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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: 2008-06-02
Bob F.
NeverWinter Nights 2 (Macintosh) ought to be a great game. It has all the elements--great graphics, an interesting story line, characters that actually change their alignments and personalities as the game progresses, fun challenges to overcome, etc. When it works, I love playing NWN2; unfortunately, it has so many computer glitches that--at times--I want to throw the darned disc away! For example, it has a MAJOR glitch concerning non-player characters (NPCs) that unexpectedly disappear from the game. Their player slot is replaced by an icon that looks like a shadow person walking into a cobwebbed cavern (I suppose "never to be heard from again"?). Once the icon appears in the character's slot you cannot access that character from that point forward.
This makes for a frustrating game because NPCs are essential to the unfolding of the story. The game is set up for you to complete "quests;" but if a character is missing that is integral to the completion of the quest, you are figuratively up the creek without a paddle! The only way around this dilemma is to go back to the last saved point in the game where the character exists and begin again from there. However, you must learn WHAT you did to create the glitch! Rather than spending hours blindly trying to figure out how to overcome the computer glitch, I suggest that you should sign on to the NWN2 quorum on the internet. There you can find all of the answers to the "known" problems.
Well, that's about it. In summary, it's a great game when it works but beware the unforeseen obstacles!
Date: 2008-05-31
Terribly Outdated Engine and Impossible Controls Ruin the Game
If you're a Mac user looking for a good D&D style game there's not a lot of choices. Don't let that get you to buy this game... it's still not worth it. Sign up for Warcraft instead, after playing Warcraft on the Mac or Oblivion on PS3 you won't be able to stand the outdated graphics engine and user interface, and the buggy camera control for even a short period. This game does give you more turn by turn control than Warcraft does if you enjoy spending 5 minutes controlling 5 seconds of game time play. But if you want to pick up a game and immerse yourself in on D&D style world this IS NOT the game for it, the clunky UI and controls will be constant reminders of the real world and endlessly frustrating. Buy a used copy of Oblivion if you own a PS3, or pay more for a far better game on the Mac and go with Warcraft.
Date: 2008-05-18
Best mac intel game
This is the best game for the intel mac since Age of Empire III and lasts longer.
Date: 2008-04-27
Some odd bugs in an otherwise great game
The game play and graphics are terrific. Camera control is clunky and frustrating at times. There are some odd bugs--one character has disappeared. The travel screen, not the game's best feature anyway, reached a point where it would not let me travel to the right locations to complete quests. As a result, I've had to abandon a level 12 or so character to start over again. Documentation is thin and there don't seem to be walkthroughs available--at least I can't find them. Cut sequences are longer than they need to be and way too frequent. Wish it were possible to import characters from NWN to use in the game. The shifts in alignment good/evil, lawful/chaotic don't make much sense.
New spells are fun as are new weapons. Play is challenging. Graphics are well done. Soundtrack is interesting.
Date: 2008-04-27
Old game, new to MAC
Having been a lifelong PC user, I just bought my first IMac. The games are severely lacking in MAC world without buying a copy of Windows to run PC games. This game is pretty fun but in terms of groundbreaking graphics/sounds/gameplay it's not there. Of course it is over several years old in the PC world. I would recommend it if you played NVN 1 and want to continue. Otherwise run Windows and get one of the more awesome newere games.
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