Stupid Question

[Barinthus]

Ok I know you guys are going to laugh and mock me.

I'm a bit confused about NWN - I thought it was a mmorpg with monthly fees and everything?

Few NWN threads here got me curious so I looked it up and it doesn't appear to be one.

If it's not something with monthly fees it does look like a game I'd like. But should I wait for Dragon Age?

[Dis]

no monthly fees whatsoever. Even the persistant worlds are free. But they don't have the player capacity of mmorpg's. Only 64 max I believe.

It is a good multiplayer games. and there are some good sites set up to help you find good players to play with as well.

should you wait? No. Dragon Age isn't going to be like NWN. I believe that may be more focussed on single player. And will have less customability than NWN I'm sure. And Dragon Age is not based on the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons ruleset (though that may be a plus for some people ).

NWN is a little dated. So don't expect top notch graphics. But the gameplay is solid. Just don't expect it to be like BG2. That's what most of the haters expected.

[Jamski]

Like Diss said Except about it being a little dated graphically. Some of the lighting effects and textures have a good wow factor.

I'd add the warning not to play the module that the game ships with (the Original Campaign, as people call it) as it is pretty second-rate compared to the two expansion modules and from the many many thousands of fan-made modules there are a few hundred that are really quite exceptional.

I don't know if you remember Shoot-'em-up Constuction Kit, but NWN is in many ways Dungeons-'n'-Dragons Construction Kit. Easily the most moddable and modded game there is going at the moment.

-Jam

[duke o' york]

Yes, but the Shoot-'em'-up Construction Kit was awful.

[Jamski]

Pah! I made an awesome kamikazi game for that. You were a carrier, and the bullets you fired were Zero fighters that exploded on impact. It was hilarious fun

-Jam

[DrSpike]

Playing NWN MP is a great way to cheaply see if you like online RPGs. If you do, and have the time, you'll probably want to move to a proper MMORPG, but NWN MP is still great fun.

[Dis]

Originally posted by DrSpike
Playing NWN MP is a great way to cheaply see if you like online RPGs. If you do, and have the time, you'll probably want to move to a proper MMORPG, but NWN MP is still great fun.

although in my case I like NWN MP (though not persistant worlds), but I don't like mmorpg's . At least not enough to play more than 2 weeks.

[Jamski]

If it's not something with monthly fees it does look like a game I'd like.

...you'll probably want to move to a proper MMORPG...

[Nostromo]

You could always wait for NWN 2. I don't know when its coming. But NWN is dirt cheap. NWN platinum edition includes the original game with both expansion packs, all this for 50$ cdn.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Jamski

I'm not dissing your efforts, which are impressive, but no one in their right minds thinks NWN MP is as good as a MMORPG. If the cost doesn't matter to you, that is.

[Jamski]

No, I'm actually saying that Barinthus said "If it's not something with monthly fees it does look like a game I'd like" and you responded "...you'll probably want to move to a proper MMORPG..."

I made no claims as to the relative better/worse levels of NWN and a "proper MMORPG"

-Jam

[Dis]

Originally posted by DrSpike


I'm not dissing your efforts, which are impressive, but no one in their right minds thinks NWN MP is as good as a MMORPG. If the cost doesn't matter to you, that is.

you're right. NWN mp isn't as good as a MMORPG. It's better.

I had the most fun playing NWN MP (individual campaigns). Far more than any mmorpg.

[Barinthus]

So, Jamski, are you saying that if my reason for the purchase is for its SP aspects, NWN wouldn't be worth it?

[Qilue]

Originally posted by Barinthus
So, Jamski, are you saying that if my reason for the purchase is for its SP aspects, NWN wouldn't be worth it?

SP or MP or Both, NWN is well worth the money.

As to NWN vs MMOGs, well from my perspective (with WoW my only experience with MMOGs), I would rate NWN superior to WoW.

W***ers, gankers and other assorted losers and cretins are a majority on MMOGs. On the other hand, they tend to be a minority in NWN MP.

EDIT - self censoring of a word I wanted to use so it isn't censored of it's meaning by the auto-censor.

[Barinthus]

Nod I prefer not to go into something that require me to pay a monthly fee. I don't have that much of spare time so it'd be a waste of money.

If I'm correct, NWN MP is limited to 64 players? If so, is there a server or whatever you Poly folks get together?