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Interview NWN2News talks NWN2 with Frank Kowalkowski

Spazmo

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Tags: Neverwinter Nights 2; Obsidian Entertainment

<b>Frank Kowalkowski</b>, lead programmer on Obsidian Entertainment's sequel to BioWare's paragon of mediocrity Neverwinter Nights, has done an <a href=http://www.nwn2news.net/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=58>interview</a> with <a href=http://www.nwn2news.net/>Neverwinter Nights 2 News</a>.<blockquote>[NWN2News]What was your first thoughts when you learned you would be working on NWN 2?
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[Frank]I wasn’t sure what to think to be honest. I was happy Obsidian had a project for me to work my lead abilities. NWN2 is a sequel to a game I owned and enjoyed, so I wasn’t disappointed.</blockquote>He sounds awfully neutral about the whole thing. Obsidian's devs ought to take a few lessons from the BioWare doctors on hype.
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Volourn

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LONG LIVE BIO & THE GREATEST GAME OF ALL TIME! WOO HOO!
 

DemonKing

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Spazmo said:
He sounds awfully neutral about the whole thing. Obsidian's devs ought to take a few lessons from the BioWare doctors on hype.

Yeah - it's just not the same as:

"Our dedicated team on UBER SECRET CONSOLE PROJECT #2 has now adapted the FANTASTIC NEW UNREAL 3 TECH into our existing AWARD-WINNING BIOWARE ROLE-PLAYING SOLAREXCIPSEAUROAINFINITY ENGINE developed by our HARD-WORKING BIOTECH TEAM ALPHA. With over 248.657 MILLION MEMBERS!!!! in our BIOWARE COMMUNITY, we haven't forgotten the PC MARKET either. We'll be kicking out ENDLESS AWARD-WINNING CRPG-OF-THE-YEAR LEVEL QUALITY NWN MODS for years to come, and letting our PEEPS AT SUBSIDARY OBISIDAN ENTERTAINMENT churn out AWESOME SEQUELS to our MULTI-MILLION SELLING PC HITS utilising HEAVILY-MODIFIED VERSIONS OF OUR EXISITING SOLAREXCIPSEAUROAINFINITY ENGINE!"
 

Avin

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dear mom, where are the crpgs these days?

fallout... fallout... fallout...
 

Sol Invictus

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NWN2 might be pretty good. There's nothing to indicate it won't be. After all, KOTOR2 was pretty good, except for Lucasarts killing the ending like that.
 

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Sol Invictus said:
NWN2 might be pretty good. There's nothing to indicate it won't be. After all, KOTOR2 was pretty good, except for Lucasarts killing the ending like that.

And the fact that one NPC had a zillion lines of dialog and all the others refused to talk to you after a short while, plus the combat was mind-numbingly easy as per the original.
 

Volourn

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LA did not kill KOTOR2's ending. Obsidian did. Stop making exuses for the poor, little developer, Exitium.

NO MORE FREE RIDES!!!
 

Avin

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kotor2 ws a good game. la kill it. that's the turth and the light. stop spreading lies in the codex volo :p
 

Volourn

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Who said KOTOR2 was a bad game? I surely didn't. And, no, LA didn't kill it.
 

Volourn

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"KOTOR2 was pretty average."

So, moron, which is it? Is it 'a bad game' or is it 'pretty average'.

Don't be a fuckin' fence sitter, and pick.
 

Andyman Messiah

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I'm actually very much looking forward to Neverwinter Nights 2. I mean, it can't possibly be any worse than the first game, can it?

And I'd imagine Obsidian are careful not to step on any toes while they're so young and new in the business, so no speeches about "BioWare fucked up the first game, so we're here to pull it out" and the like.
 

Avin

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the expectation of a good crpg is running so low that nwn2 is seen like a good thing...

i need a new ps:t or fallout, a game that shake things up a little bit. developers fled to the good graphics heaven and forget how wonderful was to discover a game such as these i mentioned.
 

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Well, KotOR2 was leaps and bounds better than KotOR in terms of dialogue and story. KotOR's story wasn't too awful. Meanwhile, NWN's story was completely ass. I can't see Obsidian not making a huge, HUGE improvement over the original here.
 

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