and show regardless of how good they are
From what I know the dialogue skipping bug is caused from a memory leak when the game is running for a long time. Usually it's fixed by quitting out and restarting the game. It's especially apparent on the switch since most of the time you're not actually quitting out the game but rather sleeping it and so it may happen more frequently.
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Random question. I bought a Switch OLED a week ago and yesterday I was playing fortnite for like two hours portable when my switch said my right joy con wasn’t connected to the tablet. No matter how many times I took it off and back on it would not reconnect. Joy cons are updated same as the console. I turned it off and back on and it seemed to fix the issue.
Anyone else have this problem?
There was a patch that re-added the combat lines back in. So the lines were missing but they were later patched back in.
Regardless of the state of the game, I'd highly recommend waiting for the content mod.
I’m still waiting
An awesome game that continues to be plagued by technical issues.
sadly apt, but hoping they fix the major bugs with a patch that can't come soon enough
So the Original KOTOR 2 Experience
How did you get pass the crashes on Switch and other bugs that have been a big issue? I’ve been playing it for my own review and I keep hitting a wall with crashes (deep into Nar Shadaa) and a few other spots with big issues.
You can warp past them using the cheat menu
The ebon hawk crash at peragus pisses me off
@@PaulieWalnuts13 Not trying to use the cheats to play through TBH. And in reality, it should work fine without me needing to use that to play through normally.
@@jakejameslugo no shit I’m just giving a current solution to the problem
@@jakejameslugo it's a really just a warp past like 4 mins of play/dialog on the hard stop game breaking spot. you just miss the basilisk drop. them having mandolins nam flashbacks and you getting to joke that you just had one handy. then you run to the ramp and thats where the warp takes you. never open the cheat menu again and your good.
That humming sound is in the PC version as well. Ive noticed it a lot while playing.
that sucks, i could'nt imagine playing the game with that honestly, i have autism and constant noises and things like that really hinder my experience with things, which sucks cause i really want to play KOTOR 2 again and the switch is my only real option
I'm like 90% sure that's just the background hum of machinery, just much louder than usual.
@@ianbaker672 well if it's that loud and there constantly i think that's a real issue, but maybe that's just me
I was thinking to myself this game actually looks better than I remember. Now this video explains it lol. Still my favourite series of all time. There NEEDS to be a third.
I can't believe it, Kotor 2 has been out for how many years with all it's problems documented and they still not only not adress the issues, it also has new ones and still hasn't developed the new DLC for it.
Compare this to how Quake 1 was essentially remastered with new content and overhauled to fit with modern systems.
I'm with Matty on the Peragus intro, I enjoy it and it's a great tone setter for the rest of the game. I much prefer playing through it than I do Taris on KOTOR.
They probably should have done what most companies forget to do, ship the game complete…I think dlc for a remake or remaster is an astounding waste of time to the consumer. When I want to play a game I’ve played before I want it all at once. Even without the game breaking bug why would I want to play a lesser version of a game without dlc that fundamentally makes the game better? This strategy has me worried about the development of the KOTOR remake.
that's what worries me about most games these days, back in the day games released completed first, and there was no day one or whenever patches
Well if people are willing to fork over the moneyz that is what is going to continue to happen , these people barely put any effort in this , it's absolutely busted and people are still sucking their nuts . Oh yeah lets not forget about the KOTOR remake if you honestly think it's going to be an incredible game you are delusional , with all the staff that is 90 % sjw crack heads good luck , they are going to make a mediocre game and everybody will praise it like it's a gift from god himself because most ,, gamers ,, are dumb as cork and will accept anything you give them as long as it's not garbage or has microtransactions in the game .
So the remake is in a partnership with Sony and Sony QA won’t let it ship in bad condition because that would hurt Sonys image
@@harshbalwani9736 oh I forgot everything Sony makes is a perfect game with 0 bugs and glitches. Sony also had a exclusive partnership with the guy making Abandoned and he’s being called a scammer. Being partnered with Sony doesn’t mean Jack shit.
Really? Better? You think slowly running back and forth as slow ass droids in a huge map is better?
You earned my sub matter, your love, passion and knowledge of star wars is unmatched. Keep it up
I was going to wait regardless because I'm buying the Physical from LRG. I know people don't like that LRG is slow with their releases and that availability is also an issue, but 1 thing that LRG benefits from is that they often release their games with all patches and content added so you can play as intended via that cartridge without needing downloads.
A serious game breaking bug? In KOTOR II? Say it aint so! What a surprise!!!!! This was exactly what happened with the original PC game. If I recall it was even in the SAME SPOT (the Basilisk crash).
I played this eagerly on PC after playing KOTOR 1 and loving it. It was no where near as good as KOTOR, worse story, bugs, but luckily I could reload a save to get around the game breaking bug.
KOTOR II was the reason I did not buy Fallout: New Vegas. As soon as that dropped it was again reported to be full of bugs. Notably, in the intro, where you wake up and a doctor is talking to you, the animation could cause his entire head to rotate and turn upside down on their neck. Found it very hard to trust anything from Obsidian after KOTOR II and the reviews of Fallout: New Vegas.
Can't believe that so many years later KOTOR II is still being released with the same bug in it.
I am a big fan of KOTOR2, Honestly I would suggest it on PC over the switch (both KOTOR 2 and KOTOR remastered are mostly based on some of the mods popular anyway)!
With mods, you can add so much content beyond just the restored content mod, Hell you can even add raytracing!
It's nice to think back to a time when Star Wars wasn't a joke.
No shit. These games were released in the golden years compared to now. Revenge of the Sith and 2 KOTOR games all back to back to back.
I really like what Peragus is trying to do actually, Exile feels a lot more grounded and feels like a warbroken veteran than some plucky hero due to that establishment in Peragus.
9:30 you can actually get that experience here by using the cheat menu. You can spawn whatever weapon you want at anytime.
Yeah I'm surprised matty doesn't know about that
How do people not get a lightsaber until late into the game? I've always gotten mine after you encounter Visas Marr, because you get the parts you need from doing the Telos quest and fighting Visas.
To add to that it is possible for a player to never get a lightsaber if you don't get the parts.
Just played this for the first time and absolutely loved it! Probably my second favorite Star Wars game!
@Scott ur mom
@Scott wondering that myself, i think Jedi Knight 2 Jedi Outcast might be my actual favorite but its a toss up the KOTOR games are amazing
@Scott Jedi Fallen Order atm
He’s not joking. Flurry is THE optimal feat for light-side characters. I actually did the math on optimal builds for each alignment, and the optimal light-side build is all about stacking “extra attack” effects. Master flurry gives you an extra attack with no downsides, two-weapon fighting makes dual-wielding hit more often, force/knight/master speed gives 2 free extra attacks at the highest tier, and the juyo lightsaber form gives you an extra attack at the cost of defense. That’s 6 attacks total in a single turn, and with your protagonist’s custom lightsaber crystal and a few EXTREMELY effective upgrades for your lightsaber, each attack does significant damage in its own right. Get the finesse feat early on, and you can put basically all of your points into dexterity. Pick the Jedi Weaponmaster prestige class when it becomes available and you get some more passive feats that improve damage and accuracy with lightsabers. Whenever you get force powers, stack self-buffs. Viola, now you do mega-uber-ultra damage and are completely unkillable. Have fun.
If anyone’s curious, the optimal dark side build is all about the force lightning. Start as a Jedi Consular and go into Sith Lord once it becomes available. Get the “battle precognition” ability which adds your wisdom bonus to defense, and put basically all your stat points into wisdom. Given that wisdom’s basic function is to make your force powers harder to save against and increase FP on level-up, you will basically have UNLIMITED POWER!!! (Note: dark side characters don’t have access to the same kinds of buffs that light-side characters do, so you will never be quite as tanky) Use the “force form” that increases damage of force powers by 50%, but increases the cost by and additional 50% FP. The extra cost doesn’t really matter, because you have UNLIMITED POWER!!! from your high wisdom score. I found myself doing triple-digit damage in a huge AOE surprisingly early in the game.
Oh, and tip for the newbies: for the protagonist, sink all the points you can into persuade and awareness, as these open up the most conversation options. Your teammates (particularly Bao-dur and T3-M4, as they have the highest base intelligence and therefore skill points) can handle basically any skill-check you need them to, with the exception of conversational ones. Strictly speaking, every skill has conversation options associated with it, but awareness has the most (with repair and computer use being a distant second and third) and persuade is ONLY available to the protagonist.
The auto skipping dialog bug I have noticed will be intermittently fixed by either reloading the save or saving and quitting and reloading. Not an ideal fix but a fix no less.
it's an engine bug that happens if the game is open for too long. just restart half way through long gaming sessions.
nice of you to let people know that, i'm hoping its another thing that's fixed with the patch, i refuse to buy this game without it
@@Rin-qj7zt that makes a lot of sense Thanks.
@@professorbaxtercarelessdre1075 unfortunately because it's a bug with the engine and not the game, that's probably unlikely. All games made in that engine will have the bug, so even Kotor 1 has it. The engine itself, Odyssey, has been retired, so there's nobody left to fix the bug, and so there's not much the port developers can really do about it.
@@Rin-qj7zt well that sucks, i really want to play KOTOR 2 again but if bugs still exist that would prevent me from completing the game, or that humming sound being there constantly, i don't think i can look passed that stuff
Hey, Matty, are you about gaming in general or Xbox PC? or whats the deal? I'd love to hear more PS news or more gaming news in general from you! You're nice to listen to and seem like a cool dude!
So glad you said something about the lack of combat barks for KOTOR 1. Now I know never to play the Switch version. I couldn’t imagine the game without those.
I need that restored content mod hopefully it comes out soon😬
agreed, we def need it
How does this make you feel about the remake being made by the sake studio? Especially when given the rumor about Microsoft originally turning down the remake due to the developer behind it.
I’m going to buy KOTOR 1 for switch and play it for the first time since it’s a good port and it just went on sale so why not so I can wait for KOTOR 2
I wish you got a lightsaber earlier. I think finding one on the Ebon Hawk (Revan's?) Directly after Peragus would have been perfect. I also loved Peragus.
It annoys me that nobody ever addresses the dialogue text size. The PC version of KOTOR 2 has tiny text when you run the game at modern resolutions, and there is nothing you can do to change it. There aren't any mods to address it because the text is hard coded. Interestingly, on the iPad version from a couple years ago, they bypassed this by putting in a completely new text system (text was blue and looked completely different). In the Switch version, they actually made the original text system look normal at modern resolutions for the first time in the game's history.
It's a shame the Switch version has so many issues, because the text size alone is a non-starter for me on PC.
When can we expect the patch
The buzzing is in every port ive played. From pc to xbox to ipad to switch.
Have they fixed the giant text boxes on KOTOR 1 ???
I'll definetly be checking this out. But yeah I'm big into dialogue, so I'll wait until that patch comes out. Good review man.
Still my favorite two game series to date. Just beat Kotor 1 again for i think the 12th time yesterday for switch. Time to do KOTOR 2 for the 18th 😂
You mad man just how? What's your motivation!?
@@DnVFMVs Different playthroughs, and just loving the story. The two games are my place of Zen when times are tough. It's easy to go and get lost in the lore.
15+ year old game and it still comes with bugs and dlc… lol
Wow, that sound bug is kind of a deal breaker.
same, though from other comments it sounds like its always been there, maybe just less bad depending on the version
Thanks to the brutally honest assessment iv decided to pick up this game after all. I fell in love with the first game back in the day but never played the second. I'll wait till it's been patched up tho
Great review Matty, thanks for the info!
Am I going crazy here or is a Lo-Fi version of the Restored Jedi Temple Song playing in the background of this video? Awesome!
Pretty sure the audio buzzing is normal for peragus
That buzzing has always been in KOTOR2 in every iteration of the game I’ve played and owned(I have played all of them). I thought it was just part of the game.
Even on the Original Xbox? I’ve played it on the OG Xbox & I could hear it a little…but then again, I had a TV with 2 regular speakers.
If I remember correctly yes it was. Probably not as loud as I heard it on the PC, and XBONE. The iOS version had it from time to time.
That’s all based on my personal experience. I can’t speak for everyone’s experience.
@@cotyselen2282 its been so many years since i played KOTOR 2 i think i vaguely recall it being there when i played it on PC back then but i think it wasn't as loud as it sounds here, hopefully they can at least make it less pronounced with the patch
They should have just released this with the restored content, I could wait for that.
So does the xbox one version on the Microsoft store have the content mod thing?
Great question
Didn’t Aspyr just say the game is literally not able to be completed in its current form on Switch?
I bought both, playing through 1 again before 2 gonna wait for the dlc
You know, I totally forgot that I bought Kotor 1 and 2 on PC a while back. Imma go mod the hell out of it.
That buzzing sound would drive me crazy
I played this game a few years ago for the first time, with the Restored mod, & loved it!
We KNOW there isn't a way to beat the game currently
Releases game anyways...
that's game developers for you, remember CP2077?
I love making a dual wielding blaster Jedi in KOTOR 2.
On the topic of one linears...
It's Reyn Time
hey Matty, thanks for the review and info, i bought KOTOR 1 on switch recently cause of your review and i'm enjoying it, loved the story of KOTOR 2 more myself, are you planning on an update video when they release the restored content patch on Switch? would love your thoughts on that when it does :D
I know most people will hate this but the first KOTOR was even better on mobile, graphics were fantastic, and it had full controller support. The ideal way to play though would be on something like one of the larger iPad models, or on a phone if you have one of those controllers like the Razer Kishi or Backbone.
Nintendo needs to get its act together still, no sale) heavy sale games, over priced items, low quality games being allowed, old games no heavy sales. Steam is allowing 2+ dollars for both KOTOR games.
The problem with the Steam version of KOTOR II is, while the quality of life updates are great, the Workshop is actually NOT the best place for mods, unless you're only using ONE mod. In order to have mods be guaranteed to be compatible with one another, you really need to manually install them on KOTOR II. If you're only using TSLRCM though, Workshop is fine. Also, the dialogue skipping bug was actually made WORSE by the Aspyr update from 2015 on PC.
I was excited for the Switch release of 2, but I'll definitely be waiting until TSLRCM is out for it and the bugs are ironed out.
Well people like different things. I turn on my switch everyday. It’s been a while since I touched my XB1X though.
Somthing ya missed there are mod type things in kotor 2 if ya double click the left analog you can spawn in anything or raise stuff and all that idk if I missed you say this in the video but that's a thing so you can spawn a lightsaber with a white crystal on peragus
I've had that buzzing in every version of KOTOR 2 I've ever played.
Thank you for answering my question of whether or not to buy this. That sound is horrible, and I don't like that they removed audio from the first game. Guess I'll buy Legend of Mana or something instead for my retro RPG on the go.
I was unable to complete KOTOR 1 and 2!!! I loved both of them. I love starwars. Played both on Xbox and both games froze and got corrupted save files as I was very deep in the game.
I remember some awesome glitches on the original Kotor in the OG Xbox. I had one save file where I could somehow go re-do everything on Talis despite the fact that I wasn't supposed to go there anymore. I was super powered up and at end game levels. The funniest save glitch I had was that Everytime I saved and came back onto my ship, I had a new clone of Zaalbar waiting. I could eventually have an army of Wookies on my ship. I gotta say it was fun venturing around with two Zalbaars as my bodyguards.
I remember kotor2 on og Xbox and that buzzing always got alot worse when you looked at bright lights. It would get loud af.
It really sucks that the only way to get a physical copy is through Limited Run for now anyway. Why? This isn't some niche game, The Jedi Knight Collection released as a physical release. I hope that once the additional content is released on the Switch they release a physical copy with both games.
While there’s no mod to get a lightsaber right off the bat, the “Cheat Menu” from KOTOR 1 on Switch makes a return in this one so you can always just “Cheat” a lightsaber into your inventory. I think there’s also “Stage Select” that I’ve been to afraid to tinker with but I think it may even let you skip Peragus with it.
I’ve been loving the portability of the Switch port. Sure, the PC version gets you a lot more, but I can’t play the PC version laying in bed with my sleeping wife or at my In-Laws house lol.
Have you heard about the Steam Deck?
@@SkorpionSSs I have, unfortunately, having just recently talked my wife into letting me get a Switch, and already having an aging Xbox One, there’s absolutely, positively no way I’ll be able to talk her into another console.
That being said, Steam Deck would likely be a solid pick for a portable KOTOR2 if someone already has one or it’s in their budget! I hadn’t thought of that!
The real question is, where can that Lofi KOTOR music be found?
My only comment on this is that it seems contrary to the function of a port job to have audio errors end up in the final product.
IDK I remember that humming sound from back in the day and thought it was coming from ship or technology and was part of the game
To defend Kotor 1 on switch. The sound bytes have been all fixed as well as quite a few other things. Still listening to this video will edit.
Edit: Yeah. I love Kotor 2, but I justppayed on Xbox og and it was pretty okay. No crazy buzzing. Finishable. Hair physics and better particle effects. Kind of crazy there are so many issues.
Thanks for the review, Matty.
Restored content when? I am waiting on that before playing this.
They patched the "one liners" back into the game - it was a complete oversight.
Oh yeah, I’m definitely waiting on this. It’s absolutely not worth playing in its current state for me
Im just upset that we still havent gotten the old kotors on playstation, I still have my original pc copies but man it would be so nice to have that on my current console lol
Did that patch ever come out?
Have it on pc, Xbox, android, and ios. Yeah, I think I can wait.
The buzzing and dialogue bug are on the steam version as well even with restored content patch
are they as noticeable? its been years since i played it on PC when it first released, can't remember if it was that loud, and is it always there or only for a time or on a certain mission?
I do wonder why it was a fan mode instead of the actual development to put back the missing content.
There is actually a new game breaking bug that the developers tried to hide , the fessed up a few days ago. I was playing through it and the constant frame stutters and crashes now this bug has killed my enjoyment so I've put it down.
I mean, it's a goddamn Switch port. What did you really expect?
@@Alexthelion93 yeah sadly this is one of those times it would have been better left on the shelf. lol. not every console needs a port esp this dogwater system
@@Alexthelion93 a playable game
@@bernardoblanchetramirez6032 exactly, the switch has some absolutely amazing games I absolutely loved Kotor 1 but the developers really fucked this release lol
Ohhhhh my gosh that buzzing would drive me nuts
what hd ebon hawk interior textures were you using for the pc version looks crisp
about to play this game for the first time. last time i had the itch for something like this i ended up buying mass effect, i been playing a ton of new vegas and was looking for something else to scratch the itch and have great storytelling like that, hope i love this game. i dont mind bad graphics usually but i hate how clunky and not intuitive a lot of the old games can be, thats why I couldnt play original fallout, felt like controls were in another language lol
The restoration mod dlc was scrapped due to legal reasons. It's only for PC. And the dialogue skipping this has always been an issue on the PC version for years. It doesn't do it on the Xbox version though. Must be a PC issue this is a PC port.
i hope Nintendo payed the people who did all the work restoring the content.
Should i play i on switch, og xbox, pc or current gen? Already own it on og xbox and pc steam.
Can you play KOTOR 2 with mods on Steam Deck? I am guessing not, as I don’t think mods are supported on Steam Deck, but I’d love to be wrong about this.
Kotor 1 switch had a cheat bot button activated by pressing in the joystick.
So does Kotor 2 not have that?
It does
I somewhat disagree with the flurry being the best move, it was that, or power attack, or the lightning storm. But regardless it was definitely one of the best 3 power moves. Though I definitely used heal a lot more.
Nah master flurry plus master speed plus dual wielding lightsabers is basically unstoppable, one or two rounds most enemies and annihilates bosses
@@BidoofSquad maybe I'll have to give it a shot that way then.
I wish they brought this to Xbox. I know it’s backwards compatible, but I really want to play this game with the restored content mod.
RE: sound issues
I don't think that's exclusive to switch port. I get that on the Steam port as well for sure.
Thanks for the review. Is the game patched and restored content implemented yet?
Patched, yes. But no restored content.
So only buy when it's on sale. 50% off
I enjoyed Knights of the Old Republic 2 but honestly it’s not my favorite Star Wars game. The gameplay is good but the story itself was a bit confusing and a bit glitchy(especially the ending). Also for some odd reason my PC version would not give me the scene with Bastila(and yet I picked all the dialogue choices that involved Revan being on the light side). The first one is better and less confusing. I really hope the remastered version that comes out next year will be great. Not doing a pre-order though lol 😆
Did you say Revan was a male? She doesn’t appear if you say Revan was female regardless of light side alignment
it's a full remake from the ground up not a remaster not to get things confused, so it's gonna be totally different combat and gameplay but we'll just have to see how it turns out
@@SSBM_Teo Yes I did. Every time and she still didn’t show up.
@@rushyyofficial8024 I don’t mind a change in gameplay. I just hope the story stays the same but with new cool side missions
You're not alone. I loved the hell out of KOTOR, I was obsessed with it. KOTOR 2 came along and I was so turned off by the tone change. I get that some people like that, but it was a real slog for me. My son OTOH loves it, so to each his own.
Even without the restored content patch I can play it while waiting for my steam deck. And since I'm giving my switch to my niece it shouldn't go to waste.
Probably an unpopular opinion, but I loved Peragus lol
Hey Matty I think they put the sound bits back in KOTOR 1.
still kinda worried that a studio that does ports is now doing a "remake" of KOTOR 1.