Przemo_No Posted November 12, 2015 Posted November 12, 2015 Most probably people already have stated explicitly what do they think about recent expansion, but I also wanted to add my 2 cents. I do it only now because only now I managed to finish the 9 chapters of KofTE. But the whole thing is more that just “KofTE”. My first concern is the Group Finder. As mentioned in other topic, the most common situations are 2 x lvl 20-26 DPS combined with 2 x lvl 60-65 DPS/Tanks – that’s what my somehow extensive experience (at least 1 FP) per day since KofTE early access) says about it. From the “storytelling” point of view it is utterly wrong to put lvl 25 into anything higher than Maelstrom Prison/Foundry. Imagine that someone “just started” the game and all of the sudden is brought into False Emperor. Not only it totally spoils the story for him/her, but also disappoints those who did it 1000times before. The previous “level restriction” was a perfect tool so not sure why it was removed. Also the “tactical” thing – at this point it is not “the boss” that makes any issue in particular FP but the mobs do! Too many times I already faced the situation when the above mentioned “lv25” are mindlessly aggroing everything on their way, so, they put too much pressure on the high level chars, who are faced with the necessity of “tanking” the aggroed crowds. And no matter whether you are high level tank or DPS – too much is too much and eventually your group wipes on bunch of mobs – guess why? because there are NO healing stations around mobs. IF there was no level sync, it would be ofc manageable, but with it, its wipefest on mobs – not bosses. The “9 chapters” – now I can safely say, it looks like 1 big long cutscene – a prelude to the “Alliance” quest, which is…. well how to say it – a terrible grind. It is SUCH A GRIND, that I do not have any intention to do it. I have 8 main characters and another 8 “counterparts” and I just cannot imagine I will have to repeat all that on each character. Moreover, some of my alts obviously benefitted from 12x – thus I ended up on lvl 55 without touching Makeb, Oricon, or even SoR. On particular one, (Sin tank) – I reached lvl 65 without doing any of those – only via companion discussions and PVP. So, I now have a 208 PVE tank and 204 PVP character without doing ANY of old OPs nor any of earlier expansions, not to mention KoTE. – Nope, it was also NOT done by free lvl 60 token. Finally the remark on how the alliance quests are presented – BAD. Don’t get me wrong: I played both KotORs and loved them, but it’s 2015 and Bioware is fully capable of doing animations and voiced sequences – they proven it even in KofTE chapters – so why going back to that old fashioned way it was made years ago? Bioware says – fans wanted KotOR feeling, so we will give it to them – but it was in my opinon OVERdone in such a way that I think it’s devs sarcasm. ‘’Ok, they want KotOR? – sure, we will give them KotOR – the hell of it!” And finally the positive notes: The whole KofTE custcenes – some lines (even for non English speaker) are.. brilliant! “Are.We. There. Yet”, “Target has reached deadness” and “Can I have your stuff” were just of absolute gems and I cannot wait to hear them again on another character. Secondary thing: does anyone have a feeling that the Ultimate Evil impersonated by Vitiate has now turned into somewhat old good, jovial uncle (the one who always has some candies in his suit pockets). Howgh.
Frenesi Posted November 12, 2015 Posted November 12, 2015 I will probalby get stoned to death here, but KotOR is very dated game. Was it good in its time? Absolutely. Does it hold historic and nostalgic value? Definetely. It's important part of gaming history, and as such deserve to be played even now. But be honest, would you buy KotOR if it would be released now? As brand new game? I doubt so. And the entire "KotOR feeling" of dialogues is huge part of steaming BS. I undersand why it was done. I don't understand why they need to lie about it. And yes, Vitiate made strange twist from "I'm galaxy consuming villain" to "I have kids now"
TX_Angel Posted November 12, 2015 Posted November 12, 2015 And yes, Vitiate made strange twist from "I'm galaxy consuming villain" to "I have kids now" That is called "Jumping the Shark" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping_the_shark
iacon Posted November 12, 2015 Posted November 12, 2015 That is called "Jumping the Shark" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping_the_shark Which is a hidden achievement on Ziost
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