Started up KOTOR 1 for the first time on a whim. Got it all modded up so it runs nice on modern Windows and in widescreen with a higher res UI. All of that is nice.
But damn, the combat in this game is completely imparsible. I've basically just started and am in the slums of the first city. As far as I can tell, there is no other place to level up my character or anything. There are no better weapons to buy or armor to wear.
The first enemies I come across 1 shot me.
The combat system specifically states that moving your character has no determination on whether or not you will be hit. When my character gets within melee range, they start striking and miss about 75% of the time. When they hit, the enemy loses half their health. Blasters seem to do about 5% damage, but also miss 30% of the time. If the enemy closes distance (which they will do almost immediately), blasters become mostly useless.
After getting past the first couple of enemies, you get swarmed by 5 goons. I tried this fight 6 different times:
- 1st time: main character died on first hit, companion died after 3 hits. No enemies defeated.
- 2nd time: main character killed 3 enemies (all of whom missed 5 or 6 consecutive attacks) then died to the 4th enemy after missing 5 attacks in a row. Companion also died.
- 3rd time: main character died on second hit, companion swarmed by 5 enemies and died (after they missed 3 or 4 attacks in a row).
- 4th time: main character died on first hit, companion died shortly after
- 5th time: main character killed 2 enemies, companion died almost instantly, main character died shortly after.
- 6th time: main character died after missing 3 attacks in a row, companion died after killing 1 enemy.
Alt +F4
All player abilities that I have (Critical Strike, heavy blow, flurry) all have low to-hit chances and then reduce my defence for multiple actions afterwards (and from what I can read, defence is not how much damage you take, but how likely you are to be hit by an attack), so using them is a roulette wheel of killing an enemy instantly or getting killed instantly if it misses (or even if it hits, another enemy insta-kills).
I must be missing something? I've read up on some guides and they are just like "These enemies are tough so make sure you're at full health and go back to the med center to heal after every battle!" which is not actual advice.
Unless the entire fight system is total dog shit random number generator, then sure.
Anyone a fan of this game who has any good ideas?
