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  • DrakeICNDrakeICN Member Posts: 623

    DrakeICN said:

    NWN does not need an update. It has a vibrant community, I honestly believe all that can be squeezed out of NWN has.

    I guess you haven't heard that Beamdog disagrees? http://blog.beamdog.com/2017/12/nwnee-head-start-patch-notes-v748151.html

    I think you both have a valid point and not a valid point. For the valid point, yes of course, you are technically right, For the invalid point, let me paraphrase my bossman "I know it can become better. It always can! But you HAVE to publish. You HAVE to progress. At some point, you have to ask yourself, is this the hill I want to die on? Because you are in so deep in your project, you think it is the big picture. But it is not. The big picture is your next accomplishment!".
  • rapsam2003rapsam2003 Member Posts: 1,636
    DrakeICN said:

    DrakeICN said:

    NWN does not need an update. It has a vibrant community, I honestly believe all that can be squeezed out of NWN has.

    I guess you haven't heard that Beamdog disagrees? http://blog.beamdog.com/2017/12/nwnee-head-start-patch-notes-v748151.html

    I think you both have a valid point and not a valid point. For the valid point, yes of course, you are technically right, For the invalid point, let me paraphrase my bossman "I know it can become better. It always can! But you HAVE to publish. You HAVE to progress. At some point, you have to ask yourself, is this the hill I want to die on? Because you are in so deep in your project, you think it is the big picture. But it is not. The big picture is your next accomplishment!".
    I don't think this is their "big accomplishment", by any means. I think this is, quite frankly, from a business perspective, a way to generate more funds without much risk.
    tbone1
  • DrakeICNDrakeICN Member Posts: 623
    edited December 2017
    Plz to be noted, there is slightly more vectors in NWN2, but the raster is as grainy. I rest my case B)

    Compare to contemporary game Champions of Norrath;
    http://www.theisozone.com/images/screens/playstation-35377-11317157538.jpg

    (And this on a lowly video game platform considered inferior by the personal computer "master" race)
    lroumen
  • semiticgoddesssemiticgoddess Member Posts: 14,903
    NWN2's graphics aren't on par with those of the N64, but the first NWN's graphics have a fairly similar polygon count. Maybe two or three times that of a typical N64 game, with relatively primitive textures and shading, comparable to a Playstation game if not the N64.
  • DrakeICNDrakeICN Member Posts: 623
    edited December 2017
    Eh, like I already said, why this focus on vector count? I am not entirely sure PoE have more vectors than NWN2. In fact, my guess is they have less. In fact, fairly sure they have 2,5 D, or 2D and 3D mix or whatever you wanna call it. But is it prettier? You better believe it;
    http://cdn.gamer-network.net/2015/usgamer/pillars1.jpg

    Myth2, a 1998 game... let me spell that out NINETY-EIGHT game.., which have 0, yes you read that right, ZERO vectors (it is 2D sprites cast on 3D environment) is prettier than NWN2;


    NWN2 is ugly, plain and simple.

    Edit; What I mean to say is, I do not know the technical specs of NWN (1). But I know it does not hurt my eyes. NWN2 does..! ... in the same way FF7 does. Yes, yes, I love FF7, but truth be told, if it was not because it is otherwise a good game, I would avoid it like the plaque, due to graphics. NWN I do not avoid due to graphics, but due to unbalanced gameplay. NWN2 I do not avoid due to unbalanced gameplay.., but mb I would, I never made it that far due to crashes AND graphics urgh.
    killerrabbit
  • rapsam2003rapsam2003 Member Posts: 1,636
    Ermmm, you do realize games from 2003 allowed you to adjust the graphics, right?
  • JuliusBorisovJuliusBorisov Member, Administrator, Moderator, Developer Posts: 22,714
    edited December 2017
    Chris Cocks on Upcoming D&D Video Games and Other Wizards of the Coast Projects

    https://www.rollingstone.com/glixel/features/how-the-company-behind-dd-magic-and-avalon-hill-innovate-w514703
    Balrog99mlnevesekanisatha
  • Balrog99Balrog99 Member Posts: 7,367

    Chris Cocks on Upcoming D&D Video Games and Other Wizards of the Coast Projects

    https://www.rollingstone.com/glixel/features/how-the-company-behind-dd-magic-and-avalon-hill-innovate-w514703

    I'd love to see an Axis & Allies game I could play on my computer or phone. I played the old PC version a long time ago and had a lot of fun with it. I'd really love to see computer versions of the older Avalon Hill games though. 3rd Reich, War & Peace, Squad Leader, Guns of August, D-Day, any of those would be awesome! Ah the memories...
    JuliusBorisovkanisatha[Deleted User]
  • kanisathakanisatha Member Posts: 1,308

    Chris Cocks on Upcoming D&D Video Games and Other Wizards of the Coast Projects

    https://www.rollingstone.com/glixel/features/how-the-company-behind-dd-magic-and-avalon-hill-innovate-w514703

    Oh man! Around 10 new D&D based video games in the next two years?! I almost swooned when I read that. Even if only 2-3 of them are of interest to me, that's a lot and I will be a very happy person. Plus possible TV series and movies. So awesome.

    And yeah, I'd love me some Axis & Allies and other similar games for the PC/Steam. Hope they won't be just for mobile platforms, because I don't care to play my games on anything other than my gaming desktop with its large 4k display. :smile:
    [Deleted User]Balrog99ShapiroKeatsDarkMage
  • VallmyrVallmyr Member, Mobile Tester Posts: 2,457
    I actually liked that series. I watched all of it + the radio drama ending last year.
    AstroBryGuy[Deleted User]
  • lroumenlroumen Member Posts: 2,508
    That series was the best!
    AstroBryGuy[Deleted User]
  • AstroBryGuyAstroBryGuy Member Posts: 3,437
    Do not speak ill of the D&D cartoon. It rocked.

    The movie starring Justin Whalin and Marlon Wayans? That you can speak ill of. :wink:
    [Deleted User]Shadowdemon
  • rapsam2003rapsam2003 Member Posts: 1,636

    Do not speak ill of the D&D cartoon. It rocked.

    lolwut

    It was a mess...

  • semiticgoddesssemiticgoddess Member Posts: 14,903
    Didn't all those adventurers get eaten by Tiamat?
    Balrog99ThacoBell
  • VallmyrVallmyr Member, Mobile Tester Posts: 2,457
    Non-canonly yeah.
    ShapiroKeatsDarkMage
  • kanisathakanisatha Member Posts: 1,308
    tbone1 said:

    kanisatha said:

    Plus possible TV series and movies. So awesome.

    Uh, maybe. Maybe not.
    Well, the past is the past and cannot be changed. This new guy running WotC seems to be a rather intelligent and sensible sort, in my view, and 5e has indisputably been an amazing success for both WotC and D&D. So I choose to be hopeful.
    Aedan
  • rapsam2003rapsam2003 Member Posts: 1,636
    kanisatha said:

    Well, the past is the past and cannot be changed. This new guy running WotC seems to be a rather intelligent and sensible sort, in my view, and 5e has indisputably been an amazing success for both WotC and D&D. So I choose to be hopeful.

    And yet, WotC still treats 5E as the lesser brother to their card games...


    I know why they do, but that doesn't make it any better for D&D fans.
  • tbone1tbone1 Member Posts: 1,985

    Do not speak ill of the D&D cartoon. It rocked.

    If you mean that it’s full of schist, then yes. Granite, I am biased.



    ThacoBell
  • ShapiroKeatsDarkMageShapiroKeatsDarkMage Member Posts: 2,428

    Didn't all those adventurers get eaten by Tiamat?

    Well, that was a downer.

    BTW Diana the acrobat is my waifu.
  • ShapiroKeatsDarkMageShapiroKeatsDarkMage Member Posts: 2,428

    Do not speak ill of the D&D cartoon. It rocked.

    lolwut

    It was a mess...

    Well i do have issues with Lolth being Venger's lackey and being defeated by a baby unicorn.
  • SjerrieSjerrie Member Posts: 1,234

    Do not speak ill of the D&D cartoon. It rocked.

    lolwut

    It was a mess...

    Well i do have issues with Lolth being Venger's lackey and being defeated by a baby unicorn.
    Spoiler alert! :P
    tbone1ThacoBell
  • tbone1tbone1 Member Posts: 1,985
    Sjerrie said:

    Do not speak ill of the D&D cartoon. It rocked.

    lolwut

    It was a mess...

    Well i do have issues with Lolth being Venger's lackey and being defeated by a baby unicorn.
    Spoiler alert! :P
    Oh, it was pretty damn spoiled and decayed in the first place
    ShapiroKeatsDarkMageSjerrie
  • AstroBryGuyAstroBryGuy Member Posts: 3,437
    edited January 2018

    Didn't all those adventurers get eaten by Tiamat?

    Well, that was a downer.

    BTW Diana the acrobat is my waifu.
    No, they didn't. There was an unproduced finale episode that revealed...

    Venger was Dungeon Master's son!

    Script available here: http://www.michaelreaves.com/pdf/requiem_sec.pdf


    EDIT: Moved the episode script link into the spoiler tag.
    Post edited by AstroBryGuy on
  • Didn't all those adventurers get eaten by Tiamat?

    Well, that was a downer.

    BTW Diana the acrobat is my waifu.
    No, they didn't. There was an unproduced finale episode that revealed...

    Venger was Dungeon Master's son!


    https://web.archive.org/web/20110720142026/http://www.michaelreaves.com/pdf/requiem_sec.pdf
    As a parent, I can totally relate.
    tbone1ShapiroKeatsDarkMage
  • InKalInKal Member Posts: 196
    I hope Jeremy Irons REALLY needed that money.
  • ShapiroKeatsDarkMageShapiroKeatsDarkMage Member Posts: 2,428

    Didn't all those adventurers get eaten by Tiamat?

    Well, that was a downer.

    BTW Diana the acrobat is my waifu.
    No, they didn't. There was an unproduced finale episode that revealed...

    Venger was Dungeon Master's son!

    Script available here: http://www.michaelreaves.com/pdf/requiem_sec.pdf


    EDIT: Moved the episode script link into the spoiler tag.
    Thats not True. Thats impossibile!
    elminsterThacoBell
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