RPG Codex writes: "Storm of Zehir is the second expansion to Obsidian Entertainment's Neverwinter Nights 2. The first add-on – Mask of the Betrayer – was highly acclaimed among computer RPG fans because of its success in the story department and frequently compared to the classic that is Planescape: Torment. When Obsidian announced their new release, many of MotB's fans were enthusiastically hoping for another epic, grim, story-driven RPG. However, it was stated many times by the developers that Storm of Zehir will be vastly different from the second expansion, since it is more in the vein of combat and dungeon oriented games like Icewind Dale.
Well then, I'm afraid I must disappoint those who were hoping for SoZ to be Mask of the Betrayer 2. In fact, if that's the only thing that interests you – no, this is not MotB, you may stop reading, turn around and walk away, because the expansions are to themselves what apples are to oranges. But that's not saying that SoZ is a bad game – quite the contrary, even."
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."
