I played KOTOR2 before playing the first game and really enjoyed it. I think one of its main criticisms was that it became a rush job and you can see that in the latter part of the game especially where the story suffers a bit.

I read that modders restored quite a bit of content that was on the disc that wasn't used and fixed a lot of bugs to make the game what it should have been.

I recommend it.

I haven't played it, but I've been told to by friends who have.

Obviously I cannot guide you, but I've heard it's good. Not as good as the first, but good

Im playing through the first one at the minute and really enjoying it.

I bought both recently and you can get them quite cheap.

I liked the first game much more than the 2nd

the thing that disappointed me the most about the 2nd one was the fact it took a long time to get a lightsaber, you look cooler in the 2nd one, but the 1st ones story is much better!