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4thofeleven) wrote2012-12-11 08:53 pm
4thofeleven) wrote2012-12-11 08:53 pm
Unmasked
One thing bugging me about The Old Republic – the handling of Revan. For those unfamiliar, Revan was the main character in the original Knights of the Old Republic, and, like all of BioWare’s protagonists, gender and morality was customisable in the game. Unfortunately, at some point the decision was made that Revan was canonically male, and aligned to the light side.
Despite that, early on the Old Republic seemed determined not to impose any one version of Revan on the player – there’s a whole quest line on the Empire’s capital planet about a cult of ‘Revanites’ who say that little information has survived about Revan’s life, that even his/her gender is unknown. I thought it was a nice touch, to leave it ambiguous what really happened in the first game.
Then I played the Foundry Flashpoint mission. At the end of it, you confront Revan – who, somehow, has survived the last three hundred years with only a few minor scars. And of course he’s a guy. A generic looking white guy at that. He’s also planning genocide against the Empire, which seemed a little odd too.
After going to so much effort earlier not to contradict anyone’s KotOR 1 playthough, why the sudden turn around? And if he had to be confirmed as male, couldn’t they at least have kept him masked during his appearance, leave a little mystery about him?
Not to mention the weirdness of having your new player character hunting down and killing your old one…
Think I’m going to pretend the Foundry ‘Revan’ was just a deranged Revanite who found some of Revan’s equipment and became convinced he was the real Revan…
Despite that, early on the Old Republic seemed determined not to impose any one version of Revan on the player – there’s a whole quest line on the Empire’s capital planet about a cult of ‘Revanites’ who say that little information has survived about Revan’s life, that even his/her gender is unknown. I thought it was a nice touch, to leave it ambiguous what really happened in the first game.
Then I played the Foundry Flashpoint mission. At the end of it, you confront Revan – who, somehow, has survived the last three hundred years with only a few minor scars. And of course he’s a guy. A generic looking white guy at that. He’s also planning genocide against the Empire, which seemed a little odd too.
After going to so much effort earlier not to contradict anyone’s KotOR 1 playthough, why the sudden turn around? And if he had to be confirmed as male, couldn’t they at least have kept him masked during his appearance, leave a little mystery about him?
Not to mention the weirdness of having your new player character hunting down and killing your old one…
Think I’m going to pretend the Foundry ‘Revan’ was just a deranged Revanite who found some of Revan’s equipment and became convinced he was the real Revan…