A legendary game deserves a legendary review – Star Wars™: KOTOR Review

"Four thousand years before the rise of the Galactic Empire, the Republic verges on collapse. DARTH MALAK, last surviving apprentice of the DARK LORD REVAN, has unleashed an invincible Sith armada upon an unsuspecting galaxy. Crushing all resistance, Malak's war of conquest has left the Jedi Order scattered and vulnerable as countless Knights fall in battle, and many more swear allegiance to the new Sith Master. In the skies above the Outer Rim world of Taris, a Jedi battle fleet engages the forces of Darth Malak in a desperate effort to halt the Sith's galactic domination..." So goes the opening crawl of Bioware's legendary Star Wars RPG. To this day it remains the seminal Star Wars game. Taking place in 3956 BBY (3,956 years Before the Battle of Yavin), the game tells the tale of the Prodigal Knight, Revan. Approximately 50 years after Dark Lord of the Sith Exar Kun's attempt at galactic domination, the Mandalorian Wars have devastated both the Republic and the Jedi Order. You wake up in orbit of Taris aboard the Republic cruiser Endar Spire with no idea what the hell is going on. As you escape the ship to Sith-controlled Taris, you slowly begin to immerse yourself in a deep plot spanning the known Galaxy, which sees the unfolding of the Jedi Civil War, and reveals the long forgotten secrets of the ancient Rakatan Infinite Empire. Featuring the ability to build your own lightsaber, choose from three separate Jedi classes, and walking the line between the Light and Dark Sides of the Force, anyone's Jedi fantasies can be fulfilled in this game. I give this game a perfect 10.
Review by Shiro Kusanagi on Star Wars™: KOTOR.