Comments on: Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir Interview

By: Kismet

Kismet — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:09:45 +0000

Glad to see another NWN2 expansion is going to be released, and I appreciate the fact that it will offer a different approach compared to previous titles, both for the love of variety and because it means a wider palette of tools available for content creators.

While not generally a big dungeon crawling lover, the open-ended approach definitely grabs my interest: I’m very curious about the Overland Map feature and how the hints of “trading and economic manipulation” will translate in possible implementations of world-wide dynamics.

If they don’t screw up with annoying usage conditions (of the activation kind), this is a candidate for my currently very very short list of “buy at release” titles for 2008.

By: Naurgul

Naurgul — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:02:15 +0000

Naurgul appears busy. Apply the patch and play the game from the start. >.>

By: Kieron Gillen

Kieron Gillen — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:19:35 +0000

Hermes: I’d expect to hear some more about that, one way or another, when they start doing the DX3 press. Which, if they’re following a standard PR pattern, will be in the next few months.

By: wcaypahwat

wcaypahwat — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:16:45 +0000

You cannot rest here. Either find an inn, or go outside.

By: Hermes

Hermes — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:12:10 +0000

Sorry for the unrelated comment, but what happened to those Thief sequel rumors?

By: Fumarole

Fumarole — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:09:04 +0000

Dinosaurs? Yes please.

By: Biggles

Biggles — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:37:11 +0000

Is this a Mount&Blade style overhead map, then?

By: Citizen Parker

Citizen Parker — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:27:16 +0000

Oooh, this sounds nifty, thanks RPS! I never much cared for the first one (too linear and repetitive for me) and so have thus far avoided NWN2.

That may have to change with this, however. I love making me a party. If nothing else, so that I can say to myself:

YOU MUST GATHER YOUR PARTY BEFORE VENTURING FORTH!

By: Tims

Tims — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:23:12 +0000

This actually sounds like it might be good. I went off nwn after the first one murdered my machine and I never finished it, I think my expectations were too high as well. I know they improved performance, and I heard the Mask of the Betrayer was better, but still I just never got back into it.

It’s one of those series that will always be important to me because of how much time I invested in nwn1 . So good to hear that they are still going with it. I think I’m finally getting the feeling Obsidian aren’t rushed. That’s what my brand loyalty antennae have been telling me anyway.

By: MisterBritish

MisterBritish — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:07:09 +0000

It’s good to see they’re havng fun with a few new ideas, rather then just churning out an XP for the monies. Also, what humanoid races are there left that they could possibly add in?

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:49:05 +0000

That’s 3 interviews I’ve read today for this game, information overload :p http://www.strategyinformer.com/pc/neverwinternights2stormofzehir/interview.html