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

[Larianshill]

Personally, looking forward to what they do to Juhani and Mission.

 

[Lacrymas]

Since it's a modern remake, it's going to use the Jedi: Fallen Order combat system, isn't it? Terrible. In a perfect world, I'm not sure what they could really improve without it turning into another game. More challenging and less janky combat (no action combat, though), sure, but I'm talking about generally. Taris is terrible, so that's a good place to start. I haven't played KotOR1 since I was a teen, so I don't remember much of it and don't really have much of a desire to replay it.

 

[Larianshill]

I'm not sure what they could really improve without it turning into another game

Rewriting 80% of it would be a good start. KOTOR's writing is occasionally great, but a lot of it is utter trash, especially when it comes to good/evil choices. Hidden Beks vs Vulkars, Chuundar vs Freyyr, Rukil vs Igear are all great examples of the times when KOTOR falls flat on its face. And don't tell me that Star Wars was always a cartoon with cartoon morality, it was never as bad as it was in the cases I listed.
Then there is Revan himself, whose dialogue shows not a trace of a great man he once supposedly was. Half his dialogue is unfunny jokes that seem to be direct ancestors of "Sarcasm" option from Dragon Age 2.

 

[Lacrymas]

I'm not sure what they could really improve without it turning into another game

Rewriting 80% of it would be a good start.

So, turning it into another game? ;d

 

[Larianshill]

Essentially, yeah. KOTOR was a great product of its time, but it barely holds up, if it holds up at all. You can't just update the graphics and call it a day.

 

[Lacrymas]

That's what I meant by "I'm not sure what they could really improve without it turning into another game". Everything I can think of requires almost complete rewrites of everything, so it will just be another game. KotOR1 was never really that good tbh, so remaking it feels a bit unnecessary. Why not remake KotOR2? Invite Avellone to finish it, keep the other writing as is, use the restoration mod as a baseline, fix the combat, and you are set.

 

[Larianshill]

Why not remake KotOR2?

Because they're in the business of remaking games, not Avellone's sermons.

 

[Hellion]

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/star-wars-knights-of-the-old-republic-remake-announced

Aspyr Media lead producer Ryan Treadwell appeared on the livestream post-show to talk up the game some more. He clarified that it's not a remaster, but a full remake built "from the ground up." The aim is to "honour the original story" while delivering much higher fidelity graphics. He also said that it would be some time before they're ready to show anymore.

Aiming to "honor the original story" is as red a flag as one could find in the history of red flags, maybe ever.

 

[Storyfag]

Can't wait to see how much Bastila is trannyfied.

Her looks would finally fit her obnoxious personality then.

 

[jf8350143]

So how much are they going to re-write the story, how much are they going to add? FF7 remake adds bunch of shit and drag the games to be way too long than it should be, and it seems to be happening again.

 

[Dishonoredbr]

Mission.

If there's one thing they need to maintain is letting you kill Mission by Mind Trick Zaalbar.

 

[S.H.O.D.A.N.]

So the studio making this remake never made a game, and they people re-writing it think the new Star Wars are the epitome of narrative excellency.

Fuck, this'll be more entertaining than the Bloodlines 2 fiasco.

 

[Dishonoredbr]

Then there is Revan himself, whose dialogue shows not a trace of a great man he once supposedly was.

The best outcome would be they taking inspiration from KOTOR2 interpration of Revan.
KOTOR2 does wonders to Revan as a character imo.

 

[Lacrymas]

Mission.

If there's one thing they need to maintain is letting you kill Mission by Mind Trick Zaalbar.

I don't think you needed to mind trick him? He just had no choice due to his life debt or whatever the name was.

EDIT: Ah, I see you had to force persuade him. Meh.

 

[Robber Baron]

Yes yes can't wait

 

[Turtle-Zone 3000]

Also the odds that Disney will get Jeremy Soule back to do the music are nill after his rape and sexual harassment allegations from two years ago right?
He seems to have still disappeared since then?

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Whose favourite SW game is KotOR 1? It's like someone's favorite Fallout game being 3.

 

[Russia is over. The end.]

This is all hilarious and way into the surreal territory. But also consider for a sec that they could've literally hired Avellone, but went with a mentally deranged inept minority hire. What a world.

 

[LESS T_T]

In case anyone expected otherwise: https://www.paycomdfw.net/v4/ats/web.php/jobs/ViewJobDetails?job=23897

Combat Designer

Are you passionate about Action Combat and have a love for RPGs?

 

[Wilian]

Considering KOTOR's combat was utter shite with awful systems and consolized controls making it action game cannot really at least make it worse, even if it'd not be RPG anymore.

 

[Sobchak]

Btw...

https://twitter.com/LucasfilmGames/status/1436066933032439824

So, *and* PC. I was hoping the game to be totally ignored from PC. Especially after the re-writing thing.

Edit: Fucking Inflitron... I posted this and literally after 40 secs he throwed his "old" emote.

 

[Nano]

High-budget games always come out on PC now (unless it's from Sony or Nintendo, and even they're letting up). If you see a game being described as 'console exclusive', you can automatically assume it'll be on PC too.

 

[Frozen]

Sam Maggs - Wikipedia

This creature is doing the writing. Nuff said.

 

[Latelistener]

Even her eyes are saying: "Stay the fuck away, I'm mentally deranged."

Couldn't they find anyone else? It would be hard to make it worse.

 

[AW8]

In case anyone expected otherwise: https://www.paycomdfw.net/v4/ats/web.php/jobs/ViewJobDetails?job=23897

"You were the chosen one! It was said that you would destroy the bad combat, not join it! Bring turn-based to the combat, not leave us with an action RPG!"

Spoiler

Jokes aside, combat is awful in both KotORs so whatever they do will likely be an improvement.