Neverwinter Nights 2 Announced

Maybe this time they'll fix the exp system. I don't care how high a level I am, as a monk who just bitch-slapped a dragon to death I should get more than 3 exp.

2006.... such a long time away....

NWN2!!! :D :D :D :D :D

This made my day.

I think they should focus on a few multiplayer campaigns upon release, up to bioware standards. design in a scaling difficulty slider so they can be done with 2 or 8 people, etc.

And I'll tell you what pissed me off to no fucking end with NWN, only supporting the gamespy arcade in-game browser for multiplayer games.

You know how fucking frustrating it was a few weeks after release to try to find a server? bam wait a minute or two for servers to pop up, see a good one, click it, find out that you can't get in or it's no longer up, and BAM have to refresh from fucking scratch. Thing was a complete peice of crap.
You had no way of knowing the details on the server either, so it was a fucking crap shoot, completely rediculous and really turned me off of the multiplayer.

So this time around don't work out the exclusive deal and have an open master server, so I can go in with my all-seeing eye and use serious filters.

I didn't really like the radial menu either, it was pretty unweildy, but I'm not sure of a better option. it was great once you spent the time and got it all on hotkeys, but just took forever doing that it seemed.

The first NWN was a mixed bag. Good multiplayer (when you actually got it going) but a really poor single player campaign by Bioware standards.

Here's hoping that Obsidian does something interesting with this game and it's not just a cookie cutter rpg.

By God no, i was hoping for an original game, having Obsidian work on Bioware Ips it's a waist of talent and potential, let's get done with it and move on making another killer RPG already...

i cant wait for this, a few days ago i started playing NWN1 online for the first time and i'm loving it.
I hope they include a option to transfer your NWN1 character to NWN2.

Sounds good, I had great fun building and running my PW Blackstone Keep. Can't wait to see what features it has for builders.

Please let it be more like Baldurs Gate with a party and actual interaction between them.

Awesomeness, NWN is one of my favorite games. I personally can't stand the first single player campaign but the expansion campaigns were excellent and I have downloaded and played a shitload of modules. My NWN folder is sitting at 8.8GB right now.

For NWN2 they should improve the graphics a bit and enhance the toolset for mod makers. As long as NWN2 accomplishes these 2 things I'll be quite happy.

i couldn't get into BG or NWN. why did i absolutely love the gameplay in KOTOR? it's more than just the star wars factor. why couldn't i play BG or NWN for more than an hour before i'd stack back on the game shelf it for a year? i've got to try it again. maybe KOTOR has opened my eyes to bioware's genius.

Bioware sure has a lot of confidence in Obsidian. It's probably well-founded, but I hope they don't prove otherwise.

I wish i was happier to hear this but I found NWN so hard to use.

lets hope the engine is impressive. The nwn engine really shows it's age now.

I wonder if they just took the engine from NWN and are just adding a new story, like they are doing with KOTOR. If so, boo.

After playing the original one, I look foward to this one. I never tried out Baldur's Gate, but heard lots of great things from it. The fact that Bioware dishes out some great games, like KOTOR, I have no doubt this game will be good. I'll buy it.

i could never get into nwn. The story was just such a letdown from BG1 and 2. It was just not very interesting. did the expansions add the fun?

Sounds good to me. Here's to hoping there's some kind of compatability between the two, and that NWN2 supports some more in-depth stuff, like item creation, riding, swimming, climbing, etc.