There’s a certain part of me that doesn’t quite believe that the classic 2004 RPG Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, aka KOTOR 2, actually launched on mobile this week. I mean the original KOTOR was a big hit when it first arrived on mobile in 2013, and is still a consistent top seller even today. Bringing the sequel over to mobile seemed like a no-brainer, and also seemed imminent following a mobile listing leaked by the ESRB back in 2015. However, KOTOR 2 never came to mobile despite launching on some additional platforms back then, and I’ve certainly wondered on multiple occasions over the past 5 years what the deal was with that.
The answer is? I still don’t know, but more importantly I no longer care because as of this week KOTOR 2 on mobile is a reality and that’s all that truly matters. The original KOTOR was a critical darling and to this day is still considered one of the best Star Wars games ever made, so following up on that was no easy task. KOTOR developer BioWare tapped Obsidian Entertainment for KOTOR 2, and they successfully kept what worked in the first game while adding in a whole new story and some additional systems and features.
The only problem was, well, they were forced to rush KOTOR 2’s development to make a holiday 2004 release date, and as such a lot of planned content never made it into the game. The version that DID release was still fantastic and offered up even more KOTOR goodness fo...