kotor 2 windows 8 crashes after character creation

I'm at a loss to get this game working, I found it odd that my system can load the character model at the main menu and character creation screen, but then crash trying to load the game world. I was so sure 3D-analyzer would get the game to work by emulating the hardware h&l (something that boosted my fps in kotor). Firstly I would like to state I have read and tried multiple times to do what the sticky thread suggests to get a game working, followed it to the letter. Kotor 2 seemed to work fine, loaded up, went through the character creation process and the intro movie, heard a few seconds of sound from the game and then got a KOTOR2.exe has stopped working error. Now I know that intel chipsets aren't really supported by KOTOR (1 or 2) but I managed to play through the first game and completed it a few days ago with little problem (some instances of <10 fps but it was playable). Nothing to really set the world on fire at all. The CPU is an Intel Atom N450 and the GPU is an integrated GMA3150 (windows 7). I've recently left home to travel Australia, so I bought myself a little notebook to entertain me/skype family/get internet access. Read the LP.First time poster, long time Star Wars fan and KOTOR player.

The game really gets in the way of enjoying the story content. And missing significant portions of this content makes the main narrative flimsier it's not like Torment where the overall tale is still good even if you miss a lot of the details. Non-influence-locked companion content still requires he annoying Bioware-style 'talk to everyone after each level' style of content mongering, which is a poor way of delivering information due to pacing issues (and general tedium). If the player hasn't reached an alignment extreme going into a certain area, a huge portion of content won't trigger. Pertinent backstory and thematic content is hidden in dialogues locked behind influence gates.gates that might require metagaming (bringing certain characters to specific points in time) to pass through.

And it isn't the myriad combat sections that do so, but things like the influence system, dialogue bugs, and some poor design choices.

KOTOR2 may have some solid storyfag content, but the game completely obstructs enjoyment of it.

Kotor 2 windows 8 crashes after character creation