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Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (Mac) Review
User Submitted Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (Mac) Reviews
Date: 2008-12-15
A great game, but technical issues on intel macs ruin the fun
Knights of the Old Republic, more commonly known as KOTOR is an excellent game. I recently purchased it more mac and it has a lot of technical issues on Intel base macs. I was able to play through the entire game (twice actually) on my Macbook 10.5.5. The technical issues ruin parts of the game because of constant crashing that make it almost unplayable. Most bothersome were the undercity on Taris, all of Kashyyk, the dune sea on
Tatooine, and the leviathan. Aside from that the crashes weren't too much of a problem. For anyone who wants to try and bear through the frustrating parts of this game I've included how to got past each planet.
Taris- Some random crashes on the whole planet, so just save often. When you go to the undercity however, the game will often continueally crash and you will not be able to get past it. To fix it turn your Anisotropic Graphic filtering in the settings to 16x and make sure the shadows and grass are turned off. If the game randomly crashed in the undercity you won't be able to load a normal game. You will have to go into the saved game folder and move all the files into a different saves folder. Try and load the other save folder(even though it will claim it is a different file then the one you are actually trying to load) and it should work
Dantooine- Make sure you have shadows and grass off, save often. Not too many problems for me here.
Tatooine- you have to move the save folders around to load in dune sea just like with undercity.
Kashyyk- Save often especially when on the forest floor and summoning the giant beast thing.
Mannann- Save often, I had major crashing problems underwater.
Leviathan- Save a lot. When changing into environmental suits my game crashed 7 times in a row. I kept on loading and trying again and it eventually worked.
Korriban- Not too many problems, save a lot.
End game content- didn't have many problems
If you have an Intel Mac you can patch it and play, but you'll be in for a rough experience.
Date: 2007-12-28
I guess it's true what they say about suckers...
This is truly a great game. A fantastic RPG in every way that matters. And unlike most RPGs coming out at the moment, this game doesn't resort to FPS-like realtime combat. However, and this may just be my ignorance talking, I am stunned a game that came out 4 1/2 years ago is selling for $40.00 "reduced". Mac users are clearly getting the shaft.
Date: 2007-11-30
Did not work on my Intel Mac
Although I remember this being a great game when I played it on my original xbox a couple of years ago, the game would not stop crashing on my perfectly fine computer. There was supposedly a patch released so that the game would run on intel-based macs, but this did not prevent the game from crashing.
Worth buying only if you have a non-intel mac :-(
Date: 2007-11-30
Trouble on Intel Mac
Although there was a patch released to supposedly get this game working on Intel macs, the game repeatedly crashed on my computer. I remember playing the game on xbox, and it is definitely worth playing if you have an older mac, but not if you have an intel based computer.
Date: 2007-01-31
Don't waste your money if you have an Intel-based Mac!!
I purchased KOTOR as the first game to go along with my new Intel-based iMac. However, neither the product packaging, the Aspyr website, or any other site selling this game mentioned that it is functionally incompatible with an Intel-based processor. As a result, it will lock up, suffer major graphics and gameplay issues, and be completely unplayable. When contacted, Aspyr (the game maker) said that they were aware of the problem but would not provide any support, despite the fact that their own website has no mention of this incompatibility.
It's too bad. It looked like a great game. Unfortunately, it's a complete waste of money for anyone with a new Mac.
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