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Neverwinter Nights 2 Review (continued)
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Manufacturer: Aspyr Media
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ESRB Rating: Teen
Platform(s): Macintosh, Mac OS X
Release Date: February 28, 2008
Average Rating: 3 out of 5 Stars
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Date: 2008-09-12
System Requirements????
7-11-08
There are no system requirements on this listing. I REALLY wanted to play this game but can't! Very frustrating!
The min requirements are:
MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
* Operating System: 10.4.11, 10.5.1
* CPU Processor: Intel Chipset
* CPU Speed: 2.0 GHz
* Memory: 1 GB RAM
* Hard Disk Space: 6.5 GB
* Video Card (ATI): Radeon X1600
* Video Card (NVidia): Geforce 7600
* Video Memory (VRam): 128 MB
* Media Required: DVD-ROM
So if you have one of the original 1.83GHz macs from 2006 it will not work right!!!
The game bogs and the sound disappears after about 30 min of play. quit and relaunch fixes the problem but that is no way to play a game! Total bummer!
update 9-11-08
I do not know what happened to all the reviews that were here. There were originally over 20 reviews. They are all gone now. Most were not glowing. I save all of mine so I am reposting.
I have since had a chance to play this on a machine in spec. It was OK. The new camera control is AWFUL! It makes the whole game tedious. I do not understand why they changed it from the original NWN. Did it seem broken to you? Me either. They also removed the ability to see elements of the game that you could interact with by holding down the tab button. In the original NWN when you hold down the tab, things would glow if you could pick them up or toggle ect. It made the game flow wonderfully. now you are moving you mouse around hunting for the "Hotspots" again very tedious. These 2 problems make the re-playability of the game unlikely. I do not even want to finish it a first time.
In my opinion all they needed to change in the interface was to add another set of quick keys that could be accessed by holding shift/control. Everything else was fine.
I have replayed all of the original NWN modules several times taking different paths each time. I'll be lucky if I finish this one at all.
Date: 2008-09-02
Exciting and interesting
Who ever knew that this game could be entertaining for teens and adults. I don't have much extra to say aside from you have to demo this for your self to know. I would recommend this game for adventure and puzzle seekers.
Date: 2008-08-31
Not bad but not meeting expectations
Not bad but so far seems like a re-run of the first Neverwinter Nights. And the graphics aren't that much better but performance is noticeably slower on my 2.33GHz MacBook Pro, even though it meets the "recommended requirements" for the game.
Date: 2008-08-23
A worthy role playing game
This is a very worthy role playing game on OS X, worthy enough for me to go buy an Intel-based Mac in order to play it. No regrets, it's been months and months of fun to play. Performance is acceptable on a fair-to-middlin' MacBook Pro. The overall story is well structured, and the non-player characters have personalities and their own quests which you help them with. Save often, because the game may sporadically crash (once every ~8 hours of play). There is also a problem where your world goes spinning endlessly if you had the mouse on the edge of the screen when a dialog starts with another character (saving, quitting and restarting stops the spinning).
Date: 2008-07-06
How did this game make it past beta?
A horrid interface will have you frustrated to no end. I've had this game for 2 weeks and have reached a conclusion that it is unplayable with the player feedback interface. If you enjoyed the early Bioware games (Baldur's Gate, etc.), this game is not a successor but an unfulfilled and unfinished exploitation of a great series.
The 3d universe attempted in the game sounds great except it does nothing to enhance the game and is terribly realized. The camera controls are awful and is not a good match for a game with multiple simultaneous characters. Forget about the strategy and tactics with multiple characters found in earlier Environmental obstructions from walls and dizzying multiple viewpoints make this game a long, frustrating and stupid experience.
Demand a better experience for your money and buy a better game.
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