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Posted January 24, 2013
Mask of the Betrayer, Storm of Zehir, and Mysteries of Westgate expansions included!

Neverwinter Nights 2: Complete, the ultimate edition of Obsidian's RPG set in the all time favorite Dungeons & Dragons setting, the Forgotten Realms, is now available 25% off on GOG.com. That's $14.99, this week only.

Ah, Forgotten Realms, after all the days we've spent treading your paths, you seem like home. Whenever the world around us seems oppressive and dark, whenever life gets us down--our mind escapes to your green fields, your rocky mountains, your lush forests. We cherish the memories of our bold ventures into your deep undergrounds, filled with dangerous beasts and traps, yet luring us with promise of great riches and unsurpassed power. We still tremble at the thought of the vengeful gods and goddesses that toy with the fates of your inhabitants, and the perplexing magic that fills you to the brim. We fondly remember the long evenings spent in the warmth and security of your many taverns and inns, where a single conversation could usher us into a new quest. Now comes the time to visit you once more.

Neverwinter Nights 2: Complete revisits many of the iconic locations known from previous D&D computer RPGs, and adds even more--all in a beautifully rendered environment. The game has been praised for faithfully executing the D&D 3.5 ruleset, delivering a captivating story and vivid characters, and vastly improving the visuals in comparison to its predecessor. With four full campaigns and adventure sets to embark upon, a set of tools to create your own adventures, and fully patched and ready to go, this is the version you just can't afford to miss!

Can you hear it now? Can you hear the rattling of D20 dice rolling? That's the sound of adventure! Tag along, get Neverwinter Nights 2: Complete, for only $14.99 until Thursday, January 31, at 10:59AM GMT.
Posted January 24, 2013
bought this in 2006.

the game belonged here, though.
Posted January 24, 2013
Hmmmmm, I have a hard copy of the base game + Mask of the Betrayer, but I might as well buy this to get the other expansions. And to extend my GOG library, of course.
Posted January 24, 2013
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gameon: Thankyou. I have started the download. So basically, it will be compatible with the GOG version? It's an exe file, so basically once i have installed the main game, it should be a simple update.

It's only 150mb, but if it's as good as it sounds, it should be good.
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Fenixp: I've played it on my GOG version, so I'm fairly sure it'll run fine on yours as well. There is no (or just seldom) voice acting and most of the assets are taken from the original game, thus the small size: I can assure you that the adventure itself is quite epic, altho divided into small parts, apart from demon campaign which is a single open location. I didn't really mind the almost episodic approach of the first two parts, they are very seemlessly joined together and at least you can;t break anything that would emerge 5 hours into the campaign.
Thanks for the link and explanation. I remember that you warned me to install the mods rather than to play through the single campaign when i picked it up on GOG, so i should have listened back then :)
Posted January 24, 2013
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KainKlarden: P.S. One minor thing - if my memory is correct, before being pulled from Steam, this release dropped it's price to 9.99. So i'ts a bit strange to see it back at 19.99 here. It's obviously cool to have it DRM-free and with soundtracks, but it's still a tiny bit strange.
The soundtracks are the mp3 files from game directory, so you can have them with all available releases, but it's a nice service from GOG yet.

Steam version was 9,99 and multilingual, so the only advantages at GOG are missing DRM and MoW. To be honest, if the German language pack were included, I would pay 19,99 again for the complete set, it's a great collection and a very welcome addition to GOG's catalogue.
Posted January 24, 2013
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Leroux: Yes, but Neverwinter NIghts was explicitly made for creating modules with, and the mods don't change the official content, they are independent campaigns. What type of story or RPG experience are you looking for?
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gameon: Well Poulscath mentioned there was something similar to planescape. I liked that game. I would prefer a short game rather than a long drawn out quest like the standard campaign is in neverwinter nights.
Poulscath was talking about NWN2, I'm afraid, since Mask of the Betrayer is a NWN2 expansion. But I'll give it some thought and see if I can come up with some good suggestions. Starting with something short isn't a bad idea, that way you can sample a tiny fraction of NWN community content without wasting too much time; that's exactly how I got into it, too, after abandoning the official campaign pretty early in the game.


Oh, as for Shadowlords, Dreamcatcher, Demon, which Fenixp already suggested, that's a mixed bag. It's pretty old by now and it starts kind of slow. I think I stopped at the beginning of Demon, so maybe I missed the best part, but I wasn't impressed with the first modules in the series. It gets successively more creative and original and there was one Dreamcatcher module I absolutely loved, but IMO this isn't the best series around from today's point of view and it's pretty long, too; just a word of warning in case it will bore you just as the OC did.
Post edited January 24, 2013 by Leroux
Posted January 24, 2013
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Leroux: Then you probably haven't grasp what makes NWN popular. Hint: It's not the official hack and slash campaign. ;)
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gameon: I usually don't like to use mods because i felt that unofficial stuff is "canon". But with Neverwinter Nights, it needs inspiration from mods. I just need to find one with a decent story.
Ah yeah, I should have mentioned that. In Neverwinter Nights, "mods" mean "Game Modules" in the D&D pen and paper sense, i.e. stand alone adventures; not "modifications" like in most other games. There were even officially released commercial modules which are sadly stuck in legal limbo atm.

But yes, these games were specifically designed with third party modules and multiplayer persistent worlds in mind so feel free to try them out.
Posted January 24, 2013
I usually like to wait for 50% off sales, especially since I have these on the individual DVD releases, and the NWN2 Complete DVD release. I bought this now to add to the positive numbers for GOG and Hasbro titles. I'll just skip a milkshake to make up the difference.
Posted January 24, 2013
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Leroux: Oh, as for Shadowlords, Dreamcatcher, Demon, which Fenixp already suggested, that's a mixed bag. It's pretty old by now and it starts kind of slow. I think I stopped at the beginning of Demon, so maybe I missed the best part, but I wasn't impressed with the first modules in the series. It gets successively more creative and original and there was one Dreamcatcher module I absolutely loved, but IMO this isn't the best series around from today's point of view and it's pretty long, too; just a word of warning in case it will bore you just as the OC did.
I doubt anything could bore me like the original campaign, lol. It's worth a try anyway. And it's nice to know that there is a decent mod for Neverwinter Nights, not just for me, but for everyone reading the thread. Just in case they don't like the original campaigns in either 1 or 2.
Posted January 24, 2013
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jalister: I'll just skip a milkshake to make up the difference.
These are the words of a true adventurer. :p
Posted January 24, 2013
The mod he is talking about is for NWN 1
Posted January 24, 2013
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JMich: O_o

Obsidian on board?
Obsidian is a developer, not a publisher. NWN2 just means that Atari/Hasbro, the publisher/rights holder of the D&D games, is still on board.
Posted January 24, 2013
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cogadh: Obsidian is a developer, not a publisher. NWN2 just means that Atari/Hasbro, the publisher/rights holder of the D&D games, is still on board.
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JMich: Hey, let me dream, alright? Anytime I have to add a new Category on GOGWiki is a good day for me :P
Posted January 24, 2013
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JMich: Hey, let me dream, alright? Anytime I have to add a new Category on GOGWiki is a good day for me :P
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JMich:
Yeah, I just noticed the announcement is only showing the first page of this thread, didn't realize this was already covered 8-9 pages ago. I was about to edit my post with a "nevermind" but you beat me to it.
Post edited January 24, 2013 by cogadh
Posted January 24, 2013
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gameon: I doubt anything could bore me like the original campaign, lol. It's worth a try anyway. And it's nice to know that there is a decent mod for Neverwinter Nights, not just for me, but for everyone reading the thread. Just in case they don't like the original campaigns in either 1 or 2.
There isn't a decent mod for NWN, there are tons of really awesome modules. Makes it hard to single one out and pick that over the others. :D

But on the other hand, just try one and if you don't like it, come back for other suggestions. Off the top of my head, The Sunken Shrine of Ahmenkatja might be a good place to start, too. It's not the best of the best, but it does a good job of demonstrating what's possible with the toolset within less than an hour, while telling a full short story, complete with combats, puzzles and quite well-written dialogues. And it doesn't require any knowledge on how to install hakpacks, as it should work with the GOG version if you just copy the .mod file into the "modules" folder found in your game directory.


EDIT: Replaced the link, better download the improved Non-Contest version.
Post edited January 24, 2013 by Leroux
Posted January 24, 2013
Great release! Added it to my wishlist for now.
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