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BG2 was a very solid game, I expect NWN will be no different... the only risk they run is that by release the graphics will be dated.
When I first saw the NWN graphics last summer I thought they totally rocked.
I just took another look at the exact same screen caps last week and now they're only looking OK. The rest of the world is not standing still waiting for these guys to get their act together. There are some top notch 3d games out there right not that are really pushing the envelope. 3D shooters like Medal of Honor and Alice already crush what NWN looks like, and there's "Immersive 3d World" games like Operation Flashpoint that have intereactive worlds with hundreds of square miles of contiguous real estate (no region loading... no cut scenes... just a HUGE highly detailed world to explore)... AND better graphics than NWN. They seriously run the risk of being left behind if they don't get this game on the shelves post haste.
It's just a matter of time before someone licenses the OFP engine (or something similar) and creates a fantasy world instead of the OUTSTANDING military sim that's it's current flavor. (The first real FP military sim for the PC IMO)
I'm still looking forward to the game... but a little bit less every day.
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