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Topic	Playing Kotor again
ParanoidObsessive 10/10/21 7:32:00 PM #7:	CinderLock posted... I picture it like a mustache twirling villain because the dark side options are do outrageous they come off as goofy It would be one thing if they actually played off the idea that the Dark Side is "quicker, easier, more seductive" and made the Dark Side options give you extra advantages or strength in battle (while you actively have to struggle harder to achieve things via the Light Side), but most of the Dark Side options are just you going out of your way to be an asshole for no real reason. Which isn't "Sith" as much as it is "Stupid". The way Kreia describes the Dark Side in KotOR2 is way better (and she even criticizes you for being a stupid thug Dark Sider - she hates it even more than if you're pure Light), but even there you aren't really given a ton of options in-game to go clever and manipulative rather than just being cruel. So it's the same problem. About the only real advantage to taking Dark Side options is that you get more credits that way (and you get to occasionally Force Choke or Mind Trick annoying people), but credits are pretty much worthless anyway. And if I remember correctly you tend to get more XP from staying Light Side, so it kind of negates any real advantage the Dark Side has. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:958905714] in Playing Ko... [t:79704567]...</cite> <quote><cite>CinderLock posted...</cite> <quote>I picture it like a mustache twirling villain because the dark side options are do outrageous they come off as goofy</quote> It would be one thing if they actually played off the idea that the Dark Side is "quicker, easier, more seductive" and made the Dark Side options give you extra advantages or strength in battle (while you actively have to struggle harder to achieve things via the Light Side), but most of the Dark Side options are just you going out of your way to be an asshole for no real reason. Which isn't "Sith" as much as it is "Stupid". The way Kreia describes the Dark Side in KotOR2 is way better (and she even criticizes you for being a stupid thug Dark Sider - she hates it even more than if you're pure Light), but even there you aren't really given a ton of options in-game to go clever and manipulative rather than just being cruel. So it's the same problem. About the only real advantage to taking Dark Side options is that you get more credits that way (and you get to occasionally Force Choke or Mind Trick annoying people), but credits are pretty much worthless anyway. And if I remember correctly you tend to get more XP from staying Light Side, so it kind of negates any real advantage the Dark Side has. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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