Expansion Packs for KOTOR series

[Traveler]

I've been thinking about this for a while now, so I figured I'd just throw this one out to forum. What are everyone's thoughts on having expansion packs for the KOTOR series? I doubt it would ever happen anyway, but I still think they could be used effectively for the KOTOR series.

 

Given all of the possible choices the player could have made in K1 and K2, I think it will be fairly difficult to come up with a satisfying ending for a K3 that really ties up all the loose ends from those games. It might have been easier to simply have expansion packs for these games that really brought the stories of the characters to a more logical conclusion rather than leaving them completely open ended.

 

Then, K3 would not necessarily have to be so focused on finishing the stories from the first two games and would be better positioned to simply stand on its own with new characters or storylines.

 

Anyway, that's my 2 cents. Comments/questions/flames?

[Smilodon]

Very unlikely

 

With LA already unable to release the long announced audio/movie patch (When was that? First during April, then again on July ), don't even try to think of an expansion pack TT

[ChAiNz.2da]

Though the idea is intriguing and I'd welcome it if it did come to being... we sorta have expansion packs now.... mods

 

There's even some storyline mods in the works atm.

 

The idea worked great for NWN, including the CEP modules... if only the KotOR Series had released a toolset we'd probably have much more than we do now... Not saying our tools are shoddy in any case. In fact, our tools designed by the uber-talent here are rather much more intuitive than NWN's IMO... it's just that the devs aren't very forthcoming with some of the inner workings of a few 'choice' things we modders would like to dabble in (animations, new unique areas, etc.)...

 

Anywho, if KotOR devs would release expansion packs, I'd probably fork over some cash to check them out

[Prime]

I'd rathe just get KOTOR 3.

[Jeff]

I'd rathe just get KOTOR 3.

Me too. Though if they did make an expansion pack, I'd no doubt get it. Not gonna happen though.

[Traveler]

I'd still like to see a KOTOR 3 as well. I just have a feeling that trying to incorporate all of the possible outcomes from the first two games into the third could result in an unsatisfying conclusion to the story. Ah well, I suppose it's a moot point since they'll probably never release any expansion packs, even though these games are more deserving of them than 99% of the other PC games out there.

[nas77]

I didn't think the ending of KOTOR was particularly open-ended, and certainly not to the extent that an expansion pack was needed. The open-endedness of Revan's story was that he left to fight the Sith, but we weren't told that until TSL. As for TSL, of course that's open-ended, but I don't think it's anything K3 can't deal with. I hope. Though I do share your fear of K3 being over-burdened with incorporating all the possible outcomes, I don't believe expansion packs are necessarily going to remedy that, since the ex packs are going to have their own different endings as well; if they didn't, they wouldn't make particularly good RPGs.

 

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Kinda off-topic: what audio and movie content was that patch supposed to include? And why can't LA release it?

[lukeskywalker1]

They won't release an expansion pack. Theres more money to be found in a completly new game.

 

Besides, a lot of time LA chooses the Light Side endings over dark side.

[lukeiamyourdad]

Nah, I'd rather have a KotOR Trilogy with the story focused on Revan. That would be best IMHO.

[RedHawke]

I'm with the "KOTOR Trilogy" group... an expansion set would be a bad idea...