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Saint_Proverbius

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Tags: Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark

<a href="http://www.actiontrip.com/">ActionTrip</a> has made <A href="http://www.actiontrip.com/reviews/neverwinternightshordesoftheunderdark.phtml">their review</A> of <A href="http://nwn.bioware.com/underdark">Hordes of the Underdark</a> available for everyone to read and enjoy. They even gave it a nice, fat <b>88%</b>! Here's a bit on how mind blowing the graphics are in this one:
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<blockquote>There's no question that Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark is currently one of the best-looking RPG's on the market. Although the game still pretty much clings to the basics of the NWN engine, there are plenty of neat new effects to behold during gameplay. New spells and a huge number of impressive-looking new character and creature models all contribute to a gratifying visual experience. There's also a wide range of new tilesets exhibited throughout the game and a notable variety of details in the backdrop. Other features such as lighting, shadows, and character animation, all stay true to the original and Shadows of Undrentide. To cut a long story short, the game boasts an overall visual quality that will probably put it in the very top of contemporary PC titles. </blockquote>
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He has to be joking. There's nothing more absurd than seeing the cutscenes in this game where the characters that are talking just bob their heads rather than have their lips moving.
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Spotted this at <A href="Http://www.bluesnews.com">Blue's News</a>
 

Volourn

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HA! You noticed that too. The cut scenese are good; but that is just funny. The drow female villainess is the worst offender. :twisted:
 

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Yes- I'm not sure why they always go for closeups of the head-bobbing. It isn't good for the transition between armor and skin either.
3D graphics + closeups = see all the flaws.
 

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You know the funniest thing about those cut scenes with the villianess chick? The mouth doesn't move... but the breasts do.
 

Volourn

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Hmm.. Gives me another reason to play it again. Seriously, I was too busy with the interaction between her and her prisoner; not to mention how her head was moving to pay attention to that. Man, so ashamed.
 

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