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23-year-old D&D RPG Neverwinter Nights just got a new update thanks to the 'unpaid software engineers' of its unkillable community (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] Sonor@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I tried to get into this game twice in my life, and somehow i never could. I wonder what i did wrong

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 7 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Neverwinter Nights is more of a d&d tool for DM & parties with custom campaigns to enjoy online instead of irl.

The included campaign is a bit of an after-thought (a bit basic, but complete, I still like it).

[–] bollybing@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 17 hours ago

The expansion campaigns, especially hordes of the underdark were much higher quality.

[–] ochi_chernye@startrek.website 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Samesies. I think it didn't help that I played the sequel first. It's just really damned dated. Some older games age really well, but NWN did not.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Never played the original single player NWN, is it 2.5 or 3rd edition? I did play the MMO NWN on AOL. That one was 2.5 edition with the tile and grid system that previous TSR single player titles had used in the late '80s/ early '90s

[–] ochi_chernye@startrek.website 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

The single-player NWN used 3rd edition. I played a lot of NWN2, which was based on 3.5.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

Yeah, I remembered that NWN 2 was either 3.0 or 3.5. I really tried to design a campaign in that version, but just kept getting stuck/ losing my files.

[–] kaosof@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Too young for how old the game is?

[–] Sonor@lemmy.world 7 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Well, I’m 37, so maybe not too-too young. Maybe i just wasn’t familiar with the d&d ruleset it was based on?

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Oh yeah. If it was based on 2.5 then that alone is gonna have you scratching your head. Gygax needed to be told to chill with the math nerd shit in that edition, but wasn't.

[–] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 20 hours ago

I have the same question, I was a teenager when it came out and I found it a bit confusing. There seems to be a lot of different campaigns.

It felt that the combat was immediately too difficult and then I got to a boss that wrecked me. So, I gave up.

[–] julietOscarEcho@sh.itjust.works 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I can't help comparing it (unfavourably) to baldurs gate 1. The story just didn't hook me the same way.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 4 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

The base game's campaign was meh, kinda repetitive. The expansions -- and player-made adventures -- improved on it a lot.