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Okay so here's the story, I never played NWN or it's sequel. Pretty much after IWD, I got more into consoles because, well they were cheaper, and I am a cheap ass. Win win really.
So I always heard about this game, but never had a PC that would have been powerful enough to run it well enough (performance is very important to me, I can't play low frame rates it just fucks the experience up for me totally).
UNTIL NOW....
So I bought NWN2, installed it and after tweaking the controls a bit, maxing all the settings and downloading a fan made textures pack, this game is feeling pretty fucking sweet. Liquid smooth frame rate and the game actually looks really fantastic.
I'm not a huge fan of the "hotspots" style, simply because the towns themselves so far are a bit small, but I like the art direction and the spell effects are really cool. Characters are ass as well, that fucking Tiefling is so annoying, and the Dwarf...well he ain't no Korgan. Do the companions get any better?
Also is there some guide on the crafting somewhere? Not sure exactly how it works, so you get recipe books, collect crafting elements and then molds and you can make new stuff? How do you do special enchantments?
I'm playing on Hard with a Neutral Evil Human Wizard. Pretty easy so far, I only died once when storming the bandits hideout. But the encounters are pretty fun to smash through. I got this fire mace thing that is like some sort of god weapon that just explodes everything it touches into bursts of flame. Was wondering if it was broken or meant to do that? But all in all, the game is really fun. It's soothing the horrible burning pain which I felt from playing DA2 at least...
Does the original (NWN) run with the same/similar engine? Does it look more dated or is there some way to force it to use the updated NWN2 engine?
So I always heard about this game, but never had a PC that would have been powerful enough to run it well enough (performance is very important to me, I can't play low frame rates it just fucks the experience up for me totally).
UNTIL NOW....
So I bought NWN2, installed it and after tweaking the controls a bit, maxing all the settings and downloading a fan made textures pack, this game is feeling pretty fucking sweet. Liquid smooth frame rate and the game actually looks really fantastic.
I'm not a huge fan of the "hotspots" style, simply because the towns themselves so far are a bit small, but I like the art direction and the spell effects are really cool. Characters are ass as well, that fucking Tiefling is so annoying, and the Dwarf...well he ain't no Korgan. Do the companions get any better?
Also is there some guide on the crafting somewhere? Not sure exactly how it works, so you get recipe books, collect crafting elements and then molds and you can make new stuff? How do you do special enchantments?
I'm playing on Hard with a Neutral Evil Human Wizard. Pretty easy so far, I only died once when storming the bandits hideout. But the encounters are pretty fun to smash through. I got this fire mace thing that is like some sort of god weapon that just explodes everything it touches into bursts of flame. Was wondering if it was broken or meant to do that? But all in all, the game is really fun. It's soothing the horrible burning pain which I felt from playing DA2 at least...
Does the original (NWN) run with the same/similar engine? Does it look more dated or is there some way to force it to use the updated NWN2 engine?