Finally got KOTOR

[Xiahou]

I don't know - I couldn't do it. I've read some of the evil things you can do and I like the good party members too much to contemplate doing them.

Yeah, me too. The main draw for a darkside character is to use all the dark powers. Having played lightside first, I don't really relish being a **** to (and in some cases, killing) all the characters that I got to know previously.

I thought combat was pretty easy in Kotor1 too. I chose a Jedi guardian with flurry, jedi speed, dual wield, ect and after a few levels in as a jedi the only challenge I faced at all was Malak at the very end. When I fought Malak on the Leviathan, I was totally destroying him- so you can imagine my confusion when Bastila stepped in to "save" me...

And I can tell you what happens to the Bastila romance, since its explained in #2, although the more subtle points aren't really cleared up except in the broadest way possible.

Well, I think I know more or less what's supposed to transpire leading up to the sequel- you go off to fight some unknown menace and disappear, leaving everyone else behind. Is that what you mean, or is there more to it?

Regardless, it sounds like KotoR2 will be well worth the $20 price of admission. To play through it, are the various content mods a 'necessity', or does it stand well enough on it's own?