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STAR WARS™ Knights of the Old Republic™ II - The Sith Lords™

PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, iOS, Android, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Linux • 2012

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Quick resume

5 years after the events of the award winning original, the Sith are on the verge of crushing the Old Republic. As a lone Jedi, will you follow the light side or succumb to the dark?

Global score

94/100

Genres

Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Strategy

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    Pros

    • Deep and mature story with philosophical themes
    • Strong character development and companion influence
    • High replay value with multiple moral paths
    • Extensive mod support restoring cut content
    • Immersive star wars atmosphere and soundtrack

    Cons

    • Original release was rushed and buggy
    • Dated graphics and animations
    • Some pacing issues and uneven difficulty
    • Linear sections and occasional backtracking
    • Lack of multiplayer or competitive features

    Motivations

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    • Competence

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      "Combat is skill-based with tactical elements like cover and abilities; difficulty spikes require player adaptation and build optimization."

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    • Competition

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      "Focus is on personal progress and story experience without competitive or leaderboard elements."

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    • Continuation

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      "High replay value with multiple endings, challenge modes, and secret content encourages repeated play."

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    • Cooperation

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      "Players manage a team of companions with unique skills and interactions, but play is primarily single-player."

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    • Creativity

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      "Character customization, skill builds, and moral choices allow creative expression within RPG framework."

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    • Domination

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      "Interactions emphasize mutual respect and collaboration rather than exerting control or superiority over others."

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    • Escapism

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      "Immersive Star Wars setting and story provide strong escape from real life."

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    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily for intrinsic interest in story, character, and gameplay."

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    • Experimenting

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    • Exploration

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    • Expression

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    • Fantasy

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      "Set in an imaginative Star Wars universe with Jedi, Sith, and Force powers, strongly embodying fantasy."

    • Fellowship

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      "Strong emphasis on companion relationships and party dynamics, though primarily single-player."

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    • Growth

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      "Character leveling, skill acquisition, and learning game mechanics provide personal development."

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    • Health

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    • Idle

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      "Requires focused attention and continuous engagement; not designed for idle or background play."

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    • Intimacy

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      "Companion relationships and dialogue foster emotional connections beyond surface-level interactions."

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    • Leadership

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      "Player leads a party of companions, making decisions that affect group dynamics and story outcomes."

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    • Progression

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    • Relaxation

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    • Sensation

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    • Status

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      "Focus is on personal story experience without social recognition or popularity mechanics."

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    • Story

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      "Highly praised narrative with emotional depth, character development, and philosophical themes."

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    • Strategy

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    • Thrill

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    • Value

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    • Violence

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    • Survival

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    Analysis

    A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story, Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Competition.

    How to use the graph
    Similar games map

    Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

    • Larger dot with a light outline: the game you are viewing.
    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
    • Hover a dot to see the game name; click to open its page.
    • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

    Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

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