RPGamer talked to BioWare's Casey Hudson in an interview about Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Here's a part:
RPGamer: What will combat in KOTOR be like? Also, how will you control your two helpers?
Casey Hudson: The combat will be rules-based and real-time. What this means is that you will issue the main actions you want your character (and party members) to take, and they will perform those actions based on their stats. Since you have a huge number of Force powers, combat feats, weapons, and items to use in combat, in addition to the challenge of controlling a party of 3 characters, there is a ton of things to do during combat. The overall result is that the combat is quite strategic, but it plays out very fast, as though you were seeing an action sequence from a movie.
You will be able switch control to other party members at any time, so that you can control them in the same way as your main character. Since each character has different strengths, you will want to get each of them doing different things in combat, to maximize your strategy. |