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Vapourware Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake from Saber Interactive

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http://www.cinelinx.com/news/knight...-remake-might-be-back-in-the-cards-exclusive/

Knights of the Old Republic Remake Might Be Back in the Cards (Exclusive)



Time to dust off an old scoop as we’ve heard word that a new Knights of the Old Republic game remake/sequel is in the works….

If I can, let me direct your attention to that bygone time of 2015. A LOT of Star Wars things were in the air at the time and we originally reported (from no less than three independent sources) that a Knights of the Old Republic remake was in some form of development.

The game industry is a fickle mistress, however, and in 2016 I reported that the game was put on the “back burner” and it wasn’t something EA was actively pursuing. It was a bummer, and frankly made me look like I was talking out of my ass. Alas, this is the way of things sometimes…Until today.

Unexpectedly, I heard an update from two independent sources (different from ones who’d given me the prior information, and one of whom helped me confirm our Ewan McGregor scoop from last year). This came out of the blue, and caught me by surprise, which is the main reason I’m updating now.

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According to one, the previously mentioned Knights of the Old Republic remake is back in development. My other source added to that saying they felt it wasn’t so much a remake, but a “sequel” of sorts. It would be a Knights of the Old Republic project that would integrate elements from the first two games in order to bring certain things into the current Star Wars canon. Not necessarily a remake, so much as a re-imagining.

Considering the wealth of material from KOTOR that has already been reintroduced to the canon, this doesn’t seem like it’d be a big stretch to make it work. Unfortunately, that’s about all the details I have right now on this project. So it seems like the original remake has made a return in some form and being retooled.

I’ve heard EA has a BUNCH of Star Wars projects in various stages of work at this point. From Jedi: Fallen Order sequels, the Project Luminous tie-in, to something on the Switch, there’s a lot going on. From what I’m hearing, it really sounds like EA has found their groove with the Star Wars license. Unfortunately, I DON’T know about timing on any of these, but I’m digging and hoping to have fresh updates soon. E3 could bring some big reveals, but there’s also a chance they do their own “Star Wars Event” reveal for some of the stuff they’re working on.

Time will tell, but this was a pleasant surprise to get an update on as I’d essentially chalked up this previous scoop as a loss.
 
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I have zero confidence in any EA project, but if they want to burn up money at a 1/1,000,000 shot at a half decent (although undoubtedly pop-a-mole) "Old Republic" Star Wars RPG I'm totally for it.
 

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"According to one, the previously mentioned Knights of the Old Republic remake is back in development. My other source added to that saying they felt it wasn’t so much a remake, but a “sequel” of sorts. It would be a Knights of the Old Republic project that would integrate elements from the first two games in order to bring certain things into the current Star Wars canon. Not necessarily a remake, so much as a re-imagining." http://www.cinelinx.com/news/knight...-remake-might-be-back-in-the-cards-exclusive/

My fear. Will they add a bunch of mechanics like cooldowns, for honor combat, dialog wheel and etc that nobody asked?
 

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I din't liked much SWTOR. I mean, why another WoW clone? Just pick all Kotor mechanics and make a MMo with it. We already have 643636753763 spam the same rotation cooldown based mmo...
 

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KotOR 1 is awful. Maybe the eye candy in this remake will help me ignore the awfulness enough so that I can finish it, closest I ever got was reaching the last 1/4th of the game.

Edit: Wait, it's not a remake, it's a "re-imagining". It's probably going to be worse than KotOR 1.
 

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A Disney KOTOR is not necessary.

It is if you wanna play as a one armed tranny midget with tourettes syndrome.

Come to think of it, awkwardly running about with a light saber wielding tranny gremlin who yells gibberish at stormtroopers sounds like a good time. Go Disney!
 

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Kotor 2 is only not better than Kotor 1 by one factor. The parts that you are FORCED to play with awful characters. I an playing Kotor t play as a sith lord throwing lightning on my enemies, not a awful thief that can't hit any enemy...
 

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Seems pretty obvious that they want a Jedi: Fallen Order sequel ASAP and realized they have no ability to conceive or write original stories.
 

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At least give us a real character crteation and race selection this time.
Wonder how the combat system is going to work, I doubt we will see a return of D20.
 
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it will probably be a pseudo-remake of kotor 1 if only because they want to title their new game with the "knights of the old republic" title, without a number or sub-title.

secondly it will almost definitely be some kind of action game, probably another Souls-clone to capitalize on Fallen Order fanbase.

At any rate i will be very surprised if the new KOTOR game is an RPG.
 

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