[KOTOR] Manaan

The last time I did any missions on manaan, I had a great time. Mostly because I turned the music volume down to about half, and that background music because awesome to listen to.

I hated Manaan. In general. It doesn't mean it's bad, tough. But I was very happy whenever I finished this planet for several (strange) reasons. The long hallways in main area were probably the biggest problem. Too much walking. The Sith base was allright. Underwater section was claustrophobic but interesting. As much as I didn't like that part, it somehow felt really, really good when you finished it and then.. the star map! And finally back to the surface. And then the prosecution. Yes, that moment alone "fixed" Manaan for me, to make it not absolutely hate it, but keep it in a good memeory. It was quite good as a whole actually, it's just navigating trough those long long hallways and way too long Selkath conversations made it stretch a bit too slow and got somewhat tedious (serious lack of action outside the Sith base), too slow paced. I guess it was just the pacing that was way too slow compared to the rest of the game, Manann "felt" kind of "off" and strange. Still, as a whole, it was good.

And as much as I liked the entirety of all KOTOR soundscapes that Manaan music whenever I hear it I vomit a little bit inside my mouth. It just reminds me how tedious and slow the main area was to navigate.

You are completely right about the language. That must have been the reason it was so tiring!

A Pazaak tournament? I played with restoration mod, well the version that it was.. Wait.. I played restoration for TSL, are you telling me there's one for Kotor 1?

I remember really disliking the underwater walking while playing the original Xbox version. It didn't bother me at all on the iOS version I recently played a few times. I wonder if they did something differently, or if it was because of the auto-run feature?

Other than the slowly building annoyance of hearing Shyriiwook and Selkath spoken in the same voice, with the same lines, in lengthy arguments and courtroom debates, I enjoy every planet featured in KotOR. I'm still impressed that the game holds up so well after all these years.

Manaan is actually my favorite planet in the whole KotOR game. I wish it had made it into the sequel. The ambient music was relaxing at times, and I enjoyed the atmosphere. I must have raced on the Swoop track over a dozen times.

The only problem I had with Manaan is the Selkath speaking sounds like someone walking across a floor of wet sponges.