I've been an active member of the Neverwinter Community for years - I've made plenty of custom modules, models, scripts, spells and visual effect. And after all this time I still CANNOT comprehend why so many people prefer NWN1 over NWN2... The OC plot is unbearably boring... While it has its moments, I found myself licking through the exposition dialogues more often than not. I understand that not every RPG can achieve the level of e.g. Torment, but it's never a good sign that after the final boss you yell "Jesus Christ, finally!". The side quest design in't that stellar either... Especially given how many times I unknowingly sold a plot item to a merchant, which costed me potential XP. Some of the items have plot flags on and cannot be sold, but some don't There's also plenty of technical issues: the auto-walk on click gave an aneurysm a couple of times. I also had some issues with corrupted save files that crashed the game. Oh and by the way - the money Beambog charges for the EE is bonkers. Don't buy it.
What I loved: - Big focus on character customization: ez implementation of custom portraits etc if ALWAYS welcome for me. And adding custom companions to replace the standard ones - even more so - New interesting classes and abilities: while perplexed at first with the complexity of it all, I found it very intriguing later. I started experimenting with my own builds instead of finding ones online - Character reset option: fucked up your build? No problem! Just visit a tavern and fix it for a relatively small sum of gold! Great idea - Decent plot: while it's nowhere near Torment level, I was way more invested in it than the ones of Baldur's Gate or Icewind Dale - Combat mechanics: very intuitive, reminiscent of old-school isometric RPGs, but even better! What annoyed me (just a bit): - Custom companion penalty: while 1 level isn't that much... Why put it in at all? - Music: in my opinion the weakest part of the game, especially the combat tracks - Isometric view has it's cons: while a welcome sight at first, I did have a couple of fights where I couldn't see a damn thing due to trees, shrubs, rocks, spell vfx etc. - [Spoiler] The Adra dragon: what kind of reward could possibly be worth getting past this fight? I had no intention on getting back to this side quest after completing the game
I started the game - it had some enjoyable parts as well as some annoying ones... but at the end none of that mattered. The games crashes on loading saved games. I looked for some community solutions online - none of them worked. I uninstalled the game 2 days after purchase.
