A good game with some huge flaws.

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Originally Posted by phoenixreborn

And Oblivion sucked.

I agree! KB:L is not even supposed to be a "real" RPG, and it is still a better RPG than Oblivion.

As for original KB being more or less open-ended, I see your point. I did not mean to say so much that it was "open-ended," so my use of the term "sandbox" was ill conceived. What I meant to say was that due to its almost total focus on recruitment, power-ups and battles, it was easier to start up and play through. Like the difference between Super Mario Brothers 1 and Super Mario RPG. This is not a fault or problem, of course, just a difference. KB:L is ultimately better than KB in every way, so I'm very glad that the development team got a hold of the license. Unfortunately some good old games have had their licenses for sequels go to bad developers lately... First Baldur's Gate Hack and Slash, soon Fallout 3, maybe Planescape MMO next, or maybe even an Arcanum fighting game, who knows.

I have other ideas about improvements for KB:L in its expansion, but I will post these to the appropriate section of the forum instead of bumping this thread (which is kind of a silly thread to begin with.)