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That's not the case at Bioware from what I see. 70% think NWN2 isn't very good so far and can use a lot of improvement. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Sounds just like the WoW forums.

Just installed and been playing for around 3 hours so far. It really doesn't run too smoothly on my system. I have to run at 800x600 even with everything on low which kills the dialogue text for some reason, it's really hard to read in places. The tutorial was ok, none of the characters really grabbed me until I got to the first proper companion after leaving the village, he rocks! If all the companions are as good then this game may have the best in-game buddies ever. I'm a bit disappointed in the graphics, the shot of the fireplace with the carpet doesn't look as glorious in-engine, although I haven't dared turn everything up to full yet. I'm sure the game will get better as I play, and hopefully when I upgrade my 9800 Pro at the end of the month. The contents of the UK LE are a little disappointing...paper map instead of cloth, cheap looking ring, figurine that looks more like a toy, crappy art book, tiny manual that isn't anywhere near as big as the US version. Having NWN1 + exps on one DVD makes the whole thing worthwhile though, and there's a soundtrack disc too.

Yes, JE needs a herd of prodigous modders! The only thing I could contribute is VO work, and I'm not exactly proven in that department either.

Those prices could be lower. $10 for a 10 year old game that doesn't come with anything physical and is probably only playable on one machine is pretty steep. Nintendo will make a fortune on this if the Wii sells.

Yup, that's it.

Yeah, no point in complaining about stuff that there is already a patch for.

Yours is almost the same spec as mine. The 2800+ means that it runs as fast as a Pentium @ 2.8GHz, although the actual clock speed will be 1.85. Athlons have a different architecture and outperform Pentiums hugely at the same clock speed, especially for games. My guess is that you could run NWN2 at medium acceptably on a lowish resolution, but it will probably slow down every now and then.

Sorry Killu, I feel for ya... Are you expecting any lottery wins/long lost wealthy family member deaths/good blackmail prospects in the near future?

What are your specs?

Was Serpent Isle the first game to have a court thingy? That was one of the best moments of the game. Actually, that game had two court thingies.

Can you bake bread?

I think you can probably run any new game on old drivers, although they wont be optimised for the latest games I doubt the performance hit is too significant.

Is this more love than the druid can handle? Natural Spell is indeed a great addition and the new spells all sound very useful. Even if it overpowers the druid a little, I'd still rather it was them than another class.

Yup should be out on launch day, along with the new druid spells. JE posted on the Something Awful forums that the new spells are all quite uber.

But can you bake your own bread? Actually, that was something Arkane did in their first game and no other game has bettered the cooking in Arx Fatalis since. PC Zone also gave Dark Messiah a good review, mid to late 80s I think, stating that the swordplay was great.

I can edit my post too if you'd like.

Wacka wacka wacka.

That's an eccentric list if ever I saw one. Shock 2 is placed below Doom 3? The Jaguar AvP gets in but AvP2 doesn't? That game with the haunted village looks spooktastic though, anyone know what console that is?

Not sure if you're joking or not, but rest assured the music was added by the guy who made the video.

This isn't really a useful tutorial or anything since there's no commentary and you can't even see the interface but it's interesting to see how fast you can build a decent looking area in the NWN2 toolset. The guy doing it has obviously been using the toolset for some time since he seems a dab hand at the terrain shaping. Some nice rock-trance music as well. http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=NWN2Movies.Detail&id=64

I've seen plenty of positive reviews of DM as well, I wouldn't write the game off because of one negative.

Clerics already get an animal companion if they want one, they don't need anything else.

Good news for druids - one of the OE devs has confirmed that druids will be getting 9 new spells in the first patch, one for each level, as well as a surprise bonus thingy (my guess - Natural Spell).

Either a new IP or new NWN2 stuff would suit me fine, which is exactly what I think we'll get. I've lost all enthusiasm for Star Wars since I watched Ep 1, but I'd still play KotOR3 if nothing else was available.

Feargus has gone on record saying that he doesn't want to do an MMO.