Incline Chris Avellone Appreciation Station

[NecroLord]

 

[rusty_shackleford]

It's been a long time since I touched vanilla, but I never thought it felt that unfinished. Better with TSLRCM but fine on its own as well. I've seen it said on certain forums that some of the default content was even altered/removed in TSLRCM because it no longer flowed properly/fit the narrative. Would be cool if someone did a comparison video between versions some time, but that would take quite a time commitment.

the last third of the game basically doesn't exist
https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Cu...nights_of_the_Old_Republic_II:_The_Sith_Lords
https://deadlystream.com/topic/139-whats-restored-in-tslrcm/

also, afaik there's still no official rpgcodex kotor 2 review if someone wants to claim it

 

[Roguey]

KOTOR 2's ending drops a lot of plot points but some of the stuff was cut because it just plain wasn't fun (the HK factory) and the restoration doesn't make it fun either.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

KOTOR 2's ending drops a lot of plot points but some of the stuff was cut because it just plain wasn't fun (the HK factory) and the restoration doesn't make it fun either.

pretty sure you mean M4-78, which isn't a part of TSLRCM because it's not cut content but scrapped content. HK factory was cut due to time constraints, which is why it is included.

proof:
https://web.archive.org/web/20080125175957/www.starwarsknights.com/fullstory.php?id=386

Emperor Devon: TSL's trimmed deadline and subsequent cut content has made the game highly criticized. (Yes, you probably did know that. ) What would you have done if you'd had those extra few months to work on it? Or if you'd had, through some mysterious and unknown means, unlimited time and funds?

Chris Avellone: What I would have done was finish Malachor V and Revan’s Telos-based HK-50 factory. The HK-50 factory was probably a more realistic goal, I probably could have finished that in two more days, but honestly, the tweaking of the cut scenes would have taken forever (which we discovered elsewhere in K2). I did think it would have been a cool series of levels that would really have let HK-47 shine, however, and there were some good comedic moments in there as well (well, if you find sadism funny).

 

[Roguey]

Chris Avellone: Garbage Game Designer

 

[Harthwain]

KOTOR 2's ending drops a lot of plot points but some of the stuff was cut because it just plain wasn't fun (the HK factory) and the restoration doesn't make it fun either.

It wasn't fun or they ran out of time?

 

[Heroic Liberator]

KOTOR 2's ending drops a lot of plot points but some of the stuff was cut because it just plain wasn't fun (the HK factory) and the restoration doesn't make it fun either.

It wasn't fun or they ran out of time?

It wasn't fun because they ran out of time.

 

[NecroLord]

The HK factory can be pretty nasty. Hopefully you equipped HK-47 with good armor and a powerful blaster like the Zersium Rifle(if you manage to find it,as all loot in Kotor 2 is level dependent and randomized) or the Mandalorian Heavy Repeater. Another great weapon is the Verpine Droid Disintegrator. It does Ion Damage,which means it bypasses shields and deals extra damage against droids(including those pesky HK-50s).

 

[Nano]

pretty sure you mean M4-78, which isn't a part of TSLRCM because it's not cut content but scrapped content. HK factory was cut due to time constraints,

M4-78 was also cut because of time constraints. It's just that it happened much earlier than the HK factory, hence why there was barely any content for it on the disc.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

hk factory is also pretty easy to skip if you aren't warned about it beforehand though so...

 

[Ninjerk]

btw if you don't think this looks completely on point, I don't know what to tell you because your eyes are broken

At worst, he's missing gloves.

Why did the AI decide to add that big of a bulge?

Virgin 3d-artist-sculpted New Reno gangster vs. chad AI-upscaled New Reno gangster

 

[Sordid MCA/Prosper Hybryd]

btw if you don't think this looks completely on point, I don't know what to tell you because your eyes are broken

At worst, he's missing gloves.

Something is very wrong with his shoes though.

 

[PlanHex]

You think those shoes are bad, take another look at the tribal woman's feet.
You'd think this AI was trained on Greg Land "art" or something

 

[Shin]

It's been 10 years (Alpha Protocol) since Chris had a gig as 'lead designer' on a game (KotoR2 before that). Why does Chris nowadays only gets/takes these rather small writing/designing gigs instead of getting his foot in the door as a lead designer somewhere? Is this a conscious choice on his part or did he really turn into a persona non grata due to the Obsidian drama and the allegations of sexual acquisitiveness?

 

[Roguey]

It's been 10 years (Alpha Protocol) since Chris had a gig as 'lead designer' on a game (KotoR2 before that). Why does Chris nowadays only gets/takes these rather small writing/designing gigs instead of getting his foot in the door as a lead designer somewhere? Is this a conscious choice on his part or did he really turn into a persona non grata due to the Obsidian drama and the allegations of sexual acquisitiveness?

It was first the former and now it's the latter. No one cared about Obsidian drama though.

 

[NecroLord]

I would like to see Chris doing some serious work in the industry again,but given the current state of it,perhaps it is for the best...

 

[Delphik]

I would like to see Chris doing some serious work in the industry again,but given the current state of it,perhaps it is for the best...

He's probably forever banished from the gaming industry, maybe it's for the best because every recent game he worked on was mediocre except Prey.

 

[Sordid MCA/Prosper Hybryd]

I don't think he cares about the gaming industry anymore. If he has the money to retire comfortably, that's just fine.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

what was the last game avellone worked on?

 

[Roguey]

what was the last game avellone worked on?

The last thing he got credit for was Woke West.

 

[Late Bloomer]

Why was my post moved to a thread I can't view?

 

[NecroLord]

Same thing here.
Codex staff is just fucking with us.

 

[AwesomeButton]

Why was my post moved to a thread I can't view?

This means your mind has advanced faster on the Codex than your register date would have us presume.

 

[Roguey]

Why was my post moved to a thread I can't view?

This thread is about the work, that thread is about the behind-the-scenes drama.

 

[†††]

Why was my post moved to a thread I can't view?

This thread is about the work, that thread is about the behind-the-scenes drama.

Give that man some potato.