Althought, the game is not as good as the first, it still does the series justice. It was dissappointing that Bioware could not continue with the series but around of applause to Obsidence. It had some technical improvements that was definately a nice piece of eye candy. A nice new thing was that in combat you didn't have to go to your inventory to switch your weapons, instead there a nice button on the command bar that lets you switch between two choosen weapons. And for the lightsabers there are some new colors including silver, orange, cyan, and some others.Also in the first one as you leveled up you could engage in a new conversation with your crewmates. Well, in the second you need to have enough influence to get them to spill their secerts. Adds a nice bit of realism, but it does limit some of your conversation options with some characters. It is almost impossible to gain influence with HK-47 if you are a lightside person. However, it is fun to watch as your crew slowly falls to the darkside with you. MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!The planets you go to are for the most part new. You'll to Dantoonie and see the destroyed Jedi Academy. You'll also see the remains of the Sith Academy on Korriban. For all you Carth lovers, out there, you get to visit Telos, which was talking about in the first game. Ok, enough about what's new lets talk story.
It picks back up 5 years after the end of the first one. You start out as a mystery to yourself (as the player). You quickly learn that you are an exiled Jedi, and that you were exiled for your part in the Mandolarians Wars and had lost your connection to the Force. You find yourself on an abandoned space station in the medical bay. How you can to be here and what happen to the station is the first mission you get. The first crewmate you meet is an old Jedi woman named Kreia. She was lying in the morgue when you find her. She is often one of the more interesting crewmate to talk to. She holds many secrets.A little later you'll meet Atton Rand. The poor man can't seem to stay of trouble and will have you reminising about the first time you saw Han Solo. He places his own survival and well being above everything else. He is much more fun as a girl then guy, for obvious reasons.But that's all the detail I'm goiong to get into. If you want to know more your just going to have to play the game. I highly recommend it, especially if you played the first one.
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