I finally agree with a Kotaku article.

[McJobless]

http://kotaku.com/why-star-wars-knights-of-the-old-republic-2-is-better-1583670790

About freaking time they got something right.

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[Aut0]

they're preferring a half-baked game over the original KoTOR?
what

[Gear]

they're preferring a half-baked game over the original KoTOR?
what

Actually the author is basing his article on a cut-content restoration mod for KOTOR II.

[Pie Crust]

I never played KOTOR1. KOTOR2 was pretty good in my eyes. Obviously, it was missing lots of gameplay but it's an overall good game. I'd wish LucasArts made a game with SW: The Force Unleashed's battle mechanics and KOTOR's path selection. That would be a very good game.

[Aut0]

Actually the author is basing his article on a cut-content restoration mod for KOTOR II.

In which case that doesn't really count. You can't say how good a game is based off it's mods(except in certain cases like BL or Gmod, which revolve around using mods 99% of the time), even if they are vital ones, considering they took the content out in the first place, hell, ESPECIALLY if they cut vital content like they did.

I never played KOTOR1.

You really should, it's a great game.

I'd wish LucasArts made a game with SW: The Force Unleashed's battle mechanics and KOTOR's path selection. That would be a very good game.

You mean Disney, i think. Also, yeah, that'd be pretty interesting to see.

[Pie Crust]

Right, I forgot Disney bought LA.

[Gear]

In which case that doesn't really count. You can't say how good a game is based off it's mods(except in certain cases like BL or Gmod, which revolve around using mods 99% of the time), even if they are vital ones, considering they took the content out in the first place, hell, ESPECIALLY if they cut vital content like they did.

All of the cut-content was only left out because Obsidian had a very tight development cycle for KOTOR II and thus they didn't have enough time to implement all of the pre-made content. The only thing the mod does is
reincluding the content that couldn't be put into the game due to time restrictions.

I guess the author considered it to be a more "fair" comparison between KOTOR I and KOTOR II with this
restoration mod because KOTOR II on launch wasn't in the condition the developers intended it to be.

Of course it's still arguable whether or not it really counts

[McJobless]

In which case that doesn't really count. You can't say how good a game is based off it's mods(except in certain cases like BL or Gmod, which revolve around using mods 99% of the time), even if they are vital ones, considering they took the content out in the first place, hell, ESPECIALLY if they cut vital content like they did.

The decision to cut content was not theirs to make. LucasArts made the call since they wanted the game out for Christmas, and then refused to allow Obsidian to create a free restoration patch because Xbox users wouldn't be able to get the patch.

I think in this scenario, because all of the content actually exists within the game files and the mod essentially just re-activates a lot of it with minor tweaks here and there, it counts.