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 Member 2219 Level 13.14 Mar 2006 
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How can you possibly give NWN2 a good review. It uses the same design and system that failed in the original. The game gets a poor review because it's just simply NOT fun. You can't enjoy this game because the whole time is being devoted to, OMG my RING OF APPEARANCE and my +2 thing-a-ma-bob and my SWORD OF HAMSTER DESTROYER. Even if you reduce the game to a basic hack 'n slash it fails miserably. The fact that your character NEVER feels powerful. Even approaching the most cliched of monsters like rats and suddenly the player is worried whether they remembered to equip their +4 vs disease breastplate so they don't get waylaid. Each encounter is such a big deal, the game is slow and painful. Not fast and visceral like a hack 'n slash should play like.
I learned my lesson after I bought the hype and the original NWN. Never again. I'll pass. Just because the game uses a faithful representation of the pen & paper rule set doesn't mean it works. NWN is flawed right from the get go. 5/10? I say 2/10 A bad game is a bad game is a bad game. NWN is one of them. Jam it back in, in the dark.  You're staring at me like I just asked you what the fucking square root of something. |
Member 2219 Level 13.14 Mar 2006
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That's funny. Greg Kasavin isn't exactly held in very high regards around here and in the gaming community in general. He gets called all sorts of harsh names from forum users. Personally I like reading his reviews. In fact I like most reviews from gaming publications. I'll take a professionally written review that uses proper English sentencing and structure any day before a user review. The absurdity of this whole mess is the NWN2 review comes from a guy which gave Icewind Dale an 87% and suddenly he's a genre hater because he's not afraid to call NWN2 for what it is. Okay boss.
There's nowhere I can't reach. You're staring at me like I just asked you what the fucking square root of something. |
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