Gentle Player
Arcane
I recently played NWN2 OC to completion for the first time. It's one of the few games that I felt was offensive. I was shocked that people seemingly tested and approved that game for release, and that reviewers didn't slaughter them for it. It was an insult to RPG fans; while playing I could almost hear those responsible for the abomination chuckling amongst themselves: "the gaming industry has no standards; cRPGs are basically dead; reviewers are corrupt and don't even play games - let's just feed the fans complete and utter shit and call it a day, there won't be any repercussions." Whoever designed Act 1, cast the voice actress for Neeshka, and was in charge of writing the dialogue responses (I could care less!) should be rewarded with a lifetime ban of working in any creative field.
MotB suffers from similar problems to the OC (terrible combat, camera, and control), shackled as it is to the NWN2 engine, but it's a much better experience overall. It's the only RPG I've played where Evil options aren't embarrassingly juvenile nonsense to be avoided at all cost. In fact I've yet to even take a Good playthrough, which is testament to how compelling Evil is in MotB.
The spirit eating is great and a large part of what makes MotB infinitely superior to OC. If anything, I would make the mechanic more punitive.
MotB suffers from similar problems to the OC (terrible combat, camera, and control), shackled as it is to the NWN2 engine, but it's a much better experience overall. It's the only RPG I've played where Evil options aren't embarrassingly juvenile nonsense to be avoided at all cost. In fact I've yet to even take a Good playthrough, which is testament to how compelling Evil is in MotB.
The spirit eating is great and a large part of what makes MotB infinitely superior to OC. If anything, I would make the mechanic more punitive.