NWN Expansion interview on GameSpot
NWN Expansion interview on GameSpot
Interview - posted by Saint_Proverbius on Wed 27 November 2002, 12:03:33
Tags: Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of UndrentideGameSpot has posted an interview with the BioWare folk who are currently hard at work on the NWN expansion pack, dubbed The Shadows of Undrentide.
GameSpot: Will players be able to import their high-level Neverwinter Nights characters into the game, or will they start over with a new character in the expansion?
Paul Neurath: 3rd Edition Dungeons & Dragons has a built-in level cap at 20th level. Since most people who've played through the original campaign have hit that cap (or nearly so), the expansion campaign is intended to start from first level with a new generation of adventurers. However, the expansion is broken into three chapters and designed such that a player could start the game at the beginning of either the second or third chapter with a preexisting midlevel character.
Greg Zeschuk: Exactly. The first expansion is intended as more of a lower- to midlevel adventure, while the second expansion is aimed at mid- to higher-level characters.
Well, at least this one isn't a "Buy it to remove the level cap" expansion.
This is one of two expansion packs in the works for the title. The second one is being dubbed, XP2 currently, as you can read in this other interview:
GameSpot: So, how come you don't have a name for the project yet? What are you calling it internally?
Greg Zeschuk: We do have some ideas for names of our upcoming expansion, but the reason we haven't disclosed anything yet on the name is we have yet to settle on one. We have a very tricky name for the internal expansion pack--for now, we're calling it XP2! We like it because it sounds high-tech and mysterious.
It might have sounded more high tech if MicroSoft hadn't already used the XP thing for a version of it's Windows OS.
Spotted at Blue's.
GameSpot: Will players be able to import their high-level Neverwinter Nights characters into the game, or will they start over with a new character in the expansion?
Paul Neurath: 3rd Edition Dungeons & Dragons has a built-in level cap at 20th level. Since most people who've played through the original campaign have hit that cap (or nearly so), the expansion campaign is intended to start from first level with a new generation of adventurers. However, the expansion is broken into three chapters and designed such that a player could start the game at the beginning of either the second or third chapter with a preexisting midlevel character.
Greg Zeschuk: Exactly. The first expansion is intended as more of a lower- to midlevel adventure, while the second expansion is aimed at mid- to higher-level characters.
Well, at least this one isn't a "Buy it to remove the level cap" expansion.
This is one of two expansion packs in the works for the title. The second one is being dubbed, XP2 currently, as you can read in this other interview:
GameSpot: So, how come you don't have a name for the project yet? What are you calling it internally?
Greg Zeschuk: We do have some ideas for names of our upcoming expansion, but the reason we haven't disclosed anything yet on the name is we have yet to settle on one. We have a very tricky name for the internal expansion pack--for now, we're calling it XP2! We like it because it sounds high-tech and mysterious.
It might have sounded more high tech if MicroSoft hadn't already used the XP thing for a version of it's Windows OS.
Spotted at Blue's.
