For going on two years, the biggest mystery about the Mysteries of Westgate adventure pack for Neverwinter Nights 2 was whether or not it would ever be released. Developer Ossian Studios finished the download-only module way back at the tail end of 2007, but the powers that be at publisher Atari held the game back for ages due to unexplained issues with digital-rights management. So, was it worth the wait? Not entirely. Even though this D&D adventure delivers plenty of bang for the buck, with more than 15 hours of dungeon delving for the low price of $9.99, two years of sitting on the shelf did not do it any favors. Although you can feed your swords-and-sorcery jones with this solo jaunt through an exotic new corner of the Forgotten Realms, the graphics and gameplay are lacking, especially by comparison with more modern role-playing games.
The Good:
* Good value
* Atmospheric setting
* Great new music
The Bad:
* Choppy story does little with the main plot
* Not as refined as the earlier-released NWN2 expansions
* Some awkward visuals and a strange lack of voice acting
It's been a long time coming, but GameBanshee finally found enough time amid the busy holiday season to sneak in a fully annotated walkthrough for Ossian Studios' Neverwinter Nights 2: Mysteries of Westgate adventure pack.
Digital Battle writes: "BioWare's Neverwinter Nights was originally released in 2002 and was a critical and commercial hit, and most importantly, offered Dungeons & Dragons fans a great interactive version of their popular table game. The sequel, Neverwinter Nights 2, while not as groundbreaking as the original, was still a great game and worthy of the title. Two expansion packs were released, and now, a third expansion pack, - or rather, "adventure pack" and some would call it - Mysteries of Westgate has been released."
NWN2 has been patched to 1.23, which has finally added a multiplayer file auto-downloader, and many other in-game fixes.
Find the patch notes here:
http://nwn2patch.obsidian.net/files/beta/patch_Notes_v123_beta2.rtf
Great day for the NWN2 mod Community.
Hopefully people will make the transition from NWN1 who didnt join us before!
Very true... I just have a problem with those huge polygons from the first now that I play nwn2 =P
NWN1 was still a great game! I put a lot of hours into it back in the day.
I've had a copy of Neverwinter Nights 2 signed by Obsidian dev team for a couple months now. /brag
I haven't played it, though. Maybe I'll try it out this weekend.
