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Originally posted by Space05us
with $70 you should be able to buy both NWN and Morrowind.

...and both come with their 1st expansions these days.

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oops, Aussie dollars, my bad

[Jamski]

Buy either NWN or the booze. Steer clear of Morrowind. (its very dull.)

-Jam

[Space05us]

Steer clear of Morrowind. (its very dull.)

you s'wit!!

[Zopperoni]

Buy "Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing"

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by Jamski
Steer clear of Morrowind. (its very dull.)

-Jam

This comes from a person who believes Windows XP is unstable and Windows 98 is the pinnacle of stability.

[Snotty]

I just got NWN gold for £30. That includes the first expansion. My CRPG mad friend said the expansion (1st or 2nd, i dont remember) was the best crpg story he had ever played.

Seems pretty good so far, although it does have the most pain in the arse, inescapeable tutorial ever Being happy when they all got butchered was not the emotion the programmers were expecting, I guess.

[Jamski]

You CAN skip the tutorial the second time round. At least they were considerate enough to put it as a seperate chapter.

Regarding Morrowind :

• The game world is very big
• The game world looks very nice (apart from the monster and character models which are UGLY)
• This means that a.) it takes forever to walk anywhere, and b.) it makes your machine run very slow.
• The rules system sucks.
• The NPCs are about as interesting as a dead dog.
• The game is so freeform that you have no idea where or what you are supposed to do. You just drift.

What else is there to say?

-Jam

[Space05us]

You just drift.

thats what they were going for

[Jamski]

I can do that at home, in my room, with a MUCH better frame rate.

-Jam

[MattH]

Jamski just has a crazy vendetta against Morrwind. Ignore his psycho rambling.

Well, the combat is sort of dull. I'll give him that. But you need the game, if only to know its beauty- in both story, size, and graphics (and the feeling of hopelessness even an advanced player feels with a new character).

NWN has (had? hehe) excellent graphics. The multiplayer game is free. If you want something like the MMORPG experience WITHOUT MONTHLY FEES, check out many of the 'Persistant Worlds' developed by fans.

[Japher]

Jamski

but then I think all RPGs video games are that way

[Jamski]

If you want something like the MMORPG experience WITHOUT MONTHLY FEES, check out many of the 'Persistant Worlds' developed by fans.

Like the man says I have GREAT fun teaming up with people who all speak different languages and trying to decide who gets the magic Longsword *giggles* You can't get more fun for free.

-Jam

[MattH]

You sound sarcastic...

Alright then, lets go for the negatives:
Morrowind:
- Randomly crashes, despite patches.
- Combat is repetitive and not modeled correctly, i.e. lower characters run from rats, medium characters can easily defeat the game.
- Dialouge with NPCs boring and closed- i.e. "yes" "no" responses are all you get.
- Gets a max of .0035 FPS, even on that Japanese World Simulator

NWN:
- Lamers online
- Bad central campign (I didn't mind it that much, but I'm me.)
- Graphics hog.
- Overhead combat is a 'style'.

Alcohol:
- Gone the next day. You know why, but not how

[Nubclear]

- Gets a max of .0035 FPS, even on that Japanes World Simulator

Actually, on my machine, I get around 40-70 (I put a cap on)