DUNGEONS & DRAGONS NEVERWINTER NIGHTS 2: ENHANCED EDITION

[dirtyferret]

there is a steamdb page for it linked back to Aspyr who have a history of ports and EE games

https://steamdb.info/app/2738630/history/

 

[Onasi]

Iiiiiiinteresting. NWN2 has a lot of fundamental improvements that can be made to it, but are inherently difficult since they probably require an engine overhaul. A lot of issues of that game stemmed from the clunky UI and abhorrent camera. The OC being an unfinished mess of a generic fantasy romp with a few interesting ideas here and there didn’t help. Now, Mask of the Betrayer was an absolute stone cold classic and a real spiritual successor to Torment, but not a lot of people ended up playing it due to the OC leaving a bitter taste. Later on, SoZ was… absolutely unmemorable and MoW was a nice little adventure, but nothing special.

In the end, I am not sure how much can be done for NWN2. It never really grew into a modding and MP paradise like the first game did. So engine and editor updates aren’t really desired by many. It also runs just fine on modern OS and an HD UI is like a single mod away. All in all, I am curious what would be the selling point of this EE.

 

[dirtyferret]

abhorrent camera

fixing that camera would be a nice step in a selling point but not sure about the rest since they have yet to make any announcement. If it truly is Aspyr , you can check out the Tomb Raider remasters they did to just have a ballpark idea to possible enhancements.

looks like PC gamer now just published a story on this

Looks like Neverwinter Nights 2 has been freed from rights hell and is due an imminent enhanced edition release, bringing the 2006 RPG from 5GB to 36GB

That is, if Neverwinter Nights 2 Enhanced Edition means an enhanced edition of Neverwinter Nights 2, which is a bold leap on my part.

www.pcgamer.com

 

[Onasi]

“the new release of the classic will come in at a meaty 36GB of size, compared to the original's 5.5GB of required HDD space”

Fucking kek. I don’t care if you upscaled the textures, apparently, compression is a lost art.

 

[Solaris17]

Nwn1 is my favorite game of all time. It would be awesome if that was redone as well. Nwn2 was also great though.

 

[Onasi]

@Solaris17
Uhhh…?

Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition on Steam

Return to the Forgotten Realms in this bestselling Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. Combines all the content of Neverwinter Nights Diamond Edition with all-new enhanced features. Includes 100+ hours of award-winning adventures and the tools to create your own!

store.steampowered.com

Unless by “redone” you mean a full remake on another engine? Which would be a terrible idea since most of NWNs value IS the engine, the Editor and the resulting user made modules and online stuff like PWs.

 

[Solaris17]

@Solaris17
Uhhh…?

Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition on Steam

Return to the Forgotten Realms in this bestselling Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. Combines all the content of Neverwinter Nights Diamond Edition with all-new enhanced features. Includes 100+ hours of award-winning adventures and the tools to create your own!

store.steampowered.com

Unless by “redone” you mean a full remake on another engine? Which would be a terrible idea since most of NWNs value IS the engine, the Editor and the resulting user made modules and online stuff like PWs.

nah textures I’m more than aware of the steam page. No need to be rude

 

[Onasi]

@Solaris17
How was I rude? You phrased it in a way where I (understandably) thought that you might not be aware of the EE.

Oh, and Beamdog worked with modders on an HD texture pack, in fact. They just decided not to include it as base for… reasons. That can be gotten from them directly or, better yet, get a version that fixed Beamdogs fuck ups from the Vault:

https://neverwintervault.org/project/nwnee/hakpak/original-hakpak/beamdogs-hd-art-pack-community-fixes?page=2