Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords - an Action/RPG game set in the famous Star Wars universe. The game is a direct sequel to Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, taking place five years after the events described in the original. It was developed by BioWare on behalf of LucasArts and released for Xbox, PC, and Apple Macintosh platforms.
The story centers around a nameless hero, a Jedi Exile who was cast out from the Jedi Order for participating in the Mandalorian Wars. The game begins with a prologue in which a repair droid, T3-M4, saves the nearly destroyed Ebon Hawk and sends it to a spaceport located in a mining complex on the asteroid Peragus. After this, the main character wakes up in a bacta tank on Peragus. Along the way, the hero meets Kreia and Atton Rand, and discovers that while he/she was unconscious, the Sith attacked Peragus under the leadership of Darth Sion. Throughout the game, it will be revealed that during the time the main character was in exile, a Civil War broke out in the Jedi Order and he is one of the last remaining Jedi, with bounties placed on his head, as well as on the heads of other Jedi Masters.
The gameplay mechanics have not changed much since the first Knights of the Old Republic: battles are still conducted in real-time, but at any moment the game can be paused to think about the next actions. The game features 8 classes just like the first part, but now the main character does not have access to 5 classes, instead of 2 from the first game. At the beginning of the game, the player can choose to be a Jedi Guardian, Jedi Counselor, or Jedi Sentinel, as well as the hero's gender and characteristics. Each class is unique in its own way: the Jedi Guardian has a vast health pool and is skilled in lightsaber combat; the Jedi Counselor has a smaller health pool but a large pool of Force power and is adept at using it; the Jedi Sentinel is a transitional class between Guardian and Counselor. There are also classes such as Soldier, Scoundrel, Scout, Droid Expert, and Combat Droid.
Unlike the first part of Knights of the Old Republic, the choice of side in the Force plays a more significant role: the main character, being maximally 'invested' in one of the sides, can acquire one of the specializations that grants him certain bonuses and allows for better manipulation of the Force of the side to which he belongs. Aside from using the Force, the choice of side also affects the main character's appearance, his relationship with companions, and how the inhabitants of different planets regard him.
Just like in the first part of the game, players can encounter characters who will later join the player's party. In the original, there were 9 such characters; in the sequel, there are already 12, but only 9 characters can be in the party at one time. Which character will join the player's party depends on the player's alignment to the Dark Side or the Light Side of the Force.