It is a real shame because the Knights of the Old Republic series were about the only Star Wars games worth playing, particularly when it comes to anything in the RPG category, smartly written and conceived by Bioware and Obsidian, they were landmark games that made Star Wars worthwhile a universe away from where George Lucas was relentlessly processing what was left of the Star Wars people knew into flavored yogurt for the mildly retarded tween market.

But money talks. Had Galaxies not been a whomping disaster, there might be a Kotor 3. Instead with Galaxies turning out at best mediocre, the search for a Star Wars MMORPG required a game concept that would be Star Wars but without competing with Galaxies. That made Knights of the Old Republic the inevitable answer and now it’s official, there will be a KOTOR MMORPG but no KOTOR 3.

Money talks and no shortage of franchises have taken a look at the mountain of money from World of Warcraft and thought some of it should belong to them. Interplay wanted a Fallout MMORPG instead of Fallout 3. Luckily we will finally get a Fallout 3, not another MMORPG. KOTOR wasn’t so lucky and I won’t be playing it. I prefer stories and first person adventures to spending time storming castles with Leeroy Jenkins and a horde of 12 year olds, but I’m sure it will be a good game within the limitations of the MMORPG, which is a lot like saying that Lord of the Rings would be great adapted to within the limitations of a daily newspaper comic strip.