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RPG General News - Larian should make a Star Wars Game

by Hiddenx, 2023-12-13 18:37:20

PC Gamer thinks Larian should make a Star Wars RPG:

I've never wanted anything more than for Larian to make a Star Wars RPG in the vein of Baldur's Gate 3

It's already made the best D&D videogame, so why not adapt the Star Wars TTRPG?

A whopping 19 years ago last week, Obsidian and LucasArts released Knights of the Old Republic 2 - a rough, unfinished romp around the Star Wars galaxy. Despite being pushed out the door far too soon, the complex, philosophical yarn spun by Obsidian lifted it above the usual Star Wars fare, exploring the setting and the nebulous concept of the Force in a way that had never really been attempted before. 

With only a year and change between this and the first KOTOR, you could have been forgiven for assuming that a golden age of Star Wars RPGs was upon us, but it wasn't meant to be. Nearly two decades later, we've yet to see either a follow up or a brand new Star Wars RPG, at least not a singleplayer one, despite the fact that the licence has grown into an uncontrollable beast under Disney.

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