Star Wars: KotOR Preview & Interview

BioWare’s recently announced… (Microsoft is the publisher) Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is coming out for the Xbox first, according to GameSpot’s 6-page preview, this fall, and then for the PC next spring. An interview with Mike Gallo, Producer at Lucasarts, spans the length of the feature. Here’s what he says about the style of play:

Q: How would you describe the party system?

A: We’ve actually been comparing some of the scenarios to Deus Ex, where you have several ways to get through an area and you might need a character who has a specific skill to do that. If you want to go through with your guns blazing, you can, but then you’ll want have a warrior or solider type. Or if you want to try and sneak in, you might want to have a droid with you that can access the security computer or a person with good computer skills. You know the characters we have in your party are important and will play a role if you use them that way.