KOTOR Kinghts of the Old Republic (Remake)

I think that overall, the impact of any one developer (who is not a lead) in a video game project is overstated. At the end of the day, delivering a video game, or any product, requires teamwork. I'm sure anyone who has worked with a big team knows that colleagues come with all sorts of beliefs, work ethics, and talents. These can obviously influence the type of work that they will produce. However, within this context, where a team of writers exchange ideas and the lead decides which content to approve, the thought of a single developer, regardless of their beliefs, "ruining" a massive video game is a stretch for me, especially since Sam Maggs is not the lead writer. The story mistakes for the Last Jedi, or even Mass Effect 3, where leads and upper management dictated where the main story would go, is not an equal comparison.

In any case, I feel reassured by the PlayStation blog post, where they state multiple times that their plan is to respect the story and characters from the original. I'm sure we'll be seeing some small degree of change in character dialogues and story, but that is to be expected with a remake.

I'm still excited to see how they modernize the game. If they can update the graphics/gameplay and expand the story/characters while respecting the originals, that would be great! Worst comes to worse, we'll always have the originals to go back to. I see no downside to this remake