Star Wars:Knights of the Old Republic

this game is for both computer and Xbox and was, and is, extremely popular. it won 2003 game of the year award and has been played by thousands of people, including me. i thoroughly enjoyed this game and thought it was wonderful. this is a definite must for any star wars fan. this game is of course rated T for teen 13+. it gets its T rating because of violence, which of course you can't have a game with lightsabers, blasters, and force choke without violence. the basic plot of the game is that you wake up as a republic soldier on a ship under attack and you seem to have no idea why your there. so then you have to go rescue some jedi chick and in the process learn new skills and bust some heads. now for objectable content there is of course the violence and though theres not usually blood there are times when you'll come accross a corps thats been torn apart by a rancor (that big scary thing in episode VI that luke has to fight in jabba's palace) and that can be slighlty bloody. and then of course you travel with a hardened republic soldier who will occasionally say "d***" but thats it for profanity. so then after this you find out your force sensitive (can use the force) and you can learn all sorts of powers. one of them being darth vaders famous force choke, so if the idea of an enemy choking and then falling at your feet dead bothers you than you might not like this game. and then theres also the emeror's force lightning (from episode VI) that sorta shocks all your enemy's which is, of course, violent. and this game is all about choices, your choices move you towards the light or dark side and affect the game in huge ways. one example is at one point a guy is rude to you in a bar you can either walk away, threaten to kill him, or you could use force choke and really do kill him. so if the idea of always having th option to be evil sounds bad to you than you won't like this game. because the whole thing is about choices. and one more thing that might bother you is that you equip diferent things to your party members or you can unequip them. basicly meaning some characters yopu can strip down to thier undergarments meaning you can have 2 jedi chicks in bikini type outfits walking around with lightsabers. but thats only if you take there clothes off, its recomended you keep thier clothes on for defense so that shouldn't be a problem for anyone.

thats it for objectable content in this game. my rating on this game is that it is a wonderful game. it's one of those games you can really get into. and the plot will keep you guessing until the bitter end(revan?). i'd efinitely give the game a rating like this:
fun:10-10
story:10-10
control:9-10
apropriatness for a christian:8-10
and for th game as a whole i would give it a 10-10.

so basicly in summary, this game is a must for star wars and role playing game fans. and even if you don't like roleplaying games or star wars you'll probably still like it, i never really liked role playing games until i played this. though it's probably best to go with the rating on this one and keep it with the 13+ age group.