NWN Should I start with MOTB?

[Jimmious]

Hello fellow citizens.
Yes, game is good. Approved.

 

[Verylittlefishes]

MCA blesses you, fellow Citizen

Yours, Infinitron.

 

[Mr. Magniloquent]

Tough call. NWN 2 OC is long and dull. The influence it has on MotB is minimal outside of one particular interaction. It's difficult for me to recommend playing it. You'll get a good experience simply starting from MotB with no prior knowledge of the NWN 2 OC.

 

[Delterius]

start and end with it

motb is the only thing of worth in all of nwn1 and 2

 

[Neanderthal]

I know I'll get shit for this but check out Lilura's blog for how best to mod game, improves a lot of little niggles.

 

[Roguey]

start and end with it

motb is the only thing of worth in all of nwn1 and 2

There are a few good mods for NWN and NWN2 also had Mysteries of Westgate which was okay.

 

[Sranchammer]

You're not a real gamer unless you play the OC 7 times prior to MOTB.

 

[Verylittlefishes]

You're not a real gamer unless you play the OC 7 times prior to MOTB.

You're not real Citizen until you suck my Citizen.

 

[RickOmbo]

The camera is a deal breaker for me.

 

[Kyl Von Kull]

The camera is a deal breaker for me.

Go to Lilura’s blog. She has instructions that tell you what settings to adjust to make the camera a lot more bearable.

 

[Quillon]

I used this through Lilura's blog https://neverwintervault.org/project/nwn2/other/kornstalxs-hotkeys-nwn2. seems to have more functions but I only used it for swapping middle & right mouse click, which helped a great deal dealing with the cam.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

The camera is a deal breaker for me.

I actually never had an issue with the camera. Not sure what all the fuss is.

 

[Max Damage]

The camera shits its pants when there's any obstruction above characters and on elevations (talking about strategic view, the only one that matters ofc). Pretty bad in towns/uneven terrain, passable otherwise.

MotB is basically the only reason to play NWN2, everything else is bogged down by atrocious engine, loading times and questionable writing. I want to recommend SoZ, really do, but I can't, not with all this loading and baby-sized locations. Also, install mod that stops soul meter drain during pause.

 

[Roguey]

Also, install mod that stops soul meter drain during pause.

Huh? The meter doesn't go down when it's paused. It does when you're managing your inventory and reading things without being paused, which is incredibly irritating, yes.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Abuse fast travel to keep it maxed out.
You're welcome.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

BTW, there's an unofficial patch that fixes a bunch of bugs: https://github.com/nwn2fixes/player