All of the guys we talked to at Obsidian are hardcore gamers, many of whom have been making RPGs for a really long time now. Considering Obsidian as a company is pretty young, this is a great franchise to work with on the road to building the cred to become another huge name like BioWare that can start creating some original IPs. But the sequel is even more than that to these guys. Having worked on the original Neverwinter, they wanted to have another shot at making the game they think the series deserves. As CEO of Obsidian Entertainment Feargus Urquhart says, they're not going to reinvent the wheel with this one, they're going to "Take what it is and make it better."​