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From: Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN APRIL 2025?
Date: Fri, 2 May 2025 19:09:46 -0700
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On 5/1/2025 11:40 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> On Thu, 1 May 2025 07:24:26 -0700, Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> On 5/1/2025 6:12 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> 
>>> What Have You Been Playing... IN APRIL 2025?
> 
>> Star Wars: Knights of the old Republic.
>> It's been a long time, though the only other time I played it, it was
>> long after it was originally out.  I started running WEG 1e D6 Star Wars
>> RPG, so felt like playing this again to get me more in the mood.  Still
>> a great game!
> 
> Agreed. KOTOR is dated, but fun. My biggest issue with the game has
> more to do with the fact that I've replayed it so often that there are
> no surprises left in the game for me. There's no sense of exploration
> or discovery left when I play anymore. But I can hardly blame the game
> for that.
> 
> It's nice to see that new-Star Wars is still pulling ideas from these
> classic games (for instance, there's mention of the Rakatan empire
> --initially created for KOTOR-- in the lastest episodes of "Star Wars
> Andor". If I have one complaint with the game its the game's
> fascination with Jedi. I'm so _tired_ of the Jedi being central to
> everything in the Star Wars universe. That the game started with you
> being just a schlub felt so novel, but <ROT13 for spoilers>
> qvfpbirevat lbh jrer n yncfrq Wrqv naq orvat sbeprq onpx bagb gung
> cngu unysjnl guebhtu gur tnzr jnf bar bs zl ovttrfg qvfnccbvagzragf
> jvgu XBGBE.</ROT13>

I don't think you really need spoiler text on a 22 year old game

I don't think SW is terribly interesting without Jedi, Sith, and The 
Force.  Just a campy space pulp.

It also has Knight in the name - which is how Jedi are referred to in 
many instanced (as well as wizards)

- Justisaur



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