Artyoan's two modules are good, and there are a few others. They don't have voice-acting cutscenes, but I wasn't crazy about that aspect of the game in the first place. When the game launched, the tools were pretty bare bones - I don't think there was even the option to add merchants - but they've continued to add things and at this point some of the fan-made content is worth playing. I'd check out some of the top-rated adventures.
You can get user created campaigns on mod.io, as can xbox players. I've got both mine on there. You just put json download in the campaign file and you can then choose it as an adventure. Simple enough.
Skills and spells have uses outside combat. Contextual spells that don't deal direct damage do have helpful effects in combat, like casting Light and making light-sensitive creatures run away. It's not very deep or complex, but it does feel like a completely average D&D campaign. It's also the first game made by an indie developer. But it's alright IMO.
it does succeeding in showing that you can have fun and tactical gameplay without 200+ choices. What you are left is meaningful
The plotting is about up to cRPG standard (crap) but the voice acting is ok (faces and animations are a bit of a sore spot). What makes it good is playing D&D modules built around you using a party of your own creation, no gay plot-critical elves.
It's a good tactical combat game and the ability to use spells like fly, levitate, teleport etc both inside and outside combat is well implemented. The graphics engine is simple but engaging and the spell effects are pretty good.
There are couple of decent modules. They are good enough to spend a few evenings and experiment with different builds. BUT....... they are not anywhere close to NWN level of community content.
It's not broken but it's easy to lock yourself out of particular quests/factions and I had to stop playing for a while as some quests were bugged (since patched out). The main game quest line is definitely more interesting/engaging but even that wasn't anything exceptional.
Mediocre graphics and voice acting, combined with a good implementation of the 5th edition D&D ruleset and an slightly above average story. A good example of what an idiegame should be.
I didn't play enough NWN user content to make a comparison but the gameplay in Solasta is far better anyway. The DM is still being worked on and hopefully their next game is built around the concept from the ground up. Over time we can have a better comparison between the two as to community involvement. Might just be hitting its stride.
Not really. The story and the VO are indeed dog shit but the dnd tacticool combat is where the game shines best… except there's too few good encounters in vanilla. There's plenty of supposedly good user made campains however so if you get a hard on from the idea of clearing a dungeon with more or less classic party of adventures then you might give sibj a try anyway.
I'm about to go on a murder spree of other people's user campaigns so I can play something for the first time in hundreds of hours that I don't already know every detail of. Meanwhile, I'm sometimes watching streams of my own campaigns on youtube/twitch. Good start to the new year.
You don't start in Hommlet
Do none of the custom modules alleviate this complaint of yours?
