NWN 2 is giving me priapism

[Satori (original)]

This game was fun for me as I played a Chaotic Evil Sorceror in the vein of the Joker (comic version). I suggest you try the same. Play it with a light heart and bathe in it's aetheric charm.

 

[Wyrmlord]

The game is beautiful. Never thought that NWN 2 can look so great.

Or standards can be so low.

I am resisting pulling out images of Myrkul, Kelemvor's City, and some of the Dreamscapes.

 

[Shannow]

Funny one never sees the game that way, even if I thought those screenies (Bloom) were nice. Why don't you post some ingame screen shots, Wyrmi? Preferably some while talking with lord Nasher and the beautiful wall behind him... Or some of the nice clipping that occurs with beards, armour, cloaks, shields, helms and well virtually everything.
I'm playing ToEE at the moment and it looks better than NWN2. Not much, but better. And considering that it doesn't require constant fiddling with the camera and is - what 3? years - older that does put NWN2 in a bad light.

 

[Satori (original)]

For me the graphics were too cluttered, if they minimalised it there would be no problem but there were too many colours on the screen at once and that scared and confused me.

 

[FeelTheRads]

Why don't you post some ingame screen shots, Wyrmi?

Because then his point would be void?

Not that those edited screenshots look THAT awesome anyway.

 

[MetalCraze]

I am resisting pulling out images of Myrkul, Kelemvor's City, and some of the Dreamscapes.

You better don't. Even when Obsidian was trying hard to make MotB look better than the average sterile NWN2 crap City of the Dead still has that illness of mini-buildings which are smaller than your room. It's like in nearly every game on Aurora engine only halflings inhabit cities and the only weather condition there is a fog 20 meters from you.

When Obsidian was becoming Bioware Jr. they could've at least tried to ape earlier Bioware games which do
look good and don't give you the impression that people 50 cms tall are living there.

 

[Shannow]

Bioware games which do

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FTR, you possess no subtlety.

But I just had a longer look at Wyrmi's screenies and I have to revise my statement. ToEE looks a lot better. Only the Temple of Myrkul looks halfway good. Otherwise they are very hit and miss. People and ground look ok, but sky, backround and houses (thatched roofs) look meh at best.

 

[racofer]

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L2C&P

 

[Major_Boobage]

Skyway enters thread : shit.

 

[Shannow]

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Know when to C&P

Fixed that for ya.
Now you hurt my feelings. Fuck you.

 

[Texas Red]

Those screens dont do the game justice. I can attest that NWN 2 looks MUCH better when you have it on your screen running with everything maxed. Skyshit, you claimed that you have an old computer, so taking your word on anything regarding NWN graphics is pointless.

I confess that I may have bashed NWN 2 graphics in the past but I was very amazed to see it running on high.

 

[FeelTheRads]

You are a liar.

I'm playing it on high and it still looks bad. And I'm not even talking about its artistic merits which are nil, but about its technical ones.

 

[Darth Roxor]

I'm playing it on high and it still looks bad.

Same. The NWN games are ugly as hell unfortunately, but then again, TILE-BASED FUCKING LEVELS.

 

[Apathy]

Those screens dont do the game justice. I can attest that NWN 2 looks MUCH better when you have it on your screen running with everything maxed. Skyshit, you claimed that you have an old computer, so taking your word on anything regarding NWN graphics is pointless.

I confess that I may have bashed NWN 2 graphics in the past but I was very amazed to see it running on high.

Just upload a video and tell people to take it or leave it. I also recently upgraded my comp and I agree it is quite pretty. Both the comp and the game are in another city or I would upload myself.

 

[Shannow]

Nope, the screens pretty much show NWN2 on high. They just used angles that they thought would be favourable. Angles that nobody will (can) use in the game. Unfortunately for them that brings the less accomplished graphics in the game to attention (as I said sky, distance, etc).
So unless TWD is blinded by spell effects while playing the game or subconsciously notices the meh graphics in the screenies I can't see how he could claim the game looked "MUCH" better than the screens, without resorting to FTR's explanation.

 

[Demnogonis Saastuttaja]

Why don't you post some ingame screen shots, Wyrmi?

Well, I can provide one :

 

[Helton]

Its... beautiful!

 

[Hory]

I like how the interface is trying to avoid that anomaly.

 

[Texas Red]

SlavermasterT, did you search for an answer? If you get the game running, you'll weeks of quality RPG fun with MotB, ZoS and Mysteries of Westgate.

EDIT: This post is NOT subject to your opinions(skyway). Keep them for yourself because you have expressed them in every possibly thread.

 

[Quilty]

Terrible camera, UI and optimization.

I'll have to agree with this and envy anyone who can get past these problems and enjoy the game. I couldn't.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

I'm hoping not to derail this topic for too long, but on the subject of Codex avatars...is mine being used by some other "celebrity" here?

 

[Helton]

No.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

Good.

 

[Major_Boobage]

But your name man.. Seriously who thought of your name?

 

[Unkillable Cat]

You are in no position to ask yourself...but for those who are curious, I thought of (using) it and have used it on various Internet forums since 2002.