Can You Beat Star Wars Kotor Using Only The Main Character?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ก.ค. 2022
- This is a two part video. The next part will be up in a few days.
Star Wars Kotor, a game focusing on the subtle uses of a whole party, but what if you weren't the sociable type? Can I gather all of the Star Maps solo style? Or will I end up falling to the Sith Lord Malek? Check out the Discord and Patreon!
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Plot twist: soloing makes it quicker because you don’t have to wait for your squad to catch up when entering another area.
That was a pretty nice bonus honestly
It does! KOTOR Speedrunners solo for this reason among others
I play through taris solo just so i dont feel bad earning dark side points.
That's actually genius. I get so tired of Carth chewing me out sometimes.
I tried that, but it turns out I cannot, in good conscience, be mean towards imaginary people. I usually get as far as dantooine before I put my foot down regarding Sasha.
no i want them to see what im doing, them realizing im going to destroy the reoublic and they cant do anything about it other than complain
@@ClamantesDaemonium for some reason I never could push myself to be mean in Kotor 1, second game is a different story, dark side choices are less absurdly evil and often revolve around getting more money or similar instead of pure cruelty.
@@filippopotame3579I often naturally finish Kotor 2 as a grey Jedi. Completely neutral karma. Just because I typically make good choices but sometimes go for extra money from people who can to help with the cause of saving the Galaxy
Perfect timing, I just recently started playing this on the switch. I think another fun challenge run would be “No lightsabers and No Force powers” but I guess you’re already kinda doing that here, you madman.
It could definitely be a fun one to do
It really won't i find that no matter your stats ranged weapons are too inacurate and normal blades don't have the damage without spending 20000 credits
@@ronanwaring3408 20000 isn’t that much if you’re smart with your spending. Especially if you sell all that unique gear no one ever uses. And besides, it can’t be worse than a solo playthrough.
@@ronanwaring3408 dump points into dex and get allvthe dex stated items, grab the best blasters in the game. Its extremely easy and 20k isnt anything, stop hoarding inventory and sell stuff, do swoop racing, do all the quests, the game has so many credits to aquire.
No lightsaber or force powers on solo is very possible. I’ve done it deathless on both games on difficult without using inventory heals . Fun challenge if you have patience.
The sand people encounters aren't random, they appear when you get close to the wreckage scattered throughout the Dune Sea.
It's random enough
Came for the Star Wars, stayed for the "hunting" endangered animals with military-grade explosives.
You know it buddy
Classic Merc work. Do whatever for whoever for the highest price or if the payer has better to steal rather than do the work for them and menial pest control. PMC's
The Davik Kang and Calo Nord fight is actually extremely easy.
You just shouldn't attack Davik, focus all your firepower on Calo. The fight ends when he reaches 50% hp
I mentioned that in the video
@@vnggaming2836 oh, I'm sorry, I didn't notice, my bad
"Trask, a useless character" HOW DARE YOU!
I always play the Endar Spire on the hardest difficulty level, so that the Sith troopers can actually do noticeable damage to you. Then I use Trask as a meatshield until he gets locked in a room with Darth Bandon.
12:34 "Who dares to break my meditation? You will- OH DEAR GOD!"
Every time I play Kotor, I run into a glitch with Calo Nord. If you go to Kashyyyk first, he arrives when you enter the shadowlands, not after you get the star map. I think this is exclusively because of the option you get when meeting Zaalbar's dad to ally with him and kill Zaalbar's brother, that the lift guard turns on you.
That might actually be what's suppose to happen
it's not a glitch, it's what always happens
"If there's a hole there's a goa--- oh shit wrong video"
Blind oogway
2 years ago I did a challenge to beat the game, and Malak, naked and only with my fists.
2 years later, I’m trying it again.
I might add this to my challenge criteria on a new run; naked, solo, no Force powers, no implants, no support items aside from medpacks… no companions (except when demanded by the game).
Absolute madness.
I'm glad you released this video and that it's a little bit long, KOTOR 1 and KOTOR 2 shaped my childhood and my adolescence as much as Oblivion and Morrowind, their respective legendary music, the general atmosphere etc
I'm going to play it again soon on Switch and challenge myself too
I hope we will see a lot more of KOTOR 1 and 2 in the future here
A couple details about Tatooine that I wanted to bring up: It's always the best choice to play first (in usual play, at least) because of Calo Nord's drops (which are different depending on which planet you meet him on). Additionally, the sand people will only attack you if you wander towards the edges of the map in the first area of the Dune Sea, just outside of Anchorhead. A decent marker is if you put your character between the twin suns and walk to the sand crawler. That said, then you don't get the neat loot on the sides of the map or the exp from killing the sand people, so it's not really worth avoiding them anyway.
Love the challenge, by the way!
Dammit, I started on Korriban with the Sith Academy. I cheesed that fight using that entrance because of how fucked up that narrow passage made fighting him and his back up was. Just ran to heal my squad up whenever someone got gunned down near the entrance. Gods bless stims. I couldn't have kicked his ass without roiding up and jamming a lightsaber down his throat.
I would also say Tatooine first because HK-47 is a hilarious must have, lol.
@@RandoGrunt I really missed out
I always go to Kashyyyk first, then Tattooine.
"May he not rest in peace" in regards to Trask. How dare you. You are a very bad bad man.
Trask is bad, and you can't change my mind
This was definitely worth the long wait, good job nick keep up the good work
Thanks mate! I appreciate the support!
I'm playing Kotor 2 right now. I forget how much fun these games were.
Never forget... always remember
Never forget... always remember
Apathy is death.
Remember to never forget
Hey VNG, there is a exploit you can do with healing. If you open the game menu and go into your inventory screen I think it’s the third tab on the left side (the one with the chest and plus sign symbol) if you select a med pack from there and use it, it won’t count in a turn so you can continue fighting Even as you heal. Just wanted to help you out if you need it :)
Thanks mate! I most likely won't use it in a challenge run, but in my casual playthroughs I definitely will!
This little ability saved me in my first play through against Malak since I could use the stims and medpaks when my force was low.
@@vnggaming2836 Another fun little thing that might save you a medpac or two at the start. Up until Trask leaves you on the Endar Spire, you literally cannot die. Any attack that would kill you just misses
There is actually an old guide on GameFAQs about building an optimal solo character that can beat the game on difficult without the use of glitches, stims or cheese tactics, and (in theory, if played well) without a single death. If I recall, it was a 6/14 soldier guardian focusing on double-bladed lightsabers and master flurry. One thing I took away was "Get immunity to crits and mind effects and never let either immunity go".
I had no idea there was an easier way to defeat the rankor I just ran next to the door where it couldn't get through and just shot the thing.
As a kid I saved up every single grenade and bombarded it.
I actually have a similar play through that I’ve done multiple times: I play a soldier who doesn’t believe in the Force. Lol So I focus as hard as I can on being as well built as Canderous. No skill proficiencies, unfortunately… but I’m usually strong enough to wreck what comes after me after failing to skill-check.
I haven’t done it solo I don’t think… But at a certain point getting the right armor, I don’t think I would be worried. Blaster rifle and double bladed sword is a force
I actually never knew of this game, so I’m gonna stop watching and go try it out for myself before coming back
I'm jealous that you get to experience KotOR for the first time. Have fun!
It's an amazing game, you just have to be prepared for it to be a little dated
Kotor 1 and 2 are amazing so much replay value best stories
enjoy it mate! And dont forget to play the second one.
Jesus Christ. Scoundrel start with Sentinel class.. absolute worst set up. Props for making it
Exactly
This is absolutely amazing, seriously good work.
Thanks mate!
I hop in the remake they will change the swoop races to be more fun
Same
You have my respect friend. Can't wait to see if you do a Kotor 2 challenge.
Great vid! Love this series. Hmmm, unarmed run next? Or something for the sequel?
Funny enough, I'm working on an unarmed run right now, and something special for the 2nd game
You deserve a new subscriber 👌
I’m so happy your playing this game, it’s one of my favorites besides fallout
It's nice to see a new game.
Thanks!
No problem!
I started this thinking "yea of course" and then I remembered the davik fight... Now I normally run a level 2 scoundrel til I get the ability to get jedi powers but that fight solo is still spooky at level
This is the only way I play KotOR 1 at this point after beating it so many times. I find the best way is level to about 7 or 9 for Sneak Attack levels, then go Sentinel for the resists. Split STR/WIS with a single saber for dueling. Stun enemies with force powers then spam Flurry for as many dice rolls as possible with 1dX saber mods + Sneak Attack. It absolutely tears everything apart while being relatively durable.
I'm not allowed to use damaging force powers or any other weapons except for blaster pistols, grenades and mines... Reminds me of Keira Knightly in Pirates of the Carribean; You like pain, try wearing a corset. Blaster builds are supposedly possible, but you REALLY have to know the mechanics of the weapon types, and the in game stats to pull it off. Even then, it's definitely a "challenge" to run. Tell me you at least went rogue/sentinel. They'd have the easiest time with skill point investments. Though I think there's an argument for Scout as they at least get implants for free - less wasted feats. I tend more to run Solider/Knight the first time I play, whenever I decide to play again. Also I've never actually tried rogue/consular. Last time I installed this game I did a graph that had all the feats per level vs the powers per level vs the skill points per level for all three classes. If I recall correctly I found that mixing the classes up a bit gave a better balance overall of the most "bang for the buck" ironically. Sticking to the assigned classes you first choose does make you powerful in some ways, but it also creates a large gap in other areas. For a rogue/consular you'd have massive skillpoints and force powers if you stat right - you'd be unstoppable with the force except for certain bosses, and you'd still hit for less effect on them more often than not - BUT you'd also be a lot more squishy for example. Not as good at lightsaber combat. The scout/sentinel does get some nice bonus' but it's weaker on average in combat than either of the other two. It doesn't have the same lightsaber skill as a soldier knight, with less feat gain overall, and it doesn't have the massive force powers that the consular gets. Though it IS immune to certain detriments that make it a tempting option overall. Especially if you went high strength soldier and your force ability stats are less than optimal. I personally like the romance aspect, so even if she's a Tsundere (which I dislike as a concept) I would tend to take Bastilla along. [Besides, it's canon - no matter what Kathleen says] Have to admit I've not played very far as a female option. Only male.
I know I'm not the only one who wants this remastered/VERY lightly remade soon. I'd only want them to add a skip option to the speeder racing stuff/space battles.
I'd also like the 2nd rank of the force persaude to actually be useful. : / (If we can't use it to persaude people because instant win; make it so the second rank as a secondary feature buffs your will stat to make you more resistent to other people trying to use the force on you. That way even a knight gets some decent bonus to resisting the painful debuffs, and the feat is less wasted)
* Skills aren't that important... Demolitions, computer use, stealth, persuade, awareness, repair and security are ALL your bread and butter as a Solo run. The only one you won't really need is treat injury, and even that would be useful to some quests. Hell even just demo awareness and security would save your arse in mine fields and save your wallet by recovering mines to use against your enemies... but again I reiterate; you like pain. ; )
I’ve done an entire unarmed play through solo mode (as much as the gameplay allows you to be solo). I expected it to be very difficult, but it was actually quite easy.
The game that never ends
I will not stand for this Trask Ulgo SLANDER! this mans is a hero !!
I’ve played through solo countless times now, blasters only is a lot of fun with a good challenge
It's a really fun run honestly
Brings back memories. I haven't played in 20 years.
Go play it! It's pretty cheap now, and on most systems. Except for Playstation
Well I think Canderous and the droids are the only companions that can't die in the story.
Carth also can't die, mainly because Darth Revan couldn't be bothered to chase him down and murder him.
@@Cailus3542 oh, forgot about that... I think I read somewhere that he gets onto the Star Forge if Female Revan romanced him and he dies there but maybe that's cut content.
@@Jedi_SpartanNo if you romance him then go to the dark side he will board the star forge and you kill him. It’s actually kind of sad 😢
You absolute legend!
Thanks mate!
This is cool, I had the same idea but playing with a rifle. I like the rifle more than the pistol. And 0 force powers. Like a bounty hunter. Still working up the nerve for it :D
Also stealth could be interesting.
If you want an easy playthrough with force and lightsaber by yourself - you take scoundrel for sneak attack and level it up as much as you can. Anytime the enemy is incapacitated you crit on them. So you get force wave and stasis field and destroy everything. Most powerful character build imo.
This Trask Slander needs to stop
Well you'll have to use someone else eventually, the Leviathan section requires it.
Reason for playing Kotor solo:
You want a challenge. [X]
"You must gather your party before venturing forth." [✓]
of course you can finish all missions alone. but how could you miss a love story with Bastila. Best romance ever in star wars franchise.
No. You need Mission to disable the force field in Taris, and Jolee to disable the force field in Kashyyyk.
And T3-M4 to open the door to the Sith Military Base on Taris.
Fun fact, if you fight those droids in the dantooine ruins they are just absurdly easy.
Blaster Jedi becomes very powerful at the end of the game, at the start of the game though, they are quite bad.
I've done some research on the question you asked me yesterday, and here's what i found. 100,000,000 Tyrannosaurs could not win a fight against 1,000,000,000 lions because they did not exist at the same time. After all a fight that cannot be fought has no winner. But that's not the only reason this fight couldn't happen. Believe it or not 1,000,000,000 lions isn't just "a lot" of lions, it's actually too many. A population of lions this large is actually impossible. Lions are large preditory animals that have diets consisting entirely of meat. An average lion will eat over 5lbs or approximately 3kilos of meat in one sitting. They dont reach breeding age until their 3rd year of life and can only produce a maximum litter size of 6. That means to produce at least 4 lions you will need well over 30,000lbs or 13,500kilos of meat. A cycle that continues to quadruple until there is a generation of lions that would need over 30,000,000,000,000lbs or 16,000,000,000,000kilos of food. Which the earth obviously cannot provide. Therefore a population of lions that large would have to not only learn farming and fishing in order to sustain their numbers, but would need to evolve into omnivores as well. That is why big cats, have never reached populations this large. Even the high population of house cats is only possible due to direct human influence. However if your question was hypothetical in nature, then the answer is lions.
Did you end up getting force wave by the end of the game? It’s really powerful for group management
Nope, I didn't
Force Lightning is my favorite. Even though it's a dark side power, if I'm against a big group and I either don't have my companions or they're both dead, force lightning all day.
@@dannyswanger1211force wave and force storm combos pretty well ngl. Stun then massive DMG
I actually did a similar run on hard but I tried "Not to be a Jedi" so no force, no lightsaber, no teammates (segments that force you I put them out of combat reach using the solo mode) and before the Saul boss fight on the leviathan I got all my teammates down to 1 hp and switched to one so they would do as little interference as possible. It ended up being the hardest fight in the whole game for what I was doing since it's so close quarters. I later did a similar thing before the bastille fight but it was way easier then a group of men in a box. adhesive grenades were a godsend against sith, it was really fun and I recommend anyone to try it. But the final fight with Malak required a hefty some of grenades to beat however it was more tedious then hard fighting him but it was still fun for the whole rest of the game. Also for the beginning of the leviathan mission where you have to pick who your gonna play as to break the player out I picked mission and STAYED OUT OF ALL COMBAT and just Broke the player out of his cell as fast as possible so they would do any interference as well pretty cool like I said give it try if your reading this
Down you go!
Never got to hear that sadly 😥
@@vnggaming2836 can you really claim you even played kotor without Carth O’nasty telling people to go down or telling you he doesn’t want to talk about it?
o3o I wanna watch this, but I'm in the middle of my solo run
My first play through of Kotor… for some reason I thought you couldn’t save the game yourself…
Relied on auto saves for a lot of the game… it was a long game lol
I didn’t know about the rancor trick, bruh
Gotta read the data pads mate! They have helpful info!
@@vnggaming2836 i threw poison at the rancor and just waited for it to die of damage over time
@@starlight0313 huh, never thought of that
Tip for anyone trying to do this. In KOTOR 1 and 2 leveling up resets your hp to full so when Mira fights hanharr (if you are lightside) then just place mines and level up when ur health gets low (or turn her into a force user) either way try to save up as many level ups till the end of the game
I haven't seen the video yet, but what about the Leviathan, you can't play as the MC for a while and you have to kill a guard in order to progress.
Do you think a lightsaber only playthrough might be possible?
Or what about a pacifist? At least as close as you can
Partially. You don't get a lightsaber immediately so that's a problem
You also need to get MC to train with the Jedi to get the prerequisites to even attempt it last I remember.
Mods on pc
This would be much easier on KOTOR2, I feel. Start as a sentinel, level up intelligence for skill points, make all the skills class skills so you can level them up for cheap
For levels, get to 18, then use the l glitch in the Korriban hallucination + storm to power level
It would be easier on Kotor 2. Why do you think I did it in Kotor instead?
@@vnggaming2836 fair
Also, KOTOR 2 has natural health regeneration, so you can just camp between combat encounters and let your health get back up to full for free.
KOTOR2 is technically impossible though as the game forces you to play as other people than the exile a couple times
@@jacobdorris2503 it does that in Kotor as well
I was so confused by the title lol, I was like.. but isn't that who you play as? You know, the main character?
On PC (at least when I played it at release) the offensive abilities were located above your target. I really didn't like that. It seems the console versions, while not having a great UI, has the more traditional action bar at the bottom, which I prefer.
Cool we finally got a Kotor run
There's more where that came from too!
@@vnggaming2836 do you know how long it’ll be until part 2?
@@thisstatementisfalsenothin5312 A few days max. I'm hoping for the 7th since I'm gonna release a different video prior to the second part
I need to run kotor 1 again
This was the first challenge run I ever did but I only used pistols. Good times!
Tatooine is just Eart glassed to make sand for the Star Forge, The Trees on Kyshaak they were put there so they could be used for resources for the building of the Star Forge. The Sand people are just remnants of the slaves and slavers that uses to be forced to dig for shit once people in the future bought and sold everything else to the next person and that continued on well after the creation of the evil thing. And the cycle continues with Anakin and Sandy No Planet. Think about it, but why was the Star Forge but for more evil? The Force making people it's playthings.
seeing just the title of the video I was thinking "Oh that is easy, I do that since I find it more fun solo nowdays" but then you did it blaster only, big props
Turns out you can't beat kotor alone.
Definitely with blasters to boot.
Of course you can, I played through both k1 and 2 solo just to prove my mc was stronger than the rest
How much I like Bastila, she is really dead weight haha.
Such disrespect for Trask, who saved your life
I went through Kotor using only Revan because that's how I always play, I did the same with Dragon Age.😅
"Me, myself and I?" CHEATER! THATS THREE PEOPLE! CHALLENGE FAILED! lol XD
Ah crap. Pay no attention to the 3 men behind the curtain please 😆
You could’ve totally destroyed this challenge if you did the energy shield glitch
Why would I use a glitch in a challenge?
It could make getting items easier since some items in kotor are ridiculously overpriced
@@ft_shipper Credits were never a big problem since I was selling literally everything
Yeah VNG gaming you should cheat to win - that's the real challenge.
What’s the energy shield glitch?
Wait... I can switch bodies!
Last playthrough i completed, hardcore mode, a single blaster pistol only, no force. Party cant use grenades or mines. Currently got a mod installed so that enemies do 500% damage and currently figuring out best build for it.
Ok.
i do think its possible but on the leviathan iirc you are forced into using carth and bastilla
I assume this is the first part of many
No, it's only going to be 2 parts
@@vnggaming2836 okay. Still great. Obviously left this comment before the end of the video oops
I literally done this all my life, never switched characters
Technically you can't as you are forced to use someone else on the Leviathan
Short anwer: Yes
Reads title: "Huh, that sounds like a fun challenge. Might be doable, though some of those fights with Dark Jedi where they're using force powers to stun the snot out of you are gonna be quite the chall- Why is he using Blaster pistols in that footage? That's the worst way to build your main character in this game, you'll just fucking die to Malak."
Listens to the rest of the conditions on the run: "You're going to run a worse version of the build I just replayed this game with, where I went Scoundrel-> Guardian, and then was completely unable to beat the final boss. Let's see how this plays out."
Malak is hard but not THAT hard. I just did a Scoundrel > Consular LS run and wiped the floor with him 2nd attempt
Depends if I have force lightning or not 😉
This is good and all but you made the classic mistake of not naming your character Revan
For that you deserve every re-load you had to do
My best friend and I have made a life pact to only name our Kotor character Drake Anduil. Friendship wins out this time bucko, sorry
@@vnggaming2836
“Friendship”
Typical excuse for Jedi cowardice 😂
(But really, is there a story you’re willing to share-Drake Anduril is such an oddly specific name lol)
@@warlordofbritannia We just came up with it when we started our first playthrough together. It's been that way ever since. I actually drew him a picture of Revan for Christmas one year, and titled it Drake Anduil
@@vnggaming2836
That’s…well, “cute” isn’t really the correct connotation, maybe “wholesome”?
Funnily enough, my then-best friend (just fell out of contact, no bad story behind that) got me into KotOR, and from there BioWare and PC gaming altogether…I actually figured out the twist, beat the game before him despite his massive head start, and even had to help him get past the Karath fight on the Leviathan 😂
Mission, Vette's Great Grandmother be nice to her
Can't, she's too annoying
Yes
where is your pt2 my guy this my first video of yours and you remind me of mitten squad but just as funny
It's on it's way mate!
lost me at the da,age restrictions, im sure it was a fun playthrough!
Why no lightsaber and damaging powers , poor revan , he cant even live his past ^^
If I used lightsabers, this would have been incredibly boring
"Can You Beat Star Wars Kotor II Using Only The Main Character?" When?
Oh, I'm working on something different for that game
@@vnggaming2836 👀
I make kotor harder by dragging level 2 revan through taris like Carth's little brother
Did that a few times. It's super tedious. Still killed Bendek though. 20 hp and a dream.
most of the people play only the main character.
That's not what I mean. I mean without any party members too
No u can't...u need the whole party to survive the harder parts
tennis minutes
give me a part 2
Oh no... Why a blaster build? Are you okay?
While Scoundrel is the worst base class, it the best choice for a blaster build because you need the Sneak Attack damage. Similarly Guardian is the best jedi class for blasters because you can get weapon specialization and better BAB progression to beat lightsaber deflection rolls.
Bendek throws exactly 3 grenades when the fight starts.
20:35
Why are you saying chieftain as if the 'i' was before the 'a' and not after?
Why are you asking such a silly question?
Where is part 2?
It's there! It just took me a long time to make
Yes, zoomer.
What difficulty are you playing on normal?'
Difficult
Ep 2?
Working on it
@@vnggaming2836 nice, looking forward to it
Yeah ez