IGN: The Villains of Neverwinter

[Pop]

The "presale" thing I got says T. Usually that restricts a game, but this is D&D. Explicit cursing and ****ing are not usually part of the "normal" gameworld. It's a clean world, and as bad as you get is BG2, in which it might as well have been a major revelation that sex will get one pregnant. Incidentally, BG's deviation from the prudish nature of the world was to its merit.

[Dark_Raven]

Lots of blood and gore can give it an M rating.

[Pop]

Lots of blood and gore can give it an M rating.

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That goes without saying. Held off a bit on that one with BG, though. Aside from the rather passe gibbing.

[Winterwolf]

"The Master and Kreia were good evil bad guys."

 

Kreia was horrible. She was one dimensional, obvious, and wannabe intellect who failed at that.

 

 

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dude, you know her dialog was written by a sweaty 40-year old nerd, right?

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Yeah, I know. That sweaty 40-year old nerd is my idol. Anyone who can up with a character like Kreia, is most probably going to end up as my most favorite writer.

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Kreia is great villain when talking about games. In literature however, Kreia wouldn't be very special villain.

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We weren`t talking about literature. [snip]

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Yeah, but you said "Anyone who can up with a character like Kreia, is most probably going to end up as my most favorite writer.", So I with no actual reason wanted to point out that Kreia is not that special.

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Maybe he doesnt read.

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You are almost right about that. It is true that I don`t read a lot, because I find most books boring. You can`t make any choices in them. But I do occasionaly enjoy Chesterton or Dunsany. That is my taste, be it good or bad...you decide, I don

[Xard]

You are almost right about that. It is true that I don`t read a lot, because I find most books boring. You can`t make any choices in them.

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Gold

 

Book that would let you make choices would be awesome. Text based adventure games mayhap?

 

Stephen King's Dark Tower (all 7 books) is pure awesomeness

[kirottu]

Lots of blood and gore can give it an M rating.

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I always thought the M rating comes if the game contains many words that start with M. I guess I was wrong.

[Deadly_Nightshade]

The Valsharess was a character with depth: whenever she appeared, it was like parts of her were popping out of the screen.

So I take it she had great boobs?

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Yes, and she also had the "jiggle" script...

[legion]

Book that would let you make choices would be awesome. Text based adventure games mayhap?

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Reminds me of the Fighting Fantasy books I used to read years (and years... and years) back. They were a lot like a choose your own adventure style book (branching story) with basic stats and inventory thrown in for good measure. Neat system, from what I remember, coupled with some very generic fantasy writing.

[Musopticon?]

http://www.ffproject.com/

 

They're online here.

[Gfted1]

http://www.ffproject.com/

 

They're online here.

 

 

Heh, fun stuff. Just played "Bad Moon Rising".

[Gfted1]

A few too many risks and your fair adventurer dies in "The Black Lobster".

 

You have been killed in combat.

 

[Dark_Raven]

Classic!

[Spider]

Never heard of the Fighting Fantasy books before, but I did grow up on the Lone Wolf series by Joe Dever.

 

These books can also be found online and they are truly classic.

 

http://www.projectaon.org/

[Darque]

I've actually read from both series. :ph34r:

 

Go go used bookstore!

[legion]

Fighting Fantasy? Check! Lone Wolf? Double check!

 

And digging through boxes in my closet, I've unearthed yet more branching adventure books from my misspent youth.

 

 

 

 

Back on topic though, I hope you can choose to side with some of NWN2's villains. I hate playing an evil character that's forced to play the saviour to one and all.

[Pop]

Back on topic though, I hope you can choose to side with some of NWN2's villains.  I hate playing an evil character that's forced to play the saviour to one and all.

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I'd be behind that. I don't think I've seen that done before, though. Even games like Fallout, in which you can be pretty morally ambiguous, forced you to fight the end dude. You could become a mutie, sure, but it'd just end the game

 

I guess Deus Ex might count as a game that let's you bat for the other team (lollerskates hugz!), but I'd be interested in a game in which the game actually arcs differently and creates a different experience for the bulk of the game, as opposed to making an ultimate choice at the end.

[Tigranes]

You can join the villain in Arcanum. Well. The 'bad guys'. Then you can cooperate withthe big baddie at the end.

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[CoM_Solaufein]

I've actually read from both series.  :ph34r:

 

Go go used bookstore! 

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Used book stores are your friend. Great place to find old RPG rule books, comics and other collectibles.