![]() ![]() After the ship finally docks at a mining station called Peragus, the game begins in earnest with your character emerging from a healing tank. Your ship, the Ebon Hawk, is drifting through space the majority of the crew is dead, though a few (including yourself) are critically wounded. ![]() You play as a new character of your creation, but characters and happenings from the first game are frequently eluded to, connecting both storylines. KOTOR II picks up five years after the events of the first game. My chief complaint is it’s just a good game –not a great one. If “Star Wars Knights of the old Republic II: The Sith Lords” (KOTOR II) were actually a “Star Wars flick, I’d be inclined to compare it to “Return of the Jedi.” While not quite as good as the original, it hasn’t sunk to the depths of –say, “The Star Wars Holiday Special.” The 45-hour role-playing game manages to hit most of the marks that fans of either RPGs or the “Star Wars” franchise will be expecting. STAR WARS KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC II: THE SITH LORDS (Lusa Arts, Rated T for blood and violence, Xbox) The “Queer Eye” guys will be pleased to find that the fierce warrior’s “look” can change, depending on the weapons he acquires. But here, the plot doesn’t revolve around Aragorn, Legolas and the hobbits, but rather a Gondorian warrior named Berethor who forms his own fellowship. Ian McKellan (a k a Gandalf) is on hand to narrate the game, which embellishes on the Tolkien trilogy with an entertaining twist on what may have happened after the ring was destroyed. As if 50 extra minutes of movie wasn’t enough, now’s their chance to play the latest LOTR video game. “Lord of the Rings” junkies undoubtedly picked up copies of the extended version DVD of “Return of the King” on Tuesday. THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE THIRD AGE (Electronic Arts, PlayStation 2, Rated T for violence)
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