I wonder if there's enough people here to get an RPG replay thread going? Play through some of the older - and maybe not so old - games and post opinions on how well they hold up.



NWN2 became a very good game with its two expansions and various patches. The original release was absolutely dire though, I agree. NWN1 on the other hand, ugh. Only Jade Empire keeps it from being the worst Bioware game.

Bioware have grown quite complacent. They found a formula with KOTOR and have been rehashing it in various shapes for years now. Prologue -> first real area -> crisis plot point -> choose the order to play these 3 or 4 overarching areas in -> bit where bad things happen when one area out of the overarching selection is left and/or the major plot tiwst takes place -> 'surprise' area where you do a load of fighting -> finale. Each of the overarching areas will have at least one big dungeon area, two clear cut good and evil sides which you need to choose between, and some kind of big boss battle. Meanwhile, for your party, there's the romanceable noble, drippy male character with a tragic past, the romanceable innocent female, the romancable more experienced female, the hulking and gruff warrior with a hidden soft side, the comedy character, the wise old man/woman, and the bundle of under-developed tag-alongs. There's a 50% chance that you will be captured at some point in the game and have to escape. There's a 25% chance one NPC will betray you. You will always hit the level cap before the end game if you explore even a bit. And so on.

I loved KOTOR. I'm tired of playing it's base formula in different skins.