KoToR II possible in late fall....

[Fzoulcmbyl]

From Gamershell:

Releasing new screenshots, LucasArts announced that Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, previously scheduled for February 2005, will be released in Winter of 2004/2005 (thanks: Blues). Maybe the game will be available in this December, who knows?


http://img.gamershell.com/imagefolio/gallery/RPG/Star_Wars_Kotor_2/16.jpg


http://img.gamershell.com/imagefolio/gallery/RPG/Star_Wars_Kotor_2/25.jpg



Fzoul

[Kalbrecht]

YAY!

Xmas present no. 1!

[Circlebreaker]

I have mixed feelings about this. If they release it earlier simply because development goes faster than anticipated, great!

If however they release it then under pressure from lucasarts simply to get more sales in the holiday season, then I'm affraid they might release a buggy, unpolished product. Obsidian is a new development studio, despite all the big names working there, so they probably don't have the same leverage with the publisher Bioware had.

I wonder if they'll release the xbox version simultaneously with the PC version this time.

[Rob]

Circlebreaker, you voice very valid concerns, but do remember they are using the same engine as before. This alone should speed up development considerably and prevent many bugs, so the bug testing/game testing should not be as extensive as the first.

I do not think this is one game though that any one of the parties can afford to screw up though.

I have mixed feelings about the PC vs. Xbox version though since I own both. As it is not a complex keyboard type game, I do prefer playing on my large widescreen TV with the XBox. However, the Xbox version was not designed for widescreen and my jedi was always walking around with a butt about as big as mine and everything looked funny. The PC was very sharp and crisp and the added mouse function was nice.... I might just have to get both again.

[SupaTroopa]

Can't wait, I'm still playing the first one over again and have owned it for 6 months now.

[Mr. Natural]

3D Gamers released a new batch of screenshots (http://www.3dgamers.com/screenshots/games/swknightsrepublic2/) a few days ago. I honestly wasn't impressed with the quality of the screens I was seeing so I didn't make mention of it. To me it looks like the graphics still need some work in the game.
I'm thinking the publisher is pushing for a "holiday release".
:(:

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I'm wondering if they aren't XBOX screenshots. They look about right for el Boxo de X

[Mr. Natural]

Ahhh, makes sense.... :yes:

[SupaTroopa]

Yeah they must be Xbox - KOTOR looks pretty amazing still on my 9800pro equipped PC, I'm fine with them using the same engine. It looks just as good if not better than any other game out now or in the near future.

[Chylde Roland]

That would be SA-weeeet! Keeping my fingers crossed...