Fans are remaking ‘Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic’
Apparently fans are doing what no one at BioWare (or a third-party BioWare could whore the project out to) seems interested in doing: remaking Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. I mean, it seems like a license to print money. Doesn’t it? But hey — these folk are doing it on the free.
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is one of the most beloved Star Warsgames ever made. Soon, it might also be one of the most beloved Star Warsgames ever re-made.
Apeiron (probably not pronounced “Ape Iron,” but I can dream) is a fan effort that aims to remake the entirety of the RPG set a longer time ago in a galaxy far, far away. The engine? The oh-so-trendy Unreal Engine 4. The goal? To not only recreate KOTOR, but to build on the foundation BioWare established back in ye olde yeare 2003.
Here’s a brief description of the project:
“Apeiron is a reboot of the Knights of the old Republic that was released in 2003. Apeiron is a remake and remastering of the original game with added content, new worlds, missions, HUD, inventory, items, and companions.”
Ambitious. Perhaps overly so, given the grassroots nature of it all, but we’ll see. Sure, I would probably need a Lovecraftian squid ball to help me count the number of video game fan remakes that have fallen by the wayside over the years, but sometimes we get a Black Mesa, Deus Ex: Revision, or Skywind. Admittedly, the last one of those isn’t done yet (and the first is only mostly done), but LET ME HOPE DAMN IT.
So far Apeiron has mostly just produced a bunch of re-imagined environments and prototyped a bit of combat AI.