Gripes (especially regarding sorcerers)

I'm sure they'll patch the AI (or I hope so anyway, because it can be annoying when Neeshka keeps trying to tank all nearby mobs on her own, instead of just hitting mine or Khelgar's target).

Anyway, what's 'AoOs'?

 

Have you not been near some enemies, then had your party members run off to attack them when you didn't want them to? So you select the offending party member(s), only to have your main character go chasing after him? That's happened a few times to me. They also take it upon themselves to use your healing potions when they land themselves in the ****. Starting with your best ones, then working down to 'Cure Light Wounds'...

It's a fun game, but can be a bit annoying (that's probably part of its charm, when an easy fight is made challenging because of party member behaviour )

 

Bah. This game sounds terrible!

 

So far, i've found this game incredibly easy, in comparison to other DnD titles this is a walkthrough... so far. The K.O.T.O.R system has been implemented unsuitably, characters are basicly immortal as there is no permanent death, if for instance your in combat and your party is all but destroyed, simply save your game and reload and your party is magically revived, though they have little health, with characters like Qara all you need is a few seconds to mop up.I also find there is a lack of "epic" memorable battles, remember Kangaax, Irenicus and the Demogorgon? Remember frank Horrigan and the master? Remeber Sarevok? You bet your ass you rembember those guys, but so far no bosses of merit have been seen in this title.

 

Is anyone else annoyed by the lack of real freedom? You get one or two big quests at a time and can only really follow them and not do much else. There are very few operable doors in towns and cities (most of them locked and unpickable until you do this or that). You can't really speak to anyone but the main quest givers. Most shopkeepers seem to be outside (why? I don't understand that). I've run into 3 party members so far, who were pretty much foisted onto me (I had to take them as I had no other options). It's like the game developers wanted you to play 'this way' and don't give you much rope to do what you want and explore. I resent that really.

 

Hmm, the comments are getting worse and worse. Maybe I won't ever bother getting it at all.

 

What I like about other RPG's is the realism and freedom. If I'm walking past a building, I like to just pop in and see what's in there (forcing entry usually), snoop through people belongings and see if anything strikes my fancy. I've gotten increasingly frustrated in NWN2 when I hover my cursor over a door only for the pointer to stay the same. I can't go anywhere unless the game wants me to. It's so restricting. Even if I play this through to the end, I don't think I'll be playing it again. It's so NOT replayable because it's so restrictive. Once you've played it once, you've seen all it has to offer. Bit sad really.

 

Hopefully we'll get user created modules at some point. One might hope even for improved Ai from the community. If it's as easy to script as the original NWN, that is.

 

/Raises hand. I'm currently in NWN and working for the watch, and I must say that I'm finding the long string of "we need you to do this," followed by, "okay, now we need you to do this," repeated over and over, to be laborious. I guess it kind of captures the reality of what having a job can be like, but this doesn't seem like a prudent accomplishment for a game. Occasionally I'd like the flexibility to take a break from the main quest, but being that there aren't a lot of other options on what to do, I'm finding myself shutting down the game and doing other things with my time.

This game certainly hasn't "hooked me in" the way that I expected it would. I'm not saying that I'm not enjoying it, because I am, but I'm not totally convinced that I'm going to make it through the entire OC, either. When I played BG1 and 2, IWD 1 and 2, PS:T and NWN/SoU/HotU, my biggest challenge was forcing myself to stop playing. With NWN2, thus far, I don't think I've missed a wink of sleep. In fairness, I'm a lot busier with family obligations and work than I was when I first played those other games, so that could have something to do with it as well.

 

Anyone else think that magic in general has been dumbed down, made worse even? I never recall
Horrid wilting sucking so much, It used to be my disgusting cheat spell (A.W.P.) Now cone of cold is a better spell, or even call lightning! Because you can cast it indoors! Also for the love of everything that is unholy, bring back imprisonment! Just for me. Oh and shouldn't finger of death NOT kill undead, i killed me a few Baelnorns, using it. And shouldn't dark vision (I'm a drow) make you immune to darkness?

[ November 13, 2006, 10:48: Message edited by: Man_Solo ]

 

Yes. The settings seem to be such that you can either cause offensive spells never to damage your party, or always to damage your party. I don't know what 3.5 spell descriptions look like (and frankly I don't care what they look like), but I find it annoying that casting missle storm does more damage to my own party than to the bad guys.

Area of effect spells should hurt my party, but some spells are supposed to target only enemies. I haven't found this to be the case with the spells I have been using. Set on normal, not only do the missles hit only the bad guys, but my party is immune to my fireballs. Set any higher, every spell hurts every person. I had to delete body of sun from Elanee's list of memorized spells so she would stop frying the party every time she tried to follow us into battle.