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KOTOR 1 allowed you to "use" items directly from th Inventory, which is a trick that allows you to heal in combat without having to line up a Medpack to waste action on it. Basically, you fill your actionbar with attacks and, whenever you need healing, you go to your Inventory, find the Medpack and doubleclick it, so it gets instantly activated. Can't remember if this trick works in KOTOR 2...
"Worried about not sounding like a giant nerd, and failing miserably" Me, nodding along and taking notes on one of my favorite games from childhood, haha
Same with me, played through soo many times. As a kid I didn't really think to look stuff up so I only ever had one run where I made a bunch of the others into jedi, and I was completely mindblown that was even a thing, lol
35:59 fun fact Kreia doesn’t life drain the jedi here. What she does is she cuts them off from the force and they die because they’ve become so reliant on the force they literally couldn’t live without it.
I've always taken it more as she put the experience of Exile onto the three masters, and they chose to keep the force, as you because, as you mentioned, they have grown so attached to it. They fear losing it more than the thought of death. The idea that Kriea was giving them a choice seems more in character than simply forcing that kind of experience without at least seeing if some would let go.
@@artkondratyev4307 Honestly, I always saw it as both? IIRC, she says she's going to show them what you went through, and so she severs their force connection, but 99% of creatures NEED the force, so that's a death sentence, and you only survived by statistical anomaly. She KNEW it would kill them to do, that was her goal, and it served her being a sort of ironic death to use what you survived to end them.
@@dancinginfernallook up the video and go to the UA-camr's page, you'll know what they mean. Regardless tho the video is still a must watch for any KOTOR fan
Space Jesus is the best character in Star Wars Edit: I'm pretty sure I named my first Kotor 2 character Jedi Jesus instead of Space Jesus, but the point still stands
@@acebrainiac9137 shit canon from someone, who didn't even try to play KOTOR 2. Even though he wrote the plot of the first one, Drew still butchered and ruined Exile's character in his book and in SWTOR. And don't let me start on Revan, who becomes a Mary Sue in his DLC, or Valkorion, who was born a Mary Sue.
Atris. Imagine being a dark side fueled, uber powerful Jedi who trains people everyday, only to get get 3 shot by a chad wielding the Star Wars equivalent of a lock pick
28:30 That's my single favorite race in all of Star Wars. The Devaronians literally only exist cause Lucus needed extra aliens and they went to a costume shop and got a few Halloween demon masks.
“Chode Habit” lmao Always going left is clutch in the maze under the cantina. Also, I don’t think I’ve played as anything other than a Sith sorcerer ever since discovering the power of force lightning.
Yeah in KOTOR 1 a force power build is kind of rough since you don’t become a Jedi until level 8 or so (assuming you don’t save your level ups on Taris). But in KOTOR 2 oh man you become a walking god with a whopping high wisdom/charisma build. Just one or 2 shotting entire groups of enemies with Force storm and 1 shotting bosses with Force Crush.
@@SethCrowderMusic Funny enough, I love being evil in games like KOTOR and Fable, just run through slaughtering everything. But In games like Mass Effect and Dragon Age I hate it. Maybe because you’re not really “evil” in those games, you’re just an insufferable asshole when you go renegade regardless of context.
"Worried about not sounding like a giant nerd, and failing miserably" MY GUY you're playing a star wars RPG from 2004, anyone watching this is so deep into nerd territory we don't care anymore. I am here for the nerd
Haven't ever commented on a UA-cam video before but decided to break my 28 year streak because I had to say how much I enjoyed this video and star wars content! Keep it up!
Never seen your channel before but I was so happy to see this in my recommended and click on it. My favourite game of all time, played well by someone who knows and appreciates it, with a tight script. Great stuff.
Best game ever mostly made. Thank God for the restored content mod. Never once considered using the plasma torch for anything other than a door opener in all my playthroughs. Neat stuff.
Nice video my guy. Well done. About a year or so ago I decided "Hey, I have Kotor II on Steam but never got the achievements, that's a good enough reason to replay a video game I love." so I went on and had one run as a dark side Force Witch and one as a light side Jedi Knight. And let me tell you, childhood me was such a dope. If you have the brain capacity to make decisions that actually optimize your playstile you turn into a god. Even more so with gear but honestly, you could run around basically naked by the end and still oneshot everything. This game lets you become so powerfull, it's great. Just as one example, my force witch killed the whole army of Onderon in the throne room in two turns.
So true about preparing and properly building your character. I thought both of these games were so hard as a kid, but I didn’t really understand how to play a game like that. I played both recently and found them to be very easy (except for the final boss fight with Kreia, that shit sucks) because of my experience playing other RPGs.
you can cheese the fight pretty easily, the AI pathing for the lightsabers is realllly bad, so if you just run around they'll get stuck and you can just go whack kreia and kill her instead
God, this was the best challenge video I've ever seen. Thank you SO MUCH for not obsessing over the letter of the law to pad for content. I'm so sick of seeing other runners reach stuff like the turret sequences or forced companions and spend a third of the video talking about all the ways they tried to avoid it and then still had to go through with it anyway. You did an awesome job keeping the spirit of the challenge intact without boring us with handwringing about technicalities.
Fun fact. You actually get slightly more xp by killing the Sith on Peragus with the turret than by letting them board and killing them manually. I tested it when doing a grenades only run. You do of course get the loot if you kill them on board
Your fucking commentary is so good. It's like my brain in a UA-cam video which now that I read this may not be a good thing. Amazing video for one of the best games ever made.(Also, I had issues in all the same areas as a kid. Kid brain is the real endgame boss.)
If I remember correctly in the Korriban tomb, you get a massive boost to your force points as a dark sider. As a light sider, it absolutely wrecks your force regeneration.
I never really understood the morality system in Mass Effect. Only now I realize that it's basically the light and dark side of the force from Star Wars. It's not good vs evil. It's nice vs asshole. Some of the renegade choices in Mass Effect are morally good but not nice. Like the one in Mass Effect 1 early on in the Citadel. Study the corpse vs send it intact to the family. Studying the corpse might save lives but it will make the family sad. So the paragon choice is to send the body to the family intact. Shepherd says if we study the corpse then we are no different from Geth.
What a masterpiece! Editing, scripting, delivery, pacing, structure, the concept itself, the self awareness.... This is so good dude! Very funny, very nerdy, absolute gamer
"was greeted by that lady from The Philosophy of Kreia video" hahahaha I'm fucking dead lol I'm finally subscribing for that. Plus it's nice to sit back with a video like this and enjoy not being alone in loving this game and playing it a lot.
I saw the community post about the this game, so I was expecting a video about this game but I yelled out "OH NO" when I saw what the challenge was. I'm already in pain, let's see what happens on the video.
Love me some KOTOR content! Thank you! By the way, you can activate solo mode to leave your companions behind in obligatory segments. It doesn't prevent them from fighting if they're in a fight, but it prevents them from following you, meaning unless you have a fight right off a loading zone, they won't get involved. Just something I thought to mention, but it makes no real difference. Your build could still take on those fights alone, just a tiny bit slower.
Just recently started playing this game again! You need to save Atton at the end as his ending where he lives is so much better.. just make sure you defeat Sion as Atton and you're good
That combat encounter @ 10:40 could be delayed if you have a companion with you. First wait for the TSF agent to approach the encounter trigger. Then pause the game (the combat pause not the menus), and order your MC to talk to the agent. Switch to the companion, and unpause the game. Once the MC is beyond the trigger you could switch back to him, and continue solo.
29:00 thats actually a really good friend of mine! The devs held a contest back in the day, and he won! They flew him out to take reference headshots and modeled him into the game as Nikko. He cosplays the character every now and then 😄
I found you because of this video and challenge. To put it simply, I love it and the countless Halo videos you've done. Would love to see more vids of KoTOR challenges and dogging the game for the old systems it has. Great job, keep it up!
Hot tip: you can use items and fight in the same round of combat. If you open the items menu each round of combat you can use any of the useable items - this includes health packs, stims, and shields. Limited to one item per round and doesn’t interrupt your queued attacks.
Pretty cool video! It reminded me of the existence of a glitch that lets you play as the robot from the ithorian quests in place of the main character for the rest of the game which made me curious of it's challenge run potential. Their class leaves a lot to be desired with a lack of force powers, useful feats and even unusable equipment slots... But maybe you could unlock a prestige class to make them competent in combat? Grenades seem like they could compensate in dangerous situations early on too.
I'm so glad you made the 3 days grace joke about darth sion. So I got this game 6 months after it came out. I found it in a bargin bin at Walmart and bought it for like 5 bucks and spent the rest on an ungodly amount of snacks. Anyway at the time my older sister was REALLY into bands like Fall Out Boy, 3 Days Grace, BB, MCR. Admittedly I was too but I never went full emo. Anyway so as I played this game from spring all the way through summer (yeah it took me that long I was really bad at first and restarted twice) my sister would be blasting those cds. That music became synonymous with the game for me. Of course the game literally came out the same time so it would have happened anyway. But anytime I hear an emo song from that era my brain immediately goes to this game. And as an adult now when I play this game I subconsciously started humming those songs. Created literally the most positive memory I have in gaming besides Saints Row 2
I never knew this when I was kid and played (they literally tell you too) but the buffs Kreia puts on herself buff you as well so every play through now I just turn her into the healing/buff slave. Probably would’ve been helpful
I love this game so much. What a great video. When i last played this game i was to young to understand most if its mechanics. I always thought saving throw was some kind of martial arts move where you throw the oponent to save yourself. I need to replay this game with my adult mind xD. Thanks for the inspiration.
Man what a pleasure to see KOTOR here ! Best frog ever playing exactly like me looking for solutions on the internet to optimize the play session and using the level as healing ! And it starts with a nod to "The philosophy of Kreia" video, an absolute masterpiece
I just realized I've played this game 9 times and never actually finished it i always forget about the last map.... i always end after atris and the white dressed people and then talos i genuinely haven't beaten this and i don't know why i haven't... well i have a new plan for this weekend now thanks for teaching me the way :P
Watched a ton of your halo videos lately thinking "man this channel is really fun" and then you go and upload a challenge video about my favorite star wars game ever.
Here’s a small tip: start the prologue and follow it until it lets you go to the outside of the ship, turn on solo mode have one droid deposit your items in one of the spots that lets you collect “parts” and have the other droid collect fragments mines from the missile, it will endlessly respawn if you don’t have any in your inventory so switch to the other droid and deposit the mine. I did this until I had a 1000 mines it took about 4 hours if I remember correctly it’s been a few years. After you collect as many as you want get all of your stuff collect everything you want and it’s a good idea to make a few parts and computer spikes you can sell the rest and save 30 of them for the disarm exploit. When you’re done with everything go to the cockpit and use the computer in front of the right side chair to skip the prologue and you start the game with all of the items you collected.
I remember getting my mom to drive me to the midnight release of this game. Met my best friends outside of gamestop that night as we grilled literally everything that was brought to us.
Kotor 2 hold a very very special place in my heart, this game and the og battlefront 2 are the reason why i love star wars. With kotor 2 i remember as pretty much a baby ( 4-5) years old watching my older brother play this game so when i got older got to play the game because how available the game became i immediately bought it. I have the game on my phone and switch. Plus the characters were do enjoyable i mean Atton is him and Bao-dur is cool with his remote (learned years later that he can become a jedi which was a shock even my brother didn't know) also the story 🔥
I swear this dude and me had the exact same experience with this game, i.e. using the same tips/tricks to get specific outcomes/loot I always get the zeison sha armor before leaving telos, and lasts until atleast mid game
*sees video in algorithm* Ohh, one of my favorite all-time games! I remember the Plasma Torch. I always kept it because it was a decent fallback for picking locks on literally anything! *sees him sharing a couple of lifehacks I never got to try* So, THAT's how you get Atton to be a Jedi/ all the Jedis. Man, I really wish I could play this game again... *REALIZES his Plasma Torch build is basically the same as a single-weapon Melee build* I always wanted to be a sleek, black-robed samurai in this game... ... ... checks Steam *sees KOTOR II on sale for $10* ... well, then. I guess it's time to go to work. *rewinds video*
Fun Fact: The Duros look like that because they literally used Halloween costumes for the cantina scene in A New Hope. That's also why Devaronians are literally just devil guys
This video is a certified Hell Yeah and has earned you a sub. I love Kotor 2 but have not played it as much as Kotor 1. I had NO idea you could turn so many of the party members into Jedi. Dope ass game.
My favorite memory from kotor is activating the secret ending cheat 5 minutes into my first playthrough then forgetting about it. I went like 30 hours playing completely seriously or so before getting the Twilek Dance party ending out of nowhere instead of the epic boss fight I was expecting. I was so confused until I realized what I had done all those hours ago lmao.
Really enjoyed the KOTR 2 content, would definitely enjoy more of these videos from you! Sadly a game I was too young to play and enjoy at the time, was more of a jedi academy enjoyer (even an 8 year old can work out how to press left click and f for force powers) but this is getting me excited to finally give it a proper go.
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KOTOR 1 allowed you to "use" items directly from th Inventory, which is a trick that allows you to heal in combat without having to line up a Medpack to waste action on it. Basically, you fill your actionbar with attacks and, whenever you need healing, you go to your Inventory, find the Medpack and doubleclick it, so it gets instantly activated.
Can't remember if this trick works in KOTOR 2...
Yeah, I did it a couple times
Thanks for the video Froge! *ribbit*
@frogarchist do you know what the heal power dus in the game????
"Worried about not sounding like a giant nerd, and failing miserably"
Me, nodding along and taking notes on one of my favorite games from childhood, haha
Same with me, played through soo many times. As a kid I didn't really think to look stuff up so I only ever had one run where I made a bunch of the others into jedi, and I was completely mindblown that was even a thing, lol
“Did you ever hear the tragedy of Exile the Welder? I thought not. It’s not a story the Jedi would tell you. It’s more of a union thing.”
Spelled welder wrong brother
he's called the wielder because he wields the plasma torch
@@Mamac2006 Considering he amended it ti welding, i think im right kemosabe
@@JimmyThree-Balls 👏👏
@@JimmyThree-Balls it’s a joke numbnuts
My new favorite channel uploads a 40+ minutes video about KOTOR?
By the rings…
By the eight divines!
By the prophets!
@@SkeletonManBones ASSAULT! ASSAULT!
@@SkeletonManBones *Nine.
@@MishraArtificer Talos isn't considered a divine by everyone. Although I do consider him to be, so I believe it is 9.
35:59 fun fact Kreia doesn’t life drain the jedi here. What she does is she cuts them off from the force and they die because they’ve become so reliant on the force they literally couldn’t live without it.
In other words, she turned off their hax and they skill issued life.
I've always taken it more as she put the experience of Exile onto the three masters, and they chose to keep the force, as you because, as you mentioned, they have grown so attached to it. They fear losing it more than the thought of death. The idea that Kriea was giving them a choice seems more in character than simply forcing that kind of experience without at least seeing if some would let go.
@@artkondratyev4307 Honestly, I always saw it as both? IIRC, she says she's going to show them what you went through, and so she severs their force connection, but 99% of creatures NEED the force, so that's a death sentence, and you only survived by statistical anomaly. She KNEW it would kill them to do, that was her goal, and it served her being a sort of ironic death to use what you survived to end them.
"Statemeeenttt: apaathyyy iiiss deaaath" will never not make me laugh, I love HK47
3:00 "Met Atton Rand, who's basically mentally ill Carth." That's so accurate.
and a better character over all
@@GAMEFACE183 Arguable. Atton can just turn into a sad little cuck cus your female outcast wont jump on his bone
@@jehru5 Atton is like Carth if Carth was cool and not annoying.
Atton is almost always in party and using a double sided lightsaber
he;s carth but with obsidian writers instead of bioware writers. an unfathomable upgrade.
Was not expecting a Philosophy of Kreia reference. Well done lol.
love how that video has become required material for every kotor fan lol
Sucks that the author is who he is
@@probablydio3961 who
@@dancinginfernallook up the video and go to the UA-camr's page, you'll know what they mean. Regardless tho the video is still a must watch for any KOTOR fan
@@probablydio3961 Who?
"The Ebon Hawk Tuah." You saw the opportunity and took it.
MB2 name
Kreia approves of this message
8:36
@@allie_nord oh shit I’m about to start calling it that now
and i hate him all the more for it lmao
Based portrait choice, truly the only viable option
Space Jesus is the best character in Star Wars
Edit: I'm pretty sure I named my first Kotor 2 character Jedi Jesus instead of Space Jesus, but the point still stands
Indeed
@@humantheperson9805mullet obi wan will always be peak jedi aesthetic
Nope, a blonde female character is (legends) canon.
@@acebrainiac9137 shit canon from someone, who didn't even try to play KOTOR 2. Even though he wrote the plot of the first one, Drew still butchered and ruined Exile's character in his book and in SWTOR.
And don't let me start on Revan, who becomes a Mary Sue in his DLC, or Valkorion, who was born a Mary Sue.
Frog dropped KOTOR today? Hell yeah dude
"Back to the Ebon Hawk tuah" I got mentally flashbanged by that
"Back to the Ebon Hawk Tuah"
-you bolt awake in the mountains of Carthage...
You back with KOTOR!!!! On my birthday?!! Man this day cant get any better
I really love your videos
Happy birthday man
@@xTooPalex Thanks man
Happy birthday
@@frogarchist Thanks Frog means a lot coming from you ❤
Happy birthday isay
Atris.
Imagine being a dark side fueled, uber powerful Jedi who trains people everyday, only to get get 3 shot by a chad wielding the Star Wars equivalent of a lock pick
To be fair, it’s more like the Star Wars equivalent of a crowbar.
she's a fraud
It is such a quiet thing to fall...
28:30 That's my single favorite race in all of Star Wars. The Devaronians literally only exist cause Lucus needed extra aliens and they went to a costume shop and got a few Halloween demon masks.
I just like Space Jesus talking politics with Space Satan.
“Chode Habit” lmao
Always going left is clutch in the maze under the cantina.
Also, I don’t think I’ve played as anything other than a Sith sorcerer ever since discovering the power of force lightning.
Yeah in KOTOR 1 a force power build is kind of rough since you don’t become a Jedi until level 8 or so (assuming you don’t save your level ups on Taris). But in KOTOR 2 oh man you become a walking god with a whopping high wisdom/charisma build. Just one or 2 shotting entire groups of enemies with Force storm and 1 shotting bosses with Force Crush.
@@christianscrogins663 and even if you don't do that, just stasis/ equivalent and force speed makes you win automatically anyway
Wake up in a cryo-tube? Its basically Halo:CE
Please never say Ebon Hawk-Tuah again, anything but that.
"Because i feel bad for being evil in video games"
I relate too hard to you sometimes lmao
@@SethCrowderMusic Funny enough, I love being evil in games like KOTOR and Fable, just run through slaughtering everything. But In games like Mass Effect and Dragon Age I hate it. Maybe because you’re not really “evil” in those games, you’re just an insufferable asshole when you go renegade regardless of context.
Pathfinder wrath of the righteous let's you be evil in a lot of unique ways...including becoming a living swarm of insects
1:11 is correct
Underrated
@@maleexile9053 We are all 1 and the same. 😂
holy shit it’s him!
@@TheGildedValkyrie in the flesh the real exile
In my head canon that will always be the exile, not this “Meetra Surik” crap
I'm getting real Mitten Squad vibes from this one. I kept expecting to hear "And then the real game begins". Rest easy, old friend.
Damn that just brought back memories from his videos
I've been looking for someone to fill that hole, Frog gives off that energy thankfully
Miss you Paul
Should he start becoming an alcoholic now or later?
@@BernardGarconlet's wait until he starts doing Bethesda games, at least.
@@cheekibreeki904 real. Forcing him to play NV or 76 in their states at launch might earn him the chance to do a 1 on 1 interview
"Worried about not sounding like a giant nerd, and failing miserably" MY GUY you're playing a star wars RPG from 2004, anyone watching this is so deep into nerd territory we don't care anymore. I am here for the nerd
Haven't ever commented on a UA-cam video before but decided to break my 28 year streak because I had to say how much I enjoyed this video and star wars content! Keep it up!
8:37 I will never be able to hear the Ebon Hawk's name again without hearing this, thank you 😐
Never seen your channel before but I was so happy to see this in my recommended and click on it. My favourite game of all time, played well by someone who knows and appreciates it, with a tight script. Great stuff.
The KOTOR 2 love is greatly appreciated, it's one of my favorites!
Best game ever mostly made. Thank God for the restored content mod. Never once considered using the plasma torch for anything other than a door opener in all my playthroughs. Neat stuff.
Nice video my guy. Well done.
About a year or so ago I decided "Hey, I have Kotor II on Steam but never got the achievements, that's a good enough reason to replay a video game I love." so I went on and had one run as a dark side Force Witch and one as a light side Jedi Knight. And let me tell you, childhood me was such a dope. If you have the brain capacity to make decisions that actually optimize your playstile you turn into a god. Even more so with gear but honestly, you could run around basically naked by the end and still oneshot everything. This game lets you become so powerfull, it's great.
Just as one example, my force witch killed the whole army of Onderon in the throne room in two turns.
@@JinFreeks the maxed out force lightning really does turn into an “I win” button
This and the first KOTOR are my favorite games of all time; slowly playing my way through the first one currently
So true about preparing and properly building your character. I thought both of these games were so hard as a kid, but I didn’t really understand how to play a game like that. I played both recently and found them to be very easy (except for the final boss fight with Kreia, that shit sucks) because of my experience playing other RPGs.
you can cheese the fight pretty easily, the AI pathing for the lightsabers is realllly bad, so if you just run around they'll get stuck and you can just go whack kreia and kill her instead
God, this was the best challenge video I've ever seen. Thank you SO MUCH for not obsessing over the letter of the law to pad for content. I'm so sick of seeing other runners reach stuff like the turret sequences or forced companions and spend a third of the video talking about all the ways they tried to avoid it and then still had to go through with it anyway. You did an awesome job keeping the spirit of the challenge intact without boring us with handwringing about technicalities.
8:00 “why would I do that? Am I stupid?”
That shit fucking sent me 🤣🤣
Fun fact. You actually get slightly more xp by killing the Sith on Peragus with the turret than by letting them board and killing them manually. I tested it when doing a grenades only run. You do of course get the loot if you kill them on board
Congrats on making me tilt my head from just the video title. I expected nothing less. Take a blue frog award
2:07 The Philosophy of Kreia video is one of the greatest Kotor 2 videos of all time (This is a great video too)
that one really is great, I should rewatch it..
@@joktann4918 Just uh don't look at their other vids, or the allegations.
@@TheCyber416 their other videos are completely fine, who gives a darn about some alligators?
@@doghat1619 Referring to the defence of l o l i c o n video they have.
@@doghat1619 Referring to the defence of l o l i c o n video they have.
Your fucking commentary is so good. It's like my brain in a UA-cam video which now that I read this may not be a good thing. Amazing video for one of the best games ever made.(Also, I had issues in all the same areas as a kid. Kid brain is the real endgame boss.)
It’s crazy that the telios canteen music still plays in my head from time to time and it’s been about 15 years since I’ve played it
37:21 “I have solved the game”
Frog quote of the year
The Ebon hawk-tua ? I just can’t get away from that dang meme. Lol
The philosophy of Kreia video reference🥹
If I remember correctly in the Korriban tomb, you get a massive boost to your force points as a dark sider. As a light sider, it absolutely wrecks your force regeneration.
Yep can confirm I just did a darkside playthrough
Use the korriban tomb to grind xp at the corpse before the 2nd trial. Use the protocol droid glitch on Dantooine to gain light side influence.
Surprised I not only watched a KOTOR2 video in 2024, but also really enjoyed it.
I never really understood the morality system in Mass Effect. Only now I realize that it's basically the light and dark side of the force from Star Wars. It's not good vs evil. It's nice vs asshole. Some of the renegade choices in Mass Effect are morally good but not nice. Like the one in Mass Effect 1 early on in the Citadel. Study the corpse vs send it intact to the family. Studying the corpse might save lives but it will make the family sad. So the paragon choice is to send the body to the family intact. Shepherd says if we study the corpse then we are no different from Geth.
I play this game multiple times a year, it is my favorite game, and this challenge is so crazy lolol. LOVED this.
This man deserves so many more views for the quality of his videos always 11/10
5:43 can't believe this game stole the name of the bad guy from halo infinite 17 years earlier
Haha also Mass Effect 2 xD
16:13 literally me fr
Space Jesus and Frog Christ for the win!
What a masterpiece! Editing, scripting, delivery, pacing, structure, the concept itself, the self awareness.... This is so good dude! Very funny, very nerdy, absolute gamer
"was greeted by that lady from The Philosophy of Kreia video" hahahaha I'm fucking dead lol I'm finally subscribing for that. Plus it's nice to sit back with a video like this and enjoy not being alone in loving this game and playing it a lot.
18:52 Wish Visas would wreck me ngl
Having played kotor one since I was a kid, and beaten that game 100s of times. Watching this is quite nostalgic for me
I saw the community post about the this game, so I was expecting a video about this game but I yelled out "OH NO" when I saw what the challenge was. I'm already in pain, let's see what happens on the video.
Glad I came across this I started playing KOTOR 2 on my phone and noticed how much easier the game is because I actually know what I’m doing
I see Frogarchist KOTOR Video I watch Frogarchist KOTOR video
I'm not gonna lie, not a Star Wars fan. I didn't know what you were saying for like 99%, but I enjoyed watching it
Since I've discovered your channel I can't stop binging your content. Thank you for posting again!
By far the superior of the 2 games, really wish they weren’t so rushed so we could have had proper cinematics for the ending
“Ebon Hawk Tuah” and “Darth Zion Williamson” made me lol
Love me some KOTOR content! Thank you!
By the way, you can activate solo mode to leave your companions behind in obligatory segments. It doesn't prevent them from fighting if they're in a fight, but it prevents them from following you, meaning unless you have a fight right off a loading zone, they won't get involved. Just something I thought to mention, but it makes no real difference. Your build could still take on those fights alone, just a tiny bit slower.
This game was a huge part of my childhood too and it was awesome hearing you talk about playing it as a kid. Id love to see more kotor videos from you
Fun build! Kinda surprised it was so easy. Definitely here for more KoTOR videos and streams.
Just recently started playing this game again! You need to save Atton at the end as his ending where he lives is so much better.. just make sure you defeat Sion as Atton and you're good
That combat encounter @ 10:40 could be delayed if you have a companion with you. First wait for the TSF agent to approach the encounter trigger. Then pause the game (the combat pause not the menus), and order your MC to talk to the agent. Switch to the companion, and unpause the game. Once the MC is beyond the trigger you could switch back to him, and continue solo.
29:00 thats actually a really good friend of mine! The devs held a contest back in the day, and he won! They flew him out to take reference headshots and modeled him into the game as Nikko. He cosplays the character every now and then 😄
I found you because of this video and challenge. To put it simply, I love it and the countless Halo videos you've done. Would love to see more vids of KoTOR challenges and dogging the game for the old systems it has. Great job, keep it up!
Hot tip: you can use items and fight in the same round of combat. If you open the items menu each round of combat you can use any of the useable items - this includes health packs, stims, and shields. Limited to one item per round and doesn’t interrupt your queued attacks.
Pretty cool video! It reminded me of the existence of a glitch that lets you play as the robot from the ithorian quests in place of the main character for the rest of the game which made me curious of it's challenge run potential. Their class leaves a lot to be desired with a lack of force powers, useful feats and even unusable equipment slots... But maybe you could unlock a prestige class to make them competent in combat? Grenades seem like they could compensate in dangerous situations early on too.
Do KOTOR 1 guns, grenades and mines only (a regular geezer) solo with the difficulty mod - That's a fun ride 👍
Kotor challenge runs was not something I thought I needed in my life.
I'm so glad you made the 3 days grace joke about darth sion. So I got this game 6 months after it came out. I found it in a bargin bin at Walmart and bought it for like 5 bucks and spent the rest on an ungodly amount of snacks. Anyway at the time my older sister was REALLY into bands like Fall Out Boy, 3 Days Grace, BB, MCR. Admittedly I was too but I never went full emo. Anyway so as I played this game from spring all the way through summer (yeah it took me that long I was really bad at first and restarted twice) my sister would be blasting those cds. That music became synonymous with the game for me. Of course the game literally came out the same time so it would have happened anyway. But anytime I hear an emo song from that era my brain immediately goes to this game. And as an adult now when I play this game I subconsciously started humming those songs. Created literally the most positive memory I have in gaming besides Saints Row 2
I never knew this when I was kid and played (they literally tell you too) but the buffs Kreia puts on herself buff you as well so every play through now I just turn her into the healing/buff slave. Probably would’ve been helpful
I love this game so much. What a great video. When i last played this game i was to young to understand most if its mechanics. I always thought saving throw was some kind of martial arts move where you throw the oponent to save yourself.
I need to replay this game with my adult mind xD. Thanks for the inspiration.
This genuinely makes me want to replay the game. Preferably with your character design, cause being OP as hell seems funy.
Man what a pleasure to see KOTOR here ! Best frog ever playing exactly like me looking for solutions on the internet to optimize the play session and using the level as healing !
And it starts with a nod to "The philosophy of Kreia" video, an absolute masterpiece
16:45 Frog our Christ helping the homeless. I couldn't agree more! 😊
dude hands down this is the most slept on best channel ever, fulfills my nerdy soul, i need to play this game again
I just realized I've played this game 9 times and never actually finished it i always forget about the last map.... i always end after atris and the white dressed people and then talos i genuinely haven't beaten this and i don't know why i haven't... well i have a new plan for this weekend now thanks for teaching me the way :P
Watched a ton of your halo videos lately thinking "man this channel is really fun" and then you go and upload a challenge video about my favorite star wars game ever.
Here’s a small tip: start the prologue and follow it until it lets you go to the outside of the ship, turn on solo mode have one droid deposit your items in one of the spots that lets you collect “parts” and have the other droid collect fragments mines from the missile, it will endlessly respawn if you don’t have any in your inventory so switch to the other droid and deposit the mine. I did this until I had a 1000 mines it took about 4 hours if I remember correctly it’s been a few years. After you collect as many as you want get all of your stuff collect everything you want and it’s a good idea to make a few parts and computer spikes you can sell the rest and save 30 of them for the disarm exploit. When you’re done with everything go to the cockpit and use the computer in front of the right side chair to skip the prologue and you start the game with all of the items you collected.
Interesting
2:06 man i havent heard a joke this casual and amusing in awhile.
When you watch a video for a game youve been replaying every year for 20 years and still learn new stuff from it.
Your Commentary is always gold
It fills me with joy to see people still playing this timeless classic.
I remember getting my mom to drive me to the midnight release of this game. Met my best friends outside of gamestop that night as we grilled literally everything that was brought to us.
love this game, also been playing it since childhood. never occurred to me to use the plasma torch thru the entire game.
You referencing the Philosophy is Kreia video is gold.
Kotor 2 hold a very very special place in my heart, this game and the og battlefront 2 are the reason why i love star wars. With kotor 2 i remember as pretty much a baby ( 4-5) years old watching my older brother play this game so when i got older got to play the game because how available the game became i immediately bought it. I have the game on my phone and switch. Plus the characters were do enjoyable i mean Atton is him and Bao-dur is cool with his remote (learned years later that he can become a jedi which was a shock even my brother didn't know) also the story 🔥
Also pazak
I swear this dude and me had the exact same experience with this game, i.e. using the same tips/tricks to get specific outcomes/loot
I always get the zeison sha armor before leaving telos, and lasts until atleast mid game
*sees video in algorithm*
Ohh, one of my favorite all-time games! I remember the Plasma Torch. I always kept it because it was a decent fallback for picking locks on literally anything!
*sees him sharing a couple of lifehacks I never got to try*
So, THAT's how you get Atton to be a Jedi/ all the Jedis. Man, I really wish I could play this game again...
*REALIZES his Plasma Torch build is basically the same as a single-weapon Melee build*
I always wanted to be a sleek, black-robed samurai in this game...
...
... checks Steam
*sees KOTOR II on sale for $10*
... well, then. I guess it's time to go to work.
*rewinds video*
16:52 okay I’m subbing 😂
Fun Fact: The Duros look like that because they literally used Halloween costumes for the cantina scene in A New Hope. That's also why Devaronians are literally just devil guys
"Mormon Darth Maul" is the most accurate description of Bao-Dur I've ever heard 🤣
This video is a certified Hell Yeah and has earned you a sub. I love Kotor 2 but have not played it as much as Kotor 1. I had NO idea you could turn so many of the party members into Jedi. Dope ass game.
My favorite memory from kotor is activating the secret ending cheat 5 minutes into my first playthrough then forgetting about it. I went like 30 hours playing completely seriously or so before getting the Twilek Dance party ending out of nowhere instead of the epic boss fight I was expecting. I was so confused until I realized what I had done all those hours ago lmao.
It makes me happy to see someone who loves this game as much as I do.
More KotOR 2 content please, it's an amazing game that I fear is being largely forgotten these days
Really enjoyed the KOTR 2 content, would definitely enjoy more of these videos from you! Sadly a game I was too young to play and enjoy at the time, was more of a jedi academy enjoyer (even an 8 year old can work out how to press left click and f for force powers) but this is getting me excited to finally give it a proper go.
Awesome to see a KOTOR 2 video in 2024 from someone who also grew up playing it, great video!
“A grey protocol droid”
HK50 absolutely fuming at that one