So what do you guys think about NWN?

[Nydlari]

Originally posted by Zoltan: what about morrowind?

Morrowind is fantastic, it beat out Wiz 7 for my all time favorite game. The world is amazingly detailed and you can build your character any way you like. It's also one of the longest games I've ever played. I've put in close to 300 hours and still haven't seen everything in the game.

If you are choosing between NWN and Morrowind, you've gota go with Morrowind.

[Lemernis]

The stock SP game that NwN ships with frankly isn't that great. In that respect BG is far better.

However you should realize what NwN is really intended for. The SP game that is provided only scratches the surface.

Now for the first time (along with Morrowind) we have a CRPG that allows for players to customize their own modules for single play. The toolset allows for some very elaborate scripting and custom item creation. We can look forward to an endless supply of excellent player created games, many of which will blow Bioware's SP adventure away. Some of these modules are using the excellent Hard Core Rules package, which is really well done: http://nwn.darkemud.com/~darke/HC/manual.htm. You can take a look at some of the mods players are coming up with at NwN Vault: http://nwvault.ign.com/Files/modules/moduleslist2.shtml

In addition to mods, NwN makes it possible to DM a game with up to 64 players according to 3rd edition rules.

Probably the most exciting feature is that NwN also allows for persistent worlds where, by linking a large number of servers, characters can roleplay with huge numbers of other players and virtually recreate the Forgotten Realms (or whatever campaign setting you like).

Morrowind does not have a multiplayer mode, btw. Probably in future iterations of the game, but not for now.

In these respects what players will be able to do with NwN amounts to a quantum leap from BG. NwN is not at all about playing the same old single player game over and over all by yourself.

[ 07-29-2002, 03:19 PM: Message edited by: Lemernis ]

[Zoltan]

I'm looking forums, most people say Morrowind is a little boring is it true?

[Redblueflare]

Well I can tell you one thing. Morrowind looks a lot better that's for sure. But I can play NWN online with all my pals. Besides Morrowind has higher requirements or so I've heard, and i'm worried about my cpu running NWN. Morrowind sure looks cool though, and now i'm talking about gameplay. Neb worships the game, so i've heard a lot about it.

[Neb]

Originally posted by Zoltan: I'm looking forums, most people say Morrowind is a little boring is it true?

Depends on what you like. If you just run around the wilderness you can probably beat most things that you encounter, especially if you take the easy way to strength and powergame rather than roleplay.

However, there are mods to increase the difficulty, give the game more depth, add more quests, new monsters, new items, new everything.

In addition to that, a lot of the editing is easy so you can actually do that yourself.

They've done well with the locations, I must say, even though some towns are actually pretty small they've made them so they FEEL big. There are tons of dungeons and crypts hidden everywhere. Even hidden shipwrecks that you can go diving for with waterbreathing spells! A sunken city, too, as far as I hear, but I've yet to find it myself.

The dungeons are VERY well made, I've honestly found myself scared sometimes because they were so good. Crypts have spooky fog hanging around graves, and sometimes, in the background, far away, you can hear mystic chanting.....

You can also do almost anything you want in the game, though a few will prevent you from progressing further in the main plot.

You can become a vampire, you can become an assasin, a thief, a hitman, a mage, leader of guilds. A nobleman, a clever trader, close to anything.

You can grow strong and wipe out all life in the world. Or you can just go on with the main quest if you want. You can gain what you want by stealing, or trading. The game is just so f***ing huge....

To me it would probably be boring if I just did the main quest and got my skills strong through all of the "cheesey" and fast ways. If I just do things naturally, however, it'll keep a good challenge level. And if I crave more I can install a damn difficulty mod.

It's so good that I had NWN and Warcraft 3 lying around for weeks without getting played. I STILL haven't even installed NWN!

[RedDog]

Well, i've looked at it...NWN that is as far as a computer game goes it's not bad, depends truly on how you play...same as for PnP games...they are only as good as the players. True computer games are rather limiting, as far as i'm concerned no computer game will ever surpass that of my friends and i when we play(at last session - over a year ago now, we had just started getting into the planescape universe, we had characters from all over the place and it was working good, we rented a suite at a hotel and set up tables and the like in there and spent 2 weeks at it..there were 12 of us..lots of sleeping bags, lots of pop, beer and pizza...even a few ahem female interuptions [img]smile.gif[/img]
now no computer game will ever surpass this....i am borrowing morrowind from a friend as he has just told me it is pretty damn good...but he is giving up on the cprg's and going back to reading books [img]smile.gif[/img]
Maybe slightly of topic but rpg's pen and paper or computer are what you make them.
Ie. are you the kind of person that digs a story and who cares if you level up until you must, or do you run around getting exp. no matter what at the expense of story? do you cheat? if you do you pretty much sum your experience up like this.........Why Friggin Bother?
Just my two cents worth, it's late i'm sick with the flu and off work for 3 weeks...
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