But the Star Wars setting is rather a black and white universe, though, isn't it? It really does not get much black and white than Darth Vader vs Obi Wan Kenobi. So I am not sure it's the setting for morally ambivalent choices. However, I agree KOTOR 1 did seem a little infantile in some of the evil options and dialogue (although that does not bother me much as I'm not interesting role-playing evil).

I liked KOTOR 2 better in terms of the moral choices. They were still fairly black and white, but Kreia muddied the water rather nicely and the overall "Empire Strikes Back" darkness of the atmosphere made doing the right thing feel more important. Even the Jedi in KOTOR 2 were far from the Yoda/Obi Wan paradigms.

The stand-out story/role-playing things for me in KOTOR 1 were (a) the Bastilla character/romance; (b) the Revan story. I guess it may be a guy thing, but flirting with Bastilla was a hoot - even my nine year old son enjoyed teasing her, and he thinks girls and kissing are disgusting. As an example of story-telling, I am not sure the Revan plot has been bettered in a CRPG. (Well, except by the System Shock 2 backstory as told through audiologs).