Boring MotB

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I started a new character to see why everyone liked it so much; I barely made it out of the first area and quickly grew bored of the game. First off, way too much fighthing and now enough interacting with NPCs, etc... I may hold off on playing MotB until I complete the OC.

 

Character wise, I found MotB a big step forward.
The original is pretty dull in that department.
The only NPC in the original that has character is Sand, in my opinion.

But that's only the NPC department.
In other aspects they play similar.
The spirit meter thing in MotB is more a drawback for me, though, as it is more a game experience killer, in that you feel forced to rush the game due to the mechanism how the spirit meter depletes over time.

 

imho Motb grows on you when you get the other companions (which you get fairly early) and the spirit meter is no problem once you understand it, a good idea is to read a couple of guides, but basically you can fairly easy get to point where you can ignore it.
I never felt I had to rush through MotB and the characters in it are way better than in the OC.
in OC I only found 3 characters I really liked, Sand, Ammon Jerro and Shandra...I liked Zhjaeve, but she wasn't that interresting.

the rest of the characters in the OC was lousy stereotypes, the only redeemer for Khelgar was the whole reference to Norse mythology, where Khelgar basically is Thor.
but really, a rowdy dwarf fighter, unique

 

Even though Khelgar was not unique his rowdy made the game fun as did the tiefling interactions when another female was in the group.

As for Ammon Jerro I didn't like his back story or character development.

 

I don't like MotB on roleplaying levels. It was slightly boring, not that I'd notice so much when I played. Generally, recent RPGs have a tendency to be boring. Must be the cost-cutting. Characters were well done, the spirit eater concept was handle well, but an LG character was forced to trade souls with devils in the course of the main quest. For this reason, I discontinued playing the game and decided not to finish it.

 

I couldn`t stand the camera thingy in MotB. I tried fixing it so that it got back to what it was in the original game, but didn`t really succeed in it.

 

If you are playing the OC, Domi/Ashara and berelinde have just released the Romantic Pack for NWN2-MotB, which will at least spice up the talking/flirting/dialog. Check either The Vault or G3 for new info.

 

I didn't even get to the spirit eating part of the game; I got bored as soon as I entered the first town; I felt as if the game left many questions. In the OC the game progresses slower and how you meet new NPC seems more logical than the start of MotB. I will play MotB once I finish the OC.