Neverwinter Nights 2

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Product Details

Platform : Windows XP
Binding : CD-ROM
EAN : 0742725265035
Manufacturer : Atari
Model : 26503
Product Group : Video Games
Release Date : 2006-10-31
UPC : 742725265035

ASIN : B000E0XX9Q

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Customer Reviews

THE PATRIARCHS OF cRPGs ARE STILL SLIPPING YET FURTHER DOWNHILL ... (2007-10-11)

I remember watching the trailer for the first NWN and actually holding my breath. I had IMMENSELY enjoyed BALDUR's GATE I & II and all their expansions, a well as the ICEWIND DALE series. I had been enchanted by the best cRPG ever, PLANESCAPE TORMENT. Now the same game developers were delivering a 3D, cinematic version that would make total immersion inescapable! Right? Wrong, oh boy, so WRONG!Measly henchmen replacing our deliciously diversive company, nauseating camera movement, infantile designed objects, slow battle movements, low polygon characters and bland storyline. Now, NWN had its virtues, no doubt. It was such an original approach that games like WOW and OBLIVION borrowed heavily from its innovative concept of a Third-Person RPG. Nevertheless, it suffered from raising the expectations bar too high - and then not delivering but a fraction of its obvious pottential. It eventually got accepted by the MODing community that created numerous ingenious MODs that saved the day.It has been over a year now and NWN2 does not seem to take off. It is as if no one wants to concern himself with it. And for good reason.The much higher system requirements do not translate onto the screen. There are improvements of course but not by much. It feels more like an expansion than a sequel.The camera movement is even worse. Much WORSE! Supposedly it positions itself in the best angle, Well, I found myself spending more time repositioning the camera than the interacting with the characters!Does it have bugs? Enough to make a horror B-Movie! Patch after patch gets released and the damn thing still stutters and freezes and crashes. Another fine example of an untested product rushed to the market unfinished. While traveling everything seems fine. When the battle heats up, though, and spells fly left and right all hell breaks loose. Tweaking the video and graphics settings helps but does not eliminate all problems.All in all, a game to avoid if a cRPG fun. If new to RPG games do not start with this one: you will get disappointed and may be miss out on true gems.Another fine example of accountants and stock-jockeys meddling with an art-form they cannot grasp...

Very good but it does have its problems (2007-06-13)

I'll try and keep this short and sweet...I did finish the game so I think I'll be able to review this properly.The pros:- A fun storyline, with lots of optional side quests to try. It's not just "perform task A, then B, then move on". You can make the game as long or as short as you want, depending.- The other characters seem to be well fleshed out, with personalities and characteristics of their own. They argue with one another, flirt, betray, etc. Plus they don't interrupt you in the middle of a task to chat, like some of the NWN 1 chars did.- The new races and classes were very cool. You could choose a tiefling or an aasimar, or multiclass to a Divine Champion or Warpriest, among other new options. It leaves the door open for lots of possible combinations, which makes repeatedly playing the game even more tempting.The Cons:- Major lag time, and I have a PC that TECHNICALLY should be able to run the game with no problems. However, sometimes things were soooooo slow that I just got frustrated and switched it off. I mean, when it takes 30 seconds just to rotate the camera view, that ain't good!- The choices for face styles, hair color and clothing were surprisingly minimal. I was hoping for something along the lines of the SIMS 2 but didn't get much more than 8 face shapes, if that.- My game crashed a lot during the final battle, I had to reload and quicksave quite a few times just to get through one scene. It would just freeze and then the screen would go dark and I'd get my "Program Not Responding" pop up window. However, after I downloaded a few patches it appeared to run more smoothly...- One last one, and this is perhaps just me: there were a few too many cut scenes for my tastes and some of them were really long. Overall, though, I really enjoyed playing NWN 2 and I'm eagerly awaiting the (rumored) expansion pack. It was worth my time and money, but it wasn't as great as I'd hoped it to be.

Waste of money (2007-02-08)

Unfortunately for me I fell into the low-mid range of minimums need to run this game, I figured I was going to upgrade soon so why not buy it and wait for upgrade? Well as it turns out my upgrade came a week after I recieved the game and I was soooo stoked, having been a lover of NWN 1. Well to my great suprise I couldn't even run the game. I could get it to load, bring up graphics but it was so bugged and laggy that the whole idea of even trying to play it was out of the question. Seriously... Don't buy this game.

Scary piece of software - AI and QA deficient - Feels like Beta Version... (2006-12-30)

No time to write a full pledge review but here quick 2 cents. I have been playing NWN for 3 years now and was expecting the NWN2 to be build on the strenght of NWN.They did not. All new poor AI and graphics, Feels like the Fisher-Price for PC RPG. Graphics looks like 1996 games, very poor. Buggy to say the least and QA in Obsidian must be a donut shop.Trust me = Dont buy it yet...WAIT and make sure that you read the reviews of others players that have play NWN for a long time.

Not perfect, but probably the best PC RPG since Baldur's Gate 2 (2006-12-09)

First, lets get the cons out of the way. AI and Pathfinding aren't very good to put it lightly. You'll tell a companion to cast a certain spell, but as soon as you select someone else they overrule your decision and do something else. The pathfinding sometimes ignores extremely simple paths in exchange for walking around and through 5 or 6 obstacles, yet can't seem to be able to find a path around a barrel. Considering the lack of a face shape function similar to the Sims 2, the lack of decent face and hair choices is bothersome. Also, optimization is not good. The game runs rather sluggish, though recent patches have improved that quite a bit.I've heard there are a lot of multiplayer issues, but I don't play multiplayer so that doesn't bother me.Now for the pros. The story is one of the best since Planescape: Torment. Characters are all extremely well written and the voice acting for the main characters is excellent(though secondary characters seem to have been voiced by the cleaning staff at Atari). Graphics are top notch. While they might not be as impressive as Oblivion, NWN2 makes up for it with far superior gameplay. If you were a fan of the gameplay of NWN1, there isn't much change here except for a far superior user interface. Gone is the annoying radial menu, now we have a simple drop down context menu and the wonderful quickcast menu.The toolset puts the NWN1 toolset to shame. The areas you're able to build are much more diverse and complex. While it does have a bit more of a learning curve, its not big enough to dissuade the casual tinkerer.In short, if you thought NWN1 had a weak story but loved the gameplay, NWN2 is definitely for you, but if you're in it for the multiplayer, wait for a few more patches.

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