10 of the best space opera games ever

Best space games – Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (2003, Xbox)

And so to the first entry from Mass Effect creators Bioware. The Xbox crew went nuts for this when it came out – along with Jedi Outcast, it was one of the first decent uses of a Star Wars license for decades. Knights of the Old Republic played a vital role in the dawn of the new, less geeky age of the western RPG.