Beloved Star Wars RPG Knights of the Old Republic Really Is Getting a Remake, Reports Say

This would be the best news in gaming for the last 20 years.

Very hopeful they get it right. KOTOR is one of my most favorite games of all time.

Another game/series Aspyr really must port over to modern platforms is Rogue Squadron. ♥

This could be great. Especially since Bioware is not involved lol

This would be day one for me. Loved the first 2 on OG xbox.

Not sure how well that battle system will hold up. I remember it being clunky back then. It would be cool if they did a FFviiR number on it.

Matty called this months ago. Super exciting news to finally get this on a playstation platform

Cool! I never got to play this so i would give it a go.

@TBubs311

True that. Since it was done by Bioware and is a total remake instead of a remaster, it wouldn't surprise me if combat ended up more like Mass Effect 2 and 3, which would be ok with me.

I'm still gonna buy the original from the Xbox Live Store for a tenner. Best Star Wars game in this galaxy and others far far away.

This would be amazing! I have no idea how many times I went through those games on Xbox. It was a lot. Also, they'd better bring Ashley Eckstein back as Mission, and Raphael Sbarge as Carth. I will accept no other voices.

Huge if true. Could be a rare Day 1 purchase from me.

Shame it’s an Aspyr version. I would prefer a remake from ground up, rather than a slightly polished port.

Still, I’ll be buying it. One of my favourite games.

I honestly don’t think it’s true if Aspyr are involved. They just don’t make games in that vein. It’s far more likely to be a remaster from Aspyr.

Aspyr have done solid work porting with the other SW games so i'm happy with this if true, that said i bet its a remaster if its them and not a remake.

If they are going to faithfully recreate it then great. I don’t need a reinterpretation

@ApostateMage if you’ve got a One X or Series X it looks great as it’s run at 4K and the loading screens are reduced to a second or two on Series X

Reported months ago by MrMattyPlays. Way more than a rumour at this point.

https://youtu.be/M4oejItDzXw

@ChopperCampbell Only Series S. Hopefully it has FPS boost.

@Kidfried Well yeah, it would be welcome. Although I absolutely hate the combat in KOTOR which is why I could never get into it.

Forget Mass Effect remaster, now they have my attention 😋

KotOR1, KotOR2, Jade Empire are 3 of the best games of their era, arguably of all time, and they're all pretty dated, even with the wonderful way they run on XB BC. A remake would be amazing!

I believe that a combat mechanics inspired on Final Fantasy XV (without all the flying and flashes, off course) would be a very good fit for a remake of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. I remember FF XV combat being very fluid and pleasant, perfect balancing action and strategy during battles. I don't feel the same way toward FF VII Remake's combat thought, it draws heavily from the turn-based mechanics and I fear it would make the gameplay feel clunky.

When EA first had the star wars exclusive licence I though at least we will get more KOTOR. That all worked out sooo well.

But they need a full remake, just a remaster will not do them justice and yes, as others have pointed out combat was not a high point even when they where fresh.

Not sure I trust these guys, although there’s a lot that could be improved in KOTOR 1

And I thought Disney won't allow any non-canon SW stories and that's the reason why KotOR was away.

@0ld_boy I think this is why it would have to be a remake rather than a remaster. Most of what's in the KOTOR games fits neatly with established canon so while it would need some minor tweaking, you'd be able to hit all the major plot beats

Edit: that's obviously contingent on Disney being happy to make these plot beats canon moving forward, but when you look at some of the stuff on The Mandelorean, it's not inconceivable.