And today's topic from our forums is... Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic III.

Today I read alot of KotOR related discussions, some blogs, some topics. Actually the first one,ali_kerem's blog, slapped me in the face and made me think to write this blog, then while I was checking forums I saw KotOR3 related topics and then another blog ( long live random tracking... ) and mangaminx's blog... What hit me in ali_kerem's blog was KotOR2's negative parts. And now I'll come from that and start talking about KotOR2 and maybe KotOR3.

KotOR was really great game, it made me Star Wars fan. It was so detailed in dialogues and story, it truly made you felt it and your choices in those dialogues were affecting your character ( dark/light side ) and the result in the end, also those twists were so great. When I beat the game, I felt great, especially the dark side end. Then I played KotOR2 ( surprising ? ), it was again very detailed in dialogues and now we had something greater that is affected by these dialogues. You could affect your allies too, to teach them to become Jedi. When I noticed this first in the game ( I dont watch trailers nor I knew that game at its time anyway ), I was amazed and tried to make all my allies Jedi...and I did, it was great game, until... you find all Jedi Masters and regroup. I went to Jedi Enclave and then... I was shocked, I was like "Whats happening here ?", except Master Vrook other Masters were talking to you totally opposite of what they said earlier and then movie comes in. I was again "What happened all of a sudded ? " the game went out of control and I found myself opposing a Sith Lord. Ookay, so I beat that sith and I see a video that I leave and the ship explodes. While I was watching it and thinking, now what will happen I see myself I'm on a totally new planet. What ?!? What happened ? How did I end up here ?!? What happend to my crew ??...After my shock, I continued playing, after my efforts to make everyone Jedi, I was all alone in the last planet... Anyway, then I beat the game and another disappointed person... seriously its the Worst Ending any game can have. Beat the last guy and you'll see credits, yes thats all...

Obviously with this rushed game KotOR2 was just a cash-in for Lucas Arts and advertisement for Obsidian ( their first two games are both Bioware games' sequels KotOR2 and Neverwinter Nights 2 ). I even found this text on the net "Due to the rush to production, many cutscenes - including this one - were cut". KotOR2 was really big disappointment after KotOR and now we have KotOR3 news, as MMORPG...

Before World of Warcraft, MMORPG genre existed ofcourse, Ultima was great success at its time and there were alot of free MMORPGs but nothing became this succesful. WoW showed the world MMORPG market better and it can make good money. Of course with WoW success some companies were drooling. People started to be bored with WoW, now companies should act to catch these fugitives. And one of them had an evil thought... people loved KotOR and even KotOR2 was rushed it was succesful enough and people were waiting for news about KotOR3... there is a succesful name, hungry fans, so all we need is a shepherd for these sheeps. If we make KotOR3 as MMORPG money will flow, lets do it... Yes, probably these were thoughts before production. And we at last heard these news, KotOR3 will be MMORPG, some of us felt disappointment, others were just wanting to see it to be sure...so the wait starts...

I'm not saying KotOR3 will be bad, I hope it becomes good because Star Wars universe is very convenient to be MMORPG. Huge galaxy, many planets, traveling among them, dog fights with space ships, duels with lightsabers ( Jedi Academy showed me how fun is that ), two sides ( dark/light ), many force powers, many races etc., but the idea behind it is not good. Just like KotOR2, this is a cash-in for developers. I wouldn't mind if it turns out to be great but I'm worried... Anyway, I hope it becomes great so we can enjoy Star Wars universe as bigger than ever.

May the Force be with You!