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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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 Posted - 19 Apr 2006 : 03:28:21
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BTW, I like your sig... Except for the fact that Cormyr is better than Sembia. 
And thus the CapCon will always be better than the FedSuns  .
I see the little one has been keeping you up at night... Because you're obviously not thinking straight! Only Clan Coyote is better than the FedSuns... The CapCon is way, way down the list, somewhere behind the remnants of the Smoked Kitties...
... But maybe we should take our talking smack to PM, before Big Al comes in and demonstrates his version of talking smack! |
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BlackAce
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
358 Posts |
Posted - 22 Apr 2006 : 22:40:35
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Cappies... their everywhere.  *Looks around for the Wombat*
Phew! All clear.... for the moment.
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I'm looking forward to The Lord of the Rings Online -- not so much to play it, because it'll be full of MMORPG players, but to see the creative work its designers do in extrapolating places and quests of Eriador in Middle-earth, a similar task someone running Middle-earth RPGs faces.
I've always liked Alan Lee's artistry, which was used for alot of the creatures and locations in the LotR movies. I'd really love to see what he could do for Waterdeep or Neverwinter or FR sourcebooks in general, for that matter.
As for the game, if they can pull of some of the richer outdoor enviroments found in KotOR 1 then I'll be happy. It shouldn't be too hard to improve on the blocky enviroments of NWN though, in the end the only thing about the Aurora engine in NWN that impressed me was the water animations.
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 22 Apr 2006 : 23:36:21
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Originally posted by BlackAce
Cappies... their everywhere. *Looks around for the Wombat*
At least they're better than WoBblies...
Is Wombat a Realms fan? |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 23 Apr 2006 : 11:41:36
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Originally posted by BlackAce
Cappies... their everywhere. *Looks around for the Wombat*
Just be glad there aren't any FedCom fans here... . They're always trouble! 
-- As for the topic itself... What's the current development status of NWN2?
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KnightErrantJR
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 24 Apr 2006 : 00:57:22
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| Pushed back to fall, and the domains for clerics are exactly the same as they are for NWN. I'm starting to get the feeling this is turning into a "here is your sequal, now shut up while we start up a new license" game. But I could be wrong. Once they changed project leads I started to worry a bit, though its not specifically due to the lead, just the mid stream abrupt change. |
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Blackwill
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TwigB
Acolyte
South Africa
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Posted - 06 May 2006 : 18:21:04
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| I'm currently more concerned about the engine itself. I'm sure the game will look cool but i'm hoping that fighting will look better then NWN. Fighting with two weapons "sounds" neat in principles, but you ended up looking like a guy trying to chop an elusive log...Hopefully they learned from Knights of the Old Repuplic...Does anyone know if they improved the fight animations? |
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Chyron
Learned Scribe
Hong Kong
279 Posts |
Posted - 16 May 2006 : 14:21:43
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| I just took a look at the 3-part E3 demo listed on the link by Blackwill. As someone who liked making mods with the original NWN, i found some of the new manipulation tools interesting. For the appearance a DM may be able to control time and daylight/starlight far more easily now (and it seems perhaps in real time if need be). But I was a bit suprised that they did not show actual use of the toolset at all. I can remember the E3 prior to NWN's release and they laid out a basic dungeon and simple dialogue to show how it would work. None of that here...so left me thinking..hmmmmm, is perhaps not all well with the toolset? I hope this is not the case....has anyone come across any other info on the new toolset? |
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KnightErrantJR
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 17 May 2006 : 03:40:09
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Dragon 344 has an article on NWN 2. Nothing groundbreaking in the article, just reiterating the improvements to the toolset (resizing creatures, etc.) and the fact that everything is 3.5 ruleset now and that they have reworked AoO in the game.
However, one part perplexed me in the article:
"There also promise to be a few unexpected twists, like 'D&D canon that exists outside of the Forgotten Realms and involves planes and histories of cultures not native to Faerun in the slightest.'"
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Chyron
Learned Scribe
Hong Kong
279 Posts |
Posted - 17 May 2006 : 04:08:09
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"There also promise to be a few unexpected twists, like 'D&D canon that exists outside of the Forgotten Realms and involves planes and histories of cultures not native to Faerun in the slightest.'"
Hmmmm....I will go out on a limb and take an educated guess that this may be talking about Eberron stuff (since that is the prime Campaign of focus for WOTC). So possibly the single player campaign would not include such elements...but maybe they are thinking to include models and monsters reflective of that realm (e.g. Warforged etc). |
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Archwizard
Learned Scribe
USA
266 Posts |
Posted - 17 May 2006 : 04:37:06
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| I noticed they actually have a fairly professional looking teaser trailer. It says nothing about the gameplay or features being merely CG eye candy. It is a good advertising piece I suppose. The trailer features what I think is the warlock fighting some sort of demon or undead. |
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Tamsar
Learned Scribe
United Kingdom
141 Posts |
Posted - 17 May 2006 : 22:30:36
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Originally posted by Chyron
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"There also promise to be a few unexpected twists, like 'D&D canon that exists outside of the Forgotten Realms and involves planes and histories of cultures not native to Faerun in the slightest.'"
SPOILER:
Isn't that reference to the Githyanki beinG part of the story line? |
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Chyron
Learned Scribe
Hong Kong
279 Posts |
Posted - 28 May 2006 : 12:52:39
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For those who might not be aware of it;
Neverwinter Nights 2 is now being accepted for pre-order http://www.atari.com/nwn2/
Gamestop lists the release date as September 19th 2006
IF they hold to that date, then it is not too far off... |
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Durak
Seeker
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Posted - 31 May 2006 : 11:23:49
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| Heard a rumour that Atari were trying to sell on the Nwn license. Which could delay NwN2, but am not sure how much a fact this is. Got the information off a gaming site. |
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Dargoth
Great Reader
Australia
4607 Posts |
Posted - 31 May 2006 : 13:53:28
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Originally posted by Durak
Heard a rumour that Atari were trying to sell on the Nwn license. Which could delay NwN2, but am not sure how much a fact this is. Got the information off a gaming site.
Seeing as how Atari dont own the NWN licence I find that extremely unlikely. Atari has the rights to DISTRIBUTE Biowares/Obsidian D&D products. |
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Durak
Seeker
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Posted - 01 Jun 2006 : 16:23:12
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Only writing what i read.
I thought Atari had the license for all D&D computer products? And that they hired Obsidian to make the NwN2 the game.
havent seen this news noted anywhere else, so i think its most likely a false rumour. |
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Wandering_mage
Senior Scribe
688 Posts |
Posted - 02 Jun 2006 : 22:23:08
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I went to a webcomic site I like and found out that Atari was going Chapter 11 and that NWN2 might be in danger of being pushed out too early.  This saddens me. I loved NWN and still play it today. It just rocks. I also used a NWN2 screenshot as a background on my work computer. I'm hyped and ready for NWN2 I guess you could say. I really hope Atari doesn't screw up such a promising game. |
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Durak
Seeker
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Posted - 05 Jun 2006 : 08:53:58
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Chyron
Learned Scribe
Hong Kong
279 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jun 2006 : 09:44:13
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In the world of the lowly individual it is the section of a book the comes after chapter 10 and before chapter 12
However in the corporate realm it is a form of bankruptcy that invovles a restructuring of bills and assets.
In NWN2 terms...its all bad news.  |
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Dargoth
Great Reader
Australia
4607 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jun 2006 : 09:46:36
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Originally posted by Durak
Whats a chapter 11?
Filing for Bankrupcy |
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Durak
Seeker
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Posted - 05 Jun 2006 : 13:19:00
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Ah thank you for explaining.
Strange method to say it.
I saw the developer diary off of fileplanet on the weekend. Cant see too much of the game in the background, but the overhead menu looks similar. But i can say one thing, THE DRAGON looks massive. |
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Dargoth
Great Reader
Australia
4607 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jun 2006 : 14:02:23
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The Atri delaying the NWN2 release date seems rather silly if Atari is going bankrupt then its in their interest to get NWN2 out as soons as possible so they can use the money they get from distributing game to pay off their creditor's.
If Atari does go backrupt it creates a problem for D&D games in General as Im pretty sure Atari distribute all of the D&D games (Didnt they distribute D&D Online as well?) |
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Chyron
Learned Scribe
Hong Kong
279 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jun 2006 : 15:21:43
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Your correct Dargoth, Atari has distributed nearly all the recent D&D video games, with the last ones being Demonstone, Dragonshard and D&D Online. I read elsewhere that as of 1998 Atari was sold and became a subsidiary of Hasbro, same as our new PnP masters WOTC.
I don't know anything about the chapter 11 details but if Hasbro lets Atari go under, it looks like someone else may get a chance to do some D&D e-game...unless Hasbro gives up on that area of gaming in terms of D&D. |
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Archwizard
Learned Scribe
USA
266 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jun 2006 : 23:34:42
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| Hasbro Interactive was more or less brought in 2001 by Infogrames Entertainment, a company based in France. Infogrames has been using the brand name Atari instead of their own name when they publish and market games, for the obvious reason that Atari is such a famous name in video and computer games. |
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KnightErrantJR
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 06 Jun 2006 : 01:32:09
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Originally posted by Chyron
Your correct Dargoth, Atari has distributed nearly all the recent D&D video games, with the last ones being Demonstone, Dragonshard and D&D Online. I read elsewhere that as of 1998 Atari was sold and became a subsidiary of Hasbro, same as our new PnP masters WOTC.
I don't know anything about the chapter 11 details but if Hasbro lets Atari go under, it looks like someone else may get a chance to do some D&D e-game...unless Hasbro gives up on that area of gaming in terms of D&D.
Or they may reorganize and do video games under the direct Hasbro banner, but this is all speculation at this point. |
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Dargoth
Great Reader
Australia
4607 Posts |
Posted - 06 Jun 2006 : 08:28:52
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| If Atari does go under I wonder if all the rights to D&D games go back to WoTC........ if thats the case Wizards could hand out the D&D Computer gaming licences to who ever they wanted |
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Derulbaskul
Senior Scribe
Singapore
408 Posts |
Posted - 07 Jun 2006 : 15:52:19
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| I suspect that there is probably more money in the computer gaming licences than there is publishing D&D books so I imagine that this would make WotC rather happy. |
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NB: Please remember: A cannon is a big gun. Canon is what we discuss here. |
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Durak
Seeker
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Posted - 09 Jun 2006 : 13:33:18
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Saw the art trailer for NwN2. Anyone seen an ingame trailer yet? The video diary was interesting. But i wish more.
Hope they have a private part of the profile for you character, so you can lave notes, as your character progresses. That noone else can read, as well as the descriptive one. |
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Chyron
Learned Scribe
Hong Kong
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Lucius
Seeker
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Posted - 10 Jun 2006 : 22:15:00
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Sorry? I thought the NWN2 hold back was a rumour?
Where have you read that Atari are in financial problems? |
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