One of publisher Atari's bright spots in its more recent economic troubles was the sales and critical acclaim of Neverwinter Nights 2, the sequel to the Dungeons and Dragons-themed fantasy RPG. While the first game in the series was developed by BioWare, Obsidian Entertainment did a solid job with not just the sequel in 2006 but its first expansion pack, Mask of the Betrayer, in 2007
Next month, Obsidian and Atari release Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir, the second expansion pack for the game that adds a number of new features, missions, monsters and more to the game. Big Download got a chance to ask the lead designer of the game. Obsidian's Tony Evans, some questions about what they will be presenting with Storm of Zehir.
GamersGate are having a massive weekend sale offering 66% off Neverwinter Nights titles.
NWN2 has been patched to 1.23, which has finally added a multiplayer file auto-downloader, and many other in-game fixes.
Find the patch notes here:
http://nwn2patch.obsidian.net/files/beta/patch_Notes_v123_beta2.rtf
Great day for the NWN2 mod Community.
Hopefully people will make the transition from NWN1 who didnt join us before!
Very true... I just have a problem with those huge polygons from the first now that I play nwn2 =P
NWN1 was still a great game! I put a lot of hours into it back in the day.
I've had a copy of Neverwinter Nights 2 signed by Obsidian dev team for a couple months now. /brag
I haven't played it, though. Maybe I'll try it out this weekend.
GameBanshee writes: "From reading the forums here, I know that there are some people out there who hate Obsidian Entertainment with a passion, and who for some reason think that Knights of the Republic 2 and Neverwinter Nights 2 are an affront to western civilization. I'm not one of those people. I'd much rather champion a developer who tries new and interesting things but sometimes fails, rather than simply going along with a developer who clones ideas and succeeds. But something just seems to be wrong with Obsidian. They usually come up with good ideas, but can they actually develop games? Can they finish a project on time and without a plethora of bugs? Recent evidence suggests that the answer to these questions is "no," and Storm of Zehir, their latest expansion pack for Neverwinter Nights 2, is at best a black eye for them."
They should be talking about Aliens RPG instead.