When comparing Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas vs Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, the Slant community recommends Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for most people. In the question“What are the best low-spec PC games?” Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is ranked 2nd while Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is ranked 3rd. The most important reason people chose Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is:
There are 3 huge cities to explore Los Santos, San Fierro and Las Venturas each loosely modeled after certain real-world cities. There's a selection of vehicles, minigames and weird one-off events to find and take part in.
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Pros
Pro Huge open world
There are 3 huge cities to explore Los Santos, San Fierro and Las Venturas each loosely modeled after certain real-world cities. There's a selection of vehicles, minigames and weird one-off events to find and take part in.
Pro Hours of gameplay
It takes days just to finish the story missions, not to mention side missions, one-off encounters and just plain goofing off.
Pro MOGA controller support
GTA: SA has built in MOGA controller support.
Pro Longevity through multiple playthroughs thanks to the sheer amount of text and choices to be found in the game
The games story is pretty deep and the text that can be found within that, tells it will take multiple playthroughs to see it all, making for not only a good reason to play many times, but creates the feeling of a very deep universe.
Pro Many mods
You can find many community-created mods that improve the game.
Pro Gameplay holds up well
For what is now an eleven year old game, the classic Bioware RPG game mechanics such as branching dialog and turn based battles similar to a CRPG (where the player must pause the gameplay in order to choose their commands to then un-pause in order to watch their chosen strategy play out) hold up well.
Pro Engaging story thanks to the superb writing
Being a role playing game, KotOR has a pretty long story that the player feels connected to that luckily was written well, making for a good story that is very engaging.
Pro Handles Star Wars license well
Seeing things like Jedi vs Sith and politics in the game that are now staples of the newer movies helps to feel as though the game fits into the cannon quite well. With so many movie license games in the past being quick cash-ins it is great to see the Star Wars license used in a manner that fits with the cannon and of high quality development.
Cons
Con The control scheme does not translate well to touch interfaces
For a game that was originally designed to be played with 14 physical buttons it can be difficult to translate that to a touch screen interface. Sadly that show when trying to play on a tablet or phone.
Con Somewhat buggy
Crashes can happen while playing, while not a huge deal they can be annoying.