BioWare's masterful RPG remains the greatest Star Wars game of all time, and one well worth seeking out if you can play it (and also even if you know the big reveal).
It's actually quite difficult to overstate the significance of the first KOTOR. Not only did it provide gaming with one of its greatest RPGs, it also changed the Star Wars mythos on a fundamental level. The Old Republic era may no longer be canon in terms of how it was depicted in these games, but there's a reason why newer Star Wars literature and media has taken so much inspiration from them, and indeed looks set to revisit them in the future.
Revan, Malak, Bastilla Shan and HK-47 are all icons of the galaxy far, far away, even close to 20 years from the first game's release. That's a testament to just how brilliant KOTOR's story was, never mind the compelling turn-based combat system, dialogue trees and other gameplay opportunities in the title.
So... how about it EA? Fancy giving us that remaster?
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
