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KOTOR 2 Combat and Other Added Mechanics

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-- HUGE thanks to my newest channel member - cmdrshprd - Meatbag
In this video we discuss many of the combat mechanics that are new to KOTOR 2 or have changed from KOTOR, as well as many role-playing mechanics as well. Time codes are listed below!

KOTOR COMBAT MECHANICS RECAP

Combat Mechanics Link: 0:50
Attributes and Attribute Modifiers: 1:20
Attack and Defense Calculations: 2:55
Damage Calculations: 3:50
Critical Threats and Critical Hits: 4:15

KOTOR 2 INFORMATION

Finesse-Based Melee Weapons: 4:48
Implant Requirements: 5:45
Force Chain (Kreia and the Exile): 6:12
New Combat Feats: 7:40
Companion Combat Roles: 9:15
Lightsaber/Force Styles: 9:45
Skill Feats: 11:05
Kreia's Mentor Feat: 12:12
Influence Mechanics: 12:35
Influence Prioritization: 13:31
Influence and Force Alignment: 14:47
Lightsaber Customization: 15:13

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16 Comments

@laserman5008 6 years ago

Wow the timing, just beat KOTOR last week and picked up 2 on the steam sale today

@scirylcooper1455 1 year ago (edited)

playing Kotor 2 for the first time in 2024 on nintendo switch. This is a great video! Thanks for the tips. I hope wherever you are, that life is treating you well brother.

@armaan1091 4 years ago (edited)

Know this is a bit late, but at 13:00, you can gain negative influence and you can still unlock the same dialogue (tho idk if you can do it with the relationship between visas and handmaiden), and you also get different dialogue options (specifically Atton on Nar Shaddaa has way different dialogue based on whether he likes or dislikes you with regards to the cantina when you go get captured by the exchange).

@cornpop838 5 years ago

most useful guides i could find on YT

@duross101 4 years ago

Shit man I'm 4 minutes into the video and I already know I'm watching all these videos you made on them

@draxxus7128 6 years ago

Epic video. Nice breakdown of the system mechanics.

@starmada105 5 years ago

Just going to point out that you used force valor as an example to demonstrate force chain. A power that already affects the whole party LOL.

@andrewmcdowellmillenial4209 4 years ago

Love the video 3rd playthrough first time canon female

@ceddyjj2518 4 years ago

Is it better to have the dexterity for aim or strength

@mirandalangston4600 6 years ago

Heyyyyyyyyyy :)

@CKGENERATIONS 6 years ago (edited)

What do you mean by "added"? Thought this he hadn't been supported for years

@SirBrass 3 years ago

The problem with having Kreia casting in the back is that Jedi Support role often still has her charging up the middle instead of staying back. I'm considering changing her role to stationary as even on the hardest difficulty level, my companions are OP slaughtering all my targets before I even have a chance to get a strike in, and they don't even have all the best gear.

@ReubenC 6 years ago (edited)

Spoilers!
Do not continue if you do not wished to be spoiled.

Also to add-on if you have bad influence with a character and decide to make them a Jedi they will be opposite of your alignment.

Let’s say you have poor influence with Atton and are of a DS alignment, Atton will become of a LS alignment.

@shanespotton5512 3 years ago

Yep this game isn't for me. I prefer combat based on my skill rather than chance

@CasualJaack 5 years ago

probably one of the worst combat systems iv ever seen in any game. Wow. Completely put me off wanting to play it. =

@TimelessWorldOfGaming 4 years ago (edited)

Yuck, still a game I'll never be able to play and that's disappointing because everything else looks great with a lot to experience. It's really just tthe combat. It's enough to have to me want to keep this game as far away from me as possible and gives me flash backs of the Kingdom Hearts RE: Chain of Memories games where the combat consisted of playing certain cards to activate attacks or abilities kind of like this. By far the most controversial style of combat in gaming history because it isn't really combat, you're gambling and playing a card game, that's about it. There is literally no combat or gameplay in this game from the videos I've seen of it, and it doesn't quite qualify as an action RPG or Turn-Based RPG either, it's just weird.