Just what is the fucking deal with GUI and camera? I use the default settings and can't understand what people complain about.
1.The interface is just not good enough, right click to menu then right click to submenu to choose an action that should be easier accessed. The mini map isn't helping and you can't hotkey many important actions. Also, swapping party members can be done only in the tavern (stupid since the story seem to tell that they all follow you around your adventures and they all take your experience) and that makes swapping items with them a big nuisance. I've spent almost 30% of the time I've played micromanaging items. Maybe some people like this GUI in general, but I find it inadequate.
2. Camera ... the camera is just horrible, no wonder they have tried to change it many times during the patches , but it still has many problems. They tried to give you many ways to see and play the game but they are all broken. Especially if you try to play close up from an over the shoulder kind of camera, you just can't, the game is unplayable that way. The only real camera option that is playable is the long isometric view, but that still has many faults. The biggest problem is that the buildings constantly get in your way jerking the camera distance close and then far again , not to mention the fact that many time the camera gets stuck behind some roof top or, balcony. There isn't a default distance you can give the camera and you must always adjust it according to where you are. Finally, everytime you go into a new area the camera readjusts it's view by itself and you must readjust it again.
3. I also forgot to mention the completely bumb AI. The default AI is just stupid and the way the battles are played in NWN2 they call for party members to play with their scripts, they are not like BG battles where playing all members by yourself is a must. When will all those game makers understand that you should have the option to tell each member of your party which spells to use by themselves and which not? Which feats they should use by themselves and which not? One by one...Is it so hard goddamit?
Of course there are mods that help with some of those nuances but that doesn't change the fact that the OC had those problems. The camera problem is still the biggest annoyance for me and also the AI, even if tony's AI helped a lot. If someone manages to reach the and of Act I then they will probably finish the game since things get a lot more interesting there. I'm currently in act II and I confess that I'm starting to get fond of the game despite it's problems.
And what does WOW have to do with it? I fucking hate wow. Just look at the witcher, a game that uses the same engine. The managed to give you 2 camera modes one far isometric and one over the shoulder that are both very smooth and fully playable.