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fornarmr

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Has anyone played neverwinter nights 2? I played KOTOR and am now playing Mass Effect so I know Bioware is great at making rpgs but I wanted to get people's opinions before I buy.
 
dont, the game is FUBARed.
they really messed up the engine. the expansion is ok.
The Witcher uses the same engine is a much much much better game.

search the forums, you're not the first to ask that question.
 
I just ask because the reviews it got didn't seem to be all that bad. If I get the expansion won't that correct some of the problems in the original?
 
some, the story wasnt good in the main, not something a patch can fix. the expansion has a better story.
There are some cool sections, but they are few and far between. The text is a bit sloppy, but the voice acting was mostly good.
 
Megalomaniac said:
dont, the game is FUBARed.
they really messed up the engine. the expansion is ok.
The Witcher uses the same engine is a much much much better game.

search the forums, you're not the first to ask that question.
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What NWN2 engine problems do you mean? I played it all the way through and aside from the ocassional graphical glitch it seemed to run ok. Oh, and yes the Witcher does indeed kicks ass, very underrated game IMHO.
 
I thought it was average. If you could find it for $20-30 it would be worth it.
 
you can find the gold now for 20-30.
err, i mean they were slacking off. the graphics were 2 years old at release date. the witcher uses the same engine and looks 10x better. and the 10x is not an exaggeration. the guys who made the witcher, they had a goal and good standarts, the NWN2 people looked like they didnt know what to do half the time or released the game too soon. its not polished and doesnt feel like it.

there were also some game play problems if you played in hardcore mode.
 
NWN 2 is better than NWN 1. It's a linear game and your character is generally over powered for the situations you face but the game is fun and I enjoyed my first time through. I plan on getting the new expansion.

But the engine is kinda laggy. I have a core 2 3ghz (e3110), 4GB of ram and 8800GTS 512 SLI and still get lag in the opening city when I max graphics. It doesn't look good enough to jusitify that lag.
 
I really enjoyed NWN 2 and never had any problems with the engine. If you like Bioware though and haven't played Jade Empire on the PC you really owe it to yourself to play it. It was one of the best games I have played in the last year.
 
fornarmr said:
Has anyone played neverwinter nights 2? I played KOTOR and am now playing Mass Effect so I know Bioware is great at making rpgs but I wanted to get people's opinions before I buy.
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NWN2 was not made by Bioware, it was made by Obsidian, the same group of people who in many people's opinions ruined KotOR 2.
 
You will hear lots of folks hate on NWN2. Personally , I have had no trouble with it. I have enjoyed it so far.You can pick it up cheap now as well. I say, if you enjoyed the first one give it a shot!
 
I totally enjoyed NWN2. I own both the original and the expansion. They fixed the graphic problems by the 3rd patch. As for the witcher, It has good graphics but the drug and sex theme totally ruins the game and makes it not worth the money.
 
hated it. slow, bloated, and they never fixed the terrible camera operation.
 
I like NWN2 but I like DnD games so I would have bought it anyways. You can pick up the gold edition, the one with the expansion included, for $40.
 
dcds1 said:
I totally enjoyed NWN2. I own both the original and the expansion. They fixed the graphic problems by the 3rd patch. As for the witcher, It has good graphics but the drug and sex theme totally ruins the game and makes it not worth the money.
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I thought it was great. At least the first chapter, I'm going to buy the enhanced edition when it comes out in September. I've been waiting awhile since I heard the voices where almost completely reworked and it will feature way faster load times and other nifty features. September 16th is not so far away now...
 
I'm in the exact same boat, I like ME but I find it frustrating at itmes, close quarters combat with AI gang rushing you while someone snipes you from a distance so you can't break cover, I find myself at an awkward disadvantage sometimes. If I forget to save I have to re-live conversations that were boring the first time, but are painful even to skip through the 3rd or 4th time around.

I looked into NWN2 and everyone seems to think Mask of the Betrayer expansion is the way to go. Better graphics, darker theme, fixed some of the bugs and as someone mentioned there will be a new patch soon (not sure if that's for both). Unfortunately, that means buying both games because you have to have the original installed, although you can start playing MOTB immediately after install and bypass the original.

MOTB seems like an average game with some potential, there are some mods out, patches and upcoming content/patches. If you don't mind dated graphics and a lighter theme NWN2 might be worth checking out too, particularly if you can get a bundle deal and land both of them.

Glad to see someone else in the same boat, let us know what you decide to do.
 
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