• Sonor@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I tried to get into this game twice in my life, and somehow i never could. I wonder what i did wrong

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      20 hours ago

      Neverwinter Nights is more of a d&d tool for DM & parties with custom campaigns to enjoy online instead of irl.

      The included campaign is a bit of an after-thought (a bit basic, but complete, I still like it).

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      18 hours ago

      Samesies. I think it didn’t help that I played the sequel first. It’s just really damned dated. Some older games age really well, but NWN did not.

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        18 hours ago

        Never played the original single player NWN, is it 2.5 or 3rd edition? I did play the MMO NWN on AOL. That one was 2.5 edition with the tile and grid system that previous TSR single player titles had used in the late '80s/ early '90s

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        21 hours ago

        Well, I’m 37, so maybe not too-too young. Maybe i just wasn’t familiar with the d&d ruleset it was based on?

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          18 hours ago

          Oh yeah. If it was based on 2.5 then that alone is gonna have you scratching your head. Gygax needed to be told to chill with the math nerd shit in that edition, but wasn’t.

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        21 hours ago

        I have the same question, I was a teenager when it came out and I found it a bit confusing. There seems to be a lot of different campaigns.

        It felt that the combat was immediately too difficult and then I got to a boss that wrecked me. So, I gave up.

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        The base game’s campaign was meh, kinda repetitive. The expansions – and player-made adventures – improved on it a lot.