Wait, what? Baldur's Gate and NWN connected?
raxtoren
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I know that both take place in the same continent, but what is this?
I dl BG2 over GOG because I wanted to support the franchise and have a digital copy+wallpapers bla bla bla and to see if my save from BGEE could carry over - and it did!! anyway, I started it up (... im def getting the enchanhed edition for BG2 later as well) and then this came up during the game?!!!!!!!
1. they advs in BG2 for NWN??? very bizzare to do so during the story...
2. is it true, and what does it mean?
3. how will it work in the story?
4. BG 2 didnt look crappy in the GOG-version if you unlock HD modes.
5. Or is this just an update through GOG to make you buy NWN as well?
http://s14.photobucket.com/user/QuezcatoL/media/BGMain2013-07-2113-40-12-61_zps5b09cd03.png.html
I might pick up NWN1+ expansions/diamond versions over GOG if its true.
also I apologies if this is old news, I was 14 the last time I played Baldur's Gate II and never remember this.
I dl BG2 over GOG because I wanted to support the franchise and have a digital copy+wallpapers bla bla bla and to see if my save from BGEE could carry over - and it did!! anyway, I started it up (... im def getting the enchanhed edition for BG2 later as well) and then this came up during the game?!!!!!!!
1. they advs in BG2 for NWN??? very bizzare to do so during the story...
2. is it true, and what does it mean?
3. how will it work in the story?
4. BG 2 didnt look crappy in the GOG-version if you unlock HD modes.
5. Or is this just an update through GOG to make you buy NWN as well?
http://s14.photobucket.com/user/QuezcatoL/media/BGMain2013-07-2113-40-12-61_zps5b09cd03.png.html
I might pick up NWN1+ expansions/diamond versions over GOG if its true.
also I apologies if this is old news, I was 14 the last time I played Baldur's Gate II and never remember this.
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The fact you are seeing this suggests you are playing without the G3 Fixpack. You should install it.
Best rpg's of all times are:
Final Fantasy 7
Kotor
Mass effect
Baldur's Gate 2
Persona 4
... according to me
Legend of Dragoon stands the test of time VERY well.
Shining Force is a blast. Not the best plot but the gameplay makes for some great tactics.
Skies of Arcadia seems solid so far, haven't beaten it yet.
Not really....NWN's campaign is pretty universally reviled as being some of the most generic POS ever set in the FR...it's like...someone took a greyhawk campaign, changed a few names and places around and stuck it in FR.
NWN as it was releaed wasn't meant to be a game. Bioware had to basically toss out what they'd originally planned and make some crap up last minute, and decided instead to release it as a Creation Tool-kit, with a simple campaign to give people an idea of what they could do with it, and let the community handle it from there (and boy did they ever...a heavily modded NWN can put even modern games to shame graphically and mechanically, while being closer to PnP mechanics then anything...except ToEE).
Even the x-packs, while definitely better then the original, were basically just money grabs to lock away additional content, even though EVERYTHING was already in the game files. And to show off the new mechanics they'd opened up.
The tools and concept was great, but story and game play was horrible.
The preview video looked like an upgraded version of BG2 while the released version looked like a sterile cartoon of 3rd edition D&D.
They should of stuck with the old rules, stuck with the old awesome graphics interms of effects not 2d vs 3d and they should of made it at least some what importable from BG.
NWN really was awesome in design in terms of allowing different community members to host servers, make their own worlds, and even DM.
It was pretty epic that way, but from a players perspective which is what I was it kind of felt dull. I don't mind having a million stories, but NWN ended up being just a bunch of large semi-persistent worlds.
I just wanted to play a cool story with friends since that is what I thought D&D was about. Getting together with friends and letting your imagination run wild.
As for ToB, I think others have mentioned here that the original concept was to make BG3, but due to time and other issues, it got scaled back to merely an expansion.
Then NWN should be your favorite game of all time. If you're willing to put forth the effort to make it so, it can easily rival the tabletop gaming experience with created adventures...especially if you keep a DM client open so you can make changes on the fly to handle ideas your party mates came up with, but you didn't plan for (even the official campaign can be made infinitely more enjoyable by having a DM handle certain things).
However I didnt enjoy the NWN games or anymore thereafter as much as I did BG, maily due to the engine feeling so horrible to play.
Morrowind was an earlier 3D game than NWN and managed to pull off a fantastic role playing experience in an early 3D engine, NWN was just dire in comparison.
The engine was fluid, with loads of possible builds and party set ups available. But I already played that game to death for over 7 years, it was my my third favorite game after BG series and Morrowind.
But Arenanet completely removed that feature from GW2 because ya know, online games are meant to be played with other players and not with your own customizable party.
I had a bit of a vision for a game with a cross between BG and ARPGs, one with lots of character customization, classes and spells / abilities where you had to start of playing solo with single characters on an easy difficulty, but then once each of your characters became powerful enough, you could export them like in BG to create a party capable of taking on higher difficulty.
No NPC party members, you would have to work on making your own ones individually, then play them together to get through higher difficulties or something.
NWN1 > NWN2 solely based on the above IMO.