mfw kotor 2 is trying to be cinematic
(light spoilers for stuff that happens on Nar Shaddaa, nothing too plot relevant)
So I'm hanging out on Nar Shaddaa, minding my own business. I'm trying to fix this airspeeder but my repair skill isn't getting the job done; I should go get my engineer to help. So I head back to the landing pad to—
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Oh, my ship has been taken over by Red Eclipse mercs. I should deal with that. So I go deal with it. Oh hell there are a lot of them in there. I almost die in the fight, but make it through thanks to the tried and true strategy of hiding in a corner, healing back up, killing one guy and repeat. Also Atton keeps popping back up like a zombie which helps keep them distracted. Ok, fight's over, I can leave the—
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A sith lady just appeared out of nowhere in my hold and I have to solo-fight her. I only have three HP left because of the big ship fight. I almost die, again, but make it through thanks to the other tried and true strategy of Burst of Speed, running around in a circle and spamming Heal. Ok, she's knocked out now, so I can leave the ship to—
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A crime boss wants to meet me, right now. Alone. And I can't refuse. So I'm outside, without any of my party members, and I can't go back in the ship. Sure, ok. I'll go deal with that and we'll get back to the airspeeder once that's over. I head to the—
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Atton limps over (still hasn't healed from the big ship fight) to warn me, and then leaves for the cantina. Ok, I—
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Atton is ambushed at the cantina and I have to solo-fight as him. He has three HP left and a bad blaster. I get hit twice, fall over, game over reload your last save.
Listen, I like KOTOR 2 a lot from what I've played so far, but the amount of railroading and plot triggers firing at the worst time is A BIT MUCH