Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Tahitian pearl Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg Subject: Re: New NWN content Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2025 12:08:53 -0600 Lines: 40 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net 3UwYOWBfa9R2wsXZ4cWBqQiMc0INonoon4hs4l+I3zfs5YiMIe Cancel-Lock: sha1:QFZVRZW5xr0VW93mTsuG1pZAOiY= sha256:0TohYik713mIqdKMPMKIX7u0CWhywK+juMWASJ4i7KE= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:128.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/128.0 SeaMonkey/2.53.20 In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2836 Spalls Hurgenson wrote: > > I was never a huge fan of the 2002 "Neverwinter Nights" game. It was > okay, but it felt like a huge step backwards after the "Baldur's Gate" > games; an attempt to chase after the action/RPG fans rather than cater > to the people who adored classic CRPGs. Its promise of creating a > framework that could be used by DMs to curate their own online > adventures for friends, mixing traditional PC gaming and tabletop > gaming into one new and unique mixture, never really came to fruition > either. I played the games, gleaned what fun I could from them, but > ultimately found them fairly forgettable. > > Still, others were not so sanguine and --thanks to their can-do > attitude-- the game has had a lifespan far in excess of even what the > original devs probably expected. > > Case in point: a new expansion, "Doom of Icewind Dale" is currently on > sale today. Yes, it requires the 2018 "Enhanced" edition of NWN, and > ultimately is just a third-party mod that the developer is trying to > make a few bucks on... but the fact that this is still seen as a > viable business strategy says a lot about the core game. > > Is it good? I've no idea. I've not played it and -quite honestly- I've > no real desire to do so. I've tried to get back into NWN but I found > the engine just too clunky for me to stick with it very long. (The > "Icewind Dale" setting isn't all that attractive to me either. I was > always more of a fan of the Dalelands). > > But I can appreciate the love people still have for this old game. > > > If you're interested, the mod's available for a tenner on GOG > https://www.gog.com/en/game/neverwinter_nights_doom_of_icewind_dale > (and probably Steam too) > Does your description change about NWN II? I've got that in my collection yet haven't played it. -- No heebies, creepies or hallucinogenics It's the height of paranoia Male, white, mid-to-late thirties