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[Archmage Silver]

My favourite genre is RPG to, I rarely play anything but. ToEE just became too much Diablo as I entered the temple

Heh heh, I admit, someone once said my patience is like a brick when I decide to do something... as in looting every creature in the temple and selling it all.

[Grunker]

My favourite genre is RPG to, I rarely play anything but. ToEE just became too much Diablo as I entered the temple

Heh heh, I admit, someone once said my patience is like a brick when I decide to do something... as in looting every creature in the temple and selling it all.

I actually never ventured out of the temple once I got in there. But I think we're getting way too off-topic here. We should stop

[Archmage Silver]

My favourite genre is RPG to, I rarely play anything but. ToEE just became too much Diablo as I entered the temple

Heh heh, I admit, someone once said my patience is like a brick when I decide to do something... as in looting every creature in the temple and selling it all.

I actually never ventured out of the temple once I got in there. But I think we're getting way too off-topic here. We should stop

Indeed. But, speaking of NWN 2, have you read the previews? Seems like it's going to be more open ended, without chapter location restrictions like NWN had.

[Archmage Silver]

Just found this, just put out yesterday: http://www.gamebansh...kAFyIMwFwHP.php

Edit: Whoa, check out that dragon, quite an improvement to NWN

Edited by Archmage Silver, 25 January 2006 - 12:03 PM.

[Grunker]

I expect much of NWNII, because it's made by Obsidian

Those screenshots look pretty good indeed.

[Archmage Silver]

***NEWS***

Go check http://www.obsidianent.com/ for more news, on the protagonist, if you haven't already.

Edited by Archmage Silver, 19 January 2006 - 05:39 AM.

[NiGHTMARE]

I just saw a new load of screenshots over at C&VG, and I must say the general style and quality of in-game shots from NWN2 look very much like the pre-rendered areas from the IE games' loading screens .

Edited by NiGHTMARE, 19 January 2006 - 06:32 AM.

[Archmage Silver]

I just saw a new load of screenshots over at C&VG, and I must say the general style and quality of in-game shots from NWN2 look very much like the pre-rendered areas from the IE games' loading screens .

Yeah, it's looking great, the graphics have really advanced. These two screenshots look really impressing IMO: http://www.computera..._pic_152852.jpg
http://www.computera..._pic_152861.jpg

Edited by Archmage Silver, 19 January 2006 - 07:16 AM.

[Grunker]

These two screenshots look really impressing

I can't wait... Need NWN2

[Hide and Seek]

You too, huh?

It looks very impressing.
Making me start to wonder if my old dinosaur of a pc can handle it (please don't stop work now, just cause I said that)

Should I be wise to invest in a new powerful one, before NWN 2 arrives?

[Archmage Silver]

You too, huh?

It looks very impressing.
Making me start to wonder if my old dinosaur of a pc can handle it (please don't stop work now, just cause I said that)

Should I be wise to invest in a new powerful one, before NWN 2 arrives?

I'd say buy it after the game is out, you'll get better stuff for the same price then.

[Bill Bisco]

Eh, I will probably not buy it. I had really high expectations for Neverwinter Nights and I was let down horribly. I knew that they could have done much much better and they did not.

I know a lot of you probably liked it though. It's just little things like this that just get me... No Jumping, Climbing, or Flying

It's not the biggest deal, but it's little things like that that really bother me. I'd really like to just be able to do most of the things that one can do in the Player's Handbook, and I know that I will not be able to. And this makes me sad

I know I know I know, I should concentrate on fun gameplay and whatnot. I've heard it a million times. But still, I need a game that really tries to push the envelope for once

Ah well, I think that I'll wait some more. Hopefully one day they'll make a game like that. And hopefully It'll come out in my lifetime

[Archmage Silver]

Eh, I will probably not buy it. I had really high expectations for Neverwinter Nights and I was let down horribly. I knew that they could have done much much better and they did not.

I know a lot of you probably liked it though. It's just little things like this that just get me... No Jumping, Climbing, or Flying

It's not the biggest deal, but it's little things like that that really bother me. I'd really like to just be able to do most of the things that one can do in the Player's Handbook, and I know that I will not be able to. And this makes me sad

I know I know I know, I should concentrate on fun gameplay and whatnot. I've heard it a million times. But still, I need a game that really tries to push the envelope for once

Ah well, I think that I'll wait some more. Hopefully one day they'll make a game like that. And hopefully It'll come out in my lifetime

Well... BG series didn't have jumping, flying or climbing either. Unless you count the blackscreen climbing to some places.

[Grunker]

Unless you count the blackscreen climbing to some places.

Which NWN, incidently, had too. I hated NWN. Really hated it. It had such potential, and it was a terrible waste. But as I read more and more of Obsidian Interviews I get the feeling that this is their try on reviving the genre, and as we've discussed earlier, the genre really needs ressurection.

Plus, I'm expecting a lot from them, since they're "the old Black Isle".

[Smoketest]

In my experience, the former Black Isle guys can write tighter code/script/dialogs than the Bioware guys can.

And Bioware's been slipping. For example, NWN's scripts and dialogs felt like a step backward from BG2's, which I suppose happens sometimes when you're doing a major engine rewrite. BG2 had the advantage of being built upon BG1's framework, so more time could be spent on the finer points. It took them until HotU to finally do a consistently decent job on the details that matter. I do enjoy that campaign.

The only thing I didn't care for in BI's IWD series were the way some maps felt like "Oh, empty space, lets fill it as much as possible with a pointless maze of rooms." I much preferred BG2's (generally) sensible area layout.

Still, I plan on buying a copy of NWN2 as soon as it hits local stores. That way I can play it and use the toolset, and then submit bugs before the patch cycle inevitably ends. After all, NWN is up to version 1.67 now (I finally got a copy of it when it was at 1.66) and I'm constantly finding bugs/issues that Bioware never bothered to address. They have mentioned another patch will be released, though it will mostly contain new content for mod-writers. Regardless, I just sent them a list of bugs I found. Hopefully it got through the filters.

[Grunker]

NWN was made by Bioware, and it sucked. That doesn't mean Bioware sucks. I'm going to wait till Dragon Age's out to say anything about whether they're slipping.

KotOR was made by Bioware, and it was a good game.

NWN 2 is made by Obsidian, not Bioware. It looks really good, but let's wait to pass judgment.

KotOR 2 was made by Obsidian, not Bioware, and it contain better RPG, yet less game mechanics.

[Thorium Dragon]

I'm sure I'll get it at some point. I've never once had a henchmen in all the times I've played Neverwinter Nights. The new NPC system for Neverwinter Nights 2 intrigues me, so that's cool.

[Grunker]

Exactly, some of what I loved to. All in all, NWN II looks much more BGish.

[Smoketest]

I know who made what. I'm also waiting to see what Dragon Age is like. I'll probably end up getting both Dragon Age and NWN2.

Never tried the KotOR series, as I prefer fantasy to sci-fi in rpgs.

[Grunker]

I know who made what. I'm also waiting to see what Dragon Age is like. I'll probably end up getting both Dragon Age and NWN2.

Never tried the KotOR series, as I prefer fantasy to sci-fi in rpgs.

I do to. I was very skeptical about buying them. Finally my cousin bought them for me, and I ended up enjoying them