I heard a bit about Knights of the Old Republic but not much, is it good enough for me to spend time trying it out now?

some love it, some hate it.
I liked it.
Its an rpg.
there isn't much freedom... but personally I think most characters are quite deep and interesting to talk to.
there are a lot of quests and a lot of ways to complete them.
The storyline is very cinematic.
The graphics are nice and the locations are varried.
You can play as light or dark (your character moves to the dark side as he makes dark side decisions and his face changes to match his alignment. But other than that the difference isn't that noticable)
Personally I'd say give it a try, but not everybody likes it (a lot of people do like it, but some don't)

Durak you a fan of Baldurs gate, icewind dale, or torment? Cause I am, and I loved Knights of the Old Republic. I agree though, you're kinda set on a track and you need to follow it, but there are plenty of side quests, as well as in depth characters. I reccomend this game to anyone that's into RPG's especially if you're into Star Wars movies, cause it definatly has that feeling.
-Sean

well you don't have to be a star wars fan
its quite easy to forget the entire star wars backdrop.

Biggest disappointment : MOO 3
Heroes 4
Quake 2

I thought heroes 4 was the best of the series. I am not a big fan of 1-3 but I liked 4.

It was a big disappointment to many fans... it is also seen by the media as a failure... they just took after disciples, and thus lost some originality

The best of them, I think are Heroes of Might & Magic 2 and Heroes of Might & Magic 3. Especially the third part, like I heard, was great. I wish I could be able to try it out...

War of the Ring... Too short and the heroes were messed up...

one thing though...why don't we have Commander Keen on the site...I loved it when i was...well, 4 , but..hey mayber there are 4 year olds out there somewhere looking for commander Keen:D

Commander Keen was awesome.