Neverwinter Nights 3 Whispers Get Louder
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There was Mysteries of Westgate by Ossian which I haven't played. I think that Atari dicked around with the release so much that nobody cared by the time it came out.lumenadducere said:
I was really excited about this..... and then I was reminded that...
While I do like Dragon Age, I think the game system worked because it suited that world. I just can't see this new Faerun being the same that I remember and enjoyed from Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights. Change too much and you're just not playing in that world anymore, regardless of if the names are the same.
...and my heart broke. I forgot about everything that has now happens to Faerun in 4th edition until you mentioned it, and I really don't know if I'll be able to get into the game's story now. Gods are different, magic is different, so much of the world isn't the same... while it might be familiar, it's probably like going to a McDonald's in another country. The store looks similar, the food looks the same, but it just feels DIFFERENT, somehow.lumenadducere said:
While I do like Dragon Age, I think the game system worked because it suited that world. I just can't see this new Faerun being the same that I remember and enjoyed from Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights. Change too much and you're just not playing in that world anymore, regardless of if the names are the same.
4.0 definitely did go wheels-off when it comes to the Realms, and I know they did it because they were dealing with what they thought was a stale franchise. But I mean, come on, it's not like there aren't franchises out there which are considerably older in the mass market. Sure, tweak something here or there, but no reason to lay waste to the whole world and get rid of everyone's favorite landmarks and characters.Skarlette said:
I am morbidly curious as to how 4.0 would translate into a real time CRPG, with all the powers at will, per encounter and per day, though I have a suspicion it would feel even clunkier unless they really went out of their way to pace the game in such a way that your party would be able to rest and recover. Though the older D&D games just let you rest and recover wherever you were safe, which was a clear abuse of the way they controlled powers in previous rule sets.
Still, I'd take all that to have an RPG in the mold of what RPGs should be. I don't mind some sanding around the edges and a nice coat of paint, but I don't want the mechanics just ripped out entirely.
Well, their success has also led them to hiring a bigger team, I'd think.Woodsey said:
But don't forget the TOP SECRET Jade Empire 2 team, also!
I'll be happy as long as they keep the system requirements reasonable.
Neverwinter Nights 2 was absurd in this regard. The game had ridiculous graphical requirements, and didn't even look that great.
Neverwinter Nights 2 was absurd in this regard. The game had ridiculous graphical requirements, and didn't even look that great.
As much as I liked NWN, this game would suffer from the fact that it would have to be in 4th edition.
You know most Story writers would go by how long its been since NW2.
You just gave 2 an honorable mention,why? Because BIOWARE made the first one and not the second one?
You just gave 2 an honorable mention,why? Because BIOWARE made the first one and not the second one?
The original was the very second RPG I ever played, right after KOTOR I picked this up.
THIS IS SO COOL!!!
THIS IS SO COOL!!!
I'll wait till the game itself is announced - or that a developer has been chosen for the project - before I get excited.
Most likely because BioWare is owned by EA and unless EA signs a deal with Atari, having BioWare develop it is out of the question.Onyx Oblivion said:
Would be happy if any studio but Obsidian did it as that's where series go when they want to die, but then like people pointed out it will be in 4th ed and that is lower than Obsidian in regards to utter loathing. Think only game would allow just to have a graphical upgrade. Money on CDprojekt taking it up as can do wonders with the engine NWN is on.
Hmm.... I hope it won't be an MMO and if it will be a Single-Player game and that Obsidian is going to make it.
In terms of setting: Perhaps a few months/days before this 4E cataclysm?
In terms of setting: Perhaps a few months/days before this 4E cataclysm?
Maybe this one will be made to the same snuff as the first.
I WANT a 4.0 vidoegame actually, it's a perfect fit. What I DON'T want is a game with a difficult toolset, and the inability to make sprawling persistant world mods, like the first one hand. NWN was like a MY FIRST MMO workshop, there were dozens upon dozens of persistant world mods with their own ccoded rules and economies. The toolset was very robust.
But due to a hardcapped memory limit on NWN2, which by Obsidians own admittance wasn't designed with the kind of multiplay that made NWN so popular in mind, large modifications became impossible.
FIX. IT.
I WANT a 4.0 vidoegame actually, it's a perfect fit. What I DON'T want is a game with a difficult toolset, and the inability to make sprawling persistant world mods, like the first one hand. NWN was like a MY FIRST MMO workshop, there were dozens upon dozens of persistant world mods with their own ccoded rules and economies. The toolset was very robust.
But due to a hardcapped memory limit on NWN2, which by Obsidians own admittance wasn't designed with the kind of multiplay that made NWN so popular in mind, large modifications became impossible.
FIX. IT.
Well, it's about freaking time we get a 4th Edition game. As geared as the system is towards video gaming, you'd think someone would have done it by now.
I'd rather see Eberron than Faerun, though, personally. 4th Edition Faerun doesn't have Artemis Entreri in it, and therefore is much less awesome than it used to be.
I'd rather see Eberron than Faerun, though, personally. 4th Edition Faerun doesn't have Artemis Entreri in it, and therefore is much less awesome than it used to be.