Knights of the Old Republic 2 Gets New Update + Player-Made Achievements

One of the best things about PC gaming, as I’ve said once and I’ll say again, is that they can really and truly last ‘forever’, or at least, as close to forever as any medium can manage. Console games can really only last as long as the console itself is still around, and a lot of the older ones that existed pre-internet age are sort of stagnant. But PC Games can just keep going--case in point, a few months ago the 11-year-old Knights of the Old Republic 2 got a big update on Steam from publisher Aspyr that gave players a bunch of new options and gave the game Steam Workshop compatibility, which is great.

But just not enough, as it turns out, because that same 11-year-old game just announced it would be getting yet another update “soon”--one that would add 20 new achievements to the game, bringing the total number of achievements up from 37 to 57. Okay, well… normally that wouldn’t be the most exciting news in the world, but what makes this cool is that all 20 of these achievements were community-suggested achievements over the forums.

Check out the full list below:

#1 I hate everything about you - Reduce a companion’s Influence to zero.
#2 Unlimited Power - Acquire all Dark Side Powers.
#3 I Am A Jedi - Acquire all Light Side Powers.
#4 Dancing Queen - Dance for Vogga.
#5 No Jedi can stop us - Kill all the Jedi masters.
#6 Over Achiever - Reach Player Level 30.
#7 Silent, But Deadly - Have 30 points in Stealth.
#8 Let’s Blow This Place! - Have 30 points in Demolitions.
#9 I’ve Seen How You Use a Hydrospanner - Have 30 points in Repair.
#10 We Have to Hack Into the Mainframe! - Have 30 points in Computer Use.
#11 Trust Me, I’m a Doctor - Have 30 points in Treat Injury.
#12 It’s a trap! - Get this by starting the “Trapped” Quest on Korriban.
#13 Hutt Oil - Convince Vogga the Hutt to sell fuel to Telos.
#14 Cheater - Convince the “champ” to lose the game without playing.
#15 Finders Keepers - Claim Darth Nihilus’ mask.
#16 The Sith Lord - Have your character replace any of the Sith Lords on the main menu screen.
#17 Breaking the Oath - Teach the Handmaiden the ways of the Force.
#18 You ARE the droid I’m looking for - Deduce G0-T0’s identity.
#19 Assassination Protocol: Active - Learn how to kill Jedi from HK-47.
#20 Cupid’s Rifle - Listen to HK-47’s definition of love.

Now, I’ve never played the Knights of the Old Republic games, so I can’t speak for how easy or hard these are all, but some of them--like #1 and #17, seem like fun. Kind of makes me want to try the game myself… maybe during the next Steam Sale…