So a few months back I said that this may convince me to buy NWN2 if it ends up getting done. Since then I have purchased and played NWN2, but completely forgot about this mod. That makes me a monster. To repent, I downloaded this and played it through a couple of times with two vastly different characters to see how they worked. I rolled through with a Earth Gensai Barbarian who took the Fighter Companion, and a Drow Wizard who took the Rogue. (Yeah, I know, level adjustment cheese and such)
As a pure mechanics presentation it is quite enjoyable, and all of the new features definetely have potential to be used for some quality questing and combat both down the line. Of particular note is the vault mechanic in the bear cave and the rubble in the Ruin itself. Couldn't help but smile when my character tripped over the rocks and was switfly demolished by the Beetles. Actually, on that note, this may be a case of me being full retard but I simply couldn't beat the Beetle Queen, clearly I'm missing something here, but I'm at a loss as to what. Although it is probably consumable items, looking back.
As for the auxillary actual gameplay notes:
As a pure mechanics presentation it is quite enjoyable, and all of the new features definetely have potential to be used for some quality questing and combat both down the line. Of particular note is the vault mechanic in the bear cave and the rubble in the Ruin itself. Couldn't help but smile when my character tripped over the rocks and was switfly demolished by the Beetles. Actually, on that note, this may be a case of me being full retard but I simply couldn't beat the Beetle Queen, clearly I'm missing something here, but I'm at a loss as to what. Although it is probably consumable items, looking back.
As for the auxillary actual gameplay notes:
- * Writing is servicable, does it's job well enough. Nothing outstanding but nothing cringe worthy.
* Shows the signs of having interesting non-combat mechanical quests (Finding the ring), which is looking good.
* Combat is straightforward and nothing special, but that is probably more to do with being in NWN2, and lacking a party then poor design
* The atmosphere in the Ruin was quite nice I found. I'm looking forward to more Dungeons from you in future.