KotOR II: The Incompletion Controversy

TheForce.net has written up an editorial entitled “KotOR II: The Incompletion Controversy”, in which they focus on the many areas of the game that were left out due to time constraints. An excerpt:

In the past few weeks, problems that have arisen as a result of the game’s incomplete state have become more and more evident. Numerous audio clips containing lines of cut dialogue have been found within folders on the game discs, events from the games original script that were cut (such as a more fleshed out ending) have also emerged.

One of the strongest pieces of evidence to support the accusations of the game’s incompletion is a sub-plot involving G0T0 and Bao-Dur’s remote droid. A conflict arises between the two in a video sequence that was left in game and yet a resolution is never shown on-screen.

According to the development team themselves in a recent interview with RPG Vault “…we had this incredible design for a planet of droids. We actually did the first pass on art and built the character models for the location. But we had to look at the schedule and make a big cut after E3. We cut the entire planet. ” Not surprisingly, it was a planet you were to visit late in the game’˜s progression. What was the reason for cutting it? Time constraints. This comment reveals just how damaging this deadline that LucasArts gave to Obsidian was to the development of a complete game with a fleshed-out story.