Had a bad hour, last night, on #NWN2: Not really impressed with the penultimate area, the Vale of Merdelain, a pointless, exhausting and difficult dungeon crawl. I don’t think it impacts the moral dilemmas for your companions or the virtue tests to come. Maybe its a just reward from poor choices as I am back in a fight where no-one can hit even 2nd tier enemies, not enough healing to keep alive, all the enchantment spells are useless against undead and suffering from a stupid un-signalled level drain. A far cry from the penultimate and final battles in “Beneath the Cobbles”.
On my way to NWN 2
This is now leaking out and was reviewed in Empire’s January 2007 edition, where they gave it 5*’s. It certainly made me want to get it. I still need to get a second copy of NWN and the guys & gals at rpgdungeon recommend the Platinum Edition. Gamespot review NWN 2 here. NWN 2 is now on sale at Amazon (.co.uk). …