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POLL: Does the performance justify the requirements and resource consumption?

Discussion in 'Neverwinter Nights 2' started by chevalier, Nov 5, 2006.

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  1. Barmy Army

    Barmy Army Simple mind, simple pleasures... Adored Veteran

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    But the game is fun, no? More enjoying than NWN at the least. That's all you can expect from a sequel, really.

    I bet more people like it than dislike it, put it that way. You've built yourself up to expect something that will knock you off your feet and you've built yourself up for a fall. Just relax and treat the game on its merits instead of comparing it with every other RPG under the sun.
     
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    Is it fun? Kind of. I want to know the plot, but it's a big aesthetic turnoff. And it's not like the storyline is anything special. It repeats overdone snippets all over the place.

    Folks burning Viconia on a stake, mean kids picking on an Ithorian on Telos, the klan patrol about to play pigsticking with Neeshka. Damn racists, they're everywhere.

    Then, take the mythallar and bring it to Garrick who might help you identify it. And now, take a shard and bring it to a wizard in Neverwinter who might help you identify it. No, really?

    More and more of that. It's not an awesome story, it's just more personally written than the NWN OC. Okay, I'll enjoy it one time over, but I don't think it has replayability, so I'll turn to multiplayer and get smacked with the fact that the game is not designed for that. Oh shucks, guess it's not so fun anymore.
     
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    I care. I would soon be pissed off by things like the camera moving slowly. And yes, I am expecting something reasonably spectacular given the nuclear powered system requirements that this game expects.
     
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    Well get Oblivion then if all you're looking for is a graphics fest.
     
    Barmy Army, Nov 7, 2006
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    Oblivian is lame lol. I played it for about 5 minutes and put it back in the box after uninstalling it... In fact, shortly after I reformatted my computer as well.

    Oblivian would be good if it didn't rely on your FPS skill, but rather your ability to grow as a player. Also, I don't like running for hours and I don't think anyone can learn to become a professional alchemist, blacksmith, magician, fighter, etc. all at the exact same time :p .

    NWN2 on the other hand is a full blown CRPG of the best kind minus the graphics it deserves minus the little things that were promised plus the understanding that Obsidian is a horrible development company to turn to.

    The game also loses replayability because you can't skip long cutscenes. At best you can speed them up a tiny bit by skipping a few of the lines of conversation. Unfortunately movement during the cutscenes still takes forever. Obsidian needs to learn how to take full advantage of the esc key like Blizzard has in WoW.
     
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    Oh please. Don't tell me to get a unicycle if wheels is all I care about when I say that I don't really like a car without wheels. I want a car, dammit. :eek:
     
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    yes ignore what kept nwn going for so long, sorry to burst any bubbles but it wasn't multiplayer or persistent worlds. it was the countless of player made mods.
     
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    ^ depends on whom you ask ;)

    I hope we'll all agree that it wasn't the marvellous original campaign, though. Which is precisely my point. I have a few friends who are obssessive NWN modders, and they say that the steep learning curve of the new toolset combined with the limitations of the game is why they'll stick with NWN1. Which is what a lot of people say right away... and that's kind of sad, but true. From a modder's point of view, NWN2 offers little. Its multiplayer fell out of focus, and new game resources became harder to implement.
     
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    This heated debate over one new game is fascinating.
     
    Harbourboy, Nov 7, 2006
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